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From: Joerg on 28 Jul 2010 17:38 Phil Hobbs wrote: > Joerg wrote: >> John Larkin wrote: >>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:46:32 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> John Larkin wrote: >>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:39:39 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:09:02 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:26:13 -0700, Joerg >>>>>>>>> <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:33:48 -0700, Joerg >>>>>>>>>>> <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>> [...] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Never had trouble with anodizing flaking off. Maybe you >>>>>>>>>>>>> got E. German >>>>>>>>>>>>> aluminum. ;-) I think I still have my transmitter and >>>>>>>>>>>>> last time I checked >>>>>>>>>>>>> (when we moved - '08) the panel was still in good shape. I >>>>>>>>>>>>> used Letra-Set on >>>>>>>>>>>>> that, too, with DataKote (?) sprayed over it. I built the >>>>>>>>>>>>> transmitter in '66. >>>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't the anodizing that flaked off but the spray >>>>>>>>>>>> coating lifting >>>>>>>>>>> >from the anodized surface. Worst case where a letter or >>>>>>>>>>> number was. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Never had that problem with DataKote, unless it was damaged >>>>>>>>>>> (scratched). >>>>>>>>>> In Europe there was no DataKote, and I think it's been >>>>>>>>>> discontinued here >>>>>>>>>> as well. So I had to make do with whatever was in the budget. >>>>>>>>>> And that >>>>>>>>>> wasn't always much. I remember that I applied the clear coat >>>>>>>>>> on my regen >>>>>>>>>> receiver from a bottle, using a brush. Afterwards I was a bit >>>>>>>>>> disappointed but got used to the uneven look, actually started >>>>>>>>>> liking >>>>>>>>>> it. Nowadays it's all the rage and called faux painting :-) >>>>>>>>> Apparently it has, recently. I've seen it in the last ten >>>>>>>>> years, or so, but a >>>>>>>>> web search brings up nothing. I'm not much for faux painting, >>>>>>>>> "woodtone", or >>>>>>>>> "antiquing", either. ;-) >>>>>>>> It depends. Last week I stayed in a hotel in Mountain View where >>>>>>>> faux >>>>>>>> painting was done so well that it made you feel like you were in a >>>>>>>> mediterranean resort. The weird thing is they combined that with >>>>>>>> modern >>>>>>>> furniture, could have been Art Deco, don't know this stuff, but it >>>>>>>> looked really cool. Great place, and one of the best (free) >>>>>>>> breakfasts I >>>>>>>> ever had. It's this one: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.hotelzico.com/ >>>>>>> Nice! How much $ ?? >>>>>>> >>>>>> Regular around $130/night. Keep in mind it's right next to a >>>>>> freeway but >>>>>> that didn't bother me. >>>>>> >>>>>> The client engineer I traveled with has this habit of booking >>>>>> everything >>>>>> last minute on hotwire.com. You select how many stars and click on >>>>>> "book", without knowing which hotel and exactly where. Once the >>>>>> bid is >>>>>> booked you are told hotel and location. This got us two rooms at the >>>>>> Zico for $50 each. Fifty! Oh, and on top of that he also booked >>>>>> the car >>>>>> via that and landed us a Ford Mustang. Yeehaw! >>>>> Mo and I rented a red Mustang convertible, by accident, in western >>>>> Massachusetts. Horrible car. The top was a nightmare to get up and >>>>> down, the ersatz 60's round chrome instruments were unreadable, and >>>>> the turn signal sound was a loud, poorly synthesized fake of an old >>>>> fashioned thermal plink-plonk thing. It did look sporty. >>>>> >>>> Ours was actually really cool. The 60's chrome instruments are still >>>> there but with large numbers and very readable. The car had mood >>>> lighting and you could change the color. Heck, even the pedal area was >>>> lit for whatever reason. The turn signal sounded like a real relay, or >>>> maybe I fell for an improved synthesized plink-plonk :-) >>>> >>>> It did have lots of gusto. However, it is definitely a car for no more >>>> than two occupants, the rear bench space is pathetic and we did not >>>> have >>>> a convertible. >>> Hey, here it is: >>> >>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Mustang.jpg >>> >> >> Nice. They changed the outside design a wee bit. Of course, the real >> thing would be the one with the V8 in there but those are hard to find. >> > > The 2011 V6 is a completely different car--it's as fast as the 2010 GT, > and the EPA laughingly says it gets 32 MPG on the highway. It's on the > short list for my next vehicle. > Ours was brand-new. The engine sounded a lot smoother than they used to and it sure had power. 