Running Bear's May 2023 Coffee Shop.

[JeffH]

That's to bad. My dad bought one new in '72. I came and he sold it since 4 would no longer fit. Once my sibling left home he bought it back from the same guy he sold it too. I drove it all they through college and into my first job. This all took place in the north west. Loved driving that car. They are really fun to drive in the snow with stud's all the way around. He still has it today. I understand the tight spaces that the mechanics had to deal with all to well.

I've always been a Porsche fanatic. Give me a good Type 4 air cooled motor any day! or better yet, the 6 cyl version!

 

[bnsf971]

I saw many of these Ladas in Hungary.
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The only thing worse than a Fiat is a Soviet Fiat…

 

[Jaz avalley]

The only thing worse than a Fiat is a Soviet Fiat…

the only thing worse than a soviet fiat is shanks pony

 

[Smudge617]

the only thing worse than a soviet fiat is shanks pony

You've obviously never rode in a Trabant.

499cc 2 stroke engine.

 

[Bruette]

In THAT good condition?

A few, but most were nearly worn out.

Before the fall of the Iron Curtain there was a waiting list for cars, a lengthy list. My wife's dad settled for a motorcycle with a side car.

 

[Bruette]

In 1980 I was a bouncer. The bartender was a beautiful lady. She had a new 911. I drove it, taking her back to her apartment a few times. Great car, but too small for my 6'9" body.

 

[Bruette]

You've obviously never rode in a Trabant.

499cc 2 stroke engine.

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East German made - I saw more than a few of them in Hungary!

 

[bnsf971]

You've obviously never rode in a Trabant.

499cc 2 stroke engine.

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Obviously that’s a model.
A real Trabant would have had its windshield wipers stolen…
That was an unofficial national pastime in the Soviet Union.

 

[Smudge617]

East German made - I saw more than a few of them in Hungary!

We used to do a re-supply run from West Germany to Berlin, (before the wall fell obviously), The police were issued these, so we would deliberately exceed the speed limit, they never once actually caught up with the convoy of 15 X 16ton trucks which the Army limited to 56mph

 

[Bruette]

We used to do a re-supply run from West Germany to Berlin, (before the wall fell obviously), The police were issued these, so we would deliberately exceed the speed limit, they never once actually caught up with the convoy of 15 X 16ton trucks which the Army limited to 56mph

Now that is cool!
I bet you could entertain us with stories all day!

 

[Jaz avalley]

You've obviously never rode in a Trabant.

499cc 2 stroke engine.

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Exception to the rule my friend

 

[Bruette]

Surprise team cracks Top 5 in Power Rankings

While the Rays continue to hold down the top spot in this week's Power Rankings, a familiar National League powerhouse is charging up the standings -- and a new contender has seemingly emerged in the American League West. Though the top two spots remained the same, there was plenty of

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With the second-best record in baseball. And being only the second team (Astros) to take a series from Tampa.

Here's the freshly updated Top 100 Prospects list

Sunday was graduation day at Prospect University. Any player who began the season with zero Major League experience and cracked an Opening Day roster exceeded the 45-day rookie standard on Sunday. That makes this as good a time as any to make some alterations to the MLB Pipeline Top 100

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[Smudge617]

Now that is cool!
I bet you could entertain us with stories all day!

Got a few, both from my Army and Civie trucking days, unfortunately most are not repeatable on a family friendly forum.

 

[truckdad]

In 1980 I was a bouncer. The bartender was a beautiful lady. She had a new 911. I drove it, taking her back to her apartment a few times. Great car, but too small for my 6'9" body.
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Are you gonna leave us hangin here Louis? Can’t tell the “Rest of the Story” here?

 

[kbkchooch]

Are you gonna leave us hangin here Louis? Can’t tell the “Rest of the Story” here?

Who do you think he is, Paul Harvey?? LOL!

 

[truckdad]

Who do you think he is, Paul Harvey?? LOL!

There was only 1 Paul Harvey. I sure miss him. Wonder what his comments would be in this world?

 

[goscrewyourselves]

Okay - so car wise, seeing as everyone is revealing ... I have a number of vehicles:

1. 1997 Harley Davidson Softail Heritage - mint condition
2. 1984 Corvette (re built courtesy of some dumb "A" 17 yo female
3. 2010 Nissan Rogue - to be replaced with an X5 BMW or X3 BMW this year
4. Mercedes E350 with AMG and Luxury Package.

I am currently also looking at a Mercedes AMG SL550 Roadster to replace the Corvette that isn't that great ... 205 HP (Corvette) compared to 525 HP AMG

 

[goscrewyourselves]

My Mom had a '62 Plymouth Valiant with those push-buttons, but on the right side.
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The car that I learned to drive in was a '59 Chevy Biscayne. 3 speed manual on the column.
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First car that I actually bought was an 11 year old '61 VW Beetle with a 36 hp engine.
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Heater worked from hot air piped directly off the air-cooled engine. Wipers were vacuum operated from the engine, if you needed them to wipe faster, you downshifted. 1st gear was for starting, 2nd gear was for RH turns, 3rd gear was for LH turns and 4th gear was for everything else.

Darn mate - A Slant 6 Valiant which was a great car. A Fairlane 500 as owned by my mothers aunt and VW Beetle that my parents (at one time or another) owned

Good Morning All!

51F @ 71%

Made some time for the track plan. Don't laugh too much!
Upper Level:
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Lower Level:
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As you can see, am having trouble with the prints. Will post to groups.io ( xtrackcad ) and see if it is either me not doing something correct, or ? Setup to print ARCH D with the resulting print *maybe* ARCH C, and it does not matter if I print Portrait or Landscape. Anyway you can get some idea of what I am attempting to get done.

Edit - you can make them bigger somewhat.

Later

You know - there is a specific thread for Layouts Design and Construction

 

[goscrewyourselves]

No one, and I mean NO ONE has had a car until they have owned, and attempted to drive a Reliant Robin ....

 

[PNKFLOYD]

I am currently also looking at a Mercedes AMG SL550 Roadster to replace the Corvette that isn't that great ... 205 HP (Corvette) compared to 525 HP AMG

Tony- In 2010, I had an '81 T-tops Corvette 350 ci V-8 rated 195 hp from the factory. (My wife's new Hyundai Sante Fe turbo is 261 hp from a 4 cylinder) I could bark the tires when the auto tranny shifted into second gear.
Fun to drive once I replaced the brake slave cylinders and I could stop the dern thing.
I bought a motorcycle and the wife traded the Corvette for a new deck built onto the house.