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    8/18/2023 11:18 am  #401

    Diaphone Jim
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    Re: Got Cars

    I'm not sure when it sold for 90K, but it sold for 900K in 2020. The link still works.
    Also, there is this:
    2014 Mercedes-Benz G-Class G AMG 63 6x6 - $1,400,000 - CarGurus

     

    8/18/2023 3:18 pm  #402

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    You are right, Jim.  It did sell for damn near a million bucks.

    I simply cannot see for shit anymore.  My apologies.
     

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    8/25/2023 10:27 pm  #403

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    Speaking of Mercedes, last Sunday night somebody smushed a big Mercedes SUV against a 30" dia tree out front.
    When I went out Monday there was yards of yellow "Police - Do Not Cross" tape tied on the stop sign pole and the whole plastic nose of that SUV laying there. Looked like it was only broken at the attach points.
     Anyway the driving lights looked unharmed so I decided to salvage them along with the harness.
    I got them but they don't want to light, at least from my jump box.
    The harness starts at a 5 prong plug, there are black, brown, and purple wire for the lights, brown & purple to one and brown and black to the other.
    The remaining two wires are a smaller gage brown & blue/white going to a thingy. Thingy's purpose? Damifino.
    This thingy looks like a rubber bump stop like on some drawers and doors but much bigger.



    It looks like the tapered down nose should be flexible, but it's not.
    Taking the electrical plug off, inside is solid at about where the .700 flange is with two metal pins sticking out.
    There are two guide ribs down the inside and a rib on the plug so it goes together one way only.
    Whatever it is it's working blind, completely enclosed, I wonder if it triggers airbags or seat belt tensioners?
     really doesn't matter, but not being able to identify what the hell it is, what it's for, is annoying.

    Oh Oh, when i went to put it back together I spotted tiny writing. Magnifying glass wouldn't cut it, microscope.
    Being tiny and molded into the rubber it took Pepsi Zero Sugar, pencil lead(graphite) alcohol(rubbing) to decipher...
    Continental Czech Republic 85  40376994. It's a genuine Mercedes Ambient Air Temperature Sensor. 

    Hey, thanks for coming along, hope you enjoyed the trip.

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    8/26/2023 11:32 am  #404

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    A sensor for each light?
    Let us know how hot it was when you got the lights to light.

     

    8/27/2023 6:19 am  #405

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    Complexity is its own reward?

    If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis Brandeis
     

    8/27/2023 8:58 pm  #406

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    I was gonna guess they had something to reducing/stepping up voltage for LED lights...

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    8/28/2023 6:57 am  #407

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    German engineering. LOL.

     

    9/25/2023 4:25 pm  #408

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    Just one and separate from the lights, only in that harness because the nose is the preferred location for ambient temperature.

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    10/12/2023 3:11 pm  #409

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    Mans inhumanity to cars...

     

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    10/22/2023 3:17 am  #410

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    Kind of a shame they didn't go ahead with this.

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    10/22/2023 11:59 am  #411

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    That neat Olds could have easily competed with Vettes and TBirds given the chance.

     

    10/24/2023 1:49 am  #412

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    Yes, short wheelbase, very wide track, low CG, and pretty light, wouldn't need a huge engine to go like stink.

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    10/24/2023 8:26 pm  #413

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    Bottom one looks like a Vega with a Firebird kammback on it, with early GTO/LeMans taillights...

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    10/24/2023 10:24 pm  #414

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    Yup, GM.

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    10/25/2023 11:12 am  #415

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    This wonderful basically GM special came to mind right away:
    cheetah car - Bing images

     

    10/25/2023 8:38 pm  #416

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    when wheel wells had a little bevel on top, suggesting the energy of those wheels is barely contained

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    10/27/2023 3:07 am  #417

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    And the rear wheel wells exposed the whole tire suggesting if you wanted/needed wider tires no problem.
    That was one of the style points on the '55 Nomad they unfortunately lost in subsequent years.

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    11/17/2023 2:47 am  #418

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    Well, I never... neither did the Queen...

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    11/17/2023 2:04 pm  #419

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    Re: Got Cars

    that looks like the car version of the Necronomicon

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    11/18/2023 12:00 pm  #420

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    I'll bet that hide exterior stinks when it rains.

     

    12/17/2023 2:15 pm  #421

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    Drag Race... obviously a publicity stunt, wacky one at that.
    =13px

     

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    12/17/2023 2:24 pm  #422

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    Some Disney parade cars... they seem to be drawn to the '39/'40 Ford style...
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    1/07/2024 3:16 am  #423

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    120 years ago engines weren't very reliable.
    The obvious solution is two...

    edit - that $5000 is $172,115.44 today.

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    2/07/2024 3:51 am  #424

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    If you want to win there are some basics;
    Lighter weight,  More power,  Better traction
    Better handling, Better brakes
    Hit as many of those targets as you can afford, then learn to drive it fast.
    Now you're competitive, so with hard work and shit luck maybe a win.
    This guy did it...

    He had the vision and money, plus I'll bet connections to pull it off.

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    2/23/2024 1:15 am  #425

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    This nifty temptation for those with more money than god...

    After that $485,000 basic list price there are options like the 007 option.
    It has a siren, blinding lights, smoke/fog generator, tear gas spray and more.
    I doubt it has wing machine guns... at least not real ones, but I don't know about the ejection seat.
     

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