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Patcheslee
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Okay munchkin definitely has the 76 wrong unless they look better without a roof lol, I haven't seen it in person for 8 years now, only the pic I have of it is this one from his senior pictures. No matter what she wouldn’t sell it cause it was his, (like a 2nd dad to her).My condolencesregarding the ‘76 Mustang…American auto makers made some really bad crap from about the early ‘70’s to mid 80’s, and that one’s on the list. I wouldn’t even bother restoring the ‘76. Sell the engine block to somebody to use as a boat anchor, and junk the rest…!!!!!
Now, on the other hand, if the second car you’re talkin’ about is an actual ‘67 Carroll Shelby GT350H (Hertz)…WOW…!!!!!
Only about 1,000 of those editions were manufactured. Depending on the condition, y’all should be able to get a substantial amount of money for it, even without any restoration.
If it’s rough, a full restoration would take some serious time and money, but, the ROI should be worth it in the long run, for sure.
And again, even in rough condition, it’s a very rare car, so it could still fetch some serious cash from the plethora of rich car collectors out there these days.
I’ve watched some televised auto auctions in recent years, and the prices they go for are insane.
The first pic below is of the ‘76, and the second pic is of the ‘67 GT350H…to me anyway, the ‘76 is WTH…?!?!?! and the ‘67 is a sheer work of art…there is NO comparison…!!!
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Her grandma's just remember discussing the deal with Hertz history with her grandpa, black/gold trim, and him knowing restoration would be expensive because of low production.......okay and drooling when saw it. Luckily they're both garage kept and not rust buckets.We watch the auctions too, and turns into a game of what will be the winning bid.
Songbird76
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Yeah, she's staying away from kiwi now because if it DOES get worse, that would be bad. And it did seem worse last time she ate it. That's how we figured out she was allergic. She started getting like a tingle in her throat and tongue when she ate kiwi, and at first we didn't put 2 and 2 together because she's been eating kiwi her whole life and never had a problem. Then the next time she ate kiwi, it happened again and she thought she had eaten kiwi the last time she had gotten that. They have a break at 10 am every day at school, and she had requested kiwi, so I bought a whole basket of kiwis. She came home and said she couldn't eat the kiwi because as soon as she ate it, her tongue started to tingle. She tested it one more time, just to be sure that was it, and it was, so no more kiwi....it got a bit worse every time.Kiwi actually isn't that uncommon of an allergy. Don't be surprised if it gets worse as she gets older, though. That's how it was with pineapple for me. I used to be able to eat it, and then I was like, hmm, better not, and now it's a terrible allergy. Fortunately, nut allergies are so common that a lot of places are nut-free, and fruits are pretty easy to avoid. We do check the menus of places before we go. A lot of times, it just means not having dessert. Cocktails can be a problem sometimes as well. I learned to like hard stuff like whiskey and rum.
The good thing is that cross contamination isn't an issue for everything. For instance, I can't eat shrimp, but I can be around it without issue (it gives me migraines and I can't keep it down). I can eat other seafood without issue, so going to a seafood restaurant isn't an issue.
When we go to Hawaii, we tend to go to chains or restaurants in hotels because local places tend to feature pineapple, and they're not very good with the food allergies. Local places we double check their menu and if there's any allergens, we stay away.
Her best friend is allergic to TONS of stuff. Hazelnut for one, but she can have peanuts, thank goodness, because her favorite snack is peanut m&ms. And I don't know what all she's allergic to, but she's had to get testing done and was covered in little bumps from all the things she reacted to, and her skin reacts badly to water. If it rains, she has to cover up because she'll break out wherever the rain touches her.
MinnieM123
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What TV station (network, or satellite/cable) shows them? Not sure if I've ever come across them, but I wouldn't know what they're called in the schedule, either. Are the shows just about the expensive and/or rare cars, or is there a mixture of all different types of cars?
(I've mentioned here in the past, that one of my brothers had a job driving cars for prospective buyers to see, at one of those huge N.C. car auction places. He said there were tons of people (dealers, general public) who went to those, and they'd ask him questions about how the car handled, etc. (The reality was that he'd only get in a car for a few minutes prior to driving it in the specified route (I think even some of that was on a conveyor belt system -- to keep the cars moving -- to not hold up the long line of vehicles for sale.) BTW, he loved that job!
Songbird76
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I was a 17 year old girl....I paid no attention to the wheels beyond the fact that there were 4 of them, and the tires were pumped up. I'm sure I have pictures somewhere, but no idea where. I remember someone saying the hood ornament was important, too....that got stolen off my car while I was at school. I have suspicions about who did it, but no proof.
Figgy1
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It was faster for me to walk to school and back even on the days I used my car to go to work. That being said I took my moped to work before I got my license and after if the weather was nice
Are you just admitting to a vehicular misdemeanor ?