32mpg? That I can't quite believe. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: krw on 28 Jul 2010 19:02 On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:48:53 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:46:32 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >> >>> John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:39:39 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:09:02 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:26:13 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:33:48 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>> [...] >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Never had trouble with anodizing flaking off. Maybe you got E. German >>>>>>>>>>>> aluminum. ;-) I think I still have my transmitter and last time I checked >>>>>>>>>>>> (when we moved - '08) the panel was still in good shape. I used Letra-Set on >>>>>>>>>>>> that, too, with DataKote (?) sprayed over it. I built the transmitter in '66. >>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't the anodizing that flaked off but the spray coating lifting >>>>>>>>>> >from the anodized surface. Worst case where a letter or number was. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Never had that problem with DataKote, unless it was damaged (scratched). >>>>>>>>> In Europe there was no DataKote, and I think it's been discontinued here >>>>>>>>> as well. So I had to make do with whatever was in the budget. And that >>>>>>>>> wasn't always much. I remember that I applied the clear coat on my regen >>>>>>>>> receiver from a bottle, using a brush. Afterwards I was a bit >>>>>>>>> disappointed but got used to the uneven look, actually started liking >>>>>>>>> it. Nowadays it's all the rage and called faux painting :-) >>>>>>>> Apparently it has, recently. I've seen it in the last ten years, or so, but a >>>>>>>> web search brings up nothing. I'm not much for faux painting, "woodtone", or >>>>>>>> "antiquing", either. ;-) >>>>>>> It depends. Last week I stayed in a hotel in Mountain View where faux >>>>>>> painting was done so well that it made you feel like you were in a >>>>>>> mediterranean resort. The weird thing is they combined that with modern >>>>>>> furniture, could have been Art Deco, don't know this stuff, but it >>>>>>> looked really cool. Great place, and one of the best (free) breakfasts I >>>>>>> ever had. It's this one: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.hotelzico.com/ >>>>>> Nice! How much $ ?? >>>>>> >>>>> Regular around $130/night. Keep in mind it's right next to a freeway but >>>>> that didn't bother me. >>>>> >>>>> The client engineer I traveled with has this habit of booking everything >>>>> last minute on hotwire.com. You select how many stars and click on >>>>> "book", without knowing which hotel and exactly where. Once the bid is >>>>> booked you are told hotel and location. This got us two rooms at the >>>>> Zico for $50 each. Fifty! Oh, and on top of that he also booked the car >>>>> via that and landed us a Ford Mustang. Yeehaw! >>>> Mo and I rented a red Mustang convertible, by accident, in western >>>> Massachusetts. Horrible car. The top was a nightmare to get up and >>>> down, the ersatz 60's round chrome instruments were unreadable, and >>>> the turn signal sound was a loud, poorly synthesized fake of an old >>>> fashioned thermal plink-plonk thing. It did look sporty. >>>> >>> Ours was actually really cool. The 60's chrome instruments are still >>> there but with large numbers and very readable. The car had mood >>> lighting and you could change the color. Heck, even the pedal area was >>> lit for whatever reason. The turn signal sounded like a real relay, or >>> maybe I fell for an improved synthesized plink-plonk :-) >>> >>> It did have lots of gusto. However, it is definitely a car for no more >>> than two occupants, the rear bench space is pathetic and we did not have >>> a convertible. >> >> Hey, here it is: >> >> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Mustang.jpg >> > >Nice. They changed the outside design a wee bit. Of course, the real >thing would be the one with the V8 in there but those are hard to find. ??? All the GTs are V8s (three of five models).
