Something I thought I'd never see

[SSloan]

After working on the car shown in my pic, I gave serious consideration to buying a roller from Superformance and using it as my daily. I had Hilbank's number but hadn't made the call when I decided to buy a new Mustang GT.
This black car is what's called a Continuation Cobra and they come from Shelby American. Built by Superformance in Australia, they are a copy, with updates, of the original 289 car. This one has a fiberglass body, but if your wallet is thick enough, you can get one in aluminum.
The seat sucks butt. That's the only thing I would change on this car. Well, I personally could do without the gumballs and numbers/letters.

Do like your taste Orygun. Some pics of a Superformance turn-key.

 

[Unka-Boo]

We have two Jeeps with the 3.7 V6. The largest one, 4 door, with large oversize tires still gets 11-12 in town. When on the road its starts getting up in the 16 or so MPG. Have not yet tried it pulling the RV for distance. Will see what that does to the MPG. Had an older Cherokee for a long time that we called the monster truck. It was lifted with 32" off road tires and the old strait 6. Even it got the same milage in town that the newer one does. For one to be getting 6-7 unless towing I would be taking it to a shop to see what was going on.
The EV's are coming a long way but, still not really set up well for long distance. Co worker has one and tells me there are different kinds of charging stations. Some MUCH faster than others. I guess if mapping out a long trip drivers would have to consider this.

35s and 3:07s will do that...

 

[Unka-Boo]

Its funny...I downsized from a Ram 2500 4x4 to a tacoma a few years ago...11.5 mpg to 17.....past couple of months I've been driving my kid's Jetta while hes at college...25+/- mpg ( and the 07k sounds wicked when you get on it, but its still kinda slow )
I will prolly end up in another 3/4 ton at some point, but for now, happy I'm not commuting in one. Heck, I've actually been looking for a Mk6 for myself...turbo kits are out there....

 

[Nosferatu]

35s and 3:07s will do that...

Which is why my 35's get spun by 4.70's.

 

[gmerkt]

I don't do a lot of driving these days. I was thinking of going to the cartridge collector's show at Castle Rock tomorrow, that's about 135 miles each way. Which is a rather long drive for me now. My old Mercury not-so-Grand Marquis will get 25 mpg carefully driven on the freeway, BUT that doesn't account for miles off the freeway, traffic jams going through Seattle, etc. So I figured 23 mpg since most of the way is freeway. 270 miles @ 23 mpg = 11.75 gal., x $5.50 = about $65. I decided not to go. It's not that I can't afford it. It was a marginal call anyway, because driving through the Puget Sound area on weekends has become such a trial. The high cost of fuel was just the final nail in the coffin.

I could reminisce about the price of gas when I started driving in 1966, which I think was about 28 to 32 cents per gallon where I lived at the time. Then my part time job paid $1.25 the hour. But I also remember the Summer of 2008 when I decided to drive back to the Midwest. Which cost close to $5 the gallon in many places. The price was lower in the upper plains states and parts of the Midwest but still greatly elevated for the time.

Notwithstanding extra taxes in Wash., the West Coast gasoline markets are a separate economic entity from the rest of the country.

 

[Nosferatu]

I seriously have no idea how much I paid for my first gallon of gasoline. How and why you guys cataloge this information is beyond my comprehehension.

All I can vaugely recall is 'this adulthood nonsense sucks'.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

I seriously have no idea how much I paid for my first gallon of gasoline. How and why you guys cataloge this information is beyond my comprehehension.

All I can vaugely recall is 'this adulthood nonsense sucks'.

I remember everything . . . except for all the stuff I have forgotten

 

[Nosferatu]

I remember everything . . . except for all the stuff I have forgotten

What are we talking about, again?

 

[Unka-Boo]

I seriously have no idea how much I paid for my first gallon of gasoline. How and why you guys cataloge this information is beyond my comprehehension.

All I can vaugely recall is 'this adulthood nonsense sucks'.

My dad does that...."when I was pumping gas in '69 it was $0.19 a gallon". I have no clue why he would remember what gas cost a gallon almost 60 years ago or why it's some kind of flex.

 

[Mikej]

I seriously have no idea how much I paid for my first gallon of gasoline. How and why you guys cataloge this information is beyond my comprehehension.

I remember what gas cost when I was 16/1971 in SLC and got my first real job. At a gas station. .45 cents/gallon. Before that, in 1964-65 we took a road trip in dad's new '64 Ford Econoline Van to Texas. I remember in Texas at that time, before the oil nonsense of the '70s, gas was $.18/gal.

