NWP SWPThe reason I like the Datsun is proportions, its on the smaller side so I won't be likely to hit things with it, it's sporty but cheaper, technically a classic and a Nissan (and everyone knows Nissans will run forever when looked after)
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Nothing runs forever unless it is constantly being properly repaired. You are talking about buying a car that is almost 40 years old. Anthing built in the 1980s by anybody was not top-notch when it left the assembly line. It would be another 20 years before wonderful cars were built again.
You can have any mechanic you like look it over ten times, and all you will get is a best guess at the very best. He can't know the condition of the small end rod bushings, cylinder cross-hatch, oil pump gears, distributor drive teeth, spider gear axles, CV joint spline wear, or 1,000 other critical things.
For safety's sake alone, you should not consider a car more than 10-15 years old. Anti-lock brakes, traction control, air bags, energy absorbing crumple zones, rollover protection, etc. were all just pipe-dreams in 1980.
Sure, a sexy Z car sounds like fun, but a 10 year old Altima will do much better for you if you have you heart set on Nissan.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Well maybe just help from you tonight I will not smoke. Tomorrow I will not smoke. At this point just one day at a time. Tomorrow I will not smoke. My wife's going out for a smoke. I am not going out with her. I am one of the stronger ones. I think I got this.
FIRST CAR:
My very first car was a 1956 Chevrolet that I never got running.
Then I had this 1966 Mercury S-55 with a 428 when I was 16! What fun!
As far as getting girls with a car... well the fact that I was in Tennessee when I was 18 with a Florida license plate did more for me than the car the plate was on. I even added a Florida plate to the front (and a Playboy badge on the grille) to get the point across!
Ah... to be young.
Track fiddlerI haven't had a smoke for 6 weeks and I am proud of that
That is such happy news. I hope you are "over the hump" now and it will be easy from now on.
In a few months you will feel so much better, I sure did.
Evening Crew,
A special hello to Wisconsin Terry, Herringchoker and V8-Vega.
where are you ????
I have been reading the forum the odd time but haven't posted in a long while.
Thought I would put in my two cents worth tonight on this last subject that has been discussed.
Track Fiddler, good for you if you have been off the smokes for that long. I have seen how tough it could be from many years ago, seeing my Father go cold turkey after smoking two packs a day for over 50 years. He did make it over 70 to 72, but it truly did him in. So when your friend tells you his buddy lived ten years after he quit, keep in mind if he had stayed smoking he probably would have only made it five years,or less.
My own story is that I have never smoked in my life, but I did drive for Greyhound for 35 years. the first 24 years of my career there, our coaches were NOT NON smoking, then I drove another 11 years after they were non smoking. 13 years after that I was diagnosed with 4th stage tongue and throat cancer and the experts said to me that I must have been a smoker, when I told them I han't been and the rest of my story they said it would have definately come from the second hand smoke I had been in for all those years. I am now Cancer free but I suffer with the collateral damage from the cure. The radiation burnt my esophagus closed and now I cannot eat or drink through the mouth. Everything must get into me through a stomach tube. I am reasonably healthy for a 77 year old but it is no fun when you don't taste anything and by the time you get it ready to go down the tube it all looks the same. A little consolation is I can know the differance by smell. You have received good advise by others here tonight and know that I am right with them on this. Thanks to Garry, Mr. B , Ulrich and also NWP-SWP.
Mr. Beasley, I remember those Triump Spitfires well, they were pretty popular up here back in their day. I had lots of rides in them but never owned one. Would like to have one now and I bet you would too. Two weeks ago we got back from spending a week in Laurel, Montana, and will be going back at least three times more before Christmas, to do some house and pet sitting for my Son and his wife, I always think of you when we are there. We see some neat things in the BNSF yards along with Montana Rail there. I really like seeing those fusalages coming thru going to Seattle to the Boing Plant. I understand that they come from Either St. Louis or Tulsa. Maybe someone here can clue us in ???
