Old Timers Thread - Ya remember when...... - Page 8

DJJSR · 04-11-2008, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by H20

OK THAT was really amazing.

Vermont's not too far from ya there H2O. A cool 1.6 million and it's yours.

Just image the time and patience it would take to sort through all of that stuff. Whew! But you could build several hotrods that were absolutely true to the era.

Java Junky · 04-11-2008, 05:27 AM

The church . . the true church, comez in many formz n' sizes.
Can I get an Amen brutha?

jagg · 04-11-2008, 05:36 AM

Amen Brothers and Sisters.........

DJJSR · 04-11-2008, 05:41 AM

Amen brutha......amen.

The place doesn't look like a business. I suspect it's one man's lifetime addiction.

jagg · 04-11-2008, 05:50 AM

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The place doesn't look like a business. I suspect it's one man's lifetime addiction.

I understand this concept.......I'm building a castle out of beercans in my backyard.

jagg

Java Junky · 04-11-2008, 06:04 AM

Eddie Wilson yer not bro.

DJJSR · 04-11-2008, 07:19 AM

Many years ago, when the TV show "The Addams Family" went off the air, "Thing" became unemployed. He knew he would give his right arm to stay in show business but was unable to find steady work as an actor. Having no head for financial matters, he soon became destitute.

He went from one meaningless job to another and although he had some limited success as a handyman, he was not able to get back on his feet. Unable to afford the 7 digit real estate of California any longer, he made a snap decision, waved goodbye to Hollywood and thumbed his way back east.

He knew he had to knuckle down and find something or he would never be able to realize his dream of retiring under the palm trees of the Finger Lakes.(ok, that was a stretch)

Never being able to point in the same direction for long, he wandered aimlessly. Then one day while lying on the shiftknob of an old Terraplane resting in a junkyard, he realized his passion for old cars and manual labor. The owner of the junkyard gave him a job pulling wristpins and helping customers strip parts from those hard to reach places. He's been giving them a hand ever since.

Just a sidenote - Thing never married. He didn't like being attached.

From that junkyard in Vermont..........

jagg · 04-11-2008, 07:25 AM

A round of applause for DJJSR......oh, sorry Thing, didn't mean to cut you out...

I could paint a greasy mitten on that paw for ya Don, he's lookin' chilly in the photo.

jagg

DJJSR · 04-11-2008, 07:28 AM

I think he's tryin to be like Cool hand Luke.

jagg · 04-11-2008, 07:38 AM

Maybe Don,
I thought he was more like The Hand That Rocks The Cradle......
You can tell that he's having trouble getting a foothold on getting a leg up in the world.

"Ya see, what we have here, is a failurrrr ta communicate."

Did I mention I like big Fords 'n big Guns?

jagg

Swingle1 · 04-11-2008, 07:50 AM

Let's all give DJJSR a big hand.

I'm just glad my daughter won't see any of this though. See doesn't have such a finely honed sense of humor. Something like this-- I'm laughing my butt off and she rolls her eyes and says "No, Daddy".

DJJSR · 04-11-2008, 09:32 AM

I forgot to mention two of Thing's other notable but unsuccessful career moves...........

Trying to regain a grip on reality and being a veteran, he thought he'd try his hand at being a mercenary. Apparently being detached from the Army for so long he couldn't quite grasp the concept and he was fired.

In a stroke of luck, he was immediately offered a job in films. Turns out they were x-rated and with his carpel tunnel problems he was again fired and left empty handed.

jagg · 04-11-2008, 09:38 AM

I heard that Thing finally was forced to work the street......
His reputation grew for being too liberal with smackin' the ladies who shorted him, down, with his Giant Pimp Hand.

how'd I let myself get sucked into this?

jagg

DJJSR · 04-11-2008, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jagg

how'd I let myself get sucked into this?

Most common causes are mental instability and tequila.

DJJSR · 04-11-2008, 09:59 AM

True trivia.........Thing was the hand of Ted Cassidy, the guy that played Lurch. At 6'9" tall, he must have had big hands. He almost always used his right hand, but once in a while would use his left just to see if anyone would notice. If Lurch was in the same scene with Thing, a stagehand would sub as Thing.

Just more useless information to clutter up your brain.

jagg · 04-11-2008, 10:03 AM

Neat.........Sweet......click'click'.....

