pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
It's a cool cloudy day and the wife's away - a perfect day to put on headphones and have at the old car. Wash, light compound and wax with an electric polisher and whatever crap I had on hand. Shampooed the floor mats, carpets, seats. Cleaned all the glass, plastic trim and letting it dry. It'll get registered and have plates Tuesday afternoon and have an inspection within a few days.
I bet the # of times anyone hand washed this thing is ZERO.
Generally I could care less about old Saabs, but this one grew on me. I brought it back from the Brink of Oblivion. A one-owner car that was cherished that ultimately needed someone to give it love and drive it, not cut it up for parts. You can see, it's not perfect but it's a creampuff. The manual sun roof and back wing windows are not obvious but this is a surprisingly roomy car with excellent visibility, air flow and ergonomics. Swedish Aircraft Company. I'll probably drive it until later this year and flip it.
I have the lug nut covers and driver's door card off for a reason, but I have them and they're intact.
I bet the # of times anyone hand washed this thing is ZERO.
Generally I could care less about old Saabs, but this one grew on me. I brought it back from the Brink of Oblivion. A one-owner car that was cherished that ultimately needed someone to give it love and drive it, not cut it up for parts. You can see, it's not perfect but it's a creampuff. The manual sun roof and back wing windows are not obvious but this is a surprisingly roomy car with excellent visibility, air flow and ergonomics. Swedish Aircraft Company. I'll probably drive it until later this year and flip it.
I have the lug nut covers and driver's door card off for a reason, but I have them and they're intact.
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1963
Noble
Bit of a weird picture to post here, but the story that comes with it ... well I thought was amazing ... [if true]
... and being an old softy that generally dotes on 'doggy-tales' ... this one has a special place in my heart [cue the 'Old Shep music'] and if anyone can debunk this article's veracity.... I don't want to hear it!!
Cheers.
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lifeanimalsblog.com
... and being an old softy that generally dotes on 'doggy-tales' ... this one has a special place in my heart [cue the 'Old Shep music'] and if anyone can debunk this article's veracity.... I don't want to hear it!!
Cheers.
1963
Noble
I thought that This looks rather gorgeous in the city of sin ....
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSiOzEx9uj0
.... but.... $2.3 Billion ... ?
Cheers.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSiOzEx9uj0
.... but.... $2.3 Billion ... ?
Cheers.
Rick Hunter
Celestial
Glad to see some folks are blessed to have way more money than good judgment!
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
Nice socks Bernie
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
When is the last time you saw one of these, if ever? They're dated 1983.
In high school in '80 or so I took one of my first computer classes and it had a room filling IBM machine loaded with huge reams of that tractor feed white/green paper. I vaguely remember banging away at a keypunch machine then pulling a big breadboard out of it the size of a floor mat and wiring up a ton of wire jumpers to get my program to run. I made a 6' image of the USS Enterprise in asterisks. The machines are long gone but my geekdom thrives
In high school in '80 or so I took one of my first computer classes and it had a room filling IBM machine loaded with huge reams of that tractor feed white/green paper. I vaguely remember banging away at a keypunch machine then pulling a big breadboard out of it the size of a floor mat and wiring up a ton of wire jumpers to get my program to run. I made a 6' image of the USS Enterprise in asterisks. The machines are long gone but my geekdom thrives
michael59
Celestial
I remember they offered a computer course in my high school, but I was too intimidated to take the class.
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
I have a pretty clear memory of a teacher explaining a modem to me, and then showing me a picture because an actual one was $$$. I used to have an old Black Box catalog from only a couple years later with one in it for $2400, a fortune at the time. I'd go to the Guidance Office in the high school to a room that had a massive teletype - a dresser sized printer/keyboard with a ream of tractor feed green bar paper in it. Grab the old Western Electric '5-button key telephone' and dial in to the VAX system at a local facility. You'd hear the modem screech and then jam the receiver into an acoustical coupler about the size of a shoe box. Hang on !! 110 baud headed your way.I remember they offered a computer course in my high school, but I was too intimidated to take the class.
Now that I think on it, I really do have a fair amount of experience with ancient technology. The stuff we take for granted didn't exist and I happen to get into the industry at just the right time.
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Rick Hunter
Celestial
Early radar system?
wwkirk
Divine
Pre-radar, called war tubas, essentially large horns connected to a stethoscope. Served a similar purpose as later radar, but simply acoustic.
