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Me Want Me Want [Maserati]

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That's gorgeous Bill, I wouldn't complain about having to set up the carbs.
 
waltesefalcon said:
That's gorgeous Bill, I wouldn't complain about having to set up the carbs.
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Yeah, the quad cam V-12 engine is a lovely bit of casting, isn't it? Here's a picture that shows it better - it is the Miura version which cast the block as one piece with the transmission, and also had the downdraft Webers instead of the DCOEs as mine does, but otherwise the same engine. You can't really appreciate that it even has 4 cams unless you see it out of the car because the lower cams are hidden. (And yes, they have made that engine into a coffee table!)

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Mind you, one of my MGA engines is pretty good looking too!

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I've been drooling over Isleros for years, but as mentioned earlier, their manufacturing #s mean there just aren't many of them around, and those that are tend to be pricey.

Of late the wife and I have been longing for an Alfa Romeo Montreal. It's the first car we've ever agreed on. (I like sports cars, she likes muscle cars).

Perhaps one day either the Islero or the Montreal will simply appear in the driveway.
 
The Montreal has a really interesting engine too - looks like a pair of regular Alfa 4 cylinders ran into each other, hard!

As for muscle cars, defined as something that makes loud noises and tire smoke and has more power than either traction or handling, I'm lukewarm - sold my only version of that, a 1972 Pontiac Le Mans Sport convert (they didn't call the convertibles GTOs in that year), one of 17 built with a 455 HO engine.

My closest car to that is the Jensen CV-8, which weighs around 3200 lbs. and has a high compression big block Chrysler with a sixpack (overkill, but it looks nice).

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On the muscle car front, my wife has only looked at them, never driven one. I'm willing to bet she wouldn't like them near as much if she drove one on a regular basis.

Both the Jensen CV-8 and the 541 are on my short list. One of these days I will run across one of each when I happen to have money and space at the same time (so far, in each case I've had neither, which made me very sad.)

Jody
 
A Montreal is a realistically attainable goal, Jody. Almost enough of 'em made that they're around. :wink:

I suspect you have a point about the daily driving, tho it would attract attention.
 
DrEntropy said:
A Montreal is a realistically attainable goal, Jody. Almost enough of 'em made that they're around. :wink:

I suspect you have a point about the daily driving, tho it would attract attention.
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Well around here the modern daily drivers don't get used when there's a functioning vintage car to drive instead (excepting Home Depot runs and trips that involve the children).

I have never seen the point of owning a vintage car that spends 90% of it's time sitting in the garage.
 
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Jody, Doc I fully concur even though my wife's Camaro is our daily driver. Having a three year old rules out my pick-ups and the Spitfire the wife hates my Caddy, and on the practical side the Camaro does get better gas mileage than anything we own other than the Spitfire.

Bill I don't know if that is a heck of a beautiful table or a travesty to have removed that engine from under the hood and turned it into a piece of furniture.
 
Walter, I know how that goes. We're about to cross the minivan threshold in march of next year. The wife is rather upset at the prospect of driving a minivan.
 
People unsure of their own gender status frequently shy away from minivans and buy 'manly' pickups, but those of us that are secure in our self-image have bought the much more useful minivans for decades now.... :cheers:
 
I've been a huge fan of the minivan since the caravan was introduced in 1984. How many other vehicles can haul full sheets of plywood as well as children & dogs.

We drove my Mum's 2008 Town and Country this summer. Pretty danged nice.

The wife is just afraid of becoming a "soccer mom."

It's a little wierd for us at times. I was a punk in high school. Nowadays I'm everything I used to rage against. :smile:
 
We just sold our trusty old caravan two months ago, the kids are getting bigger and we have a full size Ram van. We had to make room for my wife's new toy (Camaro) so we decided the less roomy van had to go. I'd buy another caravan in a heart beat, ours ran for nearly 300,000 miles while only needing a trany as the only major repair.
 
JodyFKerr said:
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The wife is just afraid of becoming a "soccer mom."
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It's a little wierd for us at times. I was a punk in high school. Nowadays I'm everything I used to rage against.</span> :smile:
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You don't know how much that made me giggle, Jody!!! :laugh:
 

Still have lots to learn about my GoPro but still a sweet sound

Cheers

Mark
 
Is that a Mustang V8? sure sounds like one. :devilgrin:
 
Nice, Mark!!!

Long powerful legs and a beautiful voice! :D
 
JodyFKerr said:
... The wife is just afraid of becoming a "soccer mom."...
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The thing is, it's a state of mind.

It's not what you drive. It's how you drive.

Around here, all the soccer moms who don't want to be seen as such drive huge SUV's, which of course makes them instantly recognizable for pretending not to be.
 
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