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Message 1868527 - Posted: 21 May 2017, 2:13:23 UTC - in response to Message 1868523.  

You only find cars that old in Cuba (near you), Sweden and North Korea!
Strange but true:)
And California.
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Message 1868532 - Posted: 21 May 2017, 2:27:43 UTC - in response to Message 1868527.  

You only find cars that old in Cuba (near you), Sweden and North Korea!
Strange but true:)
And California.

And most all of North America, even Canada.
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Message 1868534 - Posted: 21 May 2017, 2:34:42 UTC - in response to Message 1868527.  

You only find cars that old in Cuba (near you), Sweden and North Korea!
Strange but true:)
And California.

Really? LOL.
I was talking about cars from the 60's and the early 70's.
Well everything is possible I suppose.
Some weeks ago I saw a Pontiac GTO in a mint condition.
And Ford Mustangs.
And of course Cadillacs and Chevrolets.
Oh happy days.
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Message 1868535 - Posted: 21 May 2017, 2:39:54 UTC - in response to Message 1868532.  

You only find cars that old in Cuba (near you), Sweden and North Korea!
Strange but true:)
And California.

And most all of North America, even Canada.

You mean a Dodge?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wgxbQjgVbM
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Message 1868538 - Posted: 21 May 2017, 3:07:11 UTC - in response to Message 1868534.  
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You only find cars that old in Cuba (near you), Sweden and North Korea!
Strange but true:)
And California.

Really? LOL.
I was talking about cars from the 60's and the early 70's.
Well everything is possible I suppose.
Some weeks ago I saw a Pontiac GTO in a mint condition.
And Ford Mustangs.
And of course Cadillacs and Chevrolets.
Oh happy days.

Never understood this thing about great wallowing lumps of rust buckets that had trouble going round corners.
Maybe because in the late 60's early 70's I did things like this, in 1.6 Liter version of the Fulvia, with a full International permit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGiZR23VyhQ
Where going round corners fast was essential. Must have done something right, still here and didn't have any injuries.

edit] And I'm not the Scandiwegian here
edit2] Never did get to go up Pikes Peak
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Message 1868539 - Posted: 21 May 2017, 3:27:39 UTC - in response to Message 1868538.  

Never understood this thing about great wallowing lumps of rust buckets that had trouble going round corners.
Maybe because in the late 60's early 70's I did things like this, in 1.6 Liter version of the Fulvia, with a full International permit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGiZR23VyhQ
Where going round corners fast was essential. Must have done something right, still here and didn't have any injuries.
edit] And I'm not the Scandiwegian here
edit2] Never did get to go up Pikes Peak

Even Scandiwegians are welcome in this thread.
And Rally Campagnolo fans.
But I use Campagnolo gears when biking in my maillot rosa.

Arrivederci:)
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Message 1868551 - Posted: 21 May 2017, 5:31:28 UTC - in response to Message 1868534.  

You only find cars that old in Cuba (near you), Sweden and North Korea!
Strange but true:)
And California.

Really? LOL.
I was talking about cars from the 60's and the early 70's.
Well everything is possible I suppose.
Some people use them as daily drivers out here in the land of palm trees and sunshine.
Of course the model A's and T's only come out on the weekend or to the car club meeting or the rally.

Knew a gentleman Jack Wall who bought two corvettes every year. One got driven, the other got parked. What would you bid for a factory cherry 1955 one owner corvette convertible with less than 10 miles on the odometer?
I see it recently sold again https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1955-CHEVROLET-CORVETTE-CONVERTIBLE-17556 but obviously now has miles on it and more than one owner.

Yes, California is weird about cars.
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Message 1868583 - Posted: 21 May 2017, 10:43:24 UTC - in response to Message 1868551.  
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Yes, California is weird about cars.

Well California is called The Sunny State.
Cars last longer in such climate.
Btw. My grandfather had a T Ford once.
Must been in the 20's:)

Mercury Blues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IqjDSyqeDM
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Message 1868599 - Posted: 21 May 2017, 13:20:08 UTC - in response to Message 1868594.  

You only find cars that old in Cuba (near you), Sweden and North Korea!

Include Argentina with cars from the 60's and 70's. It is not because of Economics. They do not have a 'Throwaway' Culture.
As with cars, refrigerators, and everything else:
They use them, until they cannot be fixed. Then, and only then. Do they buy a new replacement.