Brent, That is an amazing looking property and the sales lady isn't bad either. Which room will you snag for the trains ? Just so many magnificent views from all those rooms. I, however will be staying here in Saskatchewan as we want to remain close to my Wife's sisters and I have two Sons here and one in Montana just 8 hours away. AND i DON'T WANT TO START A LAYOUT OVER AGAIN AT THIS POINT.
Hope your Wife has had a good year with her Goldens, we loved the pictures you showed of them and also hearing of all the things your Kids are into. Keep it up.
Been quite busy here between medical appointment and rebuilding some walls on two travel trailers also shopping for a gently used Class "B" Motorhome. WE bought an older Pleasure Way that looks like it just rolled out of the showroom except for one small scrape on the back corner above the taillight. We have been looking out for one for about three years now and had just about made up our minds that to get what we were looking for we would have to go to Alberta or B.C. but, finally one showed up here just what we were looking for and bought it late one night a few weeks back. It wouldn't have stayed on the market over the next day, so we had to jump if we wanted it and YUP, it was the one.
So as you can see there hasn't been time for much rr this summer with that and the yard work which seems to get heavier for me each year.
I have ordered some goodies from Cooch, M.B. Kline, and others also visited Jim's Junction in Billings and got some more that came home with me and I haven't had time to get the stuff out of the boxes yet.
Garry, Glad to see the new bridge got in on your lake and have you spent much time on the water this year? I was sad to hear about Cape Jim. He and I corresponded every now and then. I would have liked to meet him, he seemed like quite a character (in a very nice way)
All for now Gang, I'll leave Chloe a note and a tip for her to give you all breakfast on me tomorrow. ( Hope you all like ENSURE. HaHaHa, just kidding)
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My late condolenses to all those who have lost loved ones recently.
Night all
Johnboy out....and Cody too (not Grivno) my Dog................. and off to dreamland
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
I haven't had a smoke for 6 weeks and I am proud of that
MisterBeasleyOn a brighter note, my first car was a 1968 Triumph Spitfire.
Betcha there are lots of great memories associated with that car.
My first car was an Austin Mini with a 'Cooper Conversion', i.e. twin SU carbs. No muffler, just a straight pipe with a big flared tip. It was fun but it didn't last long. At the time I had no mechanical skills what so ever and I couldn't afford to pay someone to make all the repairs it needed.
After that I bought an MGB which I did learn to repair thanks to the patience of a British car mechanic who was a close friend of my older brother. I tuned the engine according to the factory high performance tuning manual, installed heavy duty sway bars and an extra leaf in the rear springs, oversize Michelin XAS tires on Ford Mustang four bolt rims, and of course no muffler. Actually there was what appeared to be a muffler but it was just a muffler body with the exhaust pipe going straight through it. Every time I cringe these days when some kid goes by with a loud exhaust I have to stop and remind myself that I probably offended more than my share of people in my youth too.
Doubt that I could even get into a 'B' today! Maybe with the top off.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Thanks for that Alrich
Still haven't had a smoke. Still hard as hell. I do appreciate all the help of the forum members here.
And you... Thank You
Thank you so much it really does help
As hard as it is I haven't had a smoke
Track fiddlerI haven't smoked for 6 weeks
Excellent!
Track fiddler it's getting way harder. A living hell.
Only because your telling it to yourself!
Track fiddlerMaybe I should just go back to smoking.
I can´t believe what I am reading here!Stop thinking that nonsense and start to think positive - such as how much you save by not smoking and what that money can buy you! If you spend $6 a day in smokes, that´s $2,190 a year! Add that to your MRRing budget!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Had a couple of those in my neighbourhood as a kid and loved the way they sounded.
Both were owned by two Spitfire pilots that fought in the battle of Britain. They would get together and tell us kids stories of the horrors they faced starting in 1939. They both smoked by the way and who could blame them. They both died in their early seventies of smoking-related diseases.
