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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,974
    OleBoot wrote: »
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    haha, that's just the wrapper. The inside is chocolate.

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,974
    Does not make me wonder whether Japan outsourced to China the power steering pump reservoir cap on earlier Toyota trucks...

    This is consistent for both 80s Toyota trucks I had. The 4wd one is still around waiting for me to get old and retired and to have unlimited funds for resto.
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  • OleBoot
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,626
    edited September 2023
    msg wrote: »
    Does not make me wonder whether Japan outsourced to China the power steering pump reservoir cap on earlier Toyota trucks...

    This is consistent for both 80s Toyota trucks I had. The 4wd one is still around waiting for me to get old and retired and to have unlimited funds for resto.
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    Funny you should go there... B)
    In case you didn't know it, the founder of what we know as Toyota was... wait for it...
    Kiichiro Toyoda (1894-1952)

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    https://toyotatimes.jp/en/series/racing_car_restoration/050.html

    Now, with a wee bit of chagrin, I turn to good ol' wiki-p for the rest of the story. :p
    Toyota Motor Co. was established as an independent and separate company in 1937. Although the founding family's name was written in the Kanji "豊田" (rendered as "Toyoda"), the company name was changed to a similar word in katakana - トヨタ (rendered as "Toyota") because the latter has 8 strokes which is regarded as a lucky number in East Asian culture. Since Kanji are essentially Chinese characters, in Chinese speaking markets, the company and its vehicles are still referred to by the original Kanji name (simplified Chinese: 丰田; traditional Chinese: 豐田; pinyin: fēng tián), but with Chinese pronunciation.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Toyota

    :D

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,626
    edited September 2023
    My high school buddy George's '74 Hilux long bed pickup proudly bore the old katakana Toyota logo here and there:

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    Some of us were early adopters of trucks... B)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,626
    edited September 2023
    Oh.
    And all y'all know about that other Japanese car company -- the one that descended from a company known as and for a car called DAT. Right?

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    [DAT]... stands for the names Kenjiro Den, Rokuro Aoyama, and Meitaro Takeuchi, who founded the predecessor company Kwaishinsha Car Works in 1911 and produced the first automobile developed entirely in Japan, the DAT-go in 1912

    In the Japanese dialect, “dat” also means a bunny, which is why a bunny has adorned the radiator and logos of the first models.
    ...
    From 1925 the company was called DAT Motorcar Co., which initially only produced commercial vehicles before DAT presented its first passenger car in 1931, the Datson - "son of the Dat".

    In 1933 Nissan took over the Datson company and finally introduced the brand name Datsun. The Japanese were already working with Austin and BMC in the 1930s, and in 1958 the American market was introduced. Datsun started producing in Mexico in 1966 and entered the European market at the end of the 1960s...

    https://coverking.com/blogs/blog/the-datsun-story

    Good day!
    :)


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,626
    edited September 2023
    oh.
    and...
    The guy who (with his son) smuggled Carlos Ghosn out of Japan was one of our neighbors in Massachusetts.

    :#

    https://nypost.com/2023/08/18/we-stuffed-carlos-ghosn-into-3-ft-box-to-escape-japan-he-owes-us-1m/

    OK, that's enough from me. :blush:

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,626
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    (ASR)
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  • treitz3
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    ^^^ THIS......this is exactly why I don't have 8 wives. 6 is hard enough to keep track of....

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,735
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,296
    treitz3 wrote: »
    ^^^ THIS......this is exactly why I don't have 8 wives. 6 is hard enough to keep track of....

    Tom

    7 would therefore be nice, one for each day.

    🤔
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    treitz3 wrote: »
    ^^^ THIS......this is exactly why I don't have 8 wives. 6 is hard enough to keep track of....

    Tom

    7 would therefore be nice, one for each day.

    🤔

    7 days a week? At your age?! You must have a pretty big stock pile of blue pills 😉
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,296
    Nightfall wrote: »
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    treitz3 wrote: »
    ^^^ THIS......this is exactly why I don't have 8 wives. 6 is hard enough to keep track of....

    Tom

    7 would therefore be nice, one for each day.

