I am an ELITIST!!!!
1975 Imperial Rear Disc Brake Restoration... and lack of sale...
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I am an ELITIST!!!!
hemi71x
Well-Known Member
Yep, you sure are, and appear to be quite proud of it too.
Anything else that you'd like to be known as, while your at it?
Shouldn't you be on another forum selling junk and making friends????
hemi71x
Well-Known Member
A moderator took care, and "cleaned up" my for sale ad, that i closed out.
Now nobody is going to figure what all this bs is all about if your just beginning to read this pissing contest.
Time to now end it all, wouldn't you think?
Now nobody is going to figure what all this bs is all about if your just beginning to read this pissing contest.
Time to now end it all, wouldn't you think?
Some thoughts upon reading this thread . . .
I'm not "in the hunt" for 9.25" axle rear disc brake parts. I liked very much that Chrysler took the lead on these and on the real (at the time) 4 whl anti-lock brakes, but "the industry" didn't really notice or respond at the time. Which resulted in lower installation/production levels than the other less-sophisticated systems of that time. The only 9.25" axle assy I have came out from under a mid-70s B-platform car, which would be a neat item to put the rear disc system on. ONLY problem is that some aftermarket kits are and have been available for a while to do the same thing.
So we end up, in the present time, with a great OEM system (rebuilt/refurbished) with a somewhat limited potential customer base. Who probably have already fixed the systems on their own cars and might not need surplus items laying around, all things considered.
Then enter the aftermarket "street rod" kits, which might not be as "robust" as the OEM systems, but many perceive as better, on the market. In some ways, to me, having a 9.25" rear disc brake system might be similar to having an EFI system for a "small" Imperial, all rebuilt and ready to go, on a shelf in the spare bedroom. Certainly would be good to have to keep the car original, but a somewhat small potential customer base, all things considered. As when both of these systems were new, they were "radical technology" that was not embraced by the general public to the level they could have. Then, too, at this point in time, aftermarket alternatives exist which any potential customers might tend to gravitate toward. Be that as it may.
In my current mindset, I still very much appreciate the cars which the 9.25" rear disc brakes came on AND appreciate those who keep them all-OEM where possible. And know what to upgrade for best results, if necessary, from experience. I am also aware of surplus parts going away as the heavier cars and ones that typically don't have parts desired by "the masses" are the first ones to get crushed. Which makes the rebuildable core issue more important.
Over the years in the car hobby, I've seen some "dueling vendors". Lots of hot words flying around, but in the end, neither one was really hurt by losing a few customers as others replaced them later on.
I've also seen and heard of "vulturing", but think of it more as being opportunistic instead. Everybody likes "a deal". But to arbitrarily scrap your life's work is not a good option either! In doing so, it effectively negates all that you've worked for and greatly diminishes the value of any "labors of love" which might have been then earlier-on. No need for a "fire sale", just have "a sale" online and then donate the proceeds to a local/regional/national charity. A MUCH better outcome, to me, of your prior labors and love of the vehicles your parts will fit! Plus, it puts those parts, hopefully, in the hands of those who need them, which is what much of this hobby is all about . . . people helping people enjoy the vehicles they love into the future, rather than parking them (with related deterioration).
In my advancing years, I've noticed that I can tend to respond to some things more intensely than in prior times. Part of it probably is due to (what I term) "Male, age-related depression, anxiety as "the end" might become nearer, and the frustration of more people not really understanding the prior significance of what I've accumulated over the past 40 years". When I calm down, the prior "big deal" isn't so "big" in the grand scheme of things. So I have learned to just shake my head and move on, letting things normalize in the process. Certainly, fixed-income supplementation is a definite big deal, especially as it might become very apparent that some of the grand promises of "the match" didn't really amount to as much as many claimed it would be, over time. I'm in something like that at the present time, myself. I can understand the intensity of being able to possibly pay bills and little else, but I still have some options to employ to fix that. Others might not.
I'm also in a place where I'm not suspecting I need to liquidate some things I have had a long time. A mediocre investment of sorts. Not at give-away prices, but to hopefully clear my original investments. I don't care if somebody can re-sell them for a higher price either! Just that I can get a reasonable price and go on down the road to enjoy another day. And the cars of prior times which make things as great to be around now, as in my younger years.