Include India that still use Austin Morris as taxis:)

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/vintage-cars-classics-india/138513d1242922588-nostalgic-pictures-our-familys-cars-gp-pic.jpg
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Message 1868603 - Posted: 21 May 2017, 14:02:40 UTC

Mad Max Tegmark retweeted this:)
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Message 1868771 - Posted: 22 May 2017, 10:42:07 UTC
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Let's make America Great Again.
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Message 1868777 - Posted: 22 May 2017, 12:41:01 UTC - in response to Message 1868775.  

Yes:)
A British "Colony" in America!
Lot's of sprinters from there.
And Grenada and Jamaica of course.

Jamaica are also participating in WINTER olympics.
Very odd!
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Message 1868782 - Posted: 22 May 2017, 13:10:55 UTC - in response to Message 1868780.  
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Yes:)
A British "Colony" in America!
Lot's of sprinters from there.
And Grenada and Jamaica of course.
Jamaica are also participating in WINTER olympics.
Very odd!

They made a popular movie, "Cool Runnings" in 1993. Regarding Jamaica's National Bobsleigh team's competition during the 1988 Winter Olympics. Although largely fiction. It was based on a true story. A very entertaining movie.
Yes... Bobsleigh Team!

And guess what?
Ludmila Engquist a former Soviet/Russian/Swedish athlete joined that team.
For her 1997 victory in Athens, Engquist received the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, the first non-native Swede to win this award. During these years she became one of the most popular woman athletes of Sweden and was sometimes dubbed a role model for younger native Swedish talents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludmila_Engquist
It's a small world:)


She ended up like this.
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Message 1869506 - Posted: 26 May 2017, 11:17:01 UTC
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"If Sweden are in trouble, then we will come." That promise gives US Secretary of Defense James Mattis in talks with DN.
Although a political abyss separates Donald Trump from the Swedish government, the United States would help Sweden against Russia.
http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/i-maktens-slutna-rum-far-sverige-amerikanskt-stod/
Our Secretary of Defense Peter Hultqvist's cuffs :)


"We look forward to informing the US administration about Swedish immigration and integration policies."
https://twitter.com/swedeninusa/status/833462568257732612
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Message 1869616 - Posted: 26 May 2017, 20:21:07 UTC

Ranting about getting sick in America
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Message 1869752 - Posted: 27 May 2017, 11:26:19 UTC

Pentagon AKA Mattis's Castle.
Mattis is Ronja's father and a robber. He lives with the robbers, his wife Lovis and daughter Ronja in a big castle shared by a lightning strike.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronia,_the_Robber%27s_Daughter
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Message 1869781 - Posted: 27 May 2017, 13:59:26 UTC

We have many small countries here in Europe.
44 countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Mo7L9OZ8o
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Message 1869877 - Posted: 28 May 2017, 1:08:29 UTC
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How America think Europe is.
Perhaps:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-00hRdaVH6A
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Message 1869910 - Posted: 28 May 2017, 5:37:29 UTC
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There are some countries in Europe that don't differ so much from the US.
Here we watch MANY silly US sitcoms.
And every TV show or movie are not dubbed so we hear both English or American everday.
Before that we are cruising up and down the road to McDonalds.
And for some reason we speak English with an American accent.
And kids too, MF and F**K.

Came up with a great idea.
Why don't Trump from Karlstad buy Sweden as the US bought Alaska from Russia?
It's a bargain:)
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Message 1869953 - Posted: 28 May 2017, 13:10:10 UTC - in response to Message 1869951.  
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Came up with a great idea.
Why don't Trump from Karlstad buy Sweden as the US bought Alaska from Russia?
It's a bargain:)

Since we need a Civilizing Influence, greater than the over 1 million Swede's who immigrated to this Country.
I, for one, accept :)

Like these guys.
John (Johan) Ericsson, born July 31, 1803 in Långbanshyttan, Värmland, died March 8, 1889 in New York, USA, buried in Filipstad, was a Swedish inventor.
Långbanshyttan, Värmland is not so far from Karlstad.
John Ericsson i Battery Park, New York.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ericsson
And Buzz Aldrin's grandfather came from Värmland, Sweden.

And of course many scientists.
Asteroid 18016 Gröndahl
Discovered: May 13, 1999
Absolute magnitude: 14.3
Asteroid group: Asteroid belt
Discovery site: Experimental Test Site
Orbit: The sun

Prepare the 51'th Star.

btw Gröndahl lives in Florida.
I know many with that name:) :) :)
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