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Post by a nameless entity » Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:55 pm



Well I would if I could, I suppose. Maybe.*

Ford took Mercury's away from Canadian buyers quite a few years ago. Now they're gone entirely. What a pity.

Back in 1974 I spent a second summer working on the Ford assembly line in Oakville. The Ford LTD had been given to the plant to build in place of the Torino. Oakville had already been making the full size Mercury's for some time. I worked in body build for the first half of that summer, and spent time making the rear quarter panels for both the LTD's and the Mercury Grand Marquis. The quarter panels for the Mercs were a little bit larger than their Ford counterparts, but otherwise looked the same. But the thickness of the sheet metal was different. If you shook a Ford quarter panel you could get the metal to flex and make that metallic "whooping" sound. Not so with the Mercury. You could really feel the difference in weight, and the metal wouldn't "whoop" if you shook the panel. It was thicker.

So, if you ever get a chance to buy an old 70's LTD or Mercury, I'd say buy the Merc. It was a more solidly built car.

Don't ask me why I'm making this post. It's called nostalgia.

By the way, if you're ever tempted to think that assembly line workers in the USA are over paid, think again. I did that work, and believe me, I was well paid by the standards of the day, but I earned every penny. I mean that. They had every job timed to the second. You had to keep moving the whole time. Every possible action you had to do for your job was accounted for the time and motion guys. In those days we built one car every 60 seconds. The last I heard, it was down to one car every 50 seconds. Good grief, I'll never figure out how they shaved off a whole and very vital 10 seconds. I'd like to be young again, but not to work a summer or two on the assembly line at 50 seconds per car! :o
The following summer of 1975 I took advantage of an opportunity to work at a local oil refinery instead. I was paid a little less money, but compared to working at Ford, the work I did was like a paid holiday. :lol:







*(Actually, I'm not very impressed with the quality of Ford Motor products these days. Be very careful which model of Ford you buy. Check with Consumer Reports first! )
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Post by Hook » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:25 am

My last car was a Merc!

My neighbor, who is a Hwy Patrol trooper, bought one of my wish for car classics - a 1968 Camaro!!!
A built up Copper colored street machine Camaro to boot! (it "crackles" when idling) :P

I would also love to have a Cobra! (not the Mustang variety, but the Cobra) :D
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Post by a nameless entity » Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:16 pm

Those Camaros were nice cars! :D
Although I have to admit that I always liked the Firebird a bit better. A friend of mine bought a new Firebird sometime around 1979, complete with the huge Firebird design painted onto the hood. What an awesome looking car it was.
It's really too bad that the Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles had to go the same way that the Mercury did. :(
And of course the Plymouth is gone from Chrysler as well.

But I did see a new 2016 or '17 Corvette on display at an event on Friday. I always thought the '77 Vettes were the best looking ones ever, but this super expensive dream car was a real beauty! 8)
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Post by Terraniux » Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:40 am

Man I wish I had this car:

The blue chevrolet that Jeremy is driving:
Chevrolet Camaro RS+

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That is one bad ass car :D

Or a bugatti, but thats another story :mrgreen:


This car is what I am driving at the moment, runs like a charm too:

Chevrolet Spark
Here is a picture of it

Always been a fan of Chevrolet.

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Post by a nameless entity » Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:55 pm

Hey Terraniux, I like that photo of your car. That bold Chevy logo on the front grill is so cool looking. 8)
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Post by Terraniux » Tue Sep 20, 2016 3:24 pm

Thanks! , Which car do you have? Or motorcycle?

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Post by a nameless entity » Mon Sep 26, 2016 5:27 pm

I have a 1985 HD FXRS-SP that I still ride when I can. And I do have a car, but it's been parked in my garage for 12 years now. I can't afford to insure both just now, the car was more money per year, and the bike was more important to me anyhow. So my 1988 Ford Mustang Cobra is biding its time.
In 19 months my federal government pension money starts coming in. At that time I may just take it out of storage and have it refurbished and put back on the road. Or I might sell it to a young man whose Dad is a Mustang enthusiast. Together they could do a really nice restoration on it.
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Post by Terraniux » Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:36 pm

a nameless entity wrote:I have a 1985 HD FXRS-SP that I still ride when I can. And I do have a car, but it's been parked in my garage for 12 years now. I can't afford to insure both just now, the car was more money per year, and the bike was more important to me anyhow. So my 1988 Ford Mustang Cobra is biding its time.
In 19 months my federal government pension money starts coming in. At that time I may just take it out of storage and have it refurbished and put back on the road. Or I might sell it to a young man whose Dad is a Mustang enthusiast. Together they could do a really nice restoration on it.
Nice, that one is good looking!

Yeah, I'm sure there are plenty of them (dads).

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Post by a nameless entity » Tue Sep 27, 2016 11:21 pm

Thanks. :)

Actually I have a specific young man in mind to sell my car to. He's asked about buying my Mustang in the past. His Dad is a total Ford enthusiast, and has restored at least two of his many Fords himself. If I sell it to him I know that he and his Dad will do the restoration properly. :)
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Post by Hermskii » Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:11 am

I want a picture of the mustang
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Post by a nameless entity » Wed Sep 28, 2016 9:30 pm

I posted a pic of the Mustang one winter after a heavy snowfall some years ago over at Redeemer Insanity or the EZ Board forum, but couldn't find the thread. I don't have any other digital images anymore. Sorry.

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Post by Hermskii » Mon Oct 03, 2016 3:16 pm

Good looking car!
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Post by Hook » Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:39 pm

Oh ya - a 302?

I should post some of our exploits in the Street Machine category ... (coming) :wink:
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Post by a nameless entity » Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:31 pm

You betcha. A 5 litre/302 push rod V8. Bullet proof! 8)

And please do post that cool stuff. :D
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Post by Hermskii » Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:37 pm

Where did all that white sand in the picture come from. For that matter, where did it go? I heard there is lots of white sand up north of the border. It snows in Houston about every 11 years. I always seem to be away on the day it happens. Last time I saw snow here it was 2004 I think. It snowed the day my first kid was born.
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