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05-28-2014, 11:52 PM | #51 | |
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05-29-2014, 02:54 AM | #52 | |
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05-29-2014, 03:09 AM | #53 |
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Like I said before and the editor came down on me but its true. The death of the small farmer is one of the worst things to happen to this country. Look at kids now compared to kids in the 40s and 50s.
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05-29-2014, 02:40 PM | #54 |
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What personally amazes me is that UAW is actually reached a point where they are suggesting that immigration reform would help them. They are having problems getting American born youth interested in working in the automotive manufacturing field. This is how resistant to manual labor our country has become. Have you seen what plants look like these days? They are emaculate high tech work places and they still can't get anyone interested to work there. It's quite sad if you ask me, we've lost that industrial spirit we built this country with.
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05-29-2014, 02:52 PM | #55 |
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We went from a manufacturing society to a "consumer driven" society. From a society where hard work was respected to a society where everyone MUST go to college. From a society that bought American cars (and goods) to a society that buys the cheapest stuff and bad mouthed American cars. We used to fix things, now we replace them. We used to pay cash for a good deal, now we use credit. The sad truth is that all these trends were perpetrated on youth by the generation before them. We are the ones that need to fix it. I get asked all the time about my vehicles. There is a misconception that they are too expensive by many youngsters. We need to fix those perceptions.
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05-29-2014, 04:41 PM | #56 | |
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05-29-2014, 04:49 PM | #57 |
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People have been complaining about the younger generation since Roman times, and probably long before that but no one wrote it down.
Remember, for every kid that's not gapping points there's one rendering 3D models or writing code, which is quite frankly a far more useful skill than tuneups, because cars don't need tuneups. Which brings me to my next point: why do people -dislike- the fact that cars are more reliable now? Everyone complains you can't "work on cars" these days (buy a laptop, stop whining, get busy). All the stuff you used to have to mess with just works today. No points, no mixtures, no advance curves, no floats, no nothing. Get in and drive 100K miles without changing plugs. And this is bad somehow. Next time an old person complains about how young people don't learn the skills that old people do, how about erasing the hypocrisy by learning something young people learn today? I didn't like the skip-shift and torque management in my Corvette. So I learned how to get into the computer and turn them off. And I'm old.
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05-29-2014, 05:42 PM | #58 | |
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05-29-2014, 05:43 PM | #59 |
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I looked for a 67-72 LWB for three months and the only rust free fixer I could find cost me $4800. It came with a 90s 350 motor and 700R4 trans. I was trying to stay between 3-4K but everything in that range had rusted floor boards and rockers. After looking at about a dozen flat black primerd rust buckets I decided to spend a little more $ and get something solid. I wouldn't pay over $3500 for a truck that is going to need panels replaced. Good luck.
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- "Cars all look the same today, unlike when I was young" I can tell a 60s car from a mile, but to me a 40 Dodge is identical to a 40 Chevy or a 40 Ford until I see the emblem. Many makes have very distinctive styling. You can easily spot: - BMW by the dual kidney grill - Lexus by the new "sideways chevron" grills - Range Rover because it's a Range Rover - Cadillac by the consistent styling that's clearly Cadillac The only one I actually have trouble spotting is a Honda. They look very generic. I can usually ID a Toyota. Ford and Chevy and Dodge and Aston Martin and so on are easy. Compare an Escalade to a Ford Expedition. Completely different. I think it's a function of when we came of age and became interested in cars. The ones you see then are the ones you'll be able to spot for your lifetime, but other eras will seem a little indistinguishable.
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On my Canadian 2+2 no one makes anything for it; Musclecar Restorations had to English-Wheel new panels. And let me tell you, that's not cheap. Fortunately there are a ton of replacement panels for these trucks but if you don't do your own work even that is pricey labor.
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