These are from the "Old Time Trains" site. Vancouver Drake Street Roundhouse Stories.
Track Fiddler, my friend was a heavy smoker and only had a tough time quitting when he got bored or had idle hands. His solution was phoning me to go for a run. Soon he just started walking and running on his own every time the smoking urge hit. He got into tremendous shape while he quit and never looked back. The worst was in the evenings, a brisk walk took the urge away and let him go to sleep much quicker. The agony of a good workout takes the mind off smoking.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Well, over the past month I've done time in clinics, the ICU, doctors' offices and labs. They all ask if I smoke, and I'm happy to say "No." . Don't do it. If you do, stop it. Most of my aunts and uncles smoked, and few made it to 70.
On a brighter note, my first car was a 1968 Triumph Spitfire.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Thanks for your support. Tonight I will not smoke. I really mean that. Again thanks for your support.
I do believe I would have started smoking tonight if it wouldn't have been for the support of good people helping me. Thanks
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a and Rick and Steven a RBF
Work Front I have had and better days but I was sure glad when the day was over.
Track Fiddler Good looking 69 Mach 1. What make a 351 windsor a boss 351? Bigger heads? While I have heard about them, never seen one. What year where they used, 1970 or 1971? Far as the FE 390 being your favorite engine, why? In my days a stock HP 390 was road kill waiting to happen even when my 68 Road Runner had the stock 383 Road Runner engine. Real small valves in the 390.
I sort of wish I kept my 1968 Cobra Mustang with the Medium Riser 427. When I got out of the Army I had my 68 Road Runner (I had installed a 63 426 Maxie Wedge) or the 68 Mustang. For resale the 68 Cobra would have been the one. 1 of 50 made I think. But the 68 Road Runner would kick it's Caboose from 0 to 80. After that, well I never found top in Cobra.
Train Front Sucks Rail Spike! Going to have to get the Big Hook out for both lines.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good evening ...
Or I just needed a little more support.... Thanks.... appreciated
There is cigarettes all over the house. My wife still smokes. I still don't. Very hard, very hard.
My Mind is Playing Tricks on Me. For now I am not smoking. It's getting really hard now.
Honestly it would just be easier to go back.... for now I'm not
This has been really hard for me
Track fiddler I don't know my 40 Years of Tar and nicotine in my lungs may need to be kept rekindled and kept afloat. Maybe it's too late. Maybe I should just go back to smoking. Maybe sometimes poisonous crap for a long period of time is just better off being left alone.....................?
Maybe you've just been lucky so far...........
Track Fiddler and Maxman .....You must not start smoking again. Period..... One of my sisters in law had lung disease. ... Watching her suffer as she died at a young age was absolutely terrible ... .... It is not just the fact that cigarettes kill you that matters.... It is how they kill you ! !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
maxman Or I just needed a little more support.... Thanks.... appreciated There is cigarettes all over the house. My wife still smokes. I still don't. Very hard, very hard. My Mind is Playing Tricks on Me. For now I am not smoking. It's getting really hard now. Honestly it would just be easier to go back.... for now I'm not This has been really hard for me Track fiddler I don't know my 40 Years of Tar and nicotine in my lungs may need to be kept rekindled and kept afloat. Maybe it's too late. Maybe I should just go back to smoking. Maybe sometimes poisonous crap for a long period of time is just better off being left alone.....................? Maybe you've just been lucky so far...........
Sometimes damage is already done, but there's no sense in giving up when you've come so far, and it will just make the damage worse if you go back. It's like lead or asbestos or radium, it was everywhere used on anything but then the dangers were discovered and everyone ran away even though it was expensive to do so. Point is hang tough you'll never be temptation free but it will get better with time.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Track fiddlerI don't know my 40 Years of Tar and nicotine in my lungs may need to be kept rekindled and kept afloat. Maybe it's too late. Maybe I should just go back to smoking. Maybe sometimes poisonous crap for a long period of time is just better off being left alone.....................?
