There’s a certain romance to vintage vehicles in the modern day. Sure, a brand new Ford F-Series can tow a house while embracing you in luxury car-levels of comfort, but there’s something endearing about an old, honest truck. Perhaps it’s the fact that what you see is what you get, or the fact that trucks several decades old are still putting in time today.
If I’m lucky, I’m going to buy my first-ever classic car with the help of the Notorious SWG. Yes, I know I said I have no room for additional cars, but I can make it work to fit 76-year-old vintage American iron in my fleet. I promise I’m going somewhere with this. Earlier today, Mark gave us a Shitbox Showdown between an old Chevrolet C20 and an old Volkswagen Pickup. Even though I’m a German car nut, I’m picking the American truck. PaysOutAllNight gives a great description of a good old truck:
That Chevy is the lazy old ranch hand leaning against the post, doing nothing at all long after you’ve assigned him a task for the day, yet somehow, when the sun goes down, everything has been completed exactly as you intended.
That’s the kind of truck I need. Not someone else’s project.
This morning, Jason wrote a Cold Start showing off an Oldsmobile advertisement that tried to paint the horse as an uncontrollable vicious beast. The comments here were gold. Matt Sexton gives insight into the Curved Dash Oldsmobile:
“Curved Dash” was a nickname borne from its styling, and there were several evolutions over the years. Officially the 1901-1903 version was the Model R, and since it was Oldsmobile’s only product at the time, per the ads one could just refer to it as “The Oldsmobile”.
The Model R was a delightful little car, the first mass-produced automobile, and saved Oldsmobile from bankruptcy. They had a fire at the plant and the Model R was the only prototype they saved.
I have always wanted one of these. I think they top out at about 20mph but that wouldn’t at all stop me from registering it and driving it to work on the regular. 100+ year old cars fascinate me, what an interesting time.
I never thought of animals like this before, but Jonathan Green has a point:
All God’s Creatures are basically jerks.
They shit on your car
They jump in front of you while you’re driving.
They chew the wiring
They set up house under the seats and piss all over
They perch on your door sill, pecking at their reflections in the mirrors…
Finally, we stop at Thomas’ piece about the 2024 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Super Sport. No matter where you stand on this sedan, Nsane In The MembraNe points out how sad it is that so many cool cars are dying:
It’s a shame that neither these nor the Blackwings have sold very well. They have so much more character than anything German or Japanese, but people just can’t get past their preconceived notions about certain brands. Get them while you can, because we’ll never see anything like em again and they’re the only relics left carrying the torch from the golden era of sports sedans (the 2000s).
Have a great evening everyone!
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