Java Junky · 04-11-2008, 11:00 AM

Thank you Thing.
'Not nice ta make ol' fellerz laugh this hard before they've had their coffee . . . though, I should'a know'd better n' hadd'a cup with me when I sat down.
'Little known factoid, Don, Thing wuz actually separated from the show when it wuz discovered that somebody had five-finger-discounted one'a the famous lace-sleeved-gloves. Thing protested his innocence of the underhanded deed, but, as I understand it, some rather racy, off-handed pictures of 'im were discovered n' once that happened . . he didn't have a leg ta stand on.
You guyz'r'z warped'z . . . wall . . maybe that'z why I feel so'da'home.
N' thanks Swing. Mama Java n' li'l Missy Java 'r alwayz lookin' back here when I'm crackin' up, n' jus' shakin' 'eir heads.
Thanks Don.

H20 · 04-11-2008, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DJJSR

Vermont's not too far from ya there H2O. A cool 1.6 million and it's yours.

Just image the time and patience it would take to sort through all of that stuff. Whew! But you could build several hotrods that were absolutely true to the era.

If I owned that yard I think I would go insane. Car crap overload!

bbcricketta · 04-11-2008, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DJJSR

Vermont's not too far from ya there H2O. A cool 1.6 million and it's yours.

Just image the time and patience it would take to sort through all of that stuff. Whew! But you could build several hotrods that were absolutely true to the era.

a million just ain't what it used to be.

philiam · 04-14-2008, 12:04 AM

Went to the Rose Bowl Flea Mkt. Sunday to shoot some pictures for an article. Must have been over 100 at the bowl. We were tooling down the freeway when a car starts honking. My wife turned around to see who it was. Then she says, "what does it mean when some one sticks his thumb up?" She never heard the expression thumbs up. Two old codgers in a shiny yaller roadster do draw attention.

Found this at the meet. Remember the indy turbo?

Java Junky · 04-14-2008, 03:17 AM

Can you say Andy Granatelli?
Phil, if I'm rememberin' this right, I jus' recently read that the original was redone (albeit with a more conventional mill) for it's new owner by a shop in Joisey.
Oh, nice score Phil.
'Gonna build it, pass it on 'r jus' collect it as-is?

DJJSR · 04-14-2008, 05:03 AM

Great find, Phil. That model must be of a different turbine car than the one I remember. I never knew they put a turbine in a Lotus. Obviously much different than this one..........

Java Junky · 04-14-2008, 05:10 AM

The original. Studebaker (I love it . wuz that the "sidewinder"?) n' it wuz jus' 'a'fore the Lotus versions.
N' why'm I tellin' you this?
How does he doo that? (Keep comin' up with these flickz whut I ain't seen 'a'fore.)
I love this place!
Thanks Phil n' Don . . say . . ain'choo guys the Everly Brotherz?
Don, 'r all these flicks that you keep comin' up with in your own private library 'r are you pluckin'em from the web?
I hesitate to say this, 'cause'a the probable resultz . . but if I said Haystacks Calhoun in fishnets, why'izz'itt that within 20 secondz you'll have it posted, n' like Alfred Hitchcock, probably have you in the flick somewhere?
Java

philiam · 04-14-2008, 01:48 PM

To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure about the lotus chassis. It was a few eons ago. I'll investigate. One thing though, the turbine never finished but it was interesting. Those were the days when open wheel racing was more innovative and interesting. I don't care about equal racing, I want to see ideas at work.

Java Junky · 04-14-2008, 02:11 PM

I should look it up (but why doo that when there'z an opportunity to be wrong, right?) but didn't Andretti win in one for ol' Andy?
If I'm not mistaken aboudditt, Andy ran up n' kissed ol' Mario instead'a the trophy girl doon'itt.
But the turbinez'd alwayz get real, real close before somethin' goin' kerflooey. 'Leastwize, 'att'z how I remember it.
'Spect ta be at least a li'l corrected.
Java

jagg · 04-14-2008, 03:29 PM

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. but if I said Haystacks Calhoun in fishnets, why'izz'itt that within 20 secondz you'll have it posted, n' like Alfred Hitchcock, probably have you in the flick somewhere?
Java

Well, you kinda asked for it..........didn't ya?

DJJSR · 04-14-2008, 03:38 PM

Ya just had ta do it didn't ya...........and just before supper.

jagg · 04-14-2008, 03:40 PM

It's funny you say that Don. The more I look at it, the more I'm workin' up an appetite!!!!

