Re: The joy of Linux

On 11/13/24 1:30 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 03:19:10 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

    Some Model-As and REOs kinda had "it" too.
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    Post-WW2 ... nah ... not so much ... but the mechanicals were better.

 A friend in college had been a commercial pilot who returned to school. He
was older, married, and had acquired some toys like a Model A that he was
foolish enough to let us borrow. Troy has steep hills as the surriounding
area drops down to the river. As we descended one I looked over to see
Pete rigid as he tried to control our spped with the original mechanical
brakes.

   NOPE ! NOT so great !!!  :-)
   Good down-shifting skills were a MUST !
   The A's and many others were intended for CITY
   driving - NOT mountains. You got maybe TWO
   good brake apps - then nothing.
   Hey, 20s/30s tech - they did the best they could.
   But "The Look" - hard to beat ! LOVE those curved
   fenders blending into a running board ... art !
   They'd finally figured out what a "horseless carriage"
   should LOOK like.

    Anyway, as for "look pristine" ... if they come from up north where
    they slather the roads with salt all winter or too close to an ocean,
    "pristine" will become "pile of rust" REAL soon. West Texas, Okies,
    Colorado,
    maybe Kansas, those are yer best bets. Rust-proofing was NOT a big
    thing until the 70s or so.

 Montana is a very religious state: God put the snow there for some reason
and will remove it in the fullness of time. Upstate NY was heavy on the
salt so anything much over 5 years old had problems. The flip side here is
older cars look great but are mechanically deficient. There's no vehicle
inspection so as long as it runs, go for it.

   For a "restored" car - too old now to restore one
   myself - a salt-free origin is IMPORTANT. Damned
   salt gets into EVERYTHING, deadly corrosion you
   may not see immediately, but WILL see soon enough.
   So much for your investment .......
   So, for "restored" - stick to those "middle states".