SACRALIGE !!!!!

[Ace-Garageguy]

38 minutes ago, Big Messer said:

Remember when all the US tech went to China and those guys started making legal products to export during the day and clones with fake markings at night flooding the Asian markets with them?

I also remember when the US market for high-quality aviation fasteners was infiltrated with cheap under-spec "offshore-made" knockoffs that had all the right markings, and plausible-but fake-paper trails and documentation, but failed under QC testing.

The episode has been pretty well buried, and very few references to it can be found.

And nobody knows how many in-service failures occurred.

Bogus aircraft parts are, unfortunately, not at all uncommon.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unapproved_aircraft_part

[mcs1056]

12 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

Another trigger post..... why couldn't Ford think of GalaxE instead?  Just another bloated SUV, no Coupe eh?  Old School here, proud of it, I'm not going to last.

 

As a current owner of two (65 and 66), I'd suggest that you keep your thoughts about abusing the Galaxie badge to yourself. 😁 

There; I put the little smiley thing in so you don't get triggered, because those things make everything OK. It's almost like I said, "With all due respect."

[mcs1056]

26 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I also remember when the US market for high-quality aviation fasteners was infiltrated with cheap under-spec "offshore-made" knockoffs that had all the right markings, and plausible-but fake-paper trails and documentation, but failed under QC testing.

 

Ahh yes. Nothing quite like a fleet campaign because a SUP notice was received, or replacing a hundred fasteners because one bad bag of screws actually made it from Stores and into the hangar.  

[stitchdup]

7 minutes ago, mcs1056 said:

As a current owner of two (65 and 66), I'd suggest that you keep your thoughts about abusing the Galaxie badge to yourself. 😁 

There; I put the little smiley thing in so you don't get triggered, because those things make everything OK. It's almost like I said, "With all due respect."

its almost like lightning is too obvious for ford. and theres always the probe but that might trigger et

[Big Messer]

58 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I also remember when the US market for high-quality aviation fasteners was infiltrated with cheap under-spec "offshore-made" knockoffs that had all the right markings, and plausible-but fake-paper trails and documentation, but failed under QC testing.

The episode has been pretty well buried, and very few references to it can be found.

And nobody knows how many in-service failures occurred.

Bogus aircraft parts are, unfortunately, not at all uncommon.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unapproved_aircraft_part

I used to work at an helicopter repair facility, not as a mechanic but at the parts dept. Remember all too well the complaints from the mechanics about the "legit parts" not quite fitting. Left about 15 years ago, went full time into home construction. All the same BS all over again...

[NYLIBUD]

“An always clean pick up truck,and SUV,well at least the older ones,should not exist”.I finally got some off-roading done this afternoon in the woods near my house..First time drive this year putting it on the road since last month,I know zzzzz😴No one was around to stress me out get me pissed off.It was bliss.🫠🫩It was good going again.Ok another one.Try to do as many things in a day that you LIKE,enjoy doing,whatever.Than not.You’m also sleep better,I read.Obviously.

[espo]

On 10/29/2025 at 4:21 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Yup...best year IMHO, and every bit as good looking now as it was then...

EDIT: I had a pace-car clone for a short time, and the only thing I didn't like about it was the automatic gearbox...and the big sign on the side.

Mine might not have been this nice and was more of an unmodified standard model until I went thru the suspension and a good tuneup. But being the second owner of a small V-8 with automatic, ps & pb with factory air and dead reliable for many years. 

[johnyrotten]

13 minutes ago, espo said:

Mine might not have been this nice and was more of an unmodified standard model until I went thru the suspension and a good tuneup. But being the second owner of a small V-8 with automatic, ps & pb with factory air and dead reliable for many years. 

Great looking car. And being "lower trim",  find them more interesting. There's a sea of rs-ss and big block camaro's at every show. Your car would be something different. 

[Brian Austin]

On 10/29/2025 at 3:44 PM, Big Messer said:

Nowadays "trucks" are used to run errands that we did as kids in a bicycle...

It seems minitrucks have been popular. How much can you haul with those?

[Brian Austin]

Its funny how people get hung up on what a particular marque should be, when their impressions are based on decades-old marketing campaigns. 

Ford worked on one or two four door Mustang proposals in the 1960s, along with a Kammback wagon.  IIRC GM toyed with a wagon concept for the 1970s or '80s Firebird as well.  

The manufacturers are free to take their nameplate in whatever direction they wish.

Edited 16 hours ago by Brian Austin

[Ace-Garageguy]

6 hours ago, Brian Austin said:

(RE: Big Messer's comment "Nowadays 'trucks' are used to run errands that we did as kids in a bicycle...")

              It seems minitrucks have been popular. How much can you haul with those?

Apples and orangutans.

       

Both trucks below have the same bed size.

Trick question: which one is more rational for getting a bag of dog food or donuts (and don't even consider that we live in a time when we're constantly bombarded with "how dare you!!!" regarding carbon emissions and petrochemicals)? 

Edited 10 hours ago by Ace-Garageguy
punctiliousness

[Ace-Garageguy]

6 hours ago, Brian Austin said:

...The manufacturers are free to take their nameplate in whatever direction they wish.

And as far as I'm aware, those of us who think they're stupid are still allowed to say so.  

Edited 10 hours ago by Ace-Garageguy
punctiliousness

[iamsuperdan]

Excellent names for EV cars that either exist or should exist, and would tick people off:

• Charger
• Ford should make a high performance version of the Mach-E and call it the Shelb-E. And not the sticker and stripe car Shelby American made a couple of years ago.
• Stellantis should make a high performance package for the Charger, and call it the Hem-E. Yeah, I said it. 
• Futura
• Electra
• Fusion
• Volt - I'd argue that a performance version could be called the Kilo-Volt or Mega-Volt.
• Lightning
• Comet

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, iamsuperdan said:

Excellent names for EV cars that either exist or should exist, and would tick people off:

• Charger
• Ford should make a high performance version of the Mach-E and call it the Shelb-E. And not the sticker and stripe car Shelby American made a couple of years ago.
• Stellantis should make a high performance package for the Charger, and call it the Hem-E. Yeah, I said it. 
• Futura
• Electra
• Fusion
• Volt - I'd argue that a performance version could be called the Kilo-Volt or Mega-Volt.
• Lightning
• Comet

 

How 'bout AMP, or JOULE  or an upmarket SHOCKER EDITION  and a high-output RAPID DISCHARGE?  

Edited 4 hours ago by Ace-Garageguy

[Big Messer]

1 hour ago, iamsuperdan said:

Excellent names for EV cars that either exist or should exist, and would tick people off:

• Fusion
• Volt - I'd argue that a performance version could be called the Kilo-Volt or Mega-Volt.
• Lightning

I would not use these names. Remind me of the cybertruck failures... The Sparky name would have been a good fit for them.

[iamsuperdan]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

How 'bout AMP, or JOULE  or an upmarket SHOCKER EDITION  and a high-output RAPID DISCHARGE?  

Most buyers in NA wouldn't be able to pronounce Joule.