Ummmmmm......Haystacks.

04-11-2008, 05:27 AM	#282 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,482	The church . . the *true* church, comez in many formz n' sizes. Can I get an Amen brutha? __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room.

04-11-2008, 05:41 AM	#284 (permalink)
DJJSR Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hooterville Posts: 1,676	Amen brutha......amen. The place doesn't look like a business. I suspect it's one man's lifetime addiction. __________________ Don

04-11-2008, 06:04 AM	#286 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,482	Eddie Wilson yer not bro. __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room.

04-11-2008, 07:19 AM	#287 (permalink)
DJJSR Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hooterville Posts: 1,676	Many years ago, when the TV show "The Addams Family" went off the air, "Thing" became unemployed. He knew he would give his right arm to stay in show business but was unable to find steady work as an actor. Having no head for financial matters, he soon became destitute. He went from one meaningless job to another and although he had some limited success as a handyman, he was not able to get back on his feet. Unable to afford the 7 digit real estate of California any longer, he made a snap decision, waved goodbye to Hollywood and thumbed his way back east. He knew he had to knuckle down and find something or he would never be able to realize his dream of retiring under the palm trees of the Finger Lakes.(ok, that was a stretch) Never being able to point in the same direction for long, he wandered aimlessly. Then one day while lying on the shiftknob of an old Terraplane resting in a junkyard, he realized his passion for old cars and manual labor. The owner of the junkyard gave him a job pulling wristpins and helping customers strip parts from those hard to reach places. He's been giving them a hand ever since. Just a sidenote - Thing never married. He didn't like being attached. From that junkyard in Vermont.......... __________________ Don

04-11-2008, 07:28 AM	#289 (permalink)
DJJSR Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hooterville Posts: 1,676	I think he's tryin to be like Cool hand Luke. __________________ Don

04-11-2008, 05:36 AM	#283 (permalink)
jagg Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Endless Mountains Posts: 2,449	Amen Brothers and Sisters.........

04-11-2008, 07:25 AM	#288 (permalink)
jagg Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Endless Mountains Posts: 2,449	A round of applause for DJJSR......oh, sorry Thing, didn't mean to cut you out... I could paint a greasy mitten on that paw for ya Don, he's lookin' chilly in the photo. jagg

04-11-2008, 07:38 AM	#290 (permalink)
jagg Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Endless Mountains Posts: 2,449	Maybe Don, I thought he was more like The Hand That Rocks The Cradle...... You can tell that he's having trouble getting a foothold on getting a leg up in the world. "Ya see, what we have here, is a failurrrr ta communicate." Did I mention I like big Fords 'n big Guns? jagg

04-11-2008, 07:50 AM	#291 (permalink)
Swingle1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 290	Let's all give DJJSR a big hand. I'm just glad my daughter won't see any of this though. See doesn't have such a finely honed sense of humor. Something like this-- I'm laughing my butt off and she rolls her eyes and says "No, Daddy".

04-11-2008, 09:32 AM	#292 (permalink)
DJJSR Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hooterville Posts: 1,676	I forgot to mention two of Thing's other notable but unsuccessful career moves........... Trying to regain a grip on reality and being a veteran, he thought he'd try his hand at being a mercenary. Apparently being detached from the Army for so long he couldn't quite grasp the concept and he was fired. In a stroke of luck, he was immediately offered a job in films. Turns out they were x-rated and with his carpel tunnel problems he was again fired and left empty handed. __________________ Don

04-11-2008, 09:38 AM	#293 (permalink)
jagg Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Endless Mountains Posts: 2,449	I heard that Thing finally was forced to work the street...... His reputation grew for being too liberal with smackin' the ladies who shorted him, down, with his Giant Pimp Hand. how'd I let myself get sucked into this? jagg Last edited by jagg : 04-11-2008 at 09:45 AM.

04-11-2008, 09:59 AM	#295 (permalink)
DJJSR Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hooterville Posts: 1,676	True trivia.........Thing was the hand of Ted Cassidy, the guy that played Lurch. At 6'9" tall, he must have had big hands. He almost always used his right hand, but once in a while would use his left just to see if anyone would notice. If Lurch was in the same scene with Thing, a stagehand would sub as Thing. Just more useless information to clutter up your brain. __________________ Don

04-11-2008, 10:03 AM	#296 (permalink)
jagg Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Endless Mountains Posts: 2,449	Neat.........Sweet......click'click'.....