From: krw on 28 Jul 2010 19:04 On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:31:52 -0400, Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote: >Joerg wrote: >> John Larkin wrote: >>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:46:32 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: <snip> >>>> Ours was actually really cool. The 60's chrome instruments are still >>>> there but with large numbers and very readable. The car had mood >>>> lighting and you could change the color. Heck, even the pedal area was >>>> lit for whatever reason. The turn signal sounded like a real relay, or >>>> maybe I fell for an improved synthesized plink-plonk :-) >>>> >>>> It did have lots of gusto. However, it is definitely a car for no more >>>> than two occupants, the rear bench space is pathetic and we did not have >>>> a convertible. >>> Hey, here it is: >>> >>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Mustang.jpg >>> >> >> Nice. They changed the outside design a wee bit. Of course, the real >> thing would be the one with the V8 in there but those are hard to find. >> > >The 2011 V6 is a completely different car--it's as fast as the 2010 GT, >and the EPA laughingly says it gets 32 MPG on the highway. It's on the >short list for my next vehicle. There aren't any others on SWMBO list. It'll likely be a 2012 model, though. Maybe for the big 6-0. ;-)
From: Joerg on 28 Jul 2010 19:06 krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:48:53 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> John Larkin wrote: >>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:46:32 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> John Larkin wrote: >>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:39:39 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:09:02 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:26:13 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:33:48 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>> [...] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Never had trouble with anodizing flaking off. Maybe you got E. German >>>>>>>>>>>>> aluminum. ;-) I think I still have my transmitter and last time I checked >>>>>>>>>>>>> (when we moved - '08) the panel was still in good shape. I used Letra-Set on >>>>>>>>>>>>> that, too, with DataKote (?) sprayed over it. I built the transmitter in '66. >>>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't the anodizing that flaked off but the spray coating lifting >>>>>>>>>>> >from the anodized surface. Worst case where a letter or number was. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Never had that problem with DataKote, unless it was damaged (scratched). >>>>>>>>>> In Europe there was no DataKote, and I think it's been discontinued here >>>>>>>>>> as well. So I had to make do with whatever was in the budget. And that >>>>>>>>>> wasn't always much. I remember that I applied the clear coat on my regen >>>>>>>>>> receiver from a bottle, using a brush. Afterwards I was a bit >>>>>>>>>> disappointed but got used to the uneven look, actually started liking >>>>>>>>>> it. Nowadays it's all the rage and called faux painting :-) >>>>>>>>> Apparently it has, recently. I've seen it in the last ten years, or so, but a >>>>>>>>> web search brings up nothing. I'm not much for faux painting, "woodtone", or >>>>>>>>> "antiquing", either. ;-) >>>>>>>> It depends. Last week I stayed in a hotel in Mountain View where faux >>>>>>>> painting was done so well that it made you feel like you were in a >>>>>>>> mediterranean resort. The weird thing is they combined that with modern >>>>>>>> furniture, could have been Art Deco, don't know this stuff, but it >>>>>>>> looked really cool. Great place, and one of the best (free) breakfasts I >>>>>>>> ever had. It's this one: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.hotelzico.com/ >>>>>>> Nice! How much $ ?? >>>>>>> >>>>>> Regular around $130/night. Keep in mind it's right next to a freeway but >>>>>> that didn't bother me. >>>>>> >>>>>> The client engineer I traveled with has this habit of booking everything >>>>>> last minute on hotwire.com. You select how many stars and click on >>>>>> "book", without knowing which hotel and exactly where. Once the bid is >>>>>> booked you are told hotel and location. This got us two rooms at the >>>>>> Zico for $50 each. Fifty! Oh, and on top of that he also booked the car >>>>>> via that and landed us a Ford Mustang. Yeehaw! >>>>> Mo and I rented a red Mustang convertible, by accident, in western >>>>> Massachusetts. Horrible car. The top was a nightmare to get up and >>>>> down, the ersatz 60's round chrome instruments were unreadable, and >>>>> the turn signal sound was a loud, poorly synthesized fake of an old >>>>> fashioned thermal plink-plonk thing. It did look sporty. >>>>> >>>> Ours was actually really cool. The 60's chrome instruments are still >>>> there but with large numbers and very readable. The car had mood >>>> lighting and you could change the color. Heck, even the pedal area was >>>> lit for whatever reason. The turn signal sounded like a real relay, or >>>> maybe I fell for an improved synthesized plink-plonk :-) >>>> >>>> It did have lots of gusto. However, it is definitely a car for no more >>>> than two occupants, the rear bench space is pathetic and we did not have >>>> a convertible. >>> Hey, here it is: >>> >>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Mustang.jpg >>> >> Nice. They changed the outside design a wee bit. Of course, the real >> thing would be the one with the V8 in there but those are hard to find. > > ??? > > All the GTs are V8s (three of five models). Very few GTs at the rental places and then they usually charge a hefty premium on those. Probably because people renting them get that Mario Andretti rush the millisecond the are behind the wheel. