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Title: Hey Gailwin. . .
Post by: beacher on July 15, 2006, 06:50:54 PM: Saw a short blurb on the news last night, about 3 kids (look like they're about 13-15) who are "hunting" (with cameras) exotic cars, down in L.A. They call their site, "Carparizi" (carparazzi?), but after looking for it there, and failing, I found it here. Great imaginations for setting something like this up. It's obviously pretty new, and obviously under development, but it's something that shows some promise. Thought you (and others) might like it. . .

http://www.geocities.com/bopo2222/
Title: Hey Gailwin. . .
Post by: Parker on July 15, 2006, 07:42:20 PM: wow it's a small world

i was at Sawgrass Mills Mall in Sunrise, FL today and saw a Ferrari parked outside of the door by the valet guys
and soo wished i had my camera
lol

you should see our high school parking lot... that'd be a great place to photograph for this website.

thanks beacher!

-parker
Title: Hey Gailwin. . .
Post by: gunug on July 16, 2006, 11:39:49 AM: We're having some sort of car rally here in town this weekend; lots of nice custom made cars from the 1930's to 1970's! I always wish I hadn't sold off the 1967 Mustang I had before I got married; I couldn't afford to fix it but I guess I could have stored it until I could afford it!
Title: Hey Gailwin. . .
Post by: D76 on July 16, 2006, 03:32:12 PM: QUOTE(gunug @ Jul 16 2006, 12:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I always wish I hadn't sold off the 1967 Mustang I had before I got married;
I had a Mustang, but no classic '67. It was a black '82 GT four-speed that I bought that year (the five-speed came out in '83) with removable glass T tops. I put over 350,000 kilometres on it (and a couple of clutches).

But this is the exotic I had as a kid that I wish I still had. Well, it would be an exotic now — maybe. A '53 Pontiac six with tinted glass — real classy — three on the tree and AM push-button radio that took only about 30 seconds to warm up. This is a black-and-white picture that I colourized. The car was pushing 20 years old in this pic.
Title: Hey Gailwin. . .
Post by: gunug on July 17, 2006, 12:16:29 PM: I had two Mustangs: '67 that I had to sell because it needed too much work, '65 Fastback that I totalled (well I had help) back in the 1980's. I miss them except when it's hot like today (no AC).
Title: Hey Gailwin. . .
Post by: D76 on July 17, 2006, 01:10:03 PM: QUOTE(gunug @ Jul 17 2006, 01:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I miss them except when it's hot like today (no AC).
No kidding. The hottest I ever felt was in July or August in the no-A/C Mustang driving across Utah and Nevada to California.

But a close second is right now. It's 91F and climbing, with the humidex making it feel like 96. I think the humidity is 20 million percent or something — Lake Ontario is a half-mile away, and it insists on shrouding my house with its evaporation. But at least the car has A/C.
Title: Hey Gailwin. . .
Post by: gunug on July 17, 2006, 01:24:15 PM: Up until 8-10 years ago I could take the heat a little better; I grew up without AC. Now I feel sapped in a hour or two of 95+ F!