These are great, guys, keep them coming. It’s interesting(to me, anyway), what others will say to you when out n about.
One of our customers here in Tulsa is a former F-L-M guy from “back in the day”…guy by the name of Joe Cappy. Well, he talks/visits with my bro frequently, and bro knows Joes history with FLM, so, show’s him a pic of my car. The guy has my bro call me, just to tell me, “Mercury should have built them like that back then!”…he wants to see it in person “some day” out at work. That one was pretty cool.
One was just after I painted it yellow, I was out for a cruise and heard a little boy say to his dad “That looks like a big hot wheels car”.
The other was on the first cruise after I modified it, lowered it and went flat black.
We drove past a pub where the patrons were outside smoking and I heard one turn to another and say “What the f*** is THAT ?”
At one of the car shows this last summer I had a guy come up to me and tell me “I’m a Chevy guy first and a Mopar guy second but I’ve got to tell you. I love your car”.
Haven’t really had a best compliment yet. I get told how nice my motor sounds and get people wanting me to spin the tires but I haven’t really had it out that much to get a BEST compliment.
BUT I will nominate one as my best compliment yet,
When I first took my car to the DMV to get it in the system a cop rolled down his window next to me at a stop light (I had expired tags from the 80’s and was in no way legal) He just asked what was under the hood and told me about his project car some. Light turned green and didn’t bother pulling me over or anything. COOL. but when I finally did get to the DMV the lady that came out to inspect my car must have driven a prius or something. She had the snottiest look on her face looking at my busted up rusty 1967 Mercury Cougar and with as much attitude as she could muster up she says “smells like a poluter”.
HAHAHA
I guess you wouldn’t call that a compliment. but by far my favorite comment.
I just looked at her with a grin on my face and said “Well, She will run a little better after the motor gets a little more broken in and tuned better.”
I didn’t want to make her mad.
But I really wanted to bend over let one rip and say “HOWS THIS FOR POLUTING!”
The best compliment: I’d had the Cougar for about a year and was driving down a major street in San Francisco with a friend in the passenger seat. These two guys pull up in a POS Honda Civic and are motioning for him to roll down the window, which he does. The driver of the POS says “Nice car, want to sell it?” I replied “Thanks, but HELL NO!”. The passenger in the POS then holds up a big wad of $100 bills and says “Hey, pull over, let’s talk. I’ve got cash!” I replied no, thanks, and drove around for an extra 15 minutes to make sure they didn’t follow me home to see where the car lived!
Went to a meet-up with some friends in Chicago tonight, it was a private get-together with my friend’s famous Internet cat LIL BUB. Pics of Bub on the hood of my Cougar to be posted soon. So on the ride home, heading through the west side on my way to the expressway, a guy yelled out from an SUV next to me at a stoplight, “oh hell yeah, pimp!” I smiled and laughed a little. That’s one of the best compliments I’ve gotten so far.
I agree with the woman compliments. I have had that happen quite a few times both at stop lights, and car shows. It seems the women all love the color of my car. One girl in the passenger seat at a stop light said, “That is a badass car! I have a Mustang, but it isn’t that…classic”. I think she thought it was a Mustang…<<>>
I think we all know the final scene was not a Challenger. I have had a few tell me they like my Challenger, I got to the point I would just say thanks.
Best compliment so far was when I trailered the '67 GT390 home and when I got off I-5 at Grants Pass, OR a nice looking 1970 Chevelle SS was coming the other way. You should have seen the two guys in the front seats heads swivel as we passed each other. No words needed! lol
Probably just before he hit the bulldozers. I seldom washed it and it was scuffed pretty badly most of the time from driving and parking lots and stuff. Probably looked like a lot like a car that had been in a fender fight with a Jag E type and driven through the desert like a pre-runner.
I know it usually put that same smirk on my face that he had on his final approach.
Talking about Vanishing Point here are two photos that I took while on vacation in Tennesse a couple of years ago. Floyd Garrett Muscle Car Museum had a Vanishing Point movie car display. The original car has been restored and the 1996 remake car from The Legend Returns was in as used movie condition.
Steven
