balthazar

Well, the scoops are factory, just not from that gen. FAR more tasteful than the subaru bulk-mail slot. The red accents don't do it for me, but he has time to develop taste yet. Wing has to go.

It's not the view of what's outside the structure- that would be the same if this was a 100 sq ft cabin. It's the antiseptic nature of the interior. -- -- -- -- -- This monster is 15 minutes from me. I haven't seen it in person (it's not visible from the road) and was never lived in. I disremember how many millions the asking price is, but it reminds me of the OP house (needs a bit of landscaping) :

While I always find 'extreme design' interesting, and the lines /geometry of this catch my eye, it is indeed a cold, soulless place that I could never call a 'home'. I'd rather live in something like THIS.

Pretty slick, but not so much @ night, me thinks. Also, the illusions may start to crack once the first pair of dirty socks lays heaped against a wall for a few days. Also needs to upgrade the ante' in the garage if this is a design-intensive project. FWD-proportioned wedges aren't going to butter the biscuits here. LINKY

MA looks like an infrastructure sh!thole, I agree. Here in Jersey, things aren't nearly this bad- crews are CONSTANTLY dwaddling over road work. I firmly believe some scenarios are 'over-graded' tho, there's definitely opportunity to play things over safe. Yes- I also firmly believe that's a real thing. The one bridge I was quite familiar with over a span of many years was a steel overpass, road traffic over a RR line. Build right about 1913, it was closed to (the very infrequent) car traffic circa 1990, then demolished about 8 yrs later and replaced with a concrete monstrosity instead of being repaired. I was underneath this bridge numerous times, the contained areas of corrosion penetration were easily repairable, and the decking needed to be replaced. Instead I have no doubt the replacement cost millions. Sometimes I think fear -and misguided faith in the 'new'- drives too many of these decisions.

Interesting, but imagine the gridlock when a tractor trailer rams into one, knocking it off it's rails.

There's a Pontiac guy who ran a '67-68 RA II Firebird, totally factory spec, drag raced it (it was very quick- should've had in the neighborhood of 450 HP via times), and he was passing 1998 emissions standards IIRC. Combustion efficiency has to have as much or MORE significance to emissions than power level. What the efficiency of a 170 CI engine putting out 18 HP ????

^ True, but I read a piece once- a automotive shop class teacher, in the process of teaching about emissions, had access to a friend's 1917 Buick, a real nice original, so they hooked it up to the sniffer. Lecture was immediately throw off the rails when the Buick ran far cleaner -admirably so- than anyone had predicted.

OHNOES!!! THE CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE !!!!

In conversing with a Flickr dude who regularly photographs in this area- he made mention of a book on hobo codes, and that these 3 lines pictured in the OP meant 'big hill'. This to me makes great sense: on this side of the track, maybe 2000' feet down the line, there is an extremely sharp drop off of at least 150 vertical feet. I can be a regular billy goat in the wild, but I don't even get close to this slope. Anyone looking to jump off a moving train would be WELL advised not to do so on that side, in that area. The distance makes sense considering train speed. The repainting (IMO within the last 20-25 yrs or so) suggests 'hobos' still rode the freights that recently (of course: prolly still do sometimes)- so someone repainted the marks to continue the warning. I am willing to call this 'case closed'. Will post ariel shot tonight.

I am one of those that's not helplessly driven to wild hyperbole when I see it. In other words, I kinda like it.

Why is this reminding me of toyoyo & mish-mashbisi ??

doesn't bother me anymore than this: I don't hate or love either.

Undoubtedly a conversion formula; they have NOT retested older vehicles. As for why, IDK.

Dig the herringbone! Seriously, a damned clean machine @ a VG price. Was there ever aftermarket rims for these, or did Olds have a factory 'Rallye'? Something this clean, dropped an inch with TASTEFUL rims would approach a... sort of... coolness.

That '62 black & red interior is not original, but it looks fantastic. The '60 El I saw in MD at the only POCI event I managed to get to time-wise. That car has also been around for a few decades- but is a real sweetie. I picked up a correct '64 Tri-P set "off a GTO" years back for $275, for my GP.

^ And they've got one foot in the bankruptcy grave and the other on a buttered roller skate right now...

I don't believe in the normal lifespan of daily driver, that gets frequent changes of a quality dino oil & filter, you will ever see a measurable difference (aside from the oddball engine). A competition car... or if you operate in extreme conditions, is another story. Motoring to the mall in Ohio; no.

Boy- knafel's GTO must have a figurative 100K miles on since it's resto- that baby gets around. Super sano T/A- are those reverse-sunk hood scoops? Would've liked to see the split rear spoiler out back. Gorgeous shark.

This brings up a timely question for me, as I just swapped in new batteries on my 2500HD : do any diesel cars use dual batteries ?? I too think the 6.6 is too large physically. If indeed this is the DuraMax proposed above, also far too heavy. AFA going all diesel in europe- I also agree that it need to be a mix of gas & diesel.

"Junkyard" - what's that ?? I am on the trail of an 'abandoned' yard in PA- in the online video shows an intriquing custom-bodied sports car ALA Corvette-sized. And I really should get back to this place- maybe more towards winter... It had a very unique circa '48 Buick converted into a tow truck- amazing vehicle, I have actually seen pics of one other like it. It's in the row just north of that bisecting tree line...

'More extreme, less attractive' = agree. 'plain' or 'ugly' = disagree.

Just as people will drive miles out of their way to buy gas for 5 cents cheaper (15 gals = 75 cents saved! ), people will also balk at spending double/quart or more what conventional oil costs, esp if 'forced' to do so. Not everyone will, the question is- how many?

I disagree with the piece's contention that the Plainsman is "plain". It's biggest perceptional disadvantage is the color, but the design both in & out is easily in step with '55-56 ChryCo designs, Exner or otherwise. Look at the '55 Falcon- a beautiful design, but one that can also be called 'plain', in fact moreso than the Plainsman. It's just tough to make a comparatively aspirational wagon design, even in the '50s. The Safari nails it, albeit in a blockier, gaudier execution. The degree of the Plainsman's anonymity is the biggest factor in holding back it's value- not it's design.