I'm in Kalamazoo today visiting my mom.

Yesterday we went out and had a visit at the Gilmore Museum north of town.
The first thing you see upon entry is a replica of Karl Benzes first auto (not labeled as a replica). It is a pretty advanced looking machine considering it is the first car ever built (supposedly). Benz patented it and started manufacturing cars right away.

There was a 37 Studebaker CE there. Lovely medium blue car. Also a 63 avanti which did not have any grill under the front bumper. There was also a Packard Hawk... a really grand Dual cowl Deusenberg, a couple of scrumptious Auburns, a nice Aluminum bodied RR with the top of the body left without paint. Lots of Fords....a nice selection of pedal cars, and a really lovely working Diner from 1941. We had lunch there.

There was also an AJ Foyt Indy car from about 1977, with no guard rails so I could walk right up and peer into the cockpit. It looked about like the cockpit of my 85 Reynard Forumla Ford....but the indy car has Huuuuuggggggeeeee rear tires! Must be nearly 24" wide.

Really a first class museum!

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Great to know of!

Thought perhaps you were visiting a "Gary" Gilmore Museum, - if one exists. Glad it wasn't.

Did he shoot someone?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Uh,Dude....

Karl had Rudolph Diesel bumped off.

I suppose you have proof of this?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I will NOT even make a joke about how old your mother must be

I'm glad to hear there's not a museum for that dreadful Gilmore girls TV show!

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I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

She and I discussed it yesterday and decided she is 91.

I had no idea she would want to go to the museum but when i told her I was going she made it clear she was going too. I got a wheel chair from the museum and pushed her along. She had some pretty interesting observations about various cars noting here and there who owned one of these and who owned one of those.

She has some dementia but you'd not notice it if you talked to her. She's a good faker and has a smart mouth. I tell you I get no respect from anybody even my mom!

Today we were watching the Wisconsin returns and she said I should write a book. I said it was a lot of work and besides who would read it. Then I said I guessed I could tell some stories....she said What stories?

Conversations with her are a little wierd sometimes.

My sister who mom lives with now is on vacation this week and we all decided to take turns being with her.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

So how is it she is younger than you by decades?

Good genes.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Mercedes-Benz made 175 of those replica models; many of them are in museums, dealerships or private collections. They DO run!

The Gilmore has an awesome collection, and if I remember correctly, they do have one or two 48 Tuckers. I can't wait to visit!

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

And Elvis.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

I remember seeing a blue one.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Shot and was shot. Surprised you don't remember his case. They even made a movie about it.

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OK. Count me on the "officially jealous" group

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.