The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread

[Coatingsarecrack]

For me it is actually the safety features. I can’t see putting myself or my family in a car without recent safety features like airbags.

And I absolutely can’t stand the nannies. My aunt bought a new Mercedes E350 coupe and it was a nice car but it didn’t like how I drove as it would constantly tell me I was too close to other cars as I was passing them. I only drove it once.

Air bags would be nice but before they were invented the human race did pretty well. Might be a differnt story if I had kids.


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[Klasse Act]

The last owner took out to clean up the look of the engine bay. His thoughts were I’m never gonna drive it on days where I need a heater, summer only. I will only take out spring and summer but I’m always hot and barely use the heater in my modern car even in fall and winter.


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Your pretty unique that way, I'd have to atleast have seat heaters installed, I think I'd be ok there

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[98CayenneTA]

The last owner took out to clean up the look of the engine bay. His thoughts were I’m never gonna drive it on days where I need a heater, summer only. I will only take out spring and summer but I’m always hot and barely use the heater in my modern car even in fall and winter.


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I did the same with my A/C. If it's that hot out I take the T-Tops off.

Removed all the lines, compressor, dryer canister, condenser to clean up the engine bay.

 

[opie2]

Your pretty unique that way, I'd have to atleast have seat heaters installed, I think I'd be ok there

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Haha ahh man that would totally destroy the nostalgia of an old car like that imo. I could understand an ls swap or some other upgrades like crack did.

I couldnt imagine doing surgery on these 60 cadilac seats for some cheek heat

Disclaimer....this is NOT my car. lol

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[Klasse Act]

Haha ahh man that would totally destroy the nostalgia of an old car like that imo. I could understand an ls swap or some other upgrades like crack did.

I couldnt imagine doing surgery on these 60 cadilac seats for some cheek heat

Disclaimer....this is NOT my car. lol

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I respect what your saying for sure but I'd think a good shop could peel back that seat cover, install those coils, wire it up without leaving a mark Also hide the switch or even cooler some OEM switch to activate it. That Caddy has a heater though so it's a mute point.

I'm a restomod kinda guy, I want the looks and size of an old car but sometimes you've gotta take a call or make a call while driving, simple push of the button and that's it. Also with music, Bluetooth in the old car. Imagine being out for a drive and you strike up a conversation with someone in the car and they say "that song would be perfect right now", BAM!, say play "Freeway Jam Live" from Jeff Beck w/ the Ian Hammer Group...just sayin'..

The "experience" end when your up in the mountains and that carb can't adjust to altitude, this would be another reason for modern

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[opie2]

I respect what your saying for sure but I'd think a good shop could peel back that seat cover, install those coils, wire it up without leaving a mark Also hide the switch or even cooler some OEM switch to activate it. That Caddy has a heater though so it's a mute point.

I'm a restomod kinda guy, I want the looks and size of an old car but sometimes you've gotta take a call or make a call while driving, simple push of the button and that's it. Also with music, Bluetooth in the old car. Imagine being out for a drive and you strike up a conversation with someone in the car and they say "that song would be perfect right now", BAM!, say play "Freeway Jam Live" from Jeff Beck w/ the Ian Hammer Group...just sayin'..

The "experience" end when your up in the mountains and that carb can't adjust to altitude, this would be another reason for modern

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Valid points and some tasteful mods good sir. Im sure any would of them come out nice in the end.

Different strokes for different folks

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[dgage]

Air bags would be nice but before they were invented the human race did pretty well. Might be a differnt story if I had kids.

I thought the difference would be larger as fatalities per 100,000 in the US are only about 50% less than in the 60s and 70s.
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[Coatingsarecrack]

Your pretty unique that way, I'd have to atleast have seat heaters installed, I think I'd be ok there

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I had heated and cooled in the Mustang and maybe used heated 5-6 times for 3 years i owned. Camaro has them but it was aftermarket with the Katzkins. I switch is hidden and I literally forgot about them till this conversation

I definitely didn’t use seat warmers in spring and summer and won’t bringing her out in fall and winter.


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[Coatingsarecrack]

I respect what your saying for sure but I'd think a good shop could peel back that seat cover, install those coils, wire it up without leaving a mark Also hide the switch or even cooler some OEM switch to activate it. That Caddy has a heater though so it's a mute point.

