balthazar

huh???

Some of why I like this era so much :

Numbers / volume.

'57 Olds F-88 Mark II ~

Irrelevant- the supply of money is endless and unbacked. Jeff Bezos having 180 billion (on paper) doesn't deprive you or me of one nickel. US Mint prints $500,000,000 every damn DAY. There's no such thing as equality of outcome- it's not how nature works, it's not how mankind works... and it's not anything any entity can force.

But the 'billionaire illuminati' don't 'win' buy buying Tesla at $600/share; they get in when it's $30/share and ride it uphill. Where's the 'super rich' push to pump up another 'Tesla' (Lordstown)?? Who cares if they ever make a profit- that's apparently irrelevant. Perhaps it simply doesn't work like your conspiracy theory says. Here's a secret- billionaires actually LIKE the occasional big loss- it offsets all the other 'wins'. Did you catch that ridiculous ProPublica release on the rich & taxing all wealth?

Sooo, why don't the controlling 'billionaire illuminati' "make" Tesla stock go to $3400/share (like Amazon) or $426,000/share like Berkshire Hathaway? Someone has to be the first trillionaire. ? The so-called 'super rich' certainly aren't only OR primarily invested in Tesla, and they likely already made their money. Like so many CEOs; they reap their benefits, pull the cord and jump... onto the next financial transport. They don't give a shit about the company itself. BTW... how did the 'billionaire illuminati' -who all "love electric car stocks" allow Lordstown to drop to $9.26 /share? A stock that was $10 on 06/20 and shot up to $30 by 09/20? Shouldn't it be $300-$500 by now? Who was asleep at the switch??

MAN is that an ugly & cheap looking interior! Rental-car grade by appearances.

'Boxing up' a powertrain offering should be common sense AND cost very very little. Hopefully, were Tesla to also offer such, they could at least sell these for a profit.

If you (almost) never make a profit as a manufacturer, bankruptcy is inevitable. The regular production 'history' of Tesla really begins with the Model S, which came out in 2012.

It might, it's certainly possible. You can get a Duesenberg or a Cord or a V-16 Cadillac for a song and a Coke, since all the folk who grew up with them are dead. ? If there's actual evidence of "dwindling numbers" as far as collectible values, the aftermarket automotive market or people no longer building a vehicle 'their way' in uncountable numbers, I'd be interested in reading it. Remember where I came into this sub-discussion; with someone taking a BE powertrain OUT of a '67 Riviera in order to put a 430 CI V8 and a non-overdrive automatic back in.

So they're just going to build more & more & more cars at a $6 grand loss on each one??? 9 years of this shit business model and no profits, only driven by the whim of a perpetually-distracted ego-maniacal billionaire? He's going to get bored and wander off at some point. How long would you do YOUR job if you had to PAY to be there?

idiots who "don't want to be bothered going to the gas station" don't dump "$100K" into lifted pickups. You're describing 2 completely different idiots. No argument on stick shifters, but let me ask- what's your source for the 'dwindling numbers'- are values on GTOs and Mustangs and '55 Chevys falling steadily recently?

So your opinion is today's young kids are going to undertake retro-fitting vintage cars into battery-electric ones?? Where they getting the $70 grand to do that??? (EVWest charge: $50K + decent vintage car needing nothing else done to it: $20K). ? ? ?

'55 Chevy, Cummins 6BT TD, apparently dubbed "Tow Pig" on IG ~

Of course not- it has almost zero appeal appeal-wise or financially. I'm not sure I get what you're speaking to.

Some people, not surprisingly, prefer the tactile and audio impulses of a reciprocating power plant, a stepped, planetary gearbox and a tuned dual exhaust. Funny, that. On the heels of the news piece where something like 20% of BE vehicle owner are switching back to IC, I wouldn't remotely be surprised to see this 'de-electrifying' -especially in vintage vehicles- gain momentum.

Compare to a stock like Exxon-Mobil. It doesn't move much, price-wise (tho right now it's 100% above it's 52-wk low). But it pays a dividend- last one I saw was .87 cents/share. Have 500 shares and Exxon is paying you around $1750/yr. So even if the stock flatlines, your money is making you money. Take it as cash or buy another 28 shares and earn $1850 in dividends next year. Tesla gives you nothing.

Investors get in & out at the snap of their fingers. There's never been a dividend, so buy in, if it rises an appreciable amount; sell out. The company's financial health is marginal; that's not why investors bought in. They bought in for the (stock) ride. And BTW, I'm sure those that bought in between $600 and $900 are plenty concerned.

Owner pulling OUT the electric motor conversion from his '67 Riviera, to return it to it's original 430 CI V8!

Phenomenal original-condition '63 Catalina. Those clear acrylic steering wheels cost about $1200 to have restored/recast :

UPDATE : My brother has bowed out of the engine rebuild pecking order; he's way too busy with work & building a garage/apartment addition at his place, which means I'm up next. Going to try to hold the builder to the promised '3 month turnaround'. But now I have to shift into overdrive and get this out & prepped. Moved some stuff around in Bay 3 to make room for the cherry picker moving around/planning The Yank. Then got sidetracked cutting the bum steel wheels off a 1940’s dress stand to convert it into a floor lamp (has an interesting cast iron 4-leg base).

Finally; quicker in the quarter than a Dodge. Impressive numbers... just don't see many takers out there. No, like I said; he's looking at a looming CASH FLOW problem.

• White Mach-E zipping thru lanes like a typical BMW driver. Looks good tho. • rusted/tired red early '70s Maverick, moldering in the weeds next to a rural back road. • Early '50s GMC pickup project, very good sheet metal • repainted 'Petty Blue' '71-72 Charger, covered headlights, cosmetically clean, parked. • '65 LeMans convertible, some significant patches of body rot, Iris Mist, project

After CARiD shipped me a bed mat for a Ford Super Duty, finally got my GM bed mat in. Took a 95-mile round trip today; bought a spare hood & rear bumper for my brother’s ‘71 GTO and dropped it off. Working thru the prior-to-me 110 miles out of the 400-mile MPG window… look at both the MPG and the miles driven/fuel gauge :