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Title: 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Yenko Stinger
Source: EweToob
URL Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTGayn3Y800
Published: Jul 9, 2021
Author: Jay Leno
Post Date: 2021-07-09 15:11:01 by Esso
Keywords: None
Views: 519
Comments: 13

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#1. To: Esso (#0)
Very cool, thanks for the 55yo memories.
“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken
Lod posted on 2021-07-09 15:33:35 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#2. To: Esso (#0)
My older brother decided to whip me one day when I was about 14 and he was 17. He did, so I got me a baseball bat and took the driver's side rear view mirror off his Corvair with it. Then a few dings to the hood. All while he was watching me.
"You want to beat on me some more, Brother?", I asked with the bat in my hand.
"No, not today."
That was the second to the last time he ever tried to beat me up.
The next time he tried, he was winning so I smashed my mother's (and her late mother's) antique wicker chair over his back, just like in an old cowboy movie.
He never tried to beat me up again, and we get along just fine now.

StraitGate posted on 2021-07-09 15:44:53 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#3. To: Lod (#1)
Very cool, thanks for the 55yo memories.

I test drove one of these. Nice car, but pretty pricey at the time. I don't remember what I ended up buying.

The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)

Esso posted on 2021-07-09 16:42:03 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#4. To: Esso (#3)
I was on the Chicago Outfit Facebook page. One guy posted how the cops uncovered their hit car, the one they used to shoot people who had done them wrong.
It had a switch under the dash and when the driver would flip it, a compartment in the back of the front bench seat would open revealing a hiding place for a couple of rifles. Yikes!
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-07-09 17:36:59 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#5. To: Esso, Corvair fans, 4um (#3)
corvairs today

www.hemmings.com/cars-for-sale/chevrolet/corvair/1966
“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken
Lod posted on 2021-07-09 21:01:36 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#6. To: Esso (#0)
That engine sounds great once it gets into its upper RPM range.
“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs
Dakmar posted on 2021-07-09 21:43:18 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#7. To: Lod, Esso (#5)
How Frank Winchell defended the Chevrolet Corvair, in his own words
“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs
Dakmar posted on 2021-07-09 21:51:24 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#8. To: Dakmar (#7)
Thanks! I'll come back tomorrow when I have time to finish this.
“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken
Lod posted on 2021-07-09 22:15:58 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#9. To: Dakmar, Esso, Drivers, 4um (#7)
safe at any speed

“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken
Lod posted on 2021-07-09 22:19:21 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#10. To: Esso, Dakmar (#9)
one more from leno's garage

“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken
Lod posted on 2021-07-09 22:39:27 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#11. To: Lod, 4um (#10)
That's the vid that got me thinking about the Yenko yesterday. Maybe we should stick with the car theme. It'll be a lot easier on our stomachs and overall mental health.
This Truck Is Smaller Than The Current Inflation Rate

The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)

Esso posted on 2021-07-10 10:57:53 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#12. To: Esso (#11) (Edited)
We were working the gun ban referendum in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
I was walking a precinct. I went to this house with a Saab parked in the driveway. I was wearing my cowboy hat.
I rang the door bell and a man came to the door. I showed him the lit and gave him the spiel.
He asked, "Do you live around here?" I replied, "Have you ever heard of Pinedale, Wyoming?" He said, "No." I said, "I didn't think so."
The next thing you know there was a story in the local newspaper that the pro-gunners were bringing in people from the outside.
That was pure yellow journalism since they never bothered to call our headquarters and ask.
We beat them 66% to 32%. Someone on the City Council said, "This is a mandate."
A couple of guys on the Committee got drunk and put a "FOR SALE" sign in front of the woman's house that started it all.
No one worked the three precincts in Elk Grove Township and they voted in favor of the gun ban. Someone on the Committee said, "They don't need their freedom in Elk Grove township." ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-07-10 11:56:23 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#13. To: BTP Holdings, 4um (#12) (Edited)

(Edit) Falls off bumper: Ay blin! LOL. 'Blin' is a nice way of saying 'blyat'.
Standing anywhere near the centerline of those straps isn't very smart.
The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)

Esso posted on 2021-07-10 14:22:46 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
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