I was sitting in the silence of my garage last night, alone, in the driver's seat of my Shelby, engine off and hand resting on the steering wheel. No phone, no internet, no social media therefore, and just let my mind wander. It was very therapeutic. I did get a little depressed when I picked up one of my short hook restored Ray Browns and looked at it then thought about Jim Cowles. I never met the man but he was very earnest and civil to me in every conversation and transaction I conducted with him by phone. He did great work on the belts and also my Cobra intake manifold. Also an original chromed air cleaner lid. And so on down the line. Sad he's gone. But as I said, sitting alone in one's car (for me at least) without the stress of driving and navigating around maniacs on the open road, but rather in the silence of your garage, engine off (hopefully off if all of your garage doors are closed as mine were) in the late evening listening to the eerie hum of the overhead fluorescent lights, gets one to thinking about one's past, the early years as a youth and then the present and then the future. It is a very interesting experience and somewhat cathartic to review one's life while sitting in your cherished ride. I started doing this from time to time and rather enjoy it. A form of meditation so to speak. Okay, that's all I have.
Best,
Richard E.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ12fKVuHsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7MGYLqMe0E
You could place a widescreen TV in front and simulate a drive in theatre. Suggested films... Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same and maybe a Mel Brooks creation.
Quote from: trotrof1 on October 14, 2021, 10:49:13 PM
You could place a widescreen TV in front and simulate a drive in theatre. Suggested films... Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same and maybe a Mel Brooks creation.
Fry's Electronics in Burbank had a whole 50s aliens invading theme going on. Here is a link to the images. Their Atomic Cafe had a big screen and some cars converted to booths for the drive in experience. https://www.google.com/search?q=fry%27s+electronics+burbank&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSjsPstsvzAhUiDjQIHYFjCo0Q_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1536&bih=722&dpr=1.25#imgrc=6DlPJVyjmMxicM&imgdii=6BO6Qtj2GtSRcM
By myself?
No. Far too busy.
The wife requests my presence in the car periodically however.
Personally I think sitting in the car in silence is the best. I will sometimes have a chair behind the cars so I can relax, maybe sometimes have some talk radio on, it makes me think is that all we will be able to do soon?
Surreal.....
1. Having qualities attributed to or associated with surrealism: "Even with most facilities shut down ... a few mavericks managed to slip into the park to sample the almost surreal emptiness before the shutdown ended." (Peter H. King).
2. Having an oddly dreamlike quality.
Public Safety Announcement:
Please make sure the car is off, cars, trucks, or other engines are left running in enclosed spaces, such as garages. Carbon monoxide can build up in a garage and leak back into the house. Even sitting in an idling car in an open garage can be dangerous.
As "Bob from Shelby-American" listening to Cosby sitting at the wheel of the Cobra making engine sounds said, "why don't you start it up?" ::)
Death wish...
Quote from: shelbydoug on October 15, 2021, 08:46:26 AM
As "Bob from Shelby-American" listening to Cosby sitting at the wheel of the Cobra making engine sounds said, "why don't you start it up?" ::)
If you lie on your back in the fold down area the view through the back glass in a 67 can be quite pleasant......so...yes. ;D
This is the last picture of a person that you described
Quote from: 557 on October 15, 2021, 10:40:38 AM
If you lie on your back in the fold down area the view through the back glass in a 67 can be quite pleasant......so...yes. ;D
Lying under the car (that is properly raised up and secure) can be very relaxing, unless you are looking at carpet instead of steel. (that's a joke).
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on October 14, 2021, 10:18:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ12fKVuHsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7MGYLqMe0E
Spot on! The Beach Boys were great vocalists. But how times change. From them dressed in shirts and ties to Kurt Cobain dressed in ripped clothes and smashing his guitar on stage (though he learned that from Pete Townshend of The Who.) Grunge is every bit as good though. I like music from 200 years ago or 20 years ago.