I'm a restomod kinda guy, I want the looks and size of an old car but sometimes you've gotta take a call or make a call while driving, simple push of the button and that's it. Also with music, Bluetooth in the old car. Imagine being out for a drive and you strike up a conversation with someone in the car and they say "that song would be perfect right now", BAM!, say play "Freeway Jam Live" from Jeff Beck w/ the Ian Hammer Group...just sayin'..

The "experience" end when your up in the mountains and that carb can't adjust to altitude, this would be another reason for modern

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EFI definitely being added just where does it fit in the order. Also Bluetooth capabilities and a sound system.

She’ll have all the convenience of a modern car just none of the safety. Which is fine because if I worried about safety then I would miss out on a lot of fun things in life.


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[opie2]

I thought the difference would be larger as fatalities per 100,000 in the US are only about 50% less than in the 60s and 70s.
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Still have a lot of idiots that like to use cell phones while driving lol

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[Klasse Act]

The name of the shop is Xtreme Graphics in Lombard Illinois and these drift cars are also...XTREME! The green S14 with the Voss kit made 750 whp!

I'm having some subtle "tweaks" done to the EN, nothing too crazy but rather things that should look OEM to those who don't know which is what I like, always have liked it like that️

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[Klasse Act]

So the "tweaks" are done to the EN and I couldn't be happier!

I had the front and rear H badges accented w/ satin black vinyl, so now they stand out. I did this to the ES but only the rear as the front had a "floating" design. Some have asked/suggested doing the badges black, as well as the letters and I thought about this as looks good but then leaves no chrome and the N badge has chrome w/ black and red behind it, doing the H badges this way ties in better IMO. They do have black N badges but then the black strip there gets washed away, leaving only the red strip to stand out.

The next mod was to have LaminX laid over the front and rear turn signals, as well as the ones in the side mirrors. This right here REALLY made me happy️Yeah it's a small mod but looks like it should've come that way, as look I like personally. I did a similar type thing on my 3 season rims on the ES by using the H centercap emblem. Alot of people would say "those stock rims look great", then I'd tell them they're actually Konig rims and they always would say "that's pretty cool" This amber turn signal lense gives the EN a "Euro look", well, that is if they offered my car in Europe, LOL

Before I had this done I made my window tint appointment for May 18th. I'm going to Chicago Auto Pros and getting the same tint and percentage that I had on the ES. The price went up $70 for the entire job but it is what it is

The work I had done at the vinyl shop didn't cost me a dime either as the owner wants me to clean his Camaro ZL1 in a couple weeks. He asked me if that was cool and I said OFCOARSE

Thanks for making it through this long winded explanation as to how I look at things

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[dgage]

Still have a lot of idiots that like to use cell phones while driving lol

Yep. Distractions and speed are both up compared to 50 years ago.

 

[Klasse Act]

Yep. Distractions and speed are both up compared to 50 years ago.

So is the amount of cars! Thankfully the cars are safer but as a delivery driver I can tell you people are always on their phones!

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[Bdubbs]

Oil change and a little undercarriage TLC.

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[98CayenneTA]

So is the amount of cars! Thankfully the cars are safer but as a delivery driver I can tell you people are always on their phones!

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Yup and it is absolutley pathetic.... watching these mouth breathing, window licking, crayon eating A holes not able to live without the phone for a short drive.

 

[Klasse Act]

Yup and it is absolutley pathetic.... watching these mouth breathing, window licking, crayon eating A holes not able to live without the phone for a short drive.

So while going home from g/f's tonight, going through , ofcoarse, I tried to get your gen F-body to "play with me" but before he said "WTH" we came up on traffic. I don't think alot of people know about my car...yet. Not sure if he was stock and would've just liked to have known "where I stand" for a quick burst...in Mexico, ofcoarse

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[Klasse Act]

Oil change and a little undercarriage TLC.

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You do have a sign at the entrance of your garage that says THE STABLE...right

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[98CayenneTA]

So while going home from g/f's tonight, going through , ofcoarse, I tried to get your gen F-body to "play with me" but before he said "WTH" we came up on traffic. I don't think alot of people know about my car...yet. Not sure if he was stock and would've just liked to have known "where I stand" for a quick burst...in Mexico, ofcoarse

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What is your car rated at in the quarter mile?

 

[Bdubbs]

You do have a sign at the entrance of your garage that says THE STABLE...right

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LoL. Nope just plain looking. I do have a couple security cameras!

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