7 days till my Oppoversary

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux) 08/20/2014 at 11:21 • Filed to: None

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I am getting pretty excited. Dumping some images of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! I !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! or still own this week. Have my 73 Trans Am red (factory AMC color) R-code (4-bbl) 360 Wagoneer with Quadra-Trac 1. Couple random shots of my xj8, vanagon and R129 Benz in the background. Also have shots from when I hauled it out of the woods, all the way up to the condition I sold it in. Bought for 800 with a puking TH400 tranny. Turned out to be mud daubers clogging the vent pipe with a nest. 15 minutes with a needle and it was good to go and suck a gallon of gas every 8 miles. Still worth it. Enjoy, more to come!

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Sn210 > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 11:24

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not your first, is it?

505Turbeaux > Sn210 08/20/2014 at 11:25

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this was my second wagoneer. I had an 89 GW in burgandy too

Sn210 > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 11:26

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Sorry, I meant your first oppoversary

505Turbeaux > Sn210 08/20/2014 at 11:27

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oh yeah it is my first!

Sn210 > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 11:29

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no way! I assumed you had been here for years. My first oppoversary was at the beginning of the month

CAR_IS_MI > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 11:30

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Really, you've only been hanging with us looneys for a year? Seems WAY longer than that to me.

505Turbeaux > CAR_IS_MI 08/20/2014 at 11:32

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it does to me too, but yeah! Only one!

KnowsAboutCars > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 11:33

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Wait, I've been here longer than you? I too assumed you had been here longer.

505Turbeaux > Sn210 08/20/2014 at 11:33

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happy Oppoversary to you then!

505Turbeaux > KnowsAboutCars 08/20/2014 at 11:34

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yup, even over one year it is interesting who comes on and disappears!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 11:37

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I don't think there's a more AMERICAN badge than this. That's an awesome combo

you got "Jeep" "V8" and "red white and blue"

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 11:38

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How does one calculate their OPPOversary?

KnowsAboutCars > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 11:39

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Yeah, my oppoversary was on 16.7 (or 7.16 as you like to put it on that side of the Atlantic) but I've been reading Jalopnik for 4-6 years daily.

KnowsAboutCars > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/20/2014 at 11:41

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From your first comment on Oppo I'd say.

505Turbeaux > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/20/2014 at 11:42

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yeah I had to fill it back in, as it should be

505Turbeaux > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/20/2014 at 11:42

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I went by my first post

Sn210 > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 11:50

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likewise!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 12:02

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oh so much scrolling is in my future

505Turbeaux > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/20/2014 at 12:07

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I tricked it, let me remember how

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 12:11

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yea I saw something about time at the top, i'm trying to figure it out.

505Turbeaux > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/20/2014 at 12:13

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yeah it is a simple query string. if you go back too far it wont show anything so you can make a baseline of that

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 12:16

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yea its tough. we'll see if I put the effort in, I'm well past a couple years I believe.

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 13:34

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That Wagoneer is BAD!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 13:57

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I made it to my very first post (found a way to go almost 1000 posts per jump)

10/17/11

Though I apparently didn't post for 2 months after that and got going full steam in January of 12.

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench 08/20/2014 at 13:59

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Indeed!

505Turbeaux > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/20/2014 at 14:00

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so officially, yours is coming up in a few months!

duurtlang > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 14:17

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You just made my find out my first Jalopnik post (the one with the Fiat picture) is exactly 5 years old. Plus two weeks.

505Turbeaux > duurtlang 08/20/2014 at 14:19

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oh wow I was going to say that would have been another odd coincidence for me today. Desu-san-desu was doing the t-belt on his Audi 80 quattro and he found out when it was done last...20 years ago to the day.

duurtlang > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/20/2014 at 14:23

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Most American? It's the French flag with a V8 logo that seems inspired by the much older double chevron Citroën logo.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > duurtlang 08/20/2014 at 14:56

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ok, ok, ok, obviously its not an american flag I get that.

But that big V with an 8 in it has been around for over 60 years in the US. Also the fact that people associate V8 with US.

And JEEP

And I was going with the fact that it was red white and blue, even if it is blue white and red in order.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 14:58

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YEP about 2 months away and i'll be a 3 year jalop

duurtlang > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/20/2014 at 15:32

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I get what you're saying, but when I see that logo the first two things I thought of are this and this (too bad images don't work yet). Both are relevant even today, as it's the current French flag and the fact the Citroën logo is found on many millions of Citroëns on the road today.

There was even one with an 8 in the logo (due to a V8 engine) in 1934, although that never reached production.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > duurtlang 08/20/2014 at 15:35

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OK, but the V is upside down (aka chevron) where as Ford Debuted this logo in the late 20s early 30s (definitely by 32)

http://shop.so-cal-az.com/images/1212418…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 16:45

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Now I gotta look mine up, first Jalop post 1/15/2009, first Oppo post... Ugh... How did you find it??!

Also, that Wagoneer is awesome!

505Turbeaux > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 08/20/2014 at 16:49

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in my other comments here looks for the one from montegoman. You can scroll through manually or mess with the numbers in the url to find it through trial and error

desertdog5051 > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 16:52

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But what about lurking? Bet that changes things.

505Turbeaux > desertdog5051 08/20/2014 at 16:53

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I have lurked on jalopnik for years but I didnt comment much if at all till I was an oppo author!

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 17:07

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Wanna sell it?