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Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 15:03:08 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by nasadowsk on Fri Jan 10 10:23:46 2020. Sleeve of Wizard |
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Re: MTA's Andy Byford press conference on door problem, R-179 car saga (youtube & transcript) |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Jan 10 17:04:23 2020, in response to MTA's Andy Byford press conference on door problem, R-179 car saga (youtube & transcript), posted by gold_12th on Thu Jan 9 23:39:58 2020. Thanks for posting this link. |
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Re: MTA's Andy Byford press conference on door problem, R-179 car saga (youtube & transcript) |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Jan 10 17:24:41 2020, in response to Re: MTA's Andy Byford press conference on door problem, R-179 car saga (youtube & transcript), posted by Easy on Fri Jan 10 17:04:23 2020. agree. whatever one thinks of what wassaid, having the unfiltered text is the best. |
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Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 18:22:45 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Jan 9 20:18:25 2020. I'F I'd come into a few bucks, I'd be looking for an AMC Pacer. Now those things are rare. NEVER see one on the road, even on a warm spring afternoon when car collectors would strut their wheels. AFAIK, there are more surviving Edsels out there than Pacers. I kinda liked the way they looked, like big fishbowls. Folks I knew that owned them say they'd get one good year out of them & then, everything would go.Thanks to the Pacer, AMC would get a new meaning...American Made Crap! |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 10 18:23:55 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by nasadowsk on Fri Jan 10 10:23:46 2020. What kind of women have you been around?? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 10 18:26:30 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 18:22:45 2020. Put a Toyota powertrain in one if you can find one without an engine. |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Jan 10 18:39:15 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 18:22:45 2020. rememberdriving behind ione spilling gasoline as the input point was too low to the ground. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 18:51:25 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 18:22:45 2020. I saw on at the Nationals up in Syracuse this past summer. Certainly a unique auto. There was a Gremlin on the bringatrailer.com website a few days ago |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Jan 10 18:51:42 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by MainR3664 on Fri Jan 10 08:38:52 2020. While we’re on the subject of NTTs vs R-46s, didn’t I read somewhere that as part of some sort of contest, a student came up with a device that would allow non NTT equipment to operate with CBTC? |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Jan 10 19:00:10 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by Avid Reader on Fri Jan 10 12:06:31 2020. I learned to drive on a Plymouth Valiant that had the tranny buttons on the left side of the dash. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 10 19:03:16 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by randyo on Fri Jan 10 19:00:10 2020. Is that "transphobia" . . . ? |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 19:17:53 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 18:22:45 2020. Found this awhile back, a Pacer ad in French. Don't exactly what message their trying to convey here with the babe with the big butt leaning over the hood, but(t) its all in the eye of the beholder, I guess!:) |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Jan 10 19:19:34 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by randyo on Fri Jan 10 19:00:10 2020. I learned to drive in a 1952 Dodge with a semi-automatic transmission. The clutch was needed only to change the gearshift lever.So after you started the car, and you were out of your parking place, you pulled the lever straight down and you were in 3rd Gear, after letting the clutch out.You accelerated then when you hit 20-25 mph, you took your foot off the gas pedal, and it shifted into 4th gear with a "clunk". You could also use 1st. and 2nd gears by pressing in the clutch and shifting to the L position. Drive in 1st, let off, and it would "clunk" into 2nd. I don't remember, but I think if you were in 4th and a steep hill came up, it would automatically shift into 3rd gear due to engine vacuum. So 95% of your driving was just gas and brake.When the car came to a stop,it always went back to 3rd gear. Later on , I drove a real stick shift car and learned all the ropes of that mode. My last stick shift car was this '95 Dodge Neon. 95 Neon It was pocket rocket! |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Jan 10 19:20:19 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 19:17:53 2020. I'll take it! |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 20:46:36 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Jan 10 12:20:36 2020. I knew a guy that had a ‘63 Valiant with the push button tranny. I recall a lever you sprung up to park the car.The worst part of that setup was that it was hydraulic and when I leaked you’d be assed out. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 20:50:01 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by Avid Reader on Fri Jan 10 12:39:12 2020. There it is. Ugly ugly ugly.A cousin of mine had a friend that was selling one of those around 1995. They thought I’d be interested in it. Meticulously rebuilt engine. Car was ready for the road and he wanted $500 but I respectfully declined. I just thought it was the ugliest car I ever saw. It was black by the way. And the last I heard a couple years ago is that it’s still sitting in his driveway. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 20:52:11 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 19:17:53 2020. It’s doing exactly what it should have been used for. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Jan 10 21:12:28 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by randyo on Fri Jan 10 19:00:10 2020. HATE POST |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 21:51:42 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 20:52:11 2020. Makes me think that she just took a dump, looked back to see how good she did & saw a Pacer! |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 21:55:35 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 21:51:42 2020. That or it’s a paperweight holding her dress down |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jan 10 22:01:01 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 18:22:45 2020. My uncle had a '75 Pacer. It looked like Humpty Dumpty. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jan 10 22:02:12 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 18:51:25 2020. I had one of those once. Traded it in for my Jeep which, btw, now has over a million miles. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jan 10 22:04:51 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 00:09:30 2020. 390, 4-speed Hurst, go-package (heavy duty cooling, dual exhausts, posi traction, stiff suspension). It's got giddyup. And it has personalized collector plates with - what else? - a subway theme. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 22:10:46 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jan 10 22:02:12 2020. What year Jeep is that |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 22:16:27 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jan 10 22:04:51 2020. Wow very nice ! |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 22:52:43 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jan 10 22:01:01 2020. With all that glass, park one in the sun in the summertime & it had to be hotter than hell when you got in. