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[Steve]

I've been mixing it up with a few different suppliers; some local, others interstate. But ICT (International Coffee Traders up in Queensland) have incredible greens on offer so I've gone with them a few times.

I've not yet ventured into the really top tier greens yet (eg Geishas), too nervous to stuff up roasts with them haha. One day!

another one I'm interested to try is a Jamaican Blue Mountain... runs about $30/lbs unroasted, which is about what the Kona beans cost. Most of what I roast tends to be in the $5 to $7/lbs range.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Grumpiest Old Man.....

Thank you, its my goal in life...that and sitting on my front porch shaking my cane telling those dang kids to get off of my lawn

 

[Xue Sheng]

@Dirty Dog

Chevy Corvette AWD hybrid coming next year, electric version to follow​

 

[granfire]

@Dirty Dog

Chevy Corvette AWD hybrid coming next year, electric version to follow​

Is it still a Vette if it does not go VROOM VROOM?

 

[Xue Sheng]

Is it still a Vette if it does not go VROOM VROOM?

Frankly I think they stopped make Vettes after 1967, but that is only my opinion

 

[Dirty Dog]

Is it still a Vette if it does not go VROOM VROOM?

Absolutely.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Is it still a Vette if it does not go VROOM VROOM?

And the ones with the C8 will

 

[granfire]

Frankly I think they stopped make Vettes after 1967, but that is only my opinion

a lot of people will concur.

 

[Xue Sheng]

1967 Corvette

 

[Steve]

1967 Corvette

I think 1984 was when the corvette died. I like the curves of the 1970s stingray.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I think 1984 was when the corvette died. I like the curves of the 1970s stingray.

I would agree up to possibly 82, but to me after 82, it was a corvette started to completely lose it, IMO. However I will say I hated driving any corvette between the years of 1968 and 1982. You sit so low and the front wheel wells are so high it was like driving in a tunnel

1982

1983

 

[Steve]

Fun fact, there was no model year 1983 Corvette. The picture you posted is of a concept car... the only 1983 Corvette in existence.

Why There's No Such Thing as a 1983 Corvette | HISTORY

Behind the mysterious gap year of America's quintessential sports car.

www.history.com

But I agree completely. As a kid, though, in the 70s and early 80s, those Stingrays were sexy. 1982 was the last year they looked really good, IMO.

I also like those old Opel GTs. I drove an Opel in Germany for a while, and it was a POS. But those GTs are cool looking.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Fun fact, there was no model year 1983 Corvette. The picture you posted is of a concept car... the only 1983 Corvette in existence.

Why There's No Such Thing as a 1983 Corvette | HISTORY

Behind the mysterious gap year of America's quintessential sports car.

www.history.com

But I agree completely. As a kid, though, in the 70s and early 80s, those Stingrays were sexy. 1982 was the last year they looked really good, IMO.

I also like those old Opel GTs. I drove an Opel in Germany for a while, and it was a POS. But those GTs are cool looking.

A friend of mine in high school had an Opel GT, his father was a GM exec and he got it for him..... shortly thereafter he wrapped it around a tree.... so his father found him a 1968 firebird

Which he wrapped around a tree..... his father then told him he was on his own, if he wanted a car he had to buy it himself

Both cars were in pretty much showroom condition when his father gave them to him....

 

[Dirty Dog]

I would agree up to possibly 82, but to me after 82, it was a corvette started to completely lose it, IMO. However I will say I hated driving any corvette between the years of 1968 and 1982. You sit so low and the front wheel wells are so high it was like driving in a tunnel

For me, the early 3rd-gen Vettes were the best looking. I like the notchback, not the hatchback. And I like that with the T-tops you can pop out the rear glass. Essentially a convertible with a rollbar at that point. I like the chrome bumpers more than the urethane. And 1972 is the last pre-cat model, so it can be modified with less restrictions.

But there's absolutely no way you can beat modern drivelines for performance and reliability. In an ideal world, I'd bolt this body onto the suspension, engine, and transmission from my '99.

 

[Xue Sheng]

For me, the early 3rd-gen Vettes were the best looking. I like the notchback, not the hatchback. And I like that with the T-tops you can pop out the rear glass. Essentially a convertible with a rollbar at that point. I like the chrome bumpers more than the urethane. And 1972 is the last pre-cat model, so it can be modified with less restrictions.

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But there's absolutely no way you can beat modern drivelines for performance and reliability. In an ideal world, I'd bolt this body onto the suspension, engine, and transmission from my '99.

I have wanted just about any Corvette from 1953 to 1967, but the 1958 to 1962 are my favorites, but I like the 1963 to 67 a lot too. However I seriously doubt I will ever own one

1958

1963

 

[Steve]

I have wanted just about any Corvette from 1953 to 1967, but the 1958 to 1962 are my favorites, but I like the 1963 to 67 a lot too. However I seriously doubt I will ever own one

1958

1963

Sexah.

 

[Dirty Dog]

I have wanted just about any Corvette from 1953 to 1967, but the 1958 to 1962 are my favorites, but I like the 1963 to 67 a lot too. However I seriously doubt I will ever own one

Those are gorgeous. But I'm not a restoration kind of guy. I'm a Stock Sucks kind of guy. So I'd be more likely to end up with something like this

And a lynch mob of concours restoration guys would show up at my door. So I would be better off sticking with a car that is less collectible. It's a lot easier to find a 69-72 (which I prefer anyway) that's not numbers matching than a 2nd gen. And something like the '63, which was a one-year only kind of thing... if I chopped one of those up, the restoration mob would go full mafia on me.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Those are gorgeous. But I'm not a restoration kind of guy. I'm a Stock Sucks kind of guy. So I'd be more likely to end up with something like this

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And a lynch mob of concours restoration guys would show up at my door. So I would be better off sticking with a car that is less collectible. It's a lot easier to find a 69-72 (which I prefer anyway) that's not numbers matching than a 2nd gen. And something like the '63, which was a one-year only kind of thing... if I chopped one of those up, the restoration mob would go full mafia on me.

I'm a stock guy

 

[Steve]

I'm a stock guy

Me too.

 

[Steve]

Me too.

I

I'm a stock guy

There was long time when I was really into air cooled VWs. I still really like them, but don't have the time to work on them like I used to. But I've had many, including a few that were modded pretty heavily. Back in the early 90s, I drove a '74 beetle that was a cool British Racing Green. Had a 2100 cc Porsche engine in it with dual carbs and a killer, stinger exhaust. It was fast and fun to drive, but my favorite was a stock, '67 Karmann Ghia. That thing was so slow, I had to go up the hills around here in second gear. But man, I loved that car.