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    Do you count 1945 through 1963 as part of the Golden Era?

    I can't really say that I'm more a fan of one over the other, but West Coast rap has more rappers that I tend to listen to (Snoop, Tupac, Dre, etc). I find that I agree with Lizzie in that the era is a mindset - be part of the social team, have respect for yourself and others in your...
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    Dreamcars... *sighs*

    My dream, never-could-afford-it car is a Duesenberg SJ...well, let's face it, any Duesenberg. To me, there isn't a more beautiful car that has ever existed. That said, if I were to be able to drive a vintage car as a daily driver and not have to worry about rust or getting stuck in the...
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    Rockabilly subculture

    As far as Lustron homes go, I remember there was a thing in NUVO magazine when I lived in Indy back in the day (well, 2003-2007) about a Lustron in Broad Ripple. Pretty cool - I'd live in one.
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    What Are You Reading

    A year or two ago, I was entranced by the cover of a book called "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children." I liked the setup - the guy went to flea markets and garage sales and found interesting and trick photographs that were mostly very vintage, then built a story about superhuman kids...
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    Show us your vehicles

    James - have you seen this thing? http://www.jherush.com/schwartzperformance/cadillac.htm I love it. Honestly, it's ultimately what I aspire to when I rebuild the Olds.
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    Show us your vehicles

    All small-block Oldsmobiles are externally identical - including the diesel. You'd pass a visual unless they checked serial numbers and head codes. I went with a single pipe, but am running a 2.5" pipe back from the cat, instead of the stock 2", along with a straight-through Thrush muff. To...
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    Show us your vehicles

    No you don't. The computer is flexible enough to run a stock 455, if you keep the carb stock. A friend of mine from Maryland had an '81 with a 455 and dual exhaust that he ran on the computer. It got 18 mpg highway and ran 13's in the 1/4. His motor was very stock - 8:1 compression, log-style...
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    Show us your motorcycles!

    Yeah, it's an '03 - one of the first tank-frame bikes. I'm a fan - it brakes well, blows the doors off of anything my coworkers ride (not saying a whole lot - a Honda Shadow, a 600cc Ninja, and a Harley Heritage bagger), and is all-day comfy...for a crotch rocket. Besides, nothing on two...
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    Show us your vehicles

    I bought my Delta 88 from a redneck family that drove the car from Florida back to Indiana when their grandparents died, then proceeded to drive it through fields at top speed (as evidenced by dirt and grass packed in the frame holes, both front fenders bent back behind the front wheels from...
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    Show us your vehicles

    The wee-oh-seven has 8.5:1 compression with a cam that was basically flat from the factory, and was spinning an overdrive transmission (.67:1 OD gearing - same as the GN) with 2.73s in the pumpkin. I'll never forget doing 80 on the turnpike in Ohio while turning 1800 RPM. With the 3.23's, the...
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    Show us your vehicles

    The Saturn up in the driveway (good eye!) was originally my girlfriend's - she sold it to my sister when she bought the Mini. Reliable and simple as a stone, but not my cup 'o tea. The Olds originally had the 307, which is the motor I started messing with - the intake and hogged out heads and...
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    Show us your vehicles

    My first car, my race car,and the one I took from a $500 piece of garbage to a 12 second drag-race Saturday night special, back to a piece of garbage, my '83 Delta 88. The list of things I've done to this poor car is too long to list here - the short list is a paint job, police-spec Impala...
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    Loungers' Pets

    Currently, we have five dogs...not intentionally. I got Delilah after college, she had really bad separation anxiety and I always wanted a greyhound, so the next year, along came Arthur. Not a racer, he's an AKC registered coyote dog (hunts coyotes in packs for farmers) that was given up for...
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    Show us your motorcycles!

    It's not vintage, or vintage looking, but it IS a Harley...kinda...
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    Chicago area people I need some advice

    Try to live in Indiana. Taxes are much cheaper, and can get you a commute in under an hour.

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