Nilsson Schmillsson ... drum solo on Jump Into the Fire ...
Just dragged out my CD (yes I know it does not have the same richness as analog but it is what I have) and got those Advents jumpin' and then I had to also play the first few minutes of another great drum bit by Bun E. Carlos* from Live at Budokan
Dave
*#2 son was born and raised in Rockford and was quite a talented musician, and he actually had Bun. E. Carlos play a track on his 2nd CD.
-- Edited by davelacourse on Tuesday 30th of August 2016 07:50:24 AM
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1956 Pontiac Pathfinder 2dr sedan, 496 - dyno'd 545 hp, stick shift, 4.11 posi - Hot Rod
My Beaumont was listed in the Buy and Sell for $1000 obo.... I never like to overpay for anything! ....so after looking at it, and being the first one there, I offered $900. Seller said he'll hold it for the weekend and see if there's other takers.... We ended up settling on $1100. First and last time in my life I haggled up on price and was happy as heck having done it! I was happy to pay up the extra hundred for a no rust, original mint interior 67 SD.
That's pretty amazing but this is a thread about guys who pay stupid prices for the one thing (in a serial sense) that they need rather about guys who made the deal of a lifetime. Maybe that should be another thread. This may have legs as my own dubious decisions can fill it for quite a while.
This may have legs as my own dubious decisions can fill it for quite a while.
You and me.
I bought some late 1800s French lock picks (I collect ancient keys ) for $180.00.
To anyone else they look rusty, bent pieces of metal with "thingies" on the ends. To me, they are so cool. Hand made/forged and I wonder what locks they opened, under what circumstances in their former life.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I told myself I'd never collect anything again but that hasn't lasted. I've started to collect some vintage HO scale model trains and scored the exact same Tyco Via Rail set that I had when I was about 8 years old. The seller also had an unused "Tyco Layout Expander System" that I also got a few months after getting the Via set. The clincher is thy were for sale in Moncton and the seller happened to be coming to PEI and delivered them!
When I had my Z scale model train business I met a talented fellow in Portugal who hand crafts these magnificent Z scale (1:220 scale) vehicles. They are truly minature works of art and have started collecting them. Some previous models:
His current offerings:
I just ordered the Texaco tractor-trailer, 61 Plymouth wagon, Coke truck, and Southern Pacific Moving van.
The perfect collection. Doesn't take up much space and mailing costs are pretty cheap I would imagine. I had a Pioneeer Quadraphonic receiver shipped to me via Canada Post. I had to pity the poor folks at the local office as that things weighed all of 50 lbs.
OK, model trains again ... for some weird reason I love coal cars (I own about 250), and for some other weird reason I like the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (can't explain it, never lived anywhere near their tracks) and of course the C&O had to move heavy coal tonnage over the mountains, so they had BIG powerful motive power, and the biggest and (according to evidence) most powerful of any steam (much preferred to diesels or others, steam had character, eh?) locomotive anywhere, was the H-8. So of course I had to buy one, very rare, very expensive:
Don't run it, just sits on the shelf looking gorgeous
I guess I can list a few of many things that went into building our new house.
-Paid many thousands extra because the draftsman had to redesign the entire house roof just to accommodate my slightly raised ceiling in the back garage bay so I could put a hoist in. I didn't care what it cost, I was going to have a hoist in there at any cost. So, cottage style roof instead of regular roof shape, custom trusses, bla bla bla.
-The expensive lights in the garage (my workshop) because I'm tired of a dim garage. My eyes are not even close to as good as they were 10 years ago, I always have trouble seeing when I'm tinkering. Again, didn't care, didn't even price out regular lighting.
-I hate painting, and especially garage walls always seem to need painted. Trusscore on the interior garage walls, corrugated plastic sheeting. Again, I didn't ask how much extra it was, didn't care.
This and a whole bunch more is adding up to us having a home mortgage again after all these years, but sometimes you just say "shove it" and do it while you can. And in spite of all the extras, people won't even notice our house as looking any different than any other house on the street, and that's fine by me. For many of you, this is likely the norm, but none of this spending is "me" at all.... At least, up until now!
Like one of my co-workers said yesterday "Think of it as a good thing, your kids won't be fighting over your money!" Well said Phil, well said!!!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
... My eyes are not even close to as good as they were 10 years ago, I always have trouble seeing ...
ummm, Carl, maybe you should see your optometrist and check for cataracts ... they come with aging, happens so slowly you don't even know it is happening ... after you have your lenses replaced (free in USA w/ Medicare, don't know about Canada) you will not believe how clear and bright everything is. Painless procedure, only takes a few minutes, no general anesthetic, it has the Doctor Dave Seal of Approval! Once the bandages were off I said "Whoa so THAT is what white looks like!" (I went for the extra cost toric lenses, now have 20/20 vision for the first time in over 60 years [I wore Coke-bottle glasses since I was 6, later the strongest contact lenses you could get - now no corrective lenses at all])
Dave
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1956 Pontiac Pathfinder 2dr sedan, 496 - dyno'd 545 hp, stick shift, 4.11 posi - Hot Rod
Mini. side-track, for all the model train collectors here. - I worked in Ohio one summer & toured a few museum's / the following one, was a true thrill !!
