45 replies to this topic

[martinfan5]

Hmm, both the car and the guy next to car look very familiar to me

[Joe Handley]

That "vintage" of Metallica, STP, and Nirvana (to name a few) are all starting to get airplay on Classic Rock stations.

Don't remind me...

After buying my 200, I discovered that the now have a vintage hip hop channel......... they were playing something from the late 90's, around that same time my sister heard "No Scrubs" on an adult contemporary station while getting her hair cut..........talk about feeling old, next thing I know my '98 Cherokee will be elegable for antique plates.........

[johnbuzzed]

Our local supermarket plays Muzak.  The supermarket is next door to a retirement community (they have two exclusive gates for that community) (no, we don't live there).  The supermarket basically caters to that community.  It's disconcerting to think of something by Alanis Morrisette or Van Halen as music for retired people...

[niteowl7710]

Funnier yet, how about all these crazy names that people give their kids anymore.  They're all going to get old someday.  You're going to have a Golden Agers trip to A.C. where Niveah and her "partner in crime" Destiny hit it big on the nickel slots...then 85 y/o McKenzie hit the jackpot!

[azers]

How about "vintage" kits.

[martinfan5]

How about "vintage" kits.

What about them?

[Greg Myers]

Ok, '49 for street rods, what year for Vintage kits ?Gray Beard sez: "No it's a '50."

[Rob Hall]

Given the reissue nature of the the model hobby, I think it's hard (or futile) to try and pick a specific year or dividing line between what's a vintage kit and what's a modern kit.      Within a given year, model companies have a variety of straight reissue, modified reissue, and new tool kits available. 

 

There are some significant years, though, like 1988 when MPC's last annuals were made (they continued in 1989 as AMT reboxes)...and also in the mid '80s when Revell and Monogram became Revell-Monogram.   Or 1978 when AMT's last annuals came out (though they sporadically have had  some later).   Or 1979 when the last new tooling came from Jo-Han. 

Edited by Rob Hall, 03 December 2012 - 12:09 PM.

[Greg Myers]

I guess, with reissues, there in lies the problem, the original could be vintage, a reissue could be vintage, if it is old enough.

[Rob Hall]

I guess, with reissues, there in lies the problem, the original could be vintage, a reissue could be vintage, if it is old enough.

Yeah..original vintage issue, vintage reissue, modern reissue...     It's really all a moot point, I suppose.

[Haubenschild]

I think it's the extremely rare factory grey cloth interior that makes it vintage

[martinfan5]

I think it's the extremely rare factory grey cloth interior that makes it vintage

Thats a good one

[Olskoolrodder]

That just it,  it really does not feel like 1994 was really 18 years, so what it really was , time caught up to me

 

Well,technically,while you could buy em in early '94,they were listed as 1995 models (my Grandparents bought one,a new '95 in the Spring of '94),LOL,so by model years,it's not even that old BTW,my wife has daily driven a '00 (1st year 2nd gen) for over 2 years to work now

[martinfan5]

 
Well,technically,while you could buy em in early '94,they were listed as 1995 models (my Grandparents bought one,a new '95 in the Spring of '94),LOL,so by model years,it's not even that old BTW,my wife has daily driven a '00 (1st year 2nd gen) for over 2 years to work now

Steve, the ebay listing has it listed as 1994, so thats what I was going by.

[Olskoolrodder]

Oh I know,I was talking about the seller not even knowing what he was trying to pawn off,not on your call

[Greg Myers]

Come on guys, counting rivets here are we ?

[Danno]

Come on guys, counting rivets here are we ?

 

 

 

Depends on what vintage the rivets are.  

[Jon Cole]

l know its rare to see a neon around anymore...

Actually, I was just noticing recently just how many Neons there are still on the road! Quite a few actually. Both my niece and nephew each had one until recently. One of my students home has one in their driveway. I see them all day long. I bet most of them are on their last leg... especially since nobody can afford to swap that Chrysler transmission once it finally dies.

[Olskoolrodder]

There's a buttload* of 2nd gens,as well as a decent helping on 1st gens in this area-even quite a few SRT4's ofvarious states of mods (there was one what ran a solid 10.15 @ Bristol Dragway last Fall,IDK what changed but he ran consistently in the 10.9-11.2 second range all this year (and remember,Bristol is a full 1/4 mile track  ).

 

*We're not talking anorexic super-model sized butts here,I mean big hairy sumo-wrestler sized....LOTS of Neons running around yet

[Greg Myers]

Do any of you know why the Neon has little wires embedded in the rear windows?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's so the people pushing them can keep their hands warm.