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: John Larkin on 28 Jul 2010 19:14
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:15:18 -0500, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:55:05 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:46:32 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>wrote: >> >>>John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:39:39 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:09:02 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:26:13 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:33:48 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>>>>>> [...] >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Never had trouble with anodizing flaking off. Maybe you got E. German >>>>>>>>>>>> aluminum. ;-) I think I still have my transmitter and last time I checked >>>>>>>>>>>> (when we moved - '08) the panel was still in good shape. I used Letra-Set on >>>>>>>>>>>> that, too, with DataKote (?) sprayed over it. I built the transmitter in '66. >>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't the anodizing that flaked off but the spray coating lifting >>>>>>>>>> >from the anodized surface. Worst case where a letter or number was. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Never had that problem with DataKote, unless it was damaged (scratched). >>>>>>>>> In Europe there was no DataKote, and I think it's been discontinued here >>>>>>>>> as well. So I had to make do with whatever was in the budget. And that >>>>>>>>> wasn't always much. I remember that I applied the clear coat on my regen >>>>>>>>> receiver from a bottle, using a brush. Afterwards I was a bit >>>>>>>>> disappointed but got used to the uneven look, actually started liking >>>>>>>>> it. Nowadays it's all the rage and called faux painting :-) >>>>>>>> Apparently it has, recently. I've seen it in the last ten years, or so, but a >>>>>>>> web search brings up nothing. I'm not much for faux painting, "woodtone", or >>>>>>>> "antiquing", either. ;-) >>>>>>> It depends. Last week I stayed in a hotel in Mountain View where faux >>>>>>> painting was done so well that it made you feel like you were in a >>>>>>> mediterranean resort. The weird thing is they combined that with modern >>>>>>> furniture, could have been Art Deco, don't know this stuff, but it >>>>>>> looked really cool. Great place, and one of the best (free) breakfasts I >>>>>>> ever had. It's this one: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.hotelzico.com/ >>>>>> Nice! How much $ ?? >>>>>> >>>>> Regular around $130/night. Keep in mind it's right next to a freeway but >>>>> that didn't bother me. >>>>> >>>>> The client engineer I traveled with has this habit of booking everything >>>>> last minute on hotwire.com. You select how many stars and click on >>>>> "book", without knowing which hotel and exactly where. Once the bid is >>>>> booked you are told hotel and location. This got us two rooms at the >>>>> Zico for $50 each. Fifty! Oh, and on top of that he also booked the car >>>>> via that and landed us a Ford Mustang. Yeehaw! >>>> >>>> Mo and I rented a red Mustang convertible, by accident, in western >>>> Massachusetts. Horrible car. The top was a nightmare to get up and >>>> down, the ersatz 60's round chrome instruments were unreadable, and >>>> the turn signal sound was a loud, poorly synthesized fake of an old >>>> fashioned thermal plink-plonk thing. It did look sporty. >>>> >>> >>>Ours was actually really cool. The 60's chrome instruments are still >>>there but with large numbers and very readable. The car had mood >>>lighting and you could change the color. Heck, even the pedal area was >>>lit for whatever reason. The turn signal sounded like a real relay, or >>>maybe I fell for an improved synthesized plink-plonk :-) >>> >>>It did have lots of gusto. However, it is definitely a car for no more >>>than two occupants, the rear bench space is pathetic and we did not have >>>a convertible. >> >>Hey, here it is: >> >>ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Mustang.jpg >> >Send it to my wife. She wants one just like that. Well, a charcoal interior >and top would be better. No, get her a *real* car ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/A3a.jpg 4wd, 150+ MPH, room in the back for the dog, and just as red. John |