Evening diners
Okay no response to nothing today.
I haven't smoked for 6 weeks and it's getting way harder. A living hell.
My buddy in Prior Lake told me of a guy that quit smoking when he was 50 and got lung cancer and died when he was 60. Very supportive uplifting stuff wouldn't you say.
I don't know my 40 Years of Tar and nicotine in my lungs may need to be kept rekindled and kept afloat. Maybe it's too late. Maybe I should just go back to smoking. Maybe sometimes poisonous crap for a long period of time is just better off being left alone.....................?
Evening diners,
Did a bunch of stuff today, went to a yard sale to pick up a picnic table my parents bought, got two old small single cylinder four stroke engines for free, I'm going to tinker with them see if I can get them running.
Went and got some lumber from home depot, some 4x6x12s for the porch roof were putting up, and some 2x4x8s for the fence, and also some manure and soil for my garden, two of the tomato plants are dying for no apparent reason, no bugs are on them, plenty of water, no fertilizer has been added recently so they're not burnt.
We were going to get three more tomato plants because they were "on sale" 3 for $12, they weren't, despite the fact that the plants were gallon plants as the sign said, the cashier and manager were both rude and unhelpful, we would've settled for two for one but nope.
I finished mowing the grass, and now I've got some post holes to dig before calling it a day.
My first car, Ulrich would know as a type 3 VW, a squareback. It was the 1st SUV if you ignore wagoneer. There's a guy a couple miles from here that is constantly selling VW's, currently he has a red karmann ghia for $4.995.
We are in the midst of a Nor'easter in the mid Atlantic. May get 6" of rain.
Worked on painting my MR gorge.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good morning afternoon from the West Coast. It is yet another warm sunny day.
I can't remember the last rain we have had. The wife has tons of stainless water buckets she has acquired over the years, so I have been filling them with water for the wildlife in the area. Every morning they are considerably lower, so it is obvious that there are some thirsty animals in the area. There was a small lake a few hundred metres from here that now drys up in the summer. I believe that it is because of all the development closing in from the West. Runoff now makes its way to the storm sewers instead of the creeks and ditches that use to lead to the lake. Can't wait to return to rural living.
My cousin is going to look at a house on 10 acres on Vancouver Island for us that we like from the real estate website. We are trying to rearrange a very busy week to get over to look at it. The train room has an amazing view.
https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/19706406/1460-FINLAYSON-VIEW-PL-SHAWNIGAN-LAKE-British-Columbia-V0R2W3-Z3-Mill-Bay
I kind of want to go further North on the Island, maybe Comox, that is where Crandell (Selector) lives and I have always liked it up there. We shall see. We have many things to consider even though we are retired. Not having PWRS just down the street is and will be a major concern for me. Wifes elderly parents.
The kid looks like his career is heading towards the movie industry as he has developed some really good connections and wants to work on the business end of things. Media/entertainment/business law is his new focus. He got somewhat disgusted (in just one year) with the corruption and incompetence of international affairs.
My Daughter has almost 200,000 followers on fan fiction. It is a site where she writes new chapters to carry on stories like Harry Potter and all the other favourites of kids. She has also entered international animation contest featuring original stories where she has done all the animation and written the story. She has done very well in those and has people in that industry talking to her already. I think her heart is still in medicine at this point, like her mother.
We want to live where our kids will be able to at least visit often. I would like to know how having your kids moving away from you has affected how often you see them, anyone! The house is about a fifteen-minute flight from Vancouver so we would hope to see them often.
Ulrich is right about how a bad forest fire can destabilize a hill or mountain. We have had family experience with sides of hills and mountains coming off a couple of years after a fire has destroyed the forest of huge trees. Once the roots of those dead trees rot out, down comes the hillside a couple of years later.
They had this idiot on the news saying that when he throws his cigarette out the window of his truck, he always makes sure it hits the pavement so it doesn't cause a fire. Darwin missed that family.
