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While at Alice’s Restaurant this morning, I saw a mint-condition 1961 Chevy Corvair Monza (it has been years since I have seen a Corvair in person), a neat looking Lamborghini, a Maybach sedan and a 1960’s BMW /2. The Corvair owner said that it used to belong to his dad who worked for a Chevy dealer and kept the car garaged for the past 40 years. Photos attached.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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This bike was at Alice's restaurant this morning. A lot of cool cars across the street but only one other motorcycle, which of course was a GS.
“A good man always knows his limitations.”
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Happy Birthday Ray B!
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(I see that now.... I couldn't find the photo when accessing the forum on my phone, so I reposted. )
“A good man always knows his limitations.”
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Here is an interesting Chevy promo movie from 1960. They took three new Corvairs and drove them down the Pan American Highway to and through the Darien Gap. The video gives you a chance to see what some of the Central American countryside was like back then, as well as what it is like trying to push sedans through a jungle and across rivers, with a lot of help of course. But they finally made it to Panama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiPsDGVaixg
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #140 Interesting video. Not sure I believe the section at 10:50 to 11:00. The car is pushing a foot or two of mud with the front wheels cranked to the right and it's making uphill progress :) Must be a cable we can't see.
Lee
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #141Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #140 I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. Plus, they must have put the entire engine in a plastic bag and maybe had fitted a snorkel inside the passenger compartment, right under the roof. I wonder if the cars also had a bilge pump? Those roads through the Darien Gap sure looked a lot better than I had imagined for 1960. A couple of motorcycle riders gave crossing the Gap a shot during the 1960's and the pictures in the books of the roads during their travels that I read sure didn't look that nice. In particular, "Two Wheels to Adventure" by Danny Liska, who rode his R60 BMW from the Arctic Circle to Argentina during the late 1960's, is a fascinating and very well illustrated story.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #142 I had the same thought. Maybe GM donated a few bucks to improve sections on the road for the video.
Lee
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #143Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #142 They appeared to have considerable help from the Pan American Highway Authority. Near the end of the video they were pulled through a wide and fast moving river by the highway builder's bulldozer. It didn't look like there was anyone in the cars during that crossing.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Sat Nov 27, 2021 6:08 pm (Last edited: Sat Nov 27, 2021 6:10 pm)
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #135Zitat von Ray B im Beitrag #134 Right. (Home and editing photos.) 20211114_075454.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) “A good man always knows his limitations.” |
Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:09 pm (Last edited: Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:17 pm)
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Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:06 pm (Last edited: Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:07 pm)
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A gaggle of 1950's Porsche sports cars showed up at Alice's Restaurant today. I found this 1956 1600 Super Speedster convertible to be the nicest of the bunch. Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh |
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Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:53 pm (Last edited: Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:59 pm)
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Damn you guys live in such a great riding area. Last yr I was in the Santa Cruz area and drove all through the mountains there and of course stopped at Alice’s. That was one of my check list items to stop there and hang out. To my good fortune on that Sunday morning there was an exotic car cruise that pulled in. They were raising money for a children’s charity. I can honestly say I’ve never seen that many exotic cars in one place at one time. There was not an empty place to park anywhere on either side of the rode. And to top it off a group of Ducati riders pulled in as coincidence with some nice older Ducs and some new ones. They were all good guys letting people like myself drool all over there cars. A few guys let me climb in there McLaren’s and Porches wished I had more time to spend in those mountains riding. |
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Zitat von Magellan44 im Beitrag #149 Surely, something similar occurs each Sunday morning, say in Harmarville or Cheswick.........looking out over the Allegheny River. But, then again, perhaps not....
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