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Never even heard of this Mercury..................

1980 Mercury bobcat

Looking for something unique to drive and have smiles per gallon? What we have here is a 2 owner 1980 Mercury Bobcat the Ford Pinto's cousin. This is a very nice original paint patina, solid car...
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Scott_ 69HemiDart said:
Never even heard of this Mercury..................

1980 Mercury bobcat

Looking for something unique to drive and have smiles per gallon? What we have here is a 2 owner 1980 Mercury Bobcat the Ford Pinto's cousin. This is a very nice original paint patina, solid car...
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Pintos with a little more glamour.
 
dukeboy440 said:
So off to Hunter’s Safety Education course with my son today. Requirement by the state for anyone wanting to hunt. He’s been bugging to learn to hunt so figured he could take the course as step one.
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Well after a very long day, not only did my 9 yr old son pass said course, he had the only 100 percent score in the class too…

The problem is, I bet him a bow that he couldn’t get a perfect score…. :BangHead: :BangHead: :BangHead:
 
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Well the museum was definitely worth the trip. Most of the collection was from car manufacturers that were fully built or parts were manufactured in Pennsylvania. A lot of the cars were only manufactured a few years before they went out of business. I saw this today. It’s called a Chadwick road guide. You would purchase the machine for $95 and then you could purchase the discs for $.40 each. It would give you a turn by turn navigation. Each disc could cover 100 miles. A six disc set in the picture would get you navigation from Pottstown, PA to Easton, PA and back. The discs were inscribed with the towns along the route. As the machine would read the prepunched holes, the springs would activate the indicators in the little corner windows as to which direction the driver should take.
 
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Well the museum was definitely worth the trip. Most of the collection was from car manufacturers that were fully built or parts were manufactured in Pennsylvania. A lot of the cars were only manufactured a few years before they went out of business. I saw this today. It’s called a Chadwick road guide. You would purchase the machine for $95 and then you could purchase the discs for $.40 each. It would give you a turn by turn navigation. Each disc could cover 100 miles. A six disc set in the picture would get you navigation from Pottstown, PA to Easton, PA and back. The discs were inscribed with the towns along the route. As the machine would read the prepunched holes, the springs would activate the indicators in the little corner windows as to which direction the driver should take.
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That's so cool
 
Well, when you are dealt lemons, you make lemonaide. I didn't get my mirror installed but I did get the alternator belt changed. It was the wrong one, too long, and I was out of adjustment. NAPA, nope. Farm store, nope. O Reilys? Bingo..

I did figure out why the choke wasn't closing all the wsy. No gasket under the choke coil in the intake. It makes the rod too short. Why didn't they make the rod longer and put a bend in it so it can be adjusted? Adding a thicker carb base gasket could do the same thing. Got to love these old cars.
 
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This motorcycle was there also. Thought of you guys since you were talking of bikes the other day. It was Ace motorcycle company manufactured in Philly at the time. That motorcycle broke the record at 106.8 mph on Rosevelt Blvd in Philly before the Blvd was opened to daily traffic. The company was bought by Indian motorcycle about a year or 2 later.
 
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This motorcycle was there also. Thought of you guys since you were talking of bikes the other day. It was Ace motorcycle company manufactured in Philly at the time. That motorcycle broke the record at 106.8 mph on Rosevelt Blvd in Philly before the Blvd was opened to daily traffic. The company was bought by Indian motorcycle about a year or 2 later.
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There's a name option for Eric's land racer??

@71GSSDemon
 
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