Dream cars

[Guildedagain]

I never gave a Kinker's damn

Tinker's damn.

"Merriam-Webster finds tinker's damn in print since 1839 and suggests that it derives from tinkers' reputation for swearing.[1] The spelling tinker's dam is attested since 1858,[2] and phrases.org.uk notes the disagreement over whether the term originated from tinkers' swearing or instead from their use of small, single-use dams to hold solder.[3] The latter explanation has been offered since 1877;[3][4] on the other hand, the phrase tinker's curse is attested since 1824 and the phrase worth a tinker's cuss is attested since 1854, for which reason Etymonline considers the "dam" derivation an "ingeniously elaborate but baseless" invention of later writers."

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[gibsonjunkie]

I am on my 4th Mustang - currently a 2018 GT and love driving it. I drove a Chrysler Crossfire Roadster for about a dozen years - not much power, but you could really thrash that car around the twisties. It generally got poor reviews, but I found it a great driving car.

When I was in high school we'd play miniature golf next to an exotic car dealership. They usually had a DeTommasso Mangusta parked out front and I would drool over that car for hours!

 

[Soul Tramp]

Tinker's damn.

"Merriam-Webster finds tinker's damn in print since 1839 and suggests that it derives from tinkers' reputation for swearing.[1] The spelling tinker's dam is attested since 1858,[2] and phrases.org.uk notes the disagreement over whether the term originated from tinkers' swearing or instead from their use of small, single-use dams to hold solder.[3] The latter explanation has been offered since 1877;[3][4] on the other hand, the phrase tinker's curse is attested since 1824 and the phrase worth a tinker's cuss is attested since 1854, for which reason Etymonline considers the "dam" derivation an "ingeniously elaborate but baseless" invention of later writers."

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Well, that's what you get when you grow up in a small town on the coast of Maine.

 

[Guildedagain]

I believe it, I like it even ;[]

 

[fronobulax]

Wrong thread?

 

[Wilmywood]

I'm gonna go with a car I never drove but worked on and pitted for two IMSA seasons back in 1989 and 1990, the Dan Gurney All American Racers HF89/90 Eagle Toyota competing in the IMSA GTP series. Winner of 4 races in 1990.

 

[5thumbs]

I hope that had A/C. Driving through the desert with those bubble tops could have been brutal!

 

[adorshki]

Over the years, I've had so much fun with cars! Having come of age in the late 60's - early 70's, I grew up with muscle cars and the golden age of rock. I never gave a Kinker's damn about European cars (super or otherwise). I loved drag racing!

Now that I'm just an old boomer, I don't know what my dream car is. Maybe a '67 Merc Cougar XR7. Given the traveling my wife and I do, I don't really have a lifestyle that lends itself to hobby cars or motorcycles.

Years ago, I built my dream car. a '62 Ford Falcon with a 525HP (naturally aspirated) 351C hotrod. It was a street legal drag car. Picture below is before the new paint.

Sometime around '96 I wanted to buy a fun car. I was going to get a Viper, but sanity prevailed as I would be using the car to routinely commute a 6-hour drive. So I got a Mitts 3000GT.

I sold the Dodge counterpart(s) to that car. The '93 Stealth RT (and therefore I assume the 3000GT as well) had better skid-pad G's than the same year Corvette. Found that out when I sold Chevy's for couple of months but it was confirmed later.

Truth to tell it was all due to the traction control, the AWD, and the "rear-wheel steering". Corvette still had none of that in '93, it was still aimed at the "trailing throttle oversteer" crowd, like the Viper.

I think I'd take a '68 Cougar XR-7 GT-E with an FE 427 and a 4-speed over all of 'em, though.

 

[adorshki]

Well, that's what you get when you grow up in a small town on the coast of Maine.

Kinker, tinker, don't matter much. Hang out with either one and you're likely to wind up a little, uh, "bent".

 

[Guildedagain]

I think I'd take a '68 Cougar XR-7 GT-E with an FE 427 and a 40-speed over all of 'em, though.

Figures Ford had to have 40 speeds to keep up ;[]

 

[JohnW63]

Soul Tramp, did your Falcon sound like this?

 

[JohnW63]

adorshki,

The Volvo project is going slow of late. I was spending Wednesdays ( or Volvo Day as my Dad an I call it ) getting Dad's Mustang running closer to correctly. Computer controller sent off to be reconditioned, new MAF Sensor, all fuel injectors cleaned, new fuel pressure valve. I still need to figure out how to do a base idle reset. Then the pinion seal needs to be fixed and possible a main seal. Sigh.

On the bright side, I have gotten to work on the PV two Wednesdays in a row! Drive shaft hanger gromets, and new bushings on the panhard bar. Saturday, after doing Triumph work, we may pop the front glass out and install a dash pad. It doesn't sound fun as I type this, but PROGRESS is finally being made again.

 

[Soul Tramp]

Soul Tramp, did your Falcon sound like this?

Yes, and then some. I've seen that video before, and it's excellent. It tops out at 7K RPM.

I set my rev-limiter to 9K. My motor was an old Winston Cup bench motor. I detuned it from 700 HP to 525(ish) for street use. You can't imagine what's inside that motor!

 

[NM156]

I am on my 4th Mustang - currently a 2018 GT and love driving it. I drove a Chrysler Crossfire Roadster for about a dozen years - not much power, but you could really thrash that car around the twisties. It generally got poor reviews, but I found it a great driving car.

When I was in high school we'd play miniature golf next to an exotic car dealership. They usually had a DeTommasso Mangusta parked out front and I would drool over that car for hours!

DeTomaso cars looked great but my understanding is that they were dangerously overpowered golf carts.

 

[gibsonjunkie]

Might be... the Mangusta had a Ford V8! Sure looked pretty though. I got to drive a buddies Ferrari last year - that was fast sitting at a traffic light.

 

[Cougar]

I got to drive a buddies Ferrari last year - that was fast sitting at a traffic light.

That Maserati Ghibli I was looking at and pictured earlier has a Ferrari-built engine. When I found out you had to take apart the whole underside of the car to change the oil, I decided to keep looking....

 

[geoguy]

It is just a plastic under-body panel that has to be removed beneath the Ghibli . . . you could probably do it on driveway ramps:

 

[Guildedagain]

Speaking of Ford power, who didn't get a woodie (a station wagon) for one of these?

Hopped up 351 Cleveland behind the seat ;[]

 

[adorshki]

Speaking of Ford power, who didn't get a woodie (a station wagon) for one of these?

Me. Never could stand the Lambo Countach LP (the "Rambo Lambo") either.
Just 'cause wombats can make square turds don't mean there should be a car that looks like one.

 

[twocorgis]

Me. Never could stand the Lambo Countach LP (the "Rambo Lambo") either.
Just 'cause wombats can make square turds don't mean there should be a car that looks like one.

Al, that looks like a De Tomasso Pantera to me. 351 Cleveland powered. They were great when they weren't overheating!

As for the Countach? Who wants a car you absolutely could not see out of?