[Parallax]

Great Pacific Northwest math is different from Midwest, 30 rolls for $20 here is around 67 cents a roll, an even better price!

Racer has mentioned, and demonstrated, in the past more than once that math isn't his strong suit. I believe him.

[bspn]

How's this for 65 year old technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGS7ZSjsZQs&t

Neighbor bought a new one when I was growing up, probably 1959 because I recall it being it called a Ford 500 Galaxy Skyliner. That one was light blue and white. I would have been like eight years old and still remember it, along with the 1963 Galaxie 500 XL convertible that he bought to replace it a few years later.

[MarkJerling]

Yes, would have been a '59. Very few of them actually.

[lesmore49]

That 300ci in line 6 cylinder that Ford made was a great engine. The Taxi that Ford made back then had that engine too. It was a real beast. Almost impossible to kill.

Back in the early '70's I drove two commercial vans (E300) with the 300 cube, inline six. Excellent torque, tough as nails, only trouble was once a rad hose burst...but the truck had 96,000 miles plus on it. Not bad.

Ford I believe back then, had the 300 straight six as the standard engine in trucks as large as the medium duty F 500.

[lesmore49]

Regular size Costco. Never been to the home store in Issaquah. That location is about 60 miles from us.

Presently the closest is 20 miles away, near Arlington. There is a new store scheduled to open after the Thanksgiving holiday, near Lake Stevens, about 16 miles away. They have been working on selecting a site and getting permits for about 8 years now, and the grand opening was delayed from October to December.

The bales of toilet paper have 30 rolls, for $20. Used to be $15, and went up a buck now and again. Still, at $20 for 30 rolls, that’s $1.50 a roll, a considerable savings over other brands sold in smaller packages. Grabbing two bales at a time is a hedge on inflation.

I’ll likely pick up a couple more bales the next time I go there. We have shelves in the basement to store supplies, items with long shelf life, and when there are runs on stuff and store have empty shelves, we don’t worry.

We also have shelves in the basement and do the same thing, store Costco supplies with long shelf lives there, for the same reason as you do.

[lesmore49]

How's this for 65 year old technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGS7ZSjsZQs&t

I've seen a few of these hardtop 'converts' over the years. I understand that Ford made sure the mechanism was extra robust, to ensure that it would have a long life.

Mark, given you're a Ford fan, particularly the '57 Ford, I must ask a question. If you had an unlimited budget, what '57 Ford would you choose ?

Would you modify it, and how ...or would you leave it stock, say if it was a basic '57 Ford, 2 dr. post sedan (was the 300 the basic model) with a supercharged 312 and a 3 on the tree, possibly with O/D ?

[Parallax]

Ford I believe back then, had the 300 straight six as the standard engine in trucks as large as the medium duty F 500.

Yep. That engine was incredible. I had two trucks over the years that had it. The last was a 1995 F150. I believe that was the last year for that engine and, for reasons partly unrelated, that was the last Ford I ever owned.
A few years later I almost bought an F250 with the Powerjoke diesel. Judging from reports I read and the experience of a friend, I dodged (no pun intended) a bullet.

[MarkJerling]

I've seen a few of these hardtop 'converts' over the years. I understand that Ford made sure the mechanism was extra robust, to ensure that it would have a long life.

Mark, given you're a Ford fan, particularly the '57 Ford, I must ask a question. If you had an unlimited budget, what '57 Ford would you choose ?

Would you modify it, and how ...or would you leave it stock, say if it was a basic '57 Ford, 2 dr. post sedan (was the 300 the basic model) with a supercharged 312 and a 3 on the tree, possibly with O/D ?

Ooooh, tough question Les. I'll try and answer it in three ways.

If I had the funds to spend on a 50's car, I'd spend it on a '56 Continental. It would seem a good one is around $60,000 and a superb example around $80,000. (US$)
That came stock with a 368Cu. engine and that's good enough for me.

If I had enough money to buy two 50's cars, then the '56 Continental is still my first choice, but my second choice would be a '57 Skyliner in Raven Black, Colonial White two-tone with either 292 or 312 engines, but I'll pass on the Paxton supercharger, as it's super rare and bound to push up the price. Auto or manual, I'm not fussy. O/D too, I'm not fussy.

If money was no object I'd want the entire '57 lineup from Custom, Custom 300, to Fairlane and Fairlane 500, with a Ranch Wagon and a Ranchero thrown in for good measure, with the pinnacle of course, being the '57 Skyliner. And, I suppose I'd have to have a Thunderbird too, just to round out the collection! And, of course, the '56 Continental.

Of course, the more likely outcome is that I'll buy a Model T and use that as a every day vehicle just to annoy everyone else. As it will run on practically anything, I'd be able to drive it long after the powers that be outlaw gasoline sales and I'll be able to annoy all and sundry with it.

[Racer X 69]

Great Pacific Northwest math is different from Midwest, 30 rolls for $20 here is around 67 cents a roll, an even better price!

My math had the numbers backwards. Yes, it is .67 cents a roll.

Sorry, eh?

[Racer X 69]

Racer has mentioned, and demonstrated, in the past more than once that math isn't his strong suit. I believe him.

And I’m a machinist.

Go figure.

[Parallax]

And I’m a machinist.

Go figure.

100, 1, .001. Meh. What's a couple of zeros, give or take? Zero is nothing, right?

[Racer X 69]

How's this for 65 year old technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGS7ZSjsZQs&t

I’m 66 year old technology. You should see the tricks I can do.

Oh, wait.

Never mind.

[Racer X 69]

100, 1, .001. Meh. What's a couple of zeros, give or take? Zero is nothing, right?

Yeah.

We build to the nearest thousandth of an inch, using a six inch steel machinist’s scale.

Of course we lay out the locations using a fine point Sharpie that makes a line about a hundredth of an inch wide.

[tim60]

Great Pacific Northwest math is different from Midwest, 30 rolls for $20 here is around 67 cents a roll, an even better price!

Edicashun these days.

[tim60]

Ooooh, tough question Les. I'll try and answer it in three ways.

If I had the funds to spend on a 50's car, I'd spend it on a '56 Continental. It would seem a good one is around $60,000 and a superb example around $80,000. (US$)
That came stock with a 368Cu. engine and that's good enough for me.

If I had enough money to buy two 50's cars, then the '56 Continental is still my first choice, but my second choice would be a '57 Skyliner in Raven Black, Colonial White two-tone with either 292 or 312 engines, but I'll pass on the Paxton supercharger, as it's super rare and bound to push up the price. Auto or manual, I'm not fussy. O/D too, I'm not fussy.

If money was no object I'd want the entire '57 lineup from Custom, Custom 300, to Fairlane and Fairlane 500, with a Ranch Wagon and a Ranchero thrown in for good measure, with the pinnacle of course, being the '57 Skyliner. And, I suppose I'd have to have a Thunderbird too, just to round out the collection! And, of course, the '56 Continental.

Of course, the more likely outcome is that I'll buy a Model T and use that as a every day vehicle just to annoy everyone else. As it will run on practically anything, I'd be able to drive it long after the powers that be outlaw gasoline sales and I'll be able to annoy all and sundry with it.

You could do the WWII thing and bolt a big trunk on the back and run it on manure.