From an early age, I always like Chryslers more than other Chrysler Product car lines. But I also very much appreciated and enjoyed the others, too! Even other brands of cars, for what they were, too. I've been especially amazed at the fact that younger people are tending to have the same attraction to earlier Chryslers that I had when I was growing up. But this also tends to reinforce the total Mopar hobby as multi-generational in a manner that I've not observed with other carlines/manufacturers' products. Which is just totally fantastic, to me.
In the 1990s, the multi-generational orientation of the total Mopar hobby was driven-home several times at various Mopar Nationals I went to back then. One year, a grandmother was holding a young grandchild in her arms, under the Viper tent, as the child's parents were out looking around. Another time, I witnessed a high school age guy put a pair of slicks on the front of his Neon, using a torque wrench, as his father and grandfather watched. EVERYBODY was smiling and having a good time! Never did see that at any other car event I've been to, in that "volume", so to speak.
Back then, too, I'd get some cash and take a day of vacation to search a local salvage yard. Great stress relief! Getting things I suspected I might need later, typically. So I appreciate those in here that do this to possibly re-sell the parts to those who need them! The best type of recycling!
Hopefully, our associations with FCBO can all be mutually-beneficial, in general, for the continued good of the Chrysler/Mopar hobby!
Thanks for your time and consideration,
CBODY67
I'm not "in the hunt" for 9.25" axle rear disc brake parts. I liked very much that Chrysler took the lead on these and on the real (at the time) 4 whl anti-lock brakes, but "the industry" didn't really notice or respond at the time. Which resulted in lower installation/production levels than the other less-sophisticated systems of that time. The only 9.25" axle assy I have came out from under a mid-70s B-platform car, which would be a neat item to put the rear disc system on. ONLY problem is that some aftermarket kits are and have been available for a while to do the same thing.
So we end up, in the present time, with a great OEM system (rebuilt/refurbished) with a somewhat limited potential customer base. Who probably have already fixed the systems on their own cars and might not need surplus items laying around, all things considered.
Then enter the aftermarket "street rod" kits, which might not be as "robust" as the OEM systems, but many perceive as better, on the market. In some ways, to me, having a 9.25" rear disc brake system might be similar to having an EFI system for a "small" Imperial, all rebuilt and ready to go, on a shelf in the spare bedroom. Certainly would be good to have to keep the car original, but a somewhat small potential customer base, all things considered. As when both of these systems were new, they were "radical technology" that was not embraced by the general public to the level they could have. Then, too, at this point in time, aftermarket alternatives exist which any potential customers might tend to gravitate toward. Be that as it may.
In my current mindset, I still very much appreciate the cars which the 9.25" rear disc brakes came on AND appreciate those who keep them all-OEM where possible. And know what to upgrade for best results, if necessary, from experience. I am also aware of surplus parts going away as the heavier cars and ones that typically don't have parts desired by "the masses" are the first ones to get crushed. Which makes the rebuildable core issue more important.
Over the years in the car hobby, I've seen some "dueling vendors". Lots of hot words flying around, but in the end, neither one was really hurt by losing a few customers as others replaced them later on.
I've also seen and heard of "vulturing", but think of it more as being opportunistic instead. Everybody likes "a deal". But to arbitrarily scrap your life's work is not a good option either! In doing so, it effectively negates all that you've worked for and greatly diminishes the value of any "labors of love" which might have been then earlier-on. No need for a "fire sale", just have "a sale" online and then donate the proceeds to a local/regional/national charity. A MUCH better outcome, to me, of your prior labors and love of the vehicles your parts will fit! Plus, it puts those parts, hopefully, in the hands of those who need them, which is what much of this hobby is all about . . . people helping people enjoy the vehicles they love into the future, rather than parking them (with related deterioration).