World's Master Carver Ernest "Mooney" Warther - Part 1: History & Tour In this 4 part blog, we bring you a timeless American story of a 2nd grade educated mechanical and mathematical genius in the world's master carver, Ernest "Mooney" Warther (1885-1973). Mooney was renown for his walnut, ebony and ivory train carvings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwT3HVp5Klk
David Warther Carvings Museum David Warther is the world's premier ivory carver. The ships he creates are sights to behold. This video was created to announce Warther's capital campaign to raise the funds needed to build a new museum for his carvings in Holmes County, Ohio. At the end of the video, you'll find information on how to contribute to his cause. We encourage you to do so, because you'll help give a permanent home for what arguably could be the most important maritime carvings in history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY2G004XiUU
Carl, your house reminds me of a mechanic's house I worked with years ago. He had it custom built. From the road it looked like any other house with a diminutive 2 car garage.It was when you walked into the garage you realized it was NOT the same as the others. It extended beyond the back of the house and around to the rear like a giant "L". I think it would hold something like 6 cars.
OK, model trains again ... for some weird reason I love coal cars (I own about 250), and for some other weird reason I like the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (can't explain it, never lived anywhere near their tracks) and of course the C&O had to move heavy coal tonnage over the mountains, so they had BIG powerful motive power, and the biggest and (according to evidence) most powerful of any steam (much preferred to diesels or others, steam had character, eh?) locomotive anywhere, was the H-8. So of course I had to buy one, very rare, very expensive:
Don't run it, just sits on the shelf looking gorgeous
Dave
I have a genuine C & O railway brass switch key ... these things are getting up in price. Had to back off buying them.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
The obsession with scale trains doesn't surprise me at all.
One thing I do remember paying way too much for back in the late 1980s was a New-old stock 1967 Fisher body manual. I paid $200 for it from Carl Terpstra; today quality reprints are available for $50. Yes it was a Canadian edition. I bought some Canadian Pontiac brochures & U.S. Pontiac performance brochures from him as well but I don't remember how much they cost (maybe I chose to forget; the stuff was in perfect condition).
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
I got into collecting hotwheels a while back. Saw this at a model shop and had to have it. Around the 400 mark. Hard to find these days. one on ebay now US$750...
kyle petty pontiac.
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cutting a roof off a four door is NOT a convertible.....
65 Parisienne convertible.one of 49 built for RHD export market,402BBC, T400, 2500 stally, posi rear, upgraded brakes with front discs, FUEL FAST efi custom built by me.
In 1988 i paid $70.00 U.S. in Carlisle, U.S.A. for a Connie kit lock for my 57 Chev that had an original Continental kit on it. This devise protected your spare wheel from getting stolen. The lock was in the N.O.S. box and you could tell it was never used and it was a GM accessory. I thought then, am i nuts but i had to have it. When i sold my 57 Chev in 2007 i took it off and sold it on Kijiji. I will not speak of what i sold it for. I got countless calls from Americans about buying it. I laughed because i thought i paid way too much for this thing but it brought a really good return on my investment.
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Well I'm pretty pumped! I just got the Nilsson Schmilsson quadraphonic reel to reel tape for lets just say more than 100 Canadian. Since I've been watching ebay for these I've only seen three for sale. This one is in New Zealand. Talk about the ends of the earth.
Well I'm pretty pumped! I just got the Nilsson Schmilsson quadraphonic reel to reel tape for lets just say more than 100 Canadian. Since I've been watching ebay for these I've only seen three for sale. This one is in New Zealand. Talk about the ends of the earth.
More (buying) power to ya!
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Well I'm pretty pumped! I just got the Nilsson Schmilsson quadraphonic reel to reel tape for lets just say more than 100 Canadian. Since I've been watching ebay for these I've only seen three for sale. This one is in New Zealand. Talk about the ends of the earth.
Just across the ditch from me!
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cutting a roof off a four door is NOT a convertible.....
65 Parisienne convertible.one of 49 built for RHD export market,402BBC, T400, 2500 stally, posi rear, upgraded brakes with front discs, FUEL FAST efi custom built by me.
1956 Pontiac Pathfinder 2dr sedan, 496 - dyno'd 545 hp, stick shift, 4.11 posi - Hot Rod
) for $180.00.
