balthazar

Too many amps here. He's a tube junkie. Basement has piles. Message me some criteria, I'll get a list of what may fit your search.

Going to continue with the sidebar. Not having much luck w/ ferrari. The brand is very inconsistent; from some angles a given car looks great, but then you rotate around it and it tends to get seriously warped. I know; I'm supposed to love it just because it's a Ferrari, but my eye won't let me overlook inconsistent design elements / poor linework. Here's an example of what stands out to me : - - - - - Fake, generated engine sounds =

Of course- to each his own. I find them inconsistent, overwrought and disharmonious. [goes off to look for one he likes...]

Anyone looking for a Marantz receiver? I hear they're relatively coveted. My son has a few vintage stereo pieces he wants to liquidate.

The looming, unspoken 'industry shaker' is coming down the pike, and it is this: RE Ferrari and applicable to Tesla- once a GMC Hummer is as quick as a Ferrari & Tesla, what happens to those brands, their image & valuation? A Ferrari isn't luxurious, it isn't comfortable, it has zero utility... it's al about the image, the look, the visceral performance and the sound. Well, once everybody is electric (if that ever happens), there goes any differentiating visceral performance and that Ferrari sound. What's left is the look (and frankly; there's dozens of exotic-look cars out there)... is that enough to still warrant being 100 grand higher than more pedestrian cars? Exotic and ultra-high performance cars have image because their performance is world's better than the 'common rabble' That characteristic is coming to an end.

My humble opinion is that FoMoCo styling in the '70s was, on average, fairly awful. It's the low point (on average) for FMC.

"Check front end looseness Pull springs & check check toe in & toe out" $3.50 !!!!!! Can't. Wrap. Head. Around!

...and I'm explaining this again. The company's STOCK is worth that. OEMs have a lot more in assets than just stock capital. Ferrari has 1 assembly plant. GM has 47 assembly plants/ foundries/ sub-assembly operation locations.

When this article was written in May '20, Ferrari stock has peaked at a $30.1 billion dollar market cap, and GM had dipped to $29.7B. Checking back in, Ferrari's market cap has swelled to $44B. However, GM is now worth $83B.

The 2019 revenue from Ferrari merchandising was.... ready for it?... $1.5 billion. Now obviously merchandisers get a cut of that, but Ferrari may well get the bulk. Maybe a little under a $1 billion.... ?

^ Like I said, a lot of vintage enthusiasts love 'em, and they can be pretty cool. Plus, in the (likely) event the dealer is defunct, you aren't advertising anything.

Saw a gloss black '21 Escalade Sport, parking facing my direction, the DRL blades lit up. Looked SO sinister.

‘Professional Grade’! ?

I had requested they not put the dealer ID on my GMC when I ordered it, but on pickup day (ha!) there it was on the tailgate. They took it right off, no problem. Vintage dealer license frames are hot commodities. My '64's dealer was a pretty big, multi-brand Chicago outfit, but apparently they didn't have them (never seen one). No dealer ID badge. I'd grab and install a reasonably-priced frame if I ever found one- that's a 'paperwork' car. The '59 was a pretty small rural PA store- that car had a chromed dealer badge bolted thru the rear fascia- I deleted it at the bodywork stage. I've never found any advertising for that dealer other than a Pennsylvania Buick dealer listing. There's a guy on FB doing really nice period dealer frames, not sure what he charges:

One is a 'Corvette'. It transcends its brand.

It's vinyl lettering; it peels off in 2 minutes. Go ahead and buy it.

Maybe because it has a worse interior, isn't any quicker, and there are far better choices out there for the money. [ C8 Corvette base model : tested 0-60 in 2.7 secs. ] He stated '$160K more', meaning $97K on a $210K car. I have no idea if that's remotely accurate.

This is why the Corvette traditionally sells between 15K and 30+K and Porsche struggles to move 6K at the same price. Porsche is hoping to get Corvette volume by competing on price, but they cannot compete on performance because of the VW corporate rule that the 911 cannot be beaten.

• I believe Bonnie & Clyde perished in a '34 Ford. That patriotically-colored Packard is a '48-50. Cadillacs should be large. Or... there should always be a large Cadillac sedan. And I'm not talking about a mere 205"- that's an intermediate/compact.

Why wouldn't people who can't afford a 911 buy a Corvette instead, tho? And aren't they?? Corvette has a better interior, hits 60 a second & a half quicker than a 718, plus it's a supercar that looks like a super car, not a 20-40 yr old design. Sounds like a no-brainer; Porsche is a 2nd place finisher here.

^ That doesn't jive with your earlier statement that 'guys with 7 cars aren't buying "great performance for their dollar". 718 starts right where the Corvette does; at $60K. Wh-who's buying that when there's a 'much betterer' 911 out there? One of these is good and the other is "bad", eh? :

Then why does the Porsche 718 exist???? Nope, it's definitely an upgrade :

Yes; 2nd smaller/upper crank was for the vent window. Manual, swiveling vent windows were in cheap cars; lux models got cranks. In ‘64 @ Pontiac, power vents were a separate option; my car has power windows with manual (cranked) vents. Only seen 1 ‘64 GP with power vents. Then you could go over to Cadillac and get the full boat : 4 power windows plus 4 power vents! ?

It may take some marketshare. It's likely to grabs a bunch of the 'look at me' vanity sales... maybe Leonardo DiCaprio will drive one to an awards show no one watches. But I doubt it'll break 100K in year 2- it just doesn't address truck buyer's needs & wants. Don't forget- that claimed $39K starting price doesn't go as fast nor tow as much, and Tesla raises prices just about MONTHLY... so a number announced going on 2 years ago now is likely going to be a good $5K more. And they're all going to be the same color. Also, the Tesla brand name doesn't carry any weight with the truck demographic. By nearly every metric, it has a steep uphill climb.

Terminally ill big boy: