This kid is hip,,,69 Newport

he can squeeze out another mpg or more if he pulse and glide but who the hell wants to use hypermiler technique on these cars anyways not me
 
Wow ,,seems like everyone has turned on this kid. Doesn't matter to me,,you did your youtube research.
 
All I know is I took the Big Boned gal out today and I relaxed [after the carb warmed up fully} and I got many more looks ,,one guy was following me and slowly pulled up next to me and screamed OMG how great its that to his girlfriend. I just chill in the 69 crib on wheels man,,,everyone should do the same...
 
Just got home from a solo cruise. Warm night. Swaying palms. All four windows down. I purposely tuned to a staticy AM station. It was 1976 tonight.
 
Me i'm in the process of doing a timing chain and getting the cylinder heads rebuilt
 
Carmine said:
I could not get through more than half of the longer video without finding him to be a walking internet-genius cliché. He should pull that one. And since it's his second old car, he's got less of an excuse for ignorance... the horn pad moves so you can honk it, dumbass.

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He was moving the horn ring side ways, not in and out, because the 3 screws that hold it firmly in place were clearly loose (not really the best design in that instance actually since there were slots those hold down screws were in rather than fixed holes to keep it from moving sideways - with normal driving, my horn ring came loose regularly, just like that one). He said his car rattled like a tin can, but I never had that experience in my 70 Newport. But like his Newport, my 1970 Newport Custom was supremely quiet, and in my case, didn't rattle at all. Mine was one of the best cars I ever owned.

He has got a lot to learn and he will eventually find out that a little maintenance will take care of many of his "issues". But at least he is out there doing something rather than spend all his time on his "device" and is in the real world learning something. I give him credit for even venturing into the space he has chosen. And he is not just a wild *** either, and seems to treat the car with the respect it deserves. He is still pretty young yet so his ego will certainly be matured as he ages, like the rest of us.
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saforwardlook said:
He was moving the horn ring side ways, not in and out, because the 3 screws that hold it firmly in place were clearly loose (not really the best design in that instance actually since there were slots those hold down screws were in rather than fixed holes to keep it from moving sideways - with normal driving, my horn ring came loose regularly, just like that one). He said his car rattled like a tin can, but I never had that experience in any of my cars. But like his Newport, my 1970 Newport Custom was supremely quiet, and in my case, didn't rattle at all. Mine was one of the best cars I ever owned.

He has got a lot to learn and he will eventually find out that a little maintenance will take care of many of his "issues". But at least he is out there doing something rather than spend all his time on his "device" and is in the real world learning something. I give him credit for even venturing into the space he has chosen. And he is not just a wild *** either, and seems to treat the car with the respect it deserves. He is still pretty young yet so his ego will certainly be matured as he ages, like the rest of us.
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My criticism is more about his spouting off maintenance or repair issues as if they were simply the standard in 19xx. Yep, you had to pump the pedal a dozen times because the choke had not yet been invented. Nor had self canceling turn signals. A '66 Chevy handles better because all Chrzlers used "torsion beams". And because he has a YouTube platform, it's just considered gospel.

Yes, it's nice to see a young person driving and at least doing something with an old car. But what I see so often in these videos of 20-somethings with older cars (I'm generalizing now) is a very ironic, smug enjoyment... it's far different than what drew me to my first car/C-body when I was 16 and said car was still 20 years old. I was (like the original buyers I suppose) attracted to the styling, then the power, then the cool details like hidden headlights and tailights that lit up like little red stars. And yes, some of my friends and I did have (primative) video cameras back in '89. BTW, I was expected to chip in a third with my parents ($350) if I expected to use it.

We took videos of drag races, cruising, other "adventures". It never occurred to me that I should capture myself looking horrified that the car had so many ashtrays, horn rings, or that after 20 (or 49) years it probably needs an idler arm. Then again, I didn't grow up in a suburb of Toronto circa 2010. Que Sara Sara as Lisa Lisa used to say.

Btw, although you may remember my defense of white cars, it would be hard for me to resist painting your white Newport to match the interior! My favorite and probably rarest interior color. I don't know if I've ever seen one in person. Stunning.
 
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saforwardlook said:
He was moving the horn ring side ways, not in and out, because the 3 screws that hold it firmly in place were clearly loose (not really the best design in that instance actually since there were slots those hold down screws were in rather than fixed holes to keep it from moving sideways - with normal driving, my horn ring came loose regularly, just like that one). He said his car rattled like a tin can, but I never had that experience in my 70 Newport. But like his Newport, my 1970 Newport Custom was supremely quiet, and in my case, didn't rattle at all. Mine was one of the best cars I ever owned.

He has got a lot to learn and he will eventually find out that a little maintenance will take care of many of his "issues". But at least he is out there doing something rather than spend all his time on his "device" and is in the real world learning something. I give him credit for even venturing into the space he has chosen. And he is not just a wild *** either, and seems to treat the car with the respect it deserves. He is still pretty young yet so his ego will certainly be matured as he ages, like the rest of us.
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Very well said, thank you.

Overall, I think it's a really good thing that a 20 something is interested in a relatively obscure vehicle.

John
 
Carmine said:
My criticism is more about his spouting off maintenance or repair issues as if they were simply the standard in 19xx. Yep, you had to pump the pedal a dozen times because the choke had not yet been invented. Nor had self canceling turn signals. A '66 Chevy handles better because all Chrzlers used "torsion beams". And because he has a YouTube platform, it's just considered gospel.

Yes, it's nice to see a young person driving and at least doing something with an old car. But what I see so often in these videos of 20-somethings with older cars (I'm generalizing now) is a very ironic, smug enjoyment... it's far different than what drew me to my first car/C-body when I was 16 and said car was still 20 years old. I was (like the original buyers I suppose) attracted to the styling, then the power, then the cool details like hidden headlights and tailights that lit up like little red stars. And yes, some of my friends and I did have (primative) video cameras back in '89. BTW, I was expected to chip in a third with my parents ($350) if I expected to use it.

We took videos of drag races, cruising, other "adventures". It never occurred to me that I should capture myself looking horrified that the car had so many ashtrays, horn rings, or that after 20 (or 49) years it probably needs an idler arm. Then again, I didn't grow up in a suburb of Toronto circa 2010. Que Sara Sara as Lisa Lisa used to say.

Btw, although you may remember my defense of white cars, it would be hard for me to resist painting your white Newport to match the interior! My favorite and probably rarest interior color. I don't know if I've ever seen one in person. Stunning.
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Thanks for the clarification Carmine, and I agree with all you said in this post, except I like some contrast in my cars such as the Newport. But it has moved on from my stable some years ago. It was my daily driver for about 10 years before retiring in July of 2012.
It had great a/c too. And I loved the herringbone interior.
 
saforwardlook said:
He was moving the horn ring side ways, not in and out, because the 3 screws that hold it firmly in place were clearly loose (not really the best design in that instance actually since there were slots those hold down screws were in rather than fixed holes to keep it from moving sideways - with normal driving, my horn ring came loose regularly, just like that one). He said his car rattled like a tin can, but I never had that experience in my 70 Newport. But like his Newport, my 1970 Newport Custom was supremely quiet, and in my case, didn't rattle at all. Mine was one of the best cars I ever owned.

He has got a lot to learn and he will eventually find out that a little maintenance will take care of many of his "issues". But at least he is out there doing something rather than spend all his time on his "device" and is in the real world learning something. I give him credit for even venturing into the space he has chosen. And he is not just a wild *** either, and seems to treat the car with the respect it deserves. He is still pretty young yet so his ego will certainly be matured as he ages, like the rest of us.
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the kid won't learn on this Chrysler anymore.
It got sold and lives in germany now

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commando1 said:
Any German cars that piss people off watching them get exported out of Germany?
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not for me.
You can have them all if you want to Stan.

Most german manufacturers were already big in exporting back in the day.
Most cars that get imported today from the US to germany are german classic cars.

I know from my friends who are into classic Porsches that those change hands all around the world and travel a lot. One of the Porsches was in 15 countries already.
The same is probably valid for most rare and valuable cars
 
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