Figgy1
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Under advice from council I refuse to answer that question under my rights under the 5th amendment
Your 5th amendment rights don't apply here . This website is hosted in the UK.Under advice from council I refuse to answer that question under my rights under the 5th amendment
Patcheslee
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DD13 was already banned from driving either vehicle to school (jokingly) by her dad because they may get boys attention.Under advice from council I refuse to answer that question under my rights under the 5th amendment
Songbird76
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I walked to school until my brother got his drivers license and a car. Sometimes in the winter, it really wasn't good to be walking, and more than once, some other mom taking her kids to school would pull over and ask if she could give me a ride. The nice thing about the small town is that you knew almost everyone, so it was safe to take a ride from almost anyone. Once I got my car, though, it was very uncool not to drive to school. I used to pick my friends up along the way because I was the first one to have my license and have my own car. Most kids got a car from their parents, but I bought mine myself, and it was a huge car, so I'd go pick up my best friend who lived at the bottom of my street, then we'd go pick up our friend "Mush" (Michelle), and sometimes her little cousin needed a ride to the elementary school. So I'd make the rounds, pick everyone up and drive to school. It wasn't that far, but it was social suicide to walk if you were old enough to drive.
Figgy1
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I walked down half a street cut through a small park and was at my school in 5 minutes tops so walking was always the best bet as driving would mean going around the park not to mention parking was scarce
Patcheslee
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My brother had the vehicle for about 15 of us, needless to say that was before riding in a truck bed was prohibited.
Kids can't even drive to school now without a parking permit, vehicle info including with license plate, copy of drivers license, drug test, agreeing to random testing, and maintain a C average. They only give out the parking permits in August of the school year, so if a student gets their license after that they can't drive until the following year. With the probationary rules in Indiana now, I guess kids can't take their friends for many months either.
Songbird76
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I found 2 pictures of my car parked next to my brother's '78 fiat spider convertible. I still regret not buying the convertible. One of my mom's clients had had it since before she got married, but it wasn't practical anymore because they lived out in the country where the roads were unpaved and could be really bad in nasty weather...you really needed 4 wheel drive out there. So she decided to sell it because it was a shame to have it just sitting there....she LOVED that car. She knew I was looking for one, and she was willing to sell it to me for 1500, which was a steal, but I didn't know how to drive stick and the only person I knew with a stick who could teach me was my dad. As a teenage girl, my father and I had a very tenuous relationship and I would break out in a rash just talking to him on the phone. I also knew from my brother's experience that he was not a patient driving teacher. So I passed on the car and my brother snatched it up. It was hilarious because my brother was 6'2" and about 350 pounds, and that car was TINY. His head stuck up over the windshield. He had to push the drivers seat back as far as it would go, and it touched the back seat. We used to cram 4 extra people in that thing to go to the movies. His friend Donna would sit in the passenger seat, pushed all the way forward, I'd sit behind her with my knees against the back of the front seat. My friend Dawn, who was tiny would shove herself in sideways behind the drivers seat with her legs going across my lap, and the German exchange student we squeazed in between us in the back seat. We'd make the 40 mile drive to Gillette like that, and then have to climb out...man we had fun, though. I loved that car, and if I could have driven manual, it would have been mine.
Can't really see the wheel rims, so I don't know if they were the originals or not. But I DID have the hood ornament at that time. Maybe it got stolen when I was in college....now I don't remember. But I obviously had it then, and this looks like the parking lot of the apartment building where my brother and I lived. Or maybe it got stolen in high school and then returned because someone had seen who took it? I had suspicions because I remember a certain classmate drooling over my car...he LOVED old cars and liked to fix them up, and I think he's the one who told me the hood ornament was an important piece on the older cars and that people stole them all the time. And then I think maybe that's when mine went missing? So maybe that's what I'm remembering. In any case, it's there in the picture, so if it was stolen in high school, it was probably him and then he felt bad and returned it. It was so long ago now, I just don't remember. And you can't see the damage on the side because it was on the Driver's side where the lady always drove it into the garage. The drivers side had this nasty scrape all along the side of it.
Songbird76
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Wow....that seems extreme. Was there parking anywhere in the neighborhood so you could cheat? We didn't have to worry about that. There were about 250 kids in my school, junior high and high school combined. My graduating class, not including exchange students, was 31 kids. Our parking lot was plenty big. We had a parking lot in the front for the teachers, and a parking lot in the back for the students. The shop class garage opened to the parking lot. As a prank one year, the shop kids got into my brother's car (the one he had before the convertible...he had a '63 Plymouth Fury 3 that was UGLY as sin. It was like this gold puke color.) and they put it in neutral and pushed it into the junk heap next to the parking lot. He was not amused. There were no rules about who could park where....teachers could park in the back if they wanted, and students could park at the front outside of regular school hours. And the rec center was right across the street, so we could have parked there if the lot was full, but it never was. I used to park at the far end of the lot so no one would park next to me because my car was so huge. I was paranoid about hitting someone or someone hitting my car. Everyone else parked as close to the building as possible. But how can the school tell you who you are allowed to give a ride to?? I mean, ok, you restrict permits....but how does one restrict who is in the car? If the student has a permit, and it's their car, I doubt the school can tell you who is allowed in it.
It does remind me though, one year the school in the next town over had tried to ban religious paraphernalia from the gradution ceremony and threatened that anyone wearing religious symbols would not get their diplomas. (That's actually illegal, but the school admins were idiots.) There was one girl who wore a cross necklace under her robes...it wasn't even visible, and they told her she would not get her diploma. But the real kicker was that a Native American girl had a dream catcher hanging from the rear view mirror in her car...in the parking lot, and they tried to deny her her diploma for it. There was a big controversy over it, and I'm pretty sure the school lost that battle.