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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

 

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GeoStamper
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Steve

30 Jul 2016
10:25:49am
With the ability to print personal postage, I'm sure someone will start printing these shortly.

http://www.cartalk.com/blogs/dear-car-talk/stamps-you-really-want

The reader comments below the article are also entertaining.

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01 Aug 2016
01:21:53am
re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

An interesting concept.
But I'd hate to discover
that I had sent an envelope
with such a stamp to someone,
who lost a child or spouse,
trapped in a vehicle by a seat belt
and especially were my correspondent
a surviving witness to that conflagration.

Some things are cute and definitely clever
but just inappropriate.

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01 Aug 2016
10:54:57pm
re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

Most ANYTHING can be "inappropriate" to SOMEone, SOMEwhere....


Rolling Eyes



....just sayin'....

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02 Aug 2016
11:06:23am
re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

During the early 70's, my wife had a couple of Pintos, she loved 'em! They were great for getting around in downtown city traffic, none ever caught fire though. In the late 70's and early 80's, we used to salvage the rack and pinion steering off them to build sprint racers. Being a Chevy man, it was the only part of a Ford I could ever say anything good about.Big Grin


WB

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02 Aug 2016
10:14:19pm
re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

I have cheated the reaper many times, with a Pinto that I drove in the mid 80's,a Chevette State of Arizona issued vehicle in the late 80"s when I was a gooberment employee, and the ultimate unsafe at any speed death trap a 1965 Corvair Monza.

My 1965 442 and 1973 Cuda were much more dangerous.


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Steve

02 Aug 2016
10:40:20pm
re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

Mark, your Corvair made the list! And just for completeness, here are the rest of the tongue-in-cheek suggestions in the article linked to above:

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And my favorite:

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-Steve

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03 Aug 2016
09:29:36am
re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

My sister had a '71 Vega. My Dad and I replaced the motor twice. She finally got away from that car when someone totaled it in the parking lot where she worked.

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03 Aug 2016
09:50:03am
re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

Love the stamps.

One of my buddies had a Ford Pinto that was often used on adventures.

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04 Aug 2016
06:49:08am
re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

I enjoyed the stamps and there are more that could have been done.

I worked on Vegas (general repairs) and even owned a Pinto.

Al

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05 Aug 2016
12:57:49pm
re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

" ... Most ANYTHING can be "inappropriate" to SOMEone, SOMEwhere.... ...."

This is so obviously true it is indisputable but in most cases is not an apparent problem to the sender or writer at first, but the history of Pintos that exploded after a minor rear end accident should be noticed by the average person with little reflection.

As to Pintos, I still have a special socket that was needed to loosen or tighten one of the rear head bolts to do any serious engine repairs.
But for the Vegas there was an expensive jig needed ( $125.00 1970 dollars.) to adjust valves or do other repairs. Plus many ran like crap and people could not adjust the timing with a strobe light because the new factory in Lordsville, Ohio was extensively automated. The unhappy union workers, at least some of them, decided to sabotage the engines by not aligning the outer part of the front pulley/vibration damper with he inner hub, so that when it was installed the timing marks were unreliable.
It did not matter at production as the vehicle's timing was set by use of a vacuum gauge or tachometer.
The repair technician or worse, home handyman, trying to use a timing light was screwed.
Once we discovered the problem we used a large vacuum gauge and the engines ran fine. But we didn't tell everyone how we got them to run so well.
We had a lot of fun when vehicles were towed in after Freddy Flunky the weekend mechanic had messed with the timing and within minutes we could reset it properly.
Many vehicles had quirks that were not well known.

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Steve
30 Jul 2016
10:25:49am

With the ability to print personal postage, I'm sure someone will start printing these shortly.

http://www.cartalk.com/blogs/dear-car-talk/stamps-you-really-want

The reader comments below the article are also entertaining.

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-Steve

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
01 Aug 2016
01:21:53am

re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

An interesting concept.
But I'd hate to discover
that I had sent an envelope
with such a stamp to someone,
who lost a child or spouse,
trapped in a vehicle by a seat belt
and especially were my correspondent
a surviving witness to that conflagration.

Some things are cute and definitely clever
but just inappropriate.

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
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01 Aug 2016
10:54:57pm

re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

Most ANYTHING can be "inappropriate" to SOMEone, SOMEwhere....


Rolling Eyes



....just sayin'....

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whitebuffalo

02 Aug 2016
11:06:23am

re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

During the early 70's, my wife had a couple of Pintos, she loved 'em! They were great for getting around in downtown city traffic, none ever caught fire though. In the late 70's and early 80's, we used to salvage the rack and pinion steering off them to build sprint racers. Being a Chevy man, it was the only part of a Ford I could ever say anything good about.Big Grin


WB

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fredcdobbs

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02 Aug 2016
10:14:19pm

re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

I have cheated the reaper many times, with a Pinto that I drove in the mid 80's,a Chevette State of Arizona issued vehicle in the late 80"s when I was a gooberment employee, and the ultimate unsafe at any speed death trap a 1965 Corvair Monza.

My 1965 442 and 1973 Cuda were much more dangerous.


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GeoStamper

Steve
02 Aug 2016
10:40:20pm

re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

Mark, your Corvair made the list! And just for completeness, here are the rest of the tongue-in-cheek suggestions in the article linked to above:

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And my favorite:

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-Steve

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MikeyToo

03 Aug 2016
09:29:36am

re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

My sister had a '71 Vega. My Dad and I replaced the motor twice. She finally got away from that car when someone totaled it in the parking lot where she worked.

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smauggie

03 Aug 2016
09:50:03am

re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

Love the stamps.

One of my buddies had a Ford Pinto that was often used on adventures.

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canalzonepostalhisto ...
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angore

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04 Aug 2016
06:49:08am

re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

I enjoyed the stamps and there are more that could have been done.

I worked on Vegas (general repairs) and even owned a Pinto.

Al

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
05 Aug 2016
12:57:49pm

re: Car Stamps we'd Really Like to See (Car Talk)

" ... Most ANYTHING can be "inappropriate" to SOMEone, SOMEwhere.... ...."

This is so obviously true it is indisputable but in most cases is not an apparent problem to the sender or writer at first, but the history of Pintos that exploded after a minor rear end accident should be noticed by the average person with little reflection.

As to Pintos, I still have a special socket that was needed to loosen or tighten one of the rear head bolts to do any serious engine repairs.
But for the Vegas there was an expensive jig needed ( $125.00 1970 dollars.) to adjust valves or do other repairs. Plus many ran like crap and people could not adjust the timing with a strobe light because the new factory in Lordsville, Ohio was extensively automated. The unhappy union workers, at least some of them, decided to sabotage the engines by not aligning the outer part of the front pulley/vibration damper with he inner hub, so that when it was installed the timing marks were unreliable.
It did not matter at production as the vehicle's timing was set by use of a vacuum gauge or tachometer.
The repair technician or worse, home handyman, trying to use a timing light was screwed.
Once we discovered the problem we used a large vacuum gauge and the engines ran fine. But we didn't tell everyone how we got them to run so well.
We had a lot of fun when vehicles were towed in after Freddy Flunky the weekend mechanic had messed with the timing and within minutes we could reset it properly.
Many vehicles had quirks that were not well known.

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
        

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