Quote from: deathsled on October 15, 2021, 12:15:10 PM
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on October 14, 2021, 10:18:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ12fKVuHsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7MGYLqMe0E
Spot on! The Beach Boys were great vocalists. But how times change. From them dressed in shirts and ties to Kurt Cobain dressed in ripped clothes and smashing his guitar on stage (though he learned that from Pete Townshend of The Who.) Grunge is every bit as good though. I like music from 200 years ago or 20 years ago.
Hey! The Minuet IS HOT!
Done that numerous times during the restoration of 6S2187 and after completion. Sometimes, I will fire it up in the warehouse for a bit if I cannot take it out. Back warehouse roll up door is open and 24 inch floor fans to move the air. Sound resonance is awsesome and may cause nearby workers to check out the source. 8)
Quote from: deathsled on October 15, 2021, 12:15:10 PM
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on October 14, 2021, 10:18:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ12fKVuHsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7MGYLqMe0E
Spot on! The Beach Boys were great vocalists. But how times change. From them dressed in shirts and ties to Kurt Cobain dressed in ripped clothes and smashing his guitar on stage (though he learned that from Pete Townshend of The Who.) Grunge is every bit as good though. I like music from 200 years ago or 20 years ago.
. J.Hendrix behaved in a similar fashion..... 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIo5eQ5dujk
Quote from: shelbydoug on October 15, 2021, 08:46:26 AM
As "Bob from Shelby-American" listening to Cosby sitting at the wheel of the Cobra making engine sounds said, "why don't you start it up?" ::)
actual LOL, good one - thanks Doug
I've been known to do all of the above, plus savoring the old car smells, gently touching the wear patterns on the upholstery & door panels, and closing my eyes to remember who was in the car with me, where we drove, what we did, on any of the hundreds of memorable days of yore.
It's the best meditation transportation machine I've ever found. With the engine off. Or even in the years it didn't have an engine at all.
Last ride I ever had with my best friend was in my dad's (my?) 2013 Laguna Seca headed eastbound on Kingston road which morphed into the 401 in Toronto as the sun was setting. He greatly appreciated the short drive in the Boss for sure. I still remember the drive every time I get in that car. RIP Dano.
Oh yeah, I was doing that just last night. Sitting in my Hertz car just thinking about driving it again and where I'd go even though it was up on ramps and jack stands as the transmission is out of the car for rebuild. The original engine is also scheduled to be resurrected from the dead. OK, not the first time I've ever done that before with either car. My son is guilty of the same thing, again with both cars.
Quote from: S7MS427 on October 20, 2021, 09:26:59 AM
Oh yeah, I was doing that just last night. Sitting in my Hertz car just thinking about driving it again and where I'd go even though it was up on ramps and jack stands as the transmission is out of the car for rebuild. The original engine is also scheduled to be resurrected from the dead. OK, not the first time I've ever done that before with either car. My son is guilty of the same thing, again with both cars.
Strange things happen around these cars. I was sitting in mine late one night locked in the garage, breaking hard for the turn before the big straight away at Lemans and the wife came looking for me to make sure I wasn't dead and overheard me talking to the pits on the walky-talky.
She said "why do you talk to yourself like that?" I said "because I'm the only one that listens!".
Shelbys are somewhat of an inter dimensional devise easily capable of time travel. It is an amazing phenomenon?
Quote from: shelbydoug on October 20, 2021, 01:15:39 PM
Quote from: S7MS427 on October 20, 2021, 09:26:59 AM
Oh yeah, I was doing that just last night. Sitting in my Hertz car just thinking about driving it again and where I'd go even though it was up on ramps and jack stands as the transmission is out of the car for rebuild. The original engine is also scheduled to be resurrected from the dead. OK, not the first time I've ever done that before with either car. My son is guilty of the same thing, again with both cars.
Strange things happen around these cars. I was sitting in mine late one night locked in the garage, breaking hard for the turn before the big straight away at Lemans and the wife came looking for me to make sure I wasn't dead and overheard me talking to the pits on the walky-talky.
She said "why do you talk to yourself like that?" I said "because I'm the only one that listens!".
Shelbys are somewhat of an inter dimensional devise easily capable of time travel. It is an amazing phenomenon?
Remove the question mark on your last sentence and you stated it perfectly.