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* Been forever and a day since I last visited, so time to catch up a bit! MID SEP 2021 Angela, a friend I met several times in southern OR and the creator of the EPIC THREAD about her Dad's 1987 Monte Carlo SS, died. OC,SH FB page tribute: https://www.facebook.com/OldCarsStrongHearts/posts/pfbid08pwFf8q2Hn2MfHR3iJD555H6tRBoH8vBVXtPiScrR6LSin4isXKS3p5QPLBW1nknl 2016 OC,SH website entry with link to the Epic Thread: https://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2016/06/14/tuesday-trip-65/ OCT 2021 I celebrated 5 years of owning my treasured 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis LS with this OCSH FB page post: https://www.facebook.com/OldCarsStrongHearts/posts/pfbid07orUzjA3tCmLoxQSc5X5Nt1eE4EcUCV3oQ6MxSX88c7QDswCyuFWVfJm9heneQLxl LATE FEB 2022 That same car surpassed 200,000 miles, but I have yet to make a special post for it. I have video of the odometer changing, which I will share sometime. IDES OF MARCH 2022 Dan, my best and closest-ever friend, died early AM 03/15/2022; I was in his ICU room with him. I have had quite the difficulty with this. I wrote several tributes. 03/19/2022, the evening after we buried him: https://www.facebook.com/cortOldCarsStrongHearts/posts/10228052866969210 05/07/2022, with info as to why I have yet to create that 200K-mile celebratory post: https://www.facebook.com/cortOldCarsStrongHearts/posts/10228332044388471 05/22/2022 on the OC,SH FB page with a photo of his 1997 Ford F-150: https://www.facebook.com/OldCarsStrongHearts/posts/pfbid02yBfnp4fw636bnFNZ7ZzsLErdjJ8zfGHX1dvd4cVhtHVEbCeiRhLa7KDr7RsMhEVJl MISC Created and received new Business Cards. Revised and added to the OC,SH NETWORK page, now arranged by category: https://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/ocsh-network/ New-look EVENTS pages with more opportunities; check them out, you might see something that intrigues or inspires you to find connections and synchronicities: https://www.cdshowcase.com/events/ https://www.cdconsultingservice.com/events/ https://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/ocsh-cruise-nights/ So, what have I missed here? Cort, pig and cow valves with pacemaker 2003 MGM LS + 1981 cmc SC; need 1975 Chrysler Cordoba "Looking at me now you might not know it" | Emerson Drive | 'Moments'

Rallye Green (Plymouth) Good to hear from you Cort it's been a year of Sundays

Hmmm ... limey As in a green car ... the most notable one in my memory is a 1976 Monte Carlo I saw in person a few times. Cort, pig and cow valves with pacemaker 2003 MGM LS + 1981 cmc SC; need 1975 Chrysler Cordoba "Where's that shiny car? ...did it ever get you far?" | All-American Rejects | 'Gives You H**l'

Given the condition of Pittsburgh (and NJ/NYC for that matter) roads, true off-road tires would be the most appropriate. ? But yea, if I had the R nineT Original I'd have gone with a typical street tire. I've just really liked the Scrambler style from any manufacturer. While I'll never take this true off-roading because it's too heavy for that, I like that I can take it down some dirt/gravel trails that are well compacted.

When did you all move into your nursing homes? Can't sit down in a car now? Too hard to stand up? Do you all need artificial knees? Oh look... your apple sauce is here for dinner.

Top Picture: Hoboken, NJ across the river from Manhattan - taken a week ago today Bottom Picture: Key Largo, FL at Gilbert's Resort - taken over the winter holidays Below, got some new shoes.

Antman ???‍?

WASP

Within an hour in the Post Oak-Galleria area and the River Oaks section of Houston ... Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis have big Texas written all over them, seen here at one of the entrances to River Oaks, possibly the nicest neighborhood in H-town. TEXAS and TRUCK both have 5 letters; love the palm trees in H-town that you don't get in the "Big D." Here's a REAL classic! And, as a bonus question, why the heck is my car parked next to the Greyhound station? (This one has the nicer alloys.)

Well, Dodge's EV slogan is something like 'rip up the streets' isn't it? I'm sure they will have audacious names...like Hellcat EVicerator, Charger Mutilator, or Ram Murder Beast, Ram DefEcator..