Back to the car thing, my good friend drag races and has about 5 or 6 Chevy Vegas he has put $40,000.00 motors in. I have had rides many times in these and going straight and fast for a few seconds gets old for me real fast. His favourite line is POWWWERRRRRR!!!!!!! I always refer him to the Saturn V and Space Shuttle when he thinks the greatest invention of power to the human race was the V-8. Give me a good handling sports car any day, the thrill can last for hours, not seconds. Plus I always got the girls with my RX-7, he got funny looks from them in his V-8 Vegas.
Well lots to do today, still purging a little at a time in anticipation of moving.
All the best to all.
Don't want to interrupt the car thing.
I went out to my buddy's in Prior Lake today. Last I left off when I was a kid we had gliders and wind up plane kits. The neighbor kid wanted a drone for his birthday and got one.
This stuff is really weird you put on these glasses and he flies it. It went down by the lake. Were looking at people in their boats a mile away. I felt like we were spying.
Too much for my head. Anyway if you fly one of these drones too far out of its range. It auto Pilots itself back to where you first launched it.
My first car -- a 1967 Plymouth Satellite. I traded it to my brother for a 1967 Dodge Dart.
We had an exciting night. We had a thunderstorm blow right over us. One bolt of lightning lit up the house and the sound of thunder was simultaneous. I half expected to go out this morning and see a tree in our backyand split in two. I have had one other close encounter with lighting where the sight and sound were near simulateous. The other time was on a bike. The lightning was so close it fried my heartrate monitor.
Richard
Hey Lion and Alrich. Not So Much Anymore. But I could see myself getting into a whole lot of trouble in my younger days packing all my friends into a bus like that.
Thanks Steven. A 460 in a Mach one is your dream machine. That would be a heck of a beast.
When you put a 429 Cobra Jet in one of those things you have to cut and modify the fender walls. I don't know exactly what you have to do to fit a 460 but I'm sure anything's doable.
I see guys at car shows that get so crazy under their hood, the hood doesn't even fit back on the car... Some of them dress It up and line it with polished stainless steel and make it look like it's supposed to be that way. At that point it looks so pretty, why would you put the hood back on anyway?
My favorite Ford motor is a 390. Rare hard to come by.... I've heard they're a rock-solid trouble free engine just like the 302
BroadwayLionMy first car was a used VW bus. Spent all of the money that I had saved up while in the Navy.
When I grow up and get rich, I am going to get either a nice red pick-up truck or a vintage VW T1 "split screen" bus!
Early 1960s VW T1 busses fetch horrific prices these days! Even those imported from Brazil, where they made them until the 1980s, cost more than an arm and a leg.
A big sigh!
hon30critterHi Steven(s), I would like to add a small clarification to Mr. Otte's suggestion. That is to make sure that the car is owned in Steven's name and not by the parents.
HUMPH.... Dad cosigned a loan when the youngest brother bought his car. Kid fell behind in the payments so Dad reposessed the car. When I came home for a couple of years (between jobs) he rented the car to me (Along with the room and board which I always paid on time.)
My first car was a used VW bus. Spent all of the money that I had saved up while in the Navy. Dad said "Forget the collision... The car isn't worth it"
Bad Advice. Let the kid pay the extra money, because he cannot afford to be out that $2000.00
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
The D&S NG RR´s closure sucks railspikes - to quote Ken! Mudslides unfortunately quite often follow forest fires, as the top soil gets destabilized with all the weeds to hold it gone. I just hope that this will not used as an excuse tonclose the railroad for good. There is just too much heritage at stake!
gmpullmanA couple of weeks ago it was the presence of forest fires— This week its mud slides!
Further proof that Mother Nature rules supreme, and as our climate deteriorates thanks to human stupidity she will become ever more dictatorial!
A couple of weeks ago it was the presence of forest fires—
This week its mud slides!
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/07/18-mudslide-closes-durango--silverton
Sometimes you just can't win
Cheers, Ed