 

[Nosferatu]

I remember what gas cost when I was 16/1971 in SLC and got my first real job. At a gas station. .45 cents/gallon. Before that, in 1964-65 we took a road trip in dad's new '64 Ford Econoline Van to Texas. I remember in Texas at that time, before the oil nonsense of the '70s, gas was $.18/gal.

How much was fuel in 1991-ish in northern California? That's how much I paid.

Yesterday I paid $27 for a gallon of 94 octane unleaded in Montana. (50:1 2-stroke pre-mix for the chainsaw).

 

[Alexx1401]

How much was fuel in 1991-ish in northern California? That's how much I paid.

Yesterday I paid $27 for a gallon of 94 octane unleaded in Montana. (50:1 2-stroke pre-mix for the chainsaw).

Other day at a Wally I ran across some of that. Quarts, 1/2 gal, and Gallon cans of "real gas" and 50-1 Real. The gallon can was around that IIRC. Made me glad I went to battery powered yard stuff. Used to be several stations around that sold real gas for those with things like boats. Of course a LOT of people were buying it for their vehicles so state must have finally forced them to stop. So now leaves people paying that price for real gas.

 

[Mikej]

Yesterday I paid $27 for a gallon of 94 octane unleaded in Montana. (50:1 2-stroke pre-mix for the chainsaw).

Sheesh, really? I've always mixed that stuff myself! Always have some sea Foam and/or marine Stay-Bil on hand too.

 

[orygun]

My dad does that...."when I was pumping gas in '69 it was $0.19 a gallon". I have no clue why he would remember what gas cost a gallon almost 60 years ago or why it's some kind of flex.

Why we remember things like this, I have no clue. The price of 77 cents a gallon for Supreme I probably remember because I thought it was so high. When I was younger I bought more than enough gas for the church lawnmower with a Quarter. I believe Regular was up to 44 cents!

I do have a story about Dad. We were in Washington towing our trailer on vacation. Dad pulled into a gas station, saw that it was "32.9 cents a gallon?!?!" and kept on going. We went back down the street where it was 28.9.... That I'll never forget.

 

[El Padrino]

Traveling today and saw this (see photo below). It's my first trip by myself, maybe I hadn't noticed.Quite frightening! I'm glad my son gave my car back to me, but feel kinda guilty for not dieing on schedule. The higher gas gets, the happier I am to drive an EV.

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That's rough! Hoping we can get things headed back in the other direction soon.

 

[Mikej]

Why we remember things like this, I have no clue. The price of 77 cents a gallon for Supreme I probably remember because I thought it was so high. When I was younger I bought more than enough gas for the church lawnmower with a Quarter. I believe Regular was up to 44 cents!

I do have a story about Dad. We were in Washington towing our trailer on vacation. Dad pulled into a gas station, saw that it was "32.9 cents a gallon?!?!" and kept on going. We went back down the street where it was 28.9.... That I'll never forget.

Your dad grew up during "The Depression". Your parents saved every sour cream carton for re-use? And aluminum "TV dinner trays?

 

[Nosferatu]

Sheesh, really? I've always mixed that stuff myself! Always have some sea Foam and/or marine Stay-Bil on hand too.

I always do as well, but circumstance made the pre-mix the choice for this job.

I have a 12x6 cargo trailer I'm using as a temporary tool shed in MT. This trailer is apparently a tree magnet, as this is the 2nd time in it's life it's had a tree fall on it.

Inside this trailer is are my chainsaws and all the related chainsawing accouterments - including my fuel cans and mix. In order to get this stuff out, I have to cut the tree off, which also required me to buy a new chainsaw.

Buying a new crappy fuel can with the new impossible-to-use-nozzle that will just spill all my expensive non-ethanol $5/gallon fuel and oil all over the ground added up to be close enough that I just grabbed a can of pre-mix.

The joys of owning remote property.

 

[Nosferatu]

Your dad grew up during "The Depression". Your parents saved every sour cream carton for re-use? And aluminum "TV dinner trays?

We used cool-whip containers as salad and soup bowls. Mom seemed pretty excited when she finally had a 'matching' set that would feed all 5 of us at the same time.

 

[Mikej]

Buying a new crappy fuel can with the new impossible-to-use-nozzle that will just spill all my expensive non-ethanol $5/gallon fuel and oil all over the ground added up to be close enough that I just grabbed a can of pre-mix.

Say no more! About those gas cans. Happy to say that my cans are just barely PRE-impossible. But if a person, here in the city, was wanting the older cans, estate sales are the place to find them.

 

[Nosferatu]

Say no more! About those gas cans. Happy to say that my cans are just barely PRE-impossible. But if a person, here in the city, was wanting the older cans, estate sales are the place to find them.

Yeah, I have a handful of Justrite cans inside the squished trailer.