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Lilofan

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MinnieM123 said:
Has anyone watched the show, Jay Leno's Garage? I saw it last night, and it was really fun. Jay's discussions with his guests are really funny and interesting. (Last night he had on Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, and many more movies), and Sugar Ray Leonard, (famous boxer) and a few other guests.) There are many different types of cars that he highlights, too, and I like watching them drive around these classic cars.
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I've watched it. Jay is a collector of cars ( 100 plus ) and he is says he drives a different car everyday . He has a team who maintains his collection in a garage location near his home in CA. Jay attends car shows all over the country including the annual car show in Celebration FL.
 
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Lilofan

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MinnieM123 said:
Yikes! I didn't realize he had that many cars. I knew he was a collector, but wow!
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Jay is also a good investor. He once said he lives off of his comedy show stand up income while the millions he made from the Tonight Show as host for years he doesn't touch. Also a NFL player from the Pats now with the Bucs, Gronkowski said he lives off of his endorsement deal money and the millions he made in salary playing in the NFL, he doesn't touch.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MinnieM123 said:
Never been to a Wawa, because we don't have them up here. Is it kinda like a 7-11, but better overall?
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We've got our own stupidly named WaWa here and it is called SHEETZ. It does everything that WaWa does and it is something that I don't understand. Why would anyone buy meals at basically a gas station. If you are working and go there for a small lunch or something, sure, but I have known people that go to SHEETZ because the food is so great, they say. Have they even looked at the people that are preparing those edibles. I have two grandkids that work part time for SHEETZ and I have to say that they are good to their employees. That make on average about $16 dollars per hour and are very flexible. That's a pretty nice chunk of change for students or high school grads.
 
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Goofyernmost

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Lilofan said:
Jay is also a good investor. He once said he lives off of his comedy show stand up income while the millions he made from the Tonight Show as host for years he doesn't touch. Also a NFL player from the Pats now with the Bucs, Gronkowski said he lives off of his endorsement deal money and the millions he made in salary playing in the NFL, he doesn't touch.
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They must have their own group of loved ones they are planning on leaving it too. None of us have a guarantee of a tomorrow, why would we save millions unless we still think there is a way to take it with us. I guess it is possible that they just have more money then they can spend. A luxury given to very few. Leno has millions invested in his auto collection. That is his passion and frankly he could be doing a lot of worse things with his money.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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John park hopper said:
Doubt it---- much to dangerous having a high pressure boiler.
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In a world of nuclear power plants, crazy dictators and the like, I don't think a high pressure boiler would be a problem. The production of those things has advanced a lot since those steam cars first came out. What the problem consists of is the fact that steam cars don't go vroom, vroom or enable you to burn rubber. Even though I don't really do that anymore, the fact that I can is important to me. 🏎️🚔
 
John park hopper

John park hopper

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Goofyernmost said:
In a world of nuclear power plants, crazy dictators and the like, I don't think a high pressure boiler would be a problem. The production of those things has advanced a lot since those steam cars first came out. What the problem consists of is the fact that steam cars don't go vroom, vroom or enable you to burn rubber. Even though I don't really do that anymore, the fact that I can is important to me. 🏎️🚔
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I remember those days of burning rubber in my 56 chevy hot rod and having to get rear tires way to often, and drag racing on the street ---------Young and dumb now I'm old and dumb Ha Ha
 
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donaldtoo

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John park hopper said:
I remember those days of burning rubber in my 56 chevy hot rod and having to get rear tires way to often, and drag racing on the street ---------Young and dumb now I'm old and dumb Ha Ha
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My Pop owned a ‘55 Chevy, and a ‘57 Chevy, with the Power Pack with the gold trim. He’s 88, and to this day, he could still kick himself for selling the ‘57 back in ‘65…!!!!! :hilarious:

ETA…
This was pretty much my Pops ‘57 Chevy…!!! :)

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Goofyernmost

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donaldtoo said:
My Pop owned a ‘55 Chevy, and a ‘57 Chevy, with the Power Pack with the gold trim. He’s 88, and to this day, he could still kick himself for selling the ‘57 back in ‘65…!!!!! :hilarious:
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My wife had a 57 Chevy that she sold just before we met. She bought a 69 Chevy Camaro, but not the type that is worth while. It was an old ladies car, It had a straight 6, auto trans. and was as plain as any vehicle I had ever seen. After only a couple of years it started to rust out. We needed to trade it to get a more reliable car. It was possibly the worse vehicle I had ever driven in snow. In spite of the small engine it had no weight and was impossible to handle in slippery weather. So she had two cars that might have had a high value if kept over time. It is amazing how many fortunes I went through because I couldn't see into the future. At that time the 57 Chevy's were being bought up and used up to make local NASCAR race cars for local race tracks. It brings tears to my eyes to even think about how many of those cars were destroyed on those Thursday night races.
 
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donaldtoo

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Goofyernmost said:
My wife and a 57 Chevy that she sold just before we met. She bought a 69 Chevy Camaro, but not the type that is worth while. It was an old ladies car, It had a straight 6, auto trans. and was as plain as any vehicle I had ever seen. After only a couple of years it started to rust out. We needed to trade it to get a more reliable car. It was possibly the worse vehicle I had ever driven in snow. In spite of the small engine it had no weight and was impossible to handle in slippery weather. So she had two cars that might have had a high value if kept over time. It is amazing how many fortunes I went through because I couldn't see into the future. At that time the 57 Chevy's were being bought up and used up to make local NASCAR race cars for local race tracks. It brings tears to my eyes to even think about how many of those cars were destroyed on those Thursday night races.
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In 1969 my grandparents on my Pops side bought a brand new Chevy Nova. It was the most base model you could get, at the time…4-door, no radio, no A/C, a 250 c.i. straight-six (what my Pop calls a “Hotwater-six” :hilarious:), with “3-on-the-tree”.
I loved my grandfather, but, quite frankly, he was, by far, the scariest driver I’ve ever ridden with…passing on blind hill curves, even on straights where other cars were coming and they had to take evasive action…how we survived those drives, I have no clue…!!!!! :hilarious:

Looked exactly like this, but was gold in color…

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donaldtoo

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John park hopper said:
Back in the day a buddy took a 55 ford 2 door and dropped a 428 cu engine he pulled out of a Merc station wagon. Left it looking like an old ladies car. That thing could blow the doors off of guys who thought they had hot cars .
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Yes, big blocks have been dropped in many a “sleeper” over the years.
I had some buddies back in the day that dropped a 327 (yes, a Chevy small block) into a ‘75 Chevy Vega. Thing had issues initially hooking up due to them not bein’ able to properly dial in the rear suspension, but, once it did, it was gone…!!!!!!! :joyfull:
 

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