Spotted on Cinco de Mayo. This Sedan de Ville had less than 100,000 miles on it. And, being a 1977, this car is 45 years old! While I appreciate the car, it's not something I'd want. I didn't even crank the key to hear what the engine might sound like. Almost all of the boulevardiers from this era tend to lose the quiet exhaust notes of when they were new(er), which is too bad. The downsizing from 1976 helped this model, but maybe less so for some of the other full-sizes like those by Pontiac This car sure has a balanced profile. I like how they raised up the rear wheel well without putting a skirt on it. It could have used a piece of chrome on the B-pillar. Looking over these sorts of lines and through a hood ornament is a thing of the past. The padded vinyl roofs looked great on almost all GM full-sizes of this era, and some mid-sizes as well. Fairly nice looking dashboard with a protruding center stack and a cowl ridge at the top of it. Circular gauges would have been nice, but that time hadn't yet arrived. This is a view of the interior of the cabin. Cadillac seemed to have ditched some of the really gaudy cloth interior choices from years before to go with simpler mono-color ones like you see here. Cadillac always paid attention to their interior lighting, like the one you see on the rear sail panel. This is some generous legroom in the rear of the cabin. Bottom line: what a majestic vehicle.

Hornet AMX

Mud mud mud and more mud. The driveway runs parallel to a creek with a few crossings of other creeks for 3/4 mile from the barn out to a county road. This photo doesn’t show how steep the hill is down to the barn. The photos flatten things out, but where the Jeep is parked is about 1/2 way up a steep hill from the barn to the house and upper garage. Can't go up the old driveway to there as it's a muddy, marshy mess and the '69 Mustang is blocking the driveway. Barn hadn’t been painted in at least 25 years. Jeep parked on the hill, house is up and to the left. There is an Explorer in the red garage up the hill. Was out attacking trees with my chainsaw today. The trees haven’t been trimmed since my Dad passed in 1999.

Thanks, I had posted in the thread below with a rather cryptic title..my sister and I have a lot of work ahead of us. The farm is 90 miles south of where I live outside Cleveland, it's been neglected for a long time and he tried his darnedest to destroy our parents' 1859 home. The property has been in the family since 1968. Knowing we would have to deal with him and the property sooner or later is part of why I moved from Arizona back to Ohio in 2017. Alas, I was only able to visit once after our Mom died in 2016, and one of his feral dogs bit me and he chased me off...being that he had 45 guns and was mentally ill, I didn't feel safe visiting my own family property while he was alive. My sister and I had restraining orders against him the last 4 years, he spent time in and out of jail and a mental hospital, didn't do any good. Too. Much. Drama. You can't choose your family, unfortunately. We've been working on the weekends at cleaning up the house, trimming tree branches, looking for family heirlooms, etc. I've made a spreadsheet of his 12 cars and 8 motorcycles, been trying to find keys and any paperwork...because he was schitzophrenic, nothing was particularly organized. 2 Ford Ranger pickups, 2 Ford Explorers, a Bronco II, 2 Fox body Mustangs ('79 Indy Pace Car, '82 GT), 2 '68 Mercury Cougars, a '69 Ford Fairlane, an '01 BMW 740iL, a couple BMW motorcycles, a couple Honda motorcycles, a couple Yamahas, a couple Kawasakis. It was in the barn until a few years ago, when my idiot brother dragged it out w/ the tractor and parked it blocking the driveway. The left side is in mud almost up to the rockers. I put a new car cover on it yesterday. My Dad bought that car new, 351 Windsor 4bbl, automatic. My sister learned to drive in it. She wants to restore it, has a lot of family sentimental value. I last drove it maybe 30 years ago. In the 80s, my Dad and I restored it--replaced the rusted out floorpans, rockers, doors, rear quarters, had the shock towers rebuilt and welded up (a common rust out area in Mustangs). It has a little over 100k miles. In contrast, the photo below is how the property looked 32 years ago. The white '69 Mustang is now sitting to the left of where the '87 is in this photo.

Not all in one frame, but all on the mud farm this afternoon. The Jeep, my Dad's '69 Mustang I inherited and my '87 Mustang GT. Hope to get the Mustangs back on the road later this year after sitting for a long time. I have a lot of work ahead of me in this mess I've inherited... also an old Ford tractor outside the barn. I have a dozen cars/trucks/SUVs and 8 motorcycles that belonged to my brother that I need get titled, registered and sold eventually. Have to find keys for them first...

Lately, detailing involves a spray off booth. Must say I have not been as good about this as I should. Glad to see you back on here!