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Fri Jan 10 23:18:23 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by Avid Reader on Fri Jan 10 12:39:12 2020. Red, a real eye catching red. |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Jan 11 07:17:29 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by randyo on Fri Jan 10 19:00:10 2020. I learned to drive on a Plymouth Valiant that had the tranny buttons on the left side of the dash.I learned to drive on my brother's 1962 Plymouth Fury. I believe the push buttons were also on the left too. My dad would take to learn how to drive the Brooklyn Terminal Market on a quiet Sunday. With the market closed down on a Sunday, my dad taught me how to drive, stop, make turns and parallel park. No drivers ed needed. IIRC there were other dads teaching their teens how to drive. Perfect place it wasn't considered a public street. Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Jan 11 07:19:44 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 19:17:53 2020. Found this awhile back, a Pacer ad in French. Don't exactly what message their trying to convey here with the babe with the big butt leaning over the hood, but(t) its all in the eye of the beholder, I guess!:)Maybe the message was we got your attention, now notice the car they want to sell you ! Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Jan 11 07:22:17 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jan 10 22:52:43 2020. Funny how this thread started out about a subway car and devolved into motor vehicle kind of car.Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Jan 11 07:55:59 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Jan 11 07:22:17 2020. Because they’re all lemons🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 08:45:56 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by Train Dude on Fri Jan 10 12:19:15 2020. Our '62 Rambler had a pushbutton Flash-o-matic. My mother learned to drive on that car. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 08:47:06 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by Train Dude on Thu Jan 9 11:27:40 2020. IINM Edsels also had a floating drum speedometer. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 08:49:29 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 22:16:27 2020. I took it in to have the Edelbrock carb rejetted and the shop owner just swooned. He admitted he'd been dreaming of owning an AMX himself. He said he loved that blue-and-white color combination. I told him I'd let him know if I ever decide to sell it. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 08:50:20 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Jan 10 22:10:46 2020. 1988 Cherokee Pioneer. Bought it brand new on January 16, 1988. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 08:51:03 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Jan 11 07:55:59 2020. My Jeep has been a creampuff. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 08:57:24 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Jan 10 19:19:34 2020. One of our neighbors in South Bend had a standard shift car (might have been a '55-56-57 Chevy; it had rectangular vent windows) and I remember being fascinated by the way they shifted gears. I started badgering my father on why we couldn't have a car like that. He said his '50 Chevy had a standard shift, but after that, he bought only automatics. I was also intrigued by convertibles. When my father bought our '62 Rambler, I asked him right away if they were going to put a roof on it and he said yes. I was bummed. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 09:00:40 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Jan 11 07:17:29 2020. We would go for rides on two-lane country roads when my mother was learning to drive. One time she misjudged the turn onto our driveway and ended up on our front lawn. My father asked her, "Do you know where the brake pedal is?" Get this: once my mother got her license, he quit smoking! |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Jan 11 09:43:59 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 08:45:56 2020. It's odd that so many manufacturers opted for that innovation that never caught on. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Sat Jan 11 10:04:40 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Jan 10 19:19:34 2020. This is the 1951 Brochure Damn if that three seat coupe' ain't kewl! |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Jan 11 11:37:52 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 08:49:29 2020. Nice |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Jan 11 11:38:08 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 08:50:20 2020. Wow good for you man |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Jan 11 11:41:32 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by Train Dude on Sat Jan 11 09:43:59 2020. It could have kept part of Ralph Nader at bay.GM used a push button trans on that San Francisco 8 cylinder new look order in 1969. Apparently it was an option for a short time. We didn’t have any 1969 new looks in NYC that I know of anyway so I’ve never seen it in action. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Jan 11 11:43:24 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by Avid Reader on Sat Jan 11 10:04:40 2020. It’s not bad. They never really made handsome cars. |
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Posted by Andrew Saucci on Sat Jan 11 12:52:03 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jan 10 22:02:12 2020. But how much of the original vehicle is left after a million miles? |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 15:00:14 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by Train Dude on Sat Jan 11 09:43:59 2020. In some ways, it was a step backwards because you cranked the engine by pushing the N-Start button. With such a setup, it would have been incredibly easy to hotwire a car like that. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 15:04:30 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Jan 11 11:38:08 2020. Still gets me around. I drove it out to Michigan this past August and it held up just fine. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 15:17:58 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga… The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour…haha, posted by Andrew Saucci on Sat Jan 11 12:52:03 2020. The transfer case and rear axle are still untouched. The engine was replaced at 599K. It still ran, but was gushing oil out of the rear main seal. Had they replaced the seal, if there was any end play in the crankshaft, it would have pounded out that seal within a few weeks. T Peugeot 5-speed transmission still has its original synchronizers. It had third gear, the countershaft and bearings replaced in 2015. Fourth clutch, fourth set of brakes. |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Jan 11 16:09:04 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 11 08:57:24 2020. My father didn’t believe in automatics which in the 1950s were an option rather than standard equipment. He also avoided V8 engines, feeling that a 6 cylinder had enough power for his needs. Ha also disliked excessive chrome trim and ordered the least expensive 1956 Chevy the model 150. he was very upset when the car came in with a single strip of chrome and was told the while the 1955 model had no chrome at all except the bumpers, a small strip of chrome was now on the 1956 model. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Jan 11 16:44:54 2020, in response to Re: R-179 car saga... The entire fleet is Out of Service! AM rush hour...haha, posted by randyo on Sat Jan 11 16:09:04 2020. Great story, My first car in 1959 was a 1957 Chevy 210 model , with some chrome. Very small V-8, with a 3-Spd. column shift.Me and my Chevy 210 |
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