04-11-2008, 11:00 AM	#297 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,482	Thank you Thing. 'Not nice ta make ol' fellerz laugh this hard before they've had their coffee . . . though, I should'a know'd better n' hadd'a cup with me when I sat down. 'Little known factoid, Don, Thing wuz actually separated from the show when it wuz discovered that somebody had five-finger-discounted one'a the famous lace-sleeved-gloves. Thing protested his innocence of the underhanded deed, but, as I understand it, some rather racy, off-handed pictures of 'im were discovered n' once that happened . . he didn't have a leg ta stand on. You guyz'r'z warped'z . . . wall . . maybe that'z why I feel so'da'home. N' thanks Swing. Mama Java n' li'l Missy Java 'r alwayz lookin' back here when I'm crackin' up, n' jus' shakin' 'eir heads. Thanks Don. __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room.

04-14-2008, 12:04 AM	#300 (permalink)
philiam Senior Member, Literally Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: woodland hills, CA Posts: 1,581	Found this at the Rose Bowl Went to the Rose Bowl Flea Mkt. Sunday to shoot some pictures for an article. Must have been over 100 at the bowl. We were tooling down the freeway when a car starts honking. My wife turned around to see who it was. Then she says, "what does it mean when some one sticks his thumb up?" She never heard the expression thumbs up. Two old codgers in a shiny yaller roadster do draw attention. Found this at the meet. Remember the indy turbo? __________________

04-14-2008, 03:17 AM	#301 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,482	Can you say Andy Granatelli? Phil, if I'm rememberin' this right, I jus' recently read that the original was redone (albeit with a more conventional mill) for it's new owner by a shop in Joisey. Oh, nice score Phil. 'Gonna build it, pass it on 'r jus' collect it as-is? __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room. Last edited by Java Junky : 04-14-2008 at 05:02 AM. Reason: Jus' wonderin'

04-14-2008, 05:03 AM	#302 (permalink)
DJJSR Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hooterville Posts: 1,676	Great find, Phil. That model must be of a different turbine car than the one I remember. I never knew they put a turbine in a Lotus. Obviously much different than this one.......... __________________ Don

04-14-2008, 05:10 AM	#303 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,482	The original. Studebaker (I love it . wuz *that* the "sidewinder"?) n' it wuz jus' 'a'fore the Lotus versions. N' why'm I tellin' *you* this? How *does* he doo that? (Keep comin' up with these flickz whut I ain't seen 'a'fore.) I love this place! Thanks Phil n' Don . . say . . ain'choo guys the Everly Brotherz? Don, 'r all these flicks that you keep comin' up with in your own private library 'r are you pluckin'em from the web? I hesitate to say this, 'cause'a the probable resultz . . but if I said Haystacks Calhoun in fishnets, why'izz'itt that within 20 secondz you'll have it posted, n' like Alfred Hitchcock, probably have you in the flick somewhere? Java __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room. Last edited by Java Junky : 04-14-2008 at 05:18 AM. Reason: Wonderment

04-14-2008, 01:48 PM	#304 (permalink)
philiam Senior Member, Literally Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: woodland hills, CA Posts: 1,581	To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure about the lotus chassis. It was a few eons ago. I'll investigate. One thing though, the turbine never finished but it was interesting. Those were the days when open wheel racing was more innovative and interesting. I don't care about equal racing, I want to see ideas at work. __________________

04-14-2008, 02:11 PM	#305 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,482	I should look it up (but why doo that when there'z an opportunity to be wrong, right?) but didn't Andretti win in one for ol' Andy? If I'm not mistaken aboudditt, Andy ran up n' kissed ol' Mario instead'a the trophy girl doon'itt. But the turbinez'd alwayz get real, real close before somethin' goin' kerflooey. 'Leastwize, 'att'z how I remember it. 'Spect ta be at least a li'l corrected. Java __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room.

04-14-2008, 03:38 PM	#307 (permalink)
DJJSR Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hooterville Posts: 1,676	Ya just had ta do it didn't ya...........and just before supper. __________________ Don

04-14-2008, 03:40 PM	#308 (permalink)
jagg Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Endless Mountains Posts: 2,449	It's funny you say that Don. The more I look at it, the more I'm workin' up an appetite!!!! Ummmmmm......Haystacks.