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  • aprazer402
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    Note in particular the HR/MIN/:00 buttons -- ticking away the moments that make up a dull day...
    B)
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  • Viking64
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    I recreated the "Wish You Were Here" cover with 2 G.I. Joes and a book of matches.
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  • OleBoot
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    53724112697_5a8de475d0_b.jpgVintage Advertisement 780 - Kaiser Traveler - 1949 by Johnny El-Rady, on Flickr precursor of the "hot hatch" B)

    Another sort of Traveller. With an extra "L".

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  • mrbigbluelight
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    The Kaiser....good for trips into Poland ?
    Sal Palooza
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  • OleBoot
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    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    The Kaiser....good for trips into Poland ?

    Probably, but wrong war.
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  • OleBoot
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  • jdjohn
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    I took this pic several years ago. On the side of the truck, it said "Stool Bus #2".
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    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
    "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
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  • SCompRacer
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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • treitz3
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    With both of them, hopefully? 😃

    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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  • msg
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    OleBoot wrote: »
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    Pretty sure that's @Toolfan66 down there.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • treitz3
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    Livin' life bro'! No worries. 😁

    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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  • OleBoot
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  • TEAforONE
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    Stolen from X
    See my profile for list of gear.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    Saw this yesterday parked in front of the local garage in our wee village.

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    It was running, too. Not very smoothly :# -- but it was running.
    I did have the presence of mind to ask the fellow in the driver's seat if he was OK with my taking a few photos (which he was). He was warming it up for his wife -- it car's "her rig", said he. B)

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  • OleBoot
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    Horrible little cars. Always thought so.
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  • msg
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    What were those cars like compared to others in their time? Were they faster than other stuff, or any particular handling characteristics that made them desirable? The MGs I came across never seemed to be running properly and were awkward getting in and out of. The midget version, whatever it's real name is, had an incredibly tight engine compartment. Looked difficult to work on.

    Are they just one of those quirky vehicles that are enjoyed for their eccentricities?
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  • OleBoot
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    The MGB was the first MG "sports car" that wasn't a sports car and was put together from the BMC parts bin. The MGA was the last MG that was a real MG even though it too contained some BMC parts. The MGB was neither fast nor handled very well. Compared to contemporary sports cars (Lotus, TVR, Austin Healey and even Triumph) it was a clunker.
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  • mhardy6647
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    Fairly inexpensive (in the US), though, so always popular.
    They looked the part of the classic British sports car. Well, until they got the compliant big rubber bumper(s).
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    There's one of these (ca. 1974 or 75) for sale, in BRG, not two miles from the spot where I photographed that BGT (FWIW). B)

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  • mhardy6647
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    oh, they did this, too, to comply with the "5 mph bumper" laws, too, apparently. :#
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  • soundfreak1
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    All above is true.....but they (when right) they were fun to drive! And cheep.
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • F1nut
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    The MGB can be highly modified. Dropping a V8 in turns it into a rocketship.
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  • OleBoot
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    There were factory 6 cylinder (MGC) and V8 (MGB GT V8) versions. The MGC had a really heavy engine and the car just basically followed the engine around, often bearing no relation to where the wheels were pointed. The V8 used a Rover (ex Buick) aluminum engine that was in fact lighter than the 4 banger. It wasn't a bad car (apart from all the normal British Leyland faults like bits falling off) but the motor produced vey little power for a V8. As for modded MGBs, anything goes of course like all cars.
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