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Post by ti4438 on Apr 25, 2013 9:22:58 GMT -5
Here's a good Monaco vid in general.Includes a few Blumos as well.
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Post by sigmfsk on Apr 25, 2013 14:03:16 GMT -5
Maybe they just painted the plastic trim around the lights to have that '73 Fury look. I forgot about this. What plastic trim? Are you referring to the "piece" pointed to by the arrow that looks somewhat blue? I think it's just an air gap. The second picture doesn't seem to show the chrome trim piece itself colored. But the pics are so grainy, it's hard to make out much detail. Here's a pic of a stock monaco (that Bluzman sold long while back)
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Post by Lord Vadus on Apr 25, 2013 15:25:04 GMT -5
Also, if a Monaco is tapped in one end or the other of the bumper, it can create a wonky gap. The shocks mounted behind the bumper will push out one end while the other stays set in; this is due to nearly 40-year-old shocks having lost most of their power.
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Post by Steam McQueen on May 4, 2013 23:58:33 GMT -5
Classic Car Cold Start! 1974 Dodge Monaco "Bluesmobile"!
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Post by Steam McQueen on May 5, 2013 0:05:07 GMT -5
The Travis Bell video re-uploaded again ... "the bluesmobile ride thru of dixie square mall"
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Post by ti4438 on May 12, 2013 9:40:46 GMT -5
There is no way I'd drive my Blumo through all that nasty shit!
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Post by 58hemifury on May 12, 2013 10:11:58 GMT -5
Shit wipes off. I think it's cool, illegal but cool. It goes with the whole "enjoying your car" thing. Some people think I'm nuts using my Amphicar in the water, "wasting" an original Super Stock Hemi and '58 Fury (that car pisses off two groups, the Purist Mopar Muscle car and Fury/finned Mopar crowds). If he's not destroying the car it's cool. If he was destroying the car it's his to destroy anyway, we'd have no say in it.
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on May 12, 2013 10:19:23 GMT -5
Yeah, I bought Travis' DVD a few years back; it looks kinda dangerous (and bad on the tires)...but hell, my Blumo already looks like the Dixie Mall fell in on it! ;D
Rob
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Post by sigmfsk on May 12, 2013 10:32:23 GMT -5
It goes with the whole "enjoying your car" thing. Some people think I'm nuts using my Amphicar in the water... Good for you enjoying your cars! I especially like seeing people use their cool cars. Work had a car-show where cars that were driven during the winter were prohibited from entering (presumably under the belief that if someone drove their car during the winter, it couldn't possibly be special enough to warrant being in a car show). I thought my LS-1 powered Jeep would be a fun entry, but that silly rule kept it out. People said I should enter anyway, but that type of car show just isn't my bag. I've gotten flack from some folks for not restoring Marin County to its original setup, but I figured that thing was so beat down when I got, anything I do to make it roadworthy is keeping the Mopar cop spirit alive.
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Post by 58hemifury on May 12, 2013 11:41:26 GMT -5
It goes with the whole "enjoying your car" thing. Some people think I'm nuts using my Amphicar in the water... Good for you enjoying your cars! I especially like seeing people use their cool cars. Work had a car-show where cars that were driven during the winter were prohibited from entering (presumably under the belief that if someone drove their car during the winter, it couldn't possibly be special enough to warrant being in a car show). I thought my LS-1 powered Jeep would be a fun entry, but that silly rule kept it out. People said I should enter anyway, but that type of car show just isn't my bag. I've gotten flack from some folks for not restoring Marin County to its original setup, but I figured that thing was so beat down when I got, anything I do to make it roadworthy is keeping the Mopar cop spirit alive. The funny thing is I use my cars (2000 miles on the Amphi since last spring and more hours on water than driving on land) but yet it was invited to be shown at a Concours D'elegance in CT in June. I asked the guy several times "Are you sure you want this car? It's a driver and swimmer not a Concours quality show car" but they do. I think drivers and modified cars are becoming more of the norm in the hobby. Enjoy the damn things, why invest all of your time and money in something you don't use or enjoy. Or worse yet build a car to impress other people even if it's not the way you want it. Just my 2 cents, Adam
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Post by Lord Vadus on May 12, 2013 12:44:52 GMT -5
There's a similar concourse event for DeLoreans that drives me nuts. They take points off if your car doesn't have 30-year-old belts, hoses, tires, and the original oil filter.
It doesn't take an automotive expert to know that you don't want to be driving around on 30+ year-old rubber, yet they reward that. Worse, still, is that the tires were recalled as unsafe in 1984...
Though, when you go to a show of the same car make and model, you don't go around saying, "Too bad they replaced these parts." Instead, you look at changes that others have made that you wouldn't have thought of.
There's a bit of that same-ness with Bluesmobile builds, as everyone strives for a '74 with all the police goodies, but that doesn't mean that the individual liberties that we all take aren't what's most interesting.
On this forum, we mostly discuss the ideas and changes that we all want to make; I work on the rule of "Nothing after 1980 on my car" (With obvious exceptions like tires and hoses...) whereas, Arthur goes by "nothing visibly different" for his.
Nobody is wrong when the goal is to have fun, and that's what it's all about.
I can't stand car shows or competitions where they have too many rules that take the fun away.
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Post by spanks79 on May 12, 2013 20:01:03 GMT -5
There is no way I'd drive my Blumo through all that nasty shit! I would agree in most cases, but that is Dixie Square Mall shit. I would be honored to be able to drive my blumo in that mall!
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Post by Steam McQueen on May 16, 2013 2:11:46 GMT -5
I would be honored to be able to drive my blumo in that mall! Aside from Travis Bell in that video, the only other person I know of to drive a Blumo into that mall is board member Zac (countrybunker). He didn't go as deep as Travis and damn I can't find the pics of that right now . Here's Zac and Mr. Mer at the mall but I don't think this is the time Zac went in ... --- The "Project car goin to Texas" we discussed here - bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=owners&action=display&thread=701... has its own youtube vid (which is the same as the vimeo vid from that thread)
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Post by Steam McQueen on May 16, 2013 2:21:29 GMT -5
A 1974 Monaco (Rosco) goes into hot pursuit after the General Lee First thing I thought was it's gotta be Scatpack ... but the video is from France. "Rosco" lays a bit of rubber but the camera operator misses that. The General sounds nice!
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Post by ti4438 on Jun 1, 2013 16:27:20 GMT -5
Quick vid of the Old Joliet Prison.
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