"PyramidHat" (pyramidhat)
04/12/2015 at 20:10 • Filed to: None
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"PyramidHat" (pyramidhat)
04/12/2015 at 20:10 • Filed to: None | 1
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Been a while since I did this, mainly due to hanging out on Photography with other random stuff...
Saw this MGA whilst illegally parked in SF, waiting to pick someone up. Liking the knock-offs..
Spotted the Bug-Eye while returning from a lunchtime run. I know there's a name for the wheels, here, but it escapes me at the moment. I've always wanted one of these ever since I read about them in an old column Peter Egan wrote when he was still with Road & Track ...
jkm7680
> PyramidHat
04/12/2015 at 20:14 |
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Damn, Looks very packed in there for sure.
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PyramidHat
> jkm7680
04/12/2015 at 20:18 |
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Yep. Sometimes, that's street parking in SF (in the more popular areas, that is). The other day I was driving home and passed a fairly new S5 and the rear bumper was already banged up due to parking mishaps. Made me wonder why someone would buy such a fine car and then park it on the street, knowing it's going to get hit by someone, eventually...
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jkm7680
> PyramidHat
04/12/2015 at 20:23 |
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Yup, people suck ass.
Lots of people do it like second nature though, parking in the city sucks. That's why I always take Public transport into DC unless I have a reserved spot.
glemon
> PyramidHat
04/12/2015 at 20:29 |
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wheels are often called Panasports but most aren't real Panasports, lots of knock offs out there. Good to see the cars out there being used, thanks for posting
scoob
> PyramidHat
04/12/2015 at 20:33 |
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I think the wheels are Minilites?
twochevrons
> PyramidHat
04/12/2015 at 22:00 |
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Heh, looks like the exact clone of mine! It's even similarly scruffy. It's nice to see cars like that actually being used regardless of condition, rather than just being garage queens.
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PyramidHat
> twochevrons
04/12/2015 at 22:02 |
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Do you live in SF?
I concur on garage queens. Just the other day I saw some dude driving his Austin Healy 3000 down the road - primo condition, too...
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twochevrons
> PyramidHat
04/12/2015 at 22:18 |
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Minnesota. Lacking any kind of weather protection (the attachment points for the roof and side windows are missing), let alone a heater, it's only really usable for a few months of the year up here, but I try to make the most of it.
My family have a bit of a history of this – my father used to regularly do a 50 mile commute in his immaculately-restored Jaguar XK150, as well as autocross it and generally make full use of its capabilities. While my MG is by no means immaculate (although I'd like to give it a full resto one day), that's the kind of thing that I want to do with it.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> PyramidHat
04/12/2015 at 23:08 |
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I saw a Sprite today at the grocery store, white over red, reall nice. SO tiny.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> PyramidHat
04/12/2015 at 23:11 |
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Those have remained pretty cheap, there used to be more around SF/Marin with swaps but not so much now. There is one that goes to the Marin C&C sometimes. I think I would go for a 50's Morgan if I were to choose a small British car, I do like a MGB GT Sebring clone with a Rover/Buick V8. I have my 240Z and its actually pretty useful with the hatch.
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PyramidHat
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
04/12/2015 at 23:13 |
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Oh, don't get me started on Z-cars...owned a 280 and a 300 ZX Turbo. While I like the new 370's, I do long for T-Tops, pain in the ass that they are...