For Your Consideration

[BOB ELLISON 2,980]

I bought a new off the showroom vaga station wagon. Green with wood grain stick on's down both sides. Really a pretty little car. I drove it for @2 years and at 60000 miles it was dead. The drivers door outer skin would flap in the wind.

I've only bought 1 old Chevy for $50.00 and sold it for $150.00. never bought another Chevy product since 1975. But I have to admire @pullstart and his Chevy truck at the big show. 

I could hardly keep up with him on the turnpike. 

[Pullstart 62,791]

25 minutes ago, BOB ELLISON said:

I bought a new off the showroom vaga station wagon. Green with wood grain stick on's down both sides. Really a pretty little car. I drove it for @2 years and at 60000 miles it was dead. The drivers door outer skin would flap in the wind.

I've only bought 1 old Chevy for $50.00 and sold it for $150.00. never bought another Chevy product since 1975. But I have to admire @pullstart and his Chevy truck at the big show. 

I could hardly keep up with him on the turnpike. 

 

I was pretty hung-ho to see some of my buddies, but that Chevy didn’t miss a beat!

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Still missin the „heartbeat“ of my 78-er Chevy Surburban i had in early 90-ies.

With swapped Arias Big Block in and 3“ Soundbar sideways.....

 

What a cool Ride.

 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

22 hours ago, The Tool Crib said:

Yall forgot to mention its rival cousin

The  Chevette ! What was Chevrolet 

thinkin!!

Car was actually built in Brazil and imported to the U.S.  not my first ride but had one (1981 vintage Scooter black with tri-color red/orange stripes) that I actually "treed a real 'Vette at a stoplight and nearly beat him to the next light, god times and 33mpg.

[Lee1977 6,642]

On 7/25/2019 at 7:22 AM, ebinmaine said:

I have to acknowledge that the Chevrolet chevette was not much.

However, that little 1.6 l 4 speed drivetrain was very close to indestructible. Several of us tried.

It didn't have enough power to hurt it's self.

[Stormin 9,981]

  The chevette was sold under the Vauxhall badge over here. The trouble these days, you don't know who makes what. The days of seeing a car go past and saying that's a so and so are long gone. You could tell by the body style and radiator grill. Now they all look much the same. 

  "It was a Ford, Honda, VW, Rover, Ozzifer."

[ebinmaine 67,274]

On 7/24/2019 at 8:09 PM, adsm08 said:

So, Yugos

Growing up in the small town where I did we had no Yugo dealer around so they were as rare as hen's teeth which was probably good.

The only time I was ever around 1 is when I sold somebody a set of brake pads and I realized exactly how small they really were.

[ebinmaine 67,274]

5 hours ago, Lee1977 said:

It didn't have enough power to hurt it's self.

Sad as it is .. that's quite true.

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Sad as it is .. that's quite true.

Are you sure about that now a days?..      

 

[ebinmaine 67,274]

12 minutes ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

Are you sure about that now a days?..      

 

Seems as though that one has slightly more power than the stock chevette

 

[adsm08 2,022]

4 hours ago, Stormin said:

  The chevette was sold under the Vauxhall badge over here. The trouble these days, you don't know who makes what. The days of seeing a car go past and saying that's a so and so are long gone. You could tell by the body style and radiator grill. Now they all look much the same. 

  "It was a Ford, Honda, VW, Rover, Ozzifer."

 

A few years back when the Chevy Aveos started hitting the used market I had an incident where I injured myself while working on one.

 

I was working at a Ford dealer and was doing the used car check on the first one we got, put it up on the lift to check the underside and fell down laughing when I saw the muffler.

 

It had great big letters stamped into it that said "DAEWOO".

[adsm08 2,022]

On 7/25/2019 at 1:57 PM, squonk said:

They used to advertise that the VW Beetle could float!

 

VW Beetle can tow a 5th wheel.

 

 

[Stormin 9,981]

 Thanks for that. That's brilliant.

[adsm08 2,022]

Next item for your consideration, this home-made pull-behind deck.

[ebinmaine 67,274]

2 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

home-made pull-behind deck.

My father built one very similar to this back in the 1970s.

30" ariens rider in the front and a couple 20" push mowers on each side. All held together with simple angle iron and bolts.

 

Worked quite well on a straight run.

[Stormin 9,981]

Be a bit of fuel used with that and a tractor.

[adsm08 2,022]

3 hours ago, Stormin said:

Be a bit of fuel used with that and a tractor.

I've actually thought about trying to build some sort of pull-behind deck that is gear driven off its own wheels, so that I could off-set it to the side to make mowing faster.

 

I like my seat time, but some times you just gotta get it done.

[Stormin 9,981]

7 hours ago, adsm08 said:

I've actually thought about trying to build some sort of pull-behind deck that is gear driven off its own wheels, so that I could off-set it to the side to make mowing faster.

 

 

 

 You need something like a gang mower.

[adsm08 2,022]

1 hour ago, Stormin said:

 

 You need something like a gang mower.

 

That would certainly cut mowing time. Not sure if I could maneuver it around some of the obstacles in my yard.