In my advancing years, I've noticed that I can tend to respond to some things more intensely than in prior times. Part of it probably is due to (what I term) "Male, age-related depression, anxiety as "the end" might become nearer, and the frustration of more people not really understanding the prior significance of what I've accumulated over the past 40 years". When I calm down, the prior "big deal" isn't so "big" in the grand scheme of things. So I have learned to just shake my head and move on, letting things normalize in the process. Certainly, fixed-income supplementation is a definite big deal, especially as it might become very apparent that some of the grand promises of "the match" didn't really amount to as much as many claimed it would be, over time. I'm in something like that at the present time, myself. I can understand the intensity of being able to possibly pay bills and little else, but I still have some options to employ to fix that. Others might not.
I'm also in a place where I'm not suspecting I need to liquidate some things I have had a long time. A mediocre investment of sorts. Not at give-away prices, but to hopefully clear my original investments. I don't care if somebody can re-sell them for a higher price either! Just that I can get a reasonable price and go on down the road to enjoy another day. And the cars of prior times which make things as great to be around now, as in my younger years.
From an early age, I always like Chryslers more than other Chrysler Product car lines. But I also very much appreciated and enjoyed the others, too! Even other brands of cars, for what they were, too. I've been especially amazed at the fact that younger people are tending to have the same attraction to earlier Chryslers that I had when I was growing up. But this also tends to reinforce the total Mopar hobby as multi-generational in a manner that I've not observed with other carlines/manufacturers' products. Which is just totally fantastic, to me.
In the 1990s, the multi-generational orientation of the total Mopar hobby was driven-home several times at various Mopar Nationals I went to back then. One year, a grandmother was holding a young grandchild in her arms, under the Viper tent, as the child's parents were out looking around. Another time, I witnessed a high school age guy put a pair of slicks on the front of his Neon, using a torque wrench, as his father and grandfather watched. EVERYBODY was smiling and having a good time! Never did see that at any other car event I've been to, in that "volume", so to speak.
Back then, too, I'd get some cash and take a day of vacation to search a local salvage yard. Great stress relief! Getting things I suspected I might need later, typically. So I appreciate those in here that do this to possibly re-sell the parts to those who need them! The best type of recycling!
Hopefully, our associations with FCBO can all be mutually-beneficial, in general, for the continued good of the Chrysler/Mopar hobby!
Thanks for your time and consideration,
CBODY67
hemi71x
Well-Known Member
Sure, i do ebay, and other alphabet soup, web sites on the internet.
What's it to you, anyway?
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Easiest way is to just sign off and quit looking back to see who's watching.
hemi71x
Well-Known Member
CBODY 67
I read through your complete reply.
I liked it a lot.
Thank's for taking the time to write it all.
I learned from it, and maybe some others here that are flaming me to death, will too.
I read through your complete reply.
I liked it a lot.
Thank's for taking the time to write it all.
I learned from it, and maybe some others here that are flaming me to death, will too.
Look, you jumped all over this when you got your panties in a wad. People tried to help you, and you then attacked back. Why don't you just shut up and leave! Like I said there are good guys trying to help each other here. Graham was helping you, and you got indignant! Good Bye!
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Why get the police involved? You are new here, you went against the grain, because its not like home you then stomped your feet " unfair". A lot like immigration as I see it ..
Apologize for misinterpreting what was taking place and move on . I'm confused.
hemi71x
Well-Known Member
Get my panties in a big wad, when i was under the impression that a reply was something derogatory to me.
You just don't get it do you.
You must have failed reading comprehension back in grade school, after reading through all the bs that has been written here already.
All you guys that are on first name basis with all another here are friends that i am not privy too.
You bet i responded back when i figured I WAS BEING ATTACKED in the beginning.
Can you understand that at all?
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
hemi71x
Well-Known Member
All you guys that have tens of thousands of postings under your name, what the heck do you do all day with your time that you must reply to every posting that's written on the forum?
Get a life, other than social media.
rapidtrans
Senior Member
Keep feeding the troll and he’ll hang around for ever.
hemi71x
Well-Known Member
Give me something to rebut here, and i will.
Just like the political debates, you get to respond if someone makes a comment against you.
hemi71x
Well-Known Member
Keeping you guys busy that like giving out RED X's.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Well, I was trying to help too and you attack me .. You dont see a problem with that?
hemi71x
Well-Known Member
And how were you trying to help me. Please explain.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
hemi71x
Well-Known Member
And in your case i love responding to other idiots.the red X is easier than arguing with an idiot ... I love the red X.
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