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Amigo2k wrote:Here is one that was at Blanchardville this past year as a Display car …
As I recall it went to Mecum and didn’t sell (110k) http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?CFGRIDKEY=DA0912-138024
His Deuce and his Corvette are also going across the block.
And it is going across the block Saturday …
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=1286&aid=466Really enjoyed watching the SC/Ramblers in both paint schemes. I love those cars and it is nice seeing them get some value
I like it. Definitely gonna piss off the purists. I can hear it now “the back end is ugly, Corvettes should have round taillights.”
I want to see one in person.
GTO Man wrote:The Packers never really had it this year for whatever reason. They made wins look tough when they should of been allot easier. I am looking forward to the Seahawks game. Sports in this country are so over analyzed, in the end it makes no difference who wins as long as the games are entertaining.That is pretty much spot on
I don’t think it is a team “who believed the hype”. I think they are a team with some very talented players, but have some holes. They are what they are. Tonight they got outcoached and outplayed. It happens.
The fans that are upset maybe believed more than reality.
It is just a game.
Another year and another winter. What is everyone doing this winter for projects?
I have many parts from my interior currently being “hydro-dipped” by a company in Oregon…the state of.
If any of you saw my interior last summer, I had the cheap stick-on vinyl kit that was supposed to simulate woodgrain. My hope was that it would resemble the classic Challengers’ interior with the woodgrain they had. I liked the theory, just hated the way the vinyl looked. It looked like it was, fake and cheap. Even though a good kit costs between $220-$300, and you always have many pieces that you don’t use.
I have seen a few painted interior pieces (plumcrazy has his painted and it looks nice) but it doesn’t fit the look I wanted. I checked into doing a vinyl wrap, like they do on cheap pressboard furniture. Again I was worried about it looking like cheap furniture.
A few years ago American Chopper had an episode where they built a dirtbike and had the pieces dipped in a real camo look. It looked like a neat idea. I did some searching to see if I could find out more. I found out it was called “hydro-dipping” or “water transfer printing”. Really cool stuff. I did more research and could not find anyone in Wisconsin who does this, but found a few in other areas that do. There is hundreds of patterns to choose from. Almost any color and many different patterns, carbon fiber, camo, and skulls are the most popular. I looked into woodgrain and found that there are patterns that simulate almost every type of wood. Oak, walnut, cherry, teak, and burlwood in many different shades and grain.
I contacted a few companies and the response was that you can “dip” anything, except electronics. I was quoted prices usually between $250-$500 to do what I wanted done. Most said “4 to 6 weeks”. I know it is winter and our cars are in storage so that time isn’t an issue, but…
Then I found HGI, Hydro Graphics Inc. If you watch college football you have seen their work. The Oregon Ducks have the most colorful uniforms and very unique helmets. Well guess who does the helmets? If you have been to any sporting goods store and looked at Nike water bottles in colors and patterns, yep HGI again. They have contracts with the NCAA for many team’s helmets and with many companies, like Nike, to do “dipping” on their products.
I contacted HGI about what I wanted done and the pattern I was interested in. They quoted me a price of $0.28/sq inch and a time of 7-10 days. Wow! quicker than others and much more reasonable too.
I took my gauge cluster, radio surround, shifter surround, door pulls, steering wheel inserts, and shifter handle (the pistol grip is already woodgrain but I want it all to match), cleaned up the vinyl stick-on crap (boy! that stuff sticks!), painted the pieces all in a primer, wrapped it all in bubble wrap and shipped them out. They got the parts on January 2nd and called me. It seems we did not discuss finish. I guess after the parts are dipped, they get a couple coats of a clear. What finish did I want? While a high gloss would look impressive, it would not go with the retro theme I want. So satin finish it is.
There was great deal of trust from me in this, and them too. No actual price has been quoted, only a per sq inch. Today I received an email. The parts are going into clear and will be shipped out next week. Price? $189.84. The most expensive piece was the gauge cluster at $78.40. Not bad.
I will post pictures when I get the parts.
I guess my point is that it seems very inconvenient to go electric. You are limited on how far you can go, and then, if (big if) you have a charging station where you are going, you better not be in a hurry to get back.
Until that changes, I don’t see us being electric any time soon
GTO Man wrote:You plug-in overnight or when it is convenient. Once the electric charge is exhausted the gas motor recharges the batteries which powers the car. So you are never dead in the water as you might be with a Nissan Leaf. Recently I have been getting 40 miles on a charge. Then the gasoline motor kicks in which charges the batteries as you go.Yeah, I get that for the home charging. I was just wondering, what would be the point of a charging station at a gas station. It isn’t like you stop and get charged within seconds
Perfect example of abusing the system. “collectors plates, only pay once”.
People ignore the word “collector” and just see the pay only once
