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The best one by far is "Chasing Classic Cars" on the velocity channel. Mr. Wayne is all business and definitely knows his cars. This channel also has all the Mecum Car Auctions. i ordered the channel for these two shows. The Mecum Auctions are much better than Barrett-Jackson. Less commercials and more cars going through at more reasonable prices.
Another one is "Fast and Loud". This one might be a little too crazy from some people, but i like it. Richard is the crazy boss and The Beard is his right hand man. Richard buys classic and muscle cars and the Beard and his crew do the work. The last episode had Richard buying a Silver 67, 427 Corvette that was completely stock. The engine was outside the car and he paid 38K for the car, which was a great buy. They don't have the time or the wallet to do complete restorations, so they do what they need to do and turn it over. This car definitely should of went to someone for a COMPLETE BODY-OFF RESTORATION. The engine cost them 5500 bucks to have a pro rebuild and it came back painted in the original orange color. The Beard didn't like the color (YIKES!) so poured some lacquer thinner on the valve covers to make it look more garage find stuff. Of course it peeled the paint off the valve covers and looked like #$%$, but they supposedly sold the car to a friend for a nice profit. It's a crazy show. Sometimes they make money and other times they lose their shirt. That's a real reality show if you pay too much for a car to begin with.
Another new one had its 2nd episode on CNBC last night and is also a pretty good show. For those of us who can't stand the watch the variety garbage on television, these shows are a welcome sight.... -
The Mechanic on "Chasing Classic Cars" is also a real character. He's one in a million.
Another new show has a knucklehead and his crew restoring Mopar stuff. i love Mopars, but this show is so bad it stinks.... - Reply to
M L King was Pro Life would he support Obama today? I think not.
by goparegreatfolks9 •Mar 24, 2013 7:05 PMIt's hard to say whether M.L. King would be Pro-Life today. You could probably count Pro-Life Black leaders on one hand today, even though there are almost as many Black Babies murdered by abortion than are born. No one has a right to murder the Most Holy Innocent of GODs Children in womb, or out of the womb....
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Just another knuckleheadl who never watches Fox News, but knows everything about it....
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If Mitt were Prez, he would have thrown kerry-heinz out the window.
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The Center-Door, the Roadsters and other Model T's, the 1928-31 Model A's , 32,33,34,40,46,49,50,51,53,56,57,58,62,63,63 1/2,64,64-70 Mustangs. That's all folks. Except for the new Mustangs, ford is DEAD...
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J.C.Penney owned Main Street in Mandan back in the 50's & 60's. All the Main Street stores were packed during the CHRISTmas Season. It paralleled the CHRISTmas Story Movie to a T. Then K-Mart wanted to move in and the City Council voted against it to try and save small business. They moved to Bismarck instead and every other large company followed, including Wal-Mart. The Mandan shoppers started taking the 10 minute drive across the Missouri River to save money and have a much larger shopping experience. J.C. Penney closed long ago, was replaced with a 2nd hand store and Main Street has been slowly dying. We had two large Movie Theaters and they are both gone. The local hardware store has been having a " Going out of business sale" for at least 10 years, but is still hanging on. I walked in there a few years ago to check out a few "on sale" prices. A 16' Stanley tape was 22 bucks on sale! The same tape could have been had at Home Depot for under 10 bucks. As kids, we spent thousands of hours playing Snooker and Pinball Machines down at Nick's Pool Hall and at Morry's "8" Ball and i wouldn't change those memories for anything. Fighting Progress is a losing battle....
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GM in next phase of hoped for Buick revival............................it could be done
by tiglet2l •Mar 26, 2013 9:59 AMSome more info on the Grand National:
"After a one-year hiatus, the Grand National returned with a mean all-black exterior and more unique touches. For 1986 came a turbo intercooler that swelled horses by 35 for both T-type and GN. Recalibrated engine electronics gave the 87's ten more hp and phenomenal acceleration. In fact, these Buicks bid fair as the fastest cars in the land and did 0-60 in about 6 seconds. The most special was the 1987 only GNX. It was a $30k end of the line limited edition and only 500 units were built by contractor ASC. They had a higher boost, "smarter" electronics, cleaner porting, even bigger tires and claimed 300 bhp. It turned mid 5 second 0-60 times."....Encyclopedia of American Cars from 1930....Publications International, Ltd....816 pages....
A customer of mine said he was driving a 440 Plymouth over the West Seattle bridge many years ago and a GN came alongside. They both hit it at the same time and the Buick pulled away easily. He ended up selling the Plymouth and buying the GN and he still had it in his garage. The story was a little hard to believe, but who knows.... - Reply to
Why does Obama relentlessly demand new taxes on Americans?
by america_rising •Mar 27, 2013 11:32 AMHow else is he going to pay off his 20 or 22 or 24 TRILLION DOLLAR DEBT?? he's also under the delusion that higher taxes will not kill this fragile economy. PRINTING MONEY TO SPEND YOUR WAY OUT OF A SINKHOLE IS NUTS!! By the time he gets thrown out of d.c., the food stamp program might just hit 60 million...
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Have you ever thought about joining the Foreign Legion or the Marine Corps?? They'd straighten your mind out overnight....
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That slippery slope is turning into a large crevice straight down to hell. You compromise and you will lose your Soul....
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It definitely was watered down, but then very few beers have tasted the same over the years. Back in high school, we were all drinking Black Label in the orange can. A case was 4 bucks at the time and soo good. We went north of town in my 50 Merc 2-dr and set the case out in the snow. It put a nice frosty layer on the top. Then they changed the can and the taste so we switched to Bud. The Bud these days tastes nothing like it did back then. Down hill all the way, so now it's full flavored, high octane COORS all the way. Going out in the garage a couple times a week, turning on a little music, sitting in the hot rod and having a few COORS is a prescription that costs very little but is very rewarding....
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obama sold his soul for votes. No REAL CONSERVATIVE would ever do that....
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is the only true way to happiness. The liberals run the schools and threw GOD out the door and the evidence of failure is everywhere. The same can be said on the gov't and political scene. obama and the liberals have just begun to do their damage. Many good people haven't the courage to stand up for their convictions, so what good are they??
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He's probably a bookkeeper at the neighborhood carwash....
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They LOVE FLASH! Jay Leno probably has one in his garage, parked next to his green Duesenberg Roadster and even Rambling Jack Nicholson would probably have one if he could afford it.
i went for a long drive in my white 77 Trans Am yesterday and three kids and an old man gave me the "thumbs up". Some cars are COOL and some aren't worth mentioning and Tesla is definitely KOOL......., -
128 bucks a year for full coverage.
Garage Door LLP Business Insurance for (2) 79 Ford trucks and (2) drivers a year....1584 bucks, which was 700 bucks cheaper than the previous policy at farmers.
Progressive?? Are you kidding me?? Stay from any company that spends money like CRAZY LUNATICS on SICKENING television commercials.
AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE....try it and you'll like it....i can contact my agent Kim anytime and she always returns my calls if she's out of the office.... - Reply to
Why Are Liberals so concerned about firearms and children?
by hope4whitepeoples •Apr 2, 2013 11:39 AMYou forgot the intentional murdering of GODs most Holy Innocent Children through abortion. liberal, Godless brains think they have a right to murder the Holy Innocent....
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They also had a long run of head gasket problems. my wife's friend bought one of those and never had a problem, but the Subaru dealer talked her into changing it out anyway. Another little example of money going into dealer pockets....