auto erotic
Downtown is covered from bridge to bridge with fine automobiles that fine folks have restored to show off to other fine folks. Lovely, ancient pieces of nostalgia that are in better shape than most working vehicles of the day.
There is no system to their location on main street. A Dodge will be parked next to a Chevy which is parked next to a Hudson which is parked next to some car that no one has ever heard of. There are brilliantly colored cars, with million dollar dashboards, stadium surround sound stereo systems, custom made seats that make your couch at home look uncomfortable and a pair of fuzzy dice, just to be kitchy. Walking among them a strong sensation overcomes you, "I want to do this." Which is a mistake. It costs more money than most people pay for a home to remodel these cars. The time investment alone is more time than you spend at your job in a year. If you're happily married, you are gonna push that to it's limits and then tetter there for years. No, it's best to look and then go home and change the oil in your own car. It's not a full remodel, but at least you feel you have done something crafty. Maybe armour all your dash or vacuum out the back seat. That helps too.
Lately there has been a big trend on television with motorcycle and other auto rebuilds and custom mades. The discovery channel might as well just change their name to the "American Chopper" network. What used to be a channel dedicated to discovery is now being formatted to entertain motorheads that would never normally watch the discovery channel. It worked. But for those of us who enjoyed the animal shows and other educational programming, we have to go back to PBS for our television entertainment.
I think America really wants to remodel. It loves the notion. We do it with cars, kitchens, garages, homes, lawns, faces, bodies, personalities.... you name it, we remodel it and then make a television show to entertain you with stories about it. I know that coming soon will be an show called, Extreme makeover, Neighborhood edition. Where they remove white trash and other unsavory neighbors and replace them with likeable ones.
What is missing is a need to create something new. A new classic if you will. Something that car shows in the next forty years will be proud to show. I doubt if my new Mazda will be at a car show parked next to a Mustang, and I doubt that someone would care enough to remodel it and make it look BETTER than it's original presentation. Of course, I say this without knowing what TLC will be broadcasting in the future. There could be a show called, your old mazda is new. You can never tell....
To entertain these car enthusiasts, the local theater decided to show a movie with a car theme. Great idea, they could show, "Tucker" or "American Graffiti" or "Herbie does something" or "Black moon rising" or "The wraith" or "The road warrior".... they decided on "gone in sixty seconds". which is about a group of car thieves that have to steal 200 classic cars in one night. In the movie, a vintage shelby mustang is destroyed. I didn't get to watch the movie with the enthusiastic, but I wonder just how uncomfortable they were watching that knowing that their cars were sitting unattended outside.
I love this town. Tonight there is a free dance. A hop... no. A barn burner of a country square dance. Does anyone even remember how to do that????
There is no system to their location on main street. A Dodge will be parked next to a Chevy which is parked next to a Hudson which is parked next to some car that no one has ever heard of. There are brilliantly colored cars, with million dollar dashboards, stadium surround sound stereo systems, custom made seats that make your couch at home look uncomfortable and a pair of fuzzy dice, just to be kitchy. Walking among them a strong sensation overcomes you, "I want to do this." Which is a mistake. It costs more money than most people pay for a home to remodel these cars. The time investment alone is more time than you spend at your job in a year. If you're happily married, you are gonna push that to it's limits and then tetter there for years. No, it's best to look and then go home and change the oil in your own car. It's not a full remodel, but at least you feel you have done something crafty. Maybe armour all your dash or vacuum out the back seat. That helps too.
Lately there has been a big trend on television with motorcycle and other auto rebuilds and custom mades. The discovery channel might as well just change their name to the "American Chopper" network. What used to be a channel dedicated to discovery is now being formatted to entertain motorheads that would never normally watch the discovery channel. It worked. But for those of us who enjoyed the animal shows and other educational programming, we have to go back to PBS for our television entertainment.
I think America really wants to remodel. It loves the notion. We do it with cars, kitchens, garages, homes, lawns, faces, bodies, personalities.... you name it, we remodel it and then make a television show to entertain you with stories about it. I know that coming soon will be an show called, Extreme makeover, Neighborhood edition. Where they remove white trash and other unsavory neighbors and replace them with likeable ones.
What is missing is a need to create something new. A new classic if you will. Something that car shows in the next forty years will be proud to show. I doubt if my new Mazda will be at a car show parked next to a Mustang, and I doubt that someone would care enough to remodel it and make it look BETTER than it's original presentation. Of course, I say this without knowing what TLC will be broadcasting in the future. There could be a show called, your old mazda is new. You can never tell....
To entertain these car enthusiasts, the local theater decided to show a movie with a car theme. Great idea, they could show, "Tucker" or "American Graffiti" or "Herbie does something" or "Black moon rising" or "The wraith" or "The road warrior".... they decided on "gone in sixty seconds". which is about a group of car thieves that have to steal 200 classic cars in one night. In the movie, a vintage shelby mustang is destroyed. I didn't get to watch the movie with the enthusiastic, but I wonder just how uncomfortable they were watching that knowing that their cars were sitting unattended outside.
I love this town. Tonight there is a free dance. A hop... no. A barn burner of a country square dance. Does anyone even remember how to do that????
posted by Daniel Loomis | 7:29 PM
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