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Your post is timely….
I was on the way back home from a soccer game today when I saw this “relic” in front of me.
I was on the way back home from a soccer game today when I saw this “relic” in front of me.
Rhodyspit75
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I worked at a Jenny station when I was a freshman in high school. We had split sessions and I went to school from 1 to 5. I used to put out the hose that rang the bell. It was pretty simple, when a car ran over the hose the air pressure rang the bell.
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I never thought I would see the day when a Toyota Camry was a classic vehicle.
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You still haven't. Some things will never come to pass.
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Age alone does not make a classic !
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Agreed! Age, plus experience, plus respect - that's a classic.
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I don't know, a mint 80's Camry would go over well at Radwood:
> RADwood <
My generation (Generation X) and younger have the same nostalgia for when we were teens as older generations have for when they were in school. I can't say I'm pining for the cars of my youth, but my wife has expressed some interest in us finding her a copy of her first car -- a '86 Plymouth Horizon. Truly a horrible car, but she has fond memories.
I doubt folks in the 60's thought a basic Ford Falcon would ever be a classic, but here we are.
JP's Camry picture is likely just a dodge around taxes and emissions regulations, we've dealt with that here in UT as well (and our legislature just made some very reasonable adjustments to the classic plate rules to make it harder).
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Here in Connecticut, you can get a "historic vehicle" or "classic" plate for a car at least 20 years old.
That's ridiculous - but that's the way it is.
If you have one of those plates, the maximum property tax value is $500 ... even if it's a 1956 Mercedes SL300 gullwing worth bazillions. Luxury classic owners must have friends in the legislature!
As Paul Harvey would say ... and now you know the rest of the story.
Tom M.
That's ridiculous - but that's the way it is.
If you have one of those plates, the maximum property tax value is $500 ... even if it's a 1956 Mercedes SL300 gullwing worth bazillions. Luxury classic owners must have friends in the legislature!
As Paul Harvey would say ... and now you know the rest of the story.
Tom M.
YakkoWarner
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Here in Texas they have an antique plate option and a classic vehicle plate option for vehicles over 25 years old. The antique option has minimal registration cost and is exempt from inspections, but also severely restricts operating the vehicle (only to and from shows, and to and from service/maintainence shops). The classic option isn't restrictive on operation, however it still requires a full cost registration and inspection - the only difference between it and a normal plate is the vehicle only has to pass the inspection requirements which existed at the time of manufacture.
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Another car that will never be a classic. The Falcon was a dog from the get go.
Some cars were classics the moment they rolled of the assembly line: any Duesenberg, Jag E Type, Corvette Stingray, Triumph Spitfire, Ferrari 308 GTB, 1963 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, the Jeep, VW Bug.
Some cars were boring when new and are still boring, and/or hideous to this day: the 1942 Plymouth Buisness Coupe, the Edsel, any Toyota Camry, the Ford Falcon, the AMC Pacer, any Porsche SUV.
By the way, I'm another member of gen X.
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We have the full Alphabet - Tom is Gen A
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Party on, J-P!
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Another Gen Xer, woohoo! We tend to be a forgotten group, shoehorned between Boomers and Millennials.
It's funny what people look fondly at. I've observed in my years that if there is a thing, there will be a group that loves that thing and collects it. I love talking to those folks about their passion. While I'll never own a '30s hotrod or a built pro-touring street/drag machine, but I do enjoy talking to those that are passionate about them. And while I have little nostalgia for the cars of my high school years, if I saw a mint Chevy Celebrity station wagon somewhere (I learned to drive in one) I'd stop and have a good long look.
Our definitions of "classic" may all be different, and I find that I enjoy those differences.