    🤔

    7 days a week? At your age?! You must have a pretty big stock pile of blue pills 😉

    Hey you horndog, sometimes it's just nice to cuddle.

    No blue pills needed here my man!
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,228
    Saw a story this morning that reminded me of a place that I absolutely love from its historical nature. It's been a few years since I was last there, but its history stands tall. If you are in Boston, its well worth a visit.

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    (Recent picture during storm about 2015)

    TasteAtlas, which bills itself as an "encyclopedia of flavors, a world atlas of traditional dishes, local ingredients, and authentic restaurants", just named the famous Union Oyster House in Boston, Massachusetts one of the most legendary restaurants in the entire world.

    The Union Oyster House is one of the most famous and oldest restaurants in the country still in operation to this day. Doors have been open to dinners since 1826. Originally opened as an eatery named Atwood and Bacon owners installed the iconic semi-circle bar which still stands today. The horseshoe-shaped counter is made from the reclaimed wood of the USS Constitution, a legendary warship known as "Old Ironsides."

    It was at the Oyster Bar that Daniel Webster, a constant customer, daily drank his tall tumbler of brandy and water with each half-dozen oysters, seldom having less than six plates.

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    Union Street was laid out in 1636, two years after the Boston Common was established, but there are no municipal records documenting the Oyster House's date of construction. All that is known is that the building has stood on Union Street as a major local landmark for more than 250 years.

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    Finally, there is an interesting connection to music. During his visit, Luciano Pavarotti discovered that the group sitting next to his booth were celebrating a birthday, and the renowned singer gave an impromptu happy birthday.
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"


    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • Viking64
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  • BlueBirdMusic
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    1986 Toyota land cruiser $15,000. I love Toyota's too.

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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"


    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,626
    I mean, I've seen the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile in the flesh (or... whatever), but this is a new one to me...

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,626
    oh, and speaking of Vipers...

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  • bcwsrt
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    Brian

    One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Sony CDP-508ESD CD player (as a transport) | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,991
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I mean, I've seen the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile in the flesh (or... whatever), but this is a new one to me...

    They should hire a mover to maneuver that Hoover to my cousin's body shop in Vancouver to add some louvers.
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,638
    edited September 2023
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I mean, I've seen the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile in the flesh (or... whatever), but this is a new one to me...

    53016004741_4000f04881_b.jpg1963 Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Promotional Car by Vinnie DeVille, on Flickr

    That sucks. Or probably doesn't.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,583
    I had a 1987 Buick Regal black presidential model w/side lights canvas black top with sunroof. 307 Buick motor. Plush interior. I put chrome wheels on it & sweet tires. Aftermarket radio & nice speakers (Audio Jam install) It was my wife's summer car. I will post picture later. Sure miss that car
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,137
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  • mrbigbluelight
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    Sal Palooza
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,636
    How the oyramids were built

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    Sal Palooza
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,129
    edited September 2023
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    They must be playing in Williamsburg Va.

    I just bought 2 boards a week apart from 2 different ladies who were downsizing within the past month.

    They were made for tourists when Williamsburg was "restored" for tourists. Williamsburg Restoration Co. in conjunction with Virginia Metalcrafters made 1st quality reproduction wood and Brass items that were found in old Williamsburg in the past for the gift shops.

    The board that came with WR&VM checkers (They're cool for being checkers.) and the board is stained where the checkers sat for years. These boards are 40+ years old so I'm ok with these.

    The first purchased board is almost like new except for some scratches that aren't too bad to me. The second is like new except for the stains from the checkers.

    Both were 20.00 ea. which is 1/10 of their worth right now give or take.

    I also just bought a Swarovski "silver crystal chess set" in its case this morning that's just like new. I saw one in a passport shop crossing the Canada border 30 YEARS AGO and couldn't afford the 800.00 price. This was 200.00 today and I didn't ask for a reduction since the web has them A LOT higher.
    This was a bargain to me.

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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • daddyjt
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    "Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow


    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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  • Viking64
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,974
    msg wrote: »
    Does not make me wonder whether Japan outsourced to China the power steering pump reservoir cap on earlier Toyota trucks...
    Ugh. That typo... wtf. I completely reversed my own thought accidentally. And I can't even blame a phone! You know what I meant.

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