Comments on: Driving the same car for 53 years https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:26:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: eddie willers https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075247 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:26:41 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075247 I can understand her loyalty. First car I bought was a ’57 Chevy (210 model, 283ci engine, 3 on the tree with overdrive) that I got in 1967 from the original, fastidious owner. The only real regret I have in life is selling that car!

]]> By: Lee S https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075234 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 21:55:44 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075234 Bob…. Sorry I’m so rubbish at this stuff… But I changed my email again to a Google account… ( Don’t judge me…) I have a couple of decent evening pauses for you, but don’t know where to send them… You hide your address well! ( As so you should!)
And I hope you are well… Your posting had been brief the last few days…
Best wishes from your left winger fan in Sweden ;-)

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075207 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:43:55 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075207 “The Perfect Crime”
Calvin Company Kansas City, Missouri 1954
(Directed by Robert Altman)
https://youtu.be/opLrT9FaknU
20:25

(a plea for better roads, sponsored by Caterpillar Tractor Co.)

]]> By: Call Me Ishmael https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075182 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:06:21 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075182 “Signal 30”

Ah, memories. I was required to watch “Signal 30” in driver’s ed, which would have made me about 15.

]]> By: commodude https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075180 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:31:31 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075180 And McNamara also gave us the light force into Iraq that gave us the mess we have now.

Some people are just gifts that keep on giving.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075175 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:56:39 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075175 Mr. Z.–
Thanks for that. Apparently, Knudsen introduced the ability to do yearly model changes with a relatively brief change-over period.
Totally agree our auto-industry got very sloppy in the 1960’s/70’s.

tangentially—
How to win WW-2 by unleashing private enterprise:

Mason Lecture Series –
“Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II”
Dr. Arthur Herman
National WW-2 Museum April 2013
https://youtu.be/QlKOdT0SEOY
1:17:59

–wherein, William Knudsen & Henry J. Kaiser get a lot of credit for mobilizing private enterprise to produce for WW-2.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075172 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 15:55:42 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075172 In reply to wayne.

wayne: Knudsen very well could have come up with yearly model changes. I have read several histories that all cite McNamara with coming up with the terrible idea of planned obsolescence, which is nothing more than lowering the standards of construction so that the vehicles go bad sooner.

McNamara went on to give us the Vietnam war, badly fought with no end game.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075169 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 13:31:58 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075169 This is pretty cool, but I as well, hope she added seat-belts somewhere along the line.
That steering column alone will kill her with blunt force trauma in an accident.

Q:
I thought William Knudsen (from GM) was the genius behind yearly model changes? (Which granted, is slightly different than planned-obsolescence.)

pivoting…..

“Signal 30”
– Highway Safety Films 1959-
https://youtu.be/dn5h-ksO63M
27:09
(Lots of authentic gore— I’m surprised YouTube doesn’t age-restrict it.)

]]> By: wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075159 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 03:48:41 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075159 Not even 2k miles a year? Not certain that qualifies as dependable. I have a car nearing 300,000 miles.

]]> By: Kevin R. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075155 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 02:25:25 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075155 Sweet. But I hope she’s got seat belts.

Robert, she’s had it since ‘57 – 63 years.

]]> By: hondo https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075143 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 19:43:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075143 Whoa! She has more mileage on her car than me! 116K to 114K
’02 Ford Explorer XT

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075119 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 05:49:20 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075119 Post less four doors are hard to find.

]]> By: m d mill https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075114 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 03:51:10 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075114 I did not do quite as well as her. My only car was a 1981 honda civic hatchback, which was bought new and my only car for 37 years. I finally had to break down and buy a new 2017 Hyundai Accent hatchback , and let the old girl go.
Hopefully this vehicle will be as dependable.

]]> By: Chops https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/driving-the-same-car-for-53-years/#comment-1075113 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:51:51 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=62472#comment-1075113 Awesome !

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