American Classics..........

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:24 pm

....First On Race Day....

...at least it USED to be

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:24 pm

Beat me to it Jack! I worked with a guy who drove a DORF - moved letters around to be different. He was anyway!

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:29 pm

Reminds me of a line from "King of the Hill":
"You know what the problem is? It's a Ford. You know what Ford stands for? Fix It Again Tony."

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:51 pm

That would be FIAT!

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:04 pm

Hence the joke!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:05 pm

FIAT in German is Fehler in allen Teilen which translates to "defects in every part".

fran4001 · Post by **fran4001** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:56 pm

Here in NEPA it always meant "F****d On Raw Deal". This coming from a guy who drove Ford trucks all my life.

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Wed May 31, 2006 11:48 pm

.........Fix Or Repair Daily..........Not too far from the truth there Bob!

.......... Is that 4000 #7 Graham?.........no I'm not sure what number it is. It's a '59, that much I do know.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:26 am

What is the S/N on it?

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:36 am

B9143.

lucky · Post by **lucky** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:48 am

In answer to Jeffrey(Jps) some british people have a fascination with american products because depending on the product,they are better made,better looking.Cars,guitars,motorbikes etc america just do it better than anyone else.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:27 am

Well, if looking around at rush hour were any indication, I'd say America's attitudes are the Germans and the Japanese do it better (that's only on the the cars and bikes). But this is SoCal, not yer typical American community.

lucky · Post by **lucky** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:58 am

But for a country that is only 514 years old the impact it has had on the rest of the world is outstanding.No other country could have started Rock n Roll and all the other things to numurous to list.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:08 am

I'll take that as a compliment, Shawn. But I think there is just some sort of attraction to exotic things from a faraway land! Where you are a Ford Mustang fits that bill. When I was growing up MGs, Jaguars, Austin Healys and Triumphs were pretty darned cool. They still are, come to think of it!

And as for Ford (I like Fords, by the way...the new GT, the new Mustang, the new Thunderbird...all sweet cars in my book), the one acronym I haven't seen here yet is: F#(*ing Old Re-Built Dodge!

lucky · Post by **lucky** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:24 am

Yes and no i guess we see good things in each others culture.Anyhow back to the thread rick number 7 a timeless classic.Who knows maybe in 40 years new forum members will droll over 90's rickenbacker basses.