For Old Guys Only

oh, the chevy monza. no monzas had a big block, the 2+2 had a 265 cu in small block and was a real dog. the 302 mustang had a little more go, but not much. 1975 was the start of the low powered lean burn junk us auto makers turned out through the mid 70's to the late 80's.
after the 73 buick gs there wasn't much of a performance car coming out of the us untill the buick GN hit the streets in the mid 80's. i got my license in 76 and drove my moms vega. but back then you could buy a 60's era pony car for around 600 bucks. first car i bought was a 66 musting fast back. 289, not fast but i loved it.
 
My first new car was a 66 Mustang. Not a fastback and not the HiPo 289 but it had three-on-the-floor and I was proud of it. I probably waxed the thing every week and then had to leave it parked at my folk's place when I went to Vietnam. It sat outside for a year, in the Florida sun, never washed or waxed and when I came home the red paint had oxidized to a dull orange. I was devastated and went to work on it. Back then there wasn't such a thing as clear coat so I had to use rubbing compound to bring the paint back, but it did come back and looked like new.
Wow, that was a blast from the past. I haven't thought about that for a long time.

Tom
 
GearNut said:
Yep! By the band Buggles.
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Yeah... How much (useless) rock/music trivia is stored in my head sometimes disturbs me. ;) Maybe I should have gone into broadcasting and gone radio DJ, but I'd probably be stuck working some horrid club/house/hiphop/[c]rap music station though.
 
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camlifter said:
oh, the chevy monza. no monzas had a big block, the 2+2 had a 265 cu in small block and was a real dog. ..
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You know, it may have been 1976 and later, but I know you could get a Monza TC or Spyder with a 5.0 liter (305 cid) V-8. I think later on they even may have offered a 350 but I'll have to do some digging.
 
I had one, with a neat design, but the plastic lever broke off. It made the sound like you describe, but not as long of a pulse. Maybe four times pushing the geared lever down all the way, and 4 more when letting up.
http://www.soundjay.com/phone/sounds/telephone-ring-1.mp3
These work nicely, but be careful not to get the lever hung on something when loading the bike in storage or on a car rack.

The cyclepro type one sounded pretty nice and was only $4 at Walmart. That is the one I broke. Oh well. Maybe I can glue something to it. I liked how it dinged when I hit bumps on the road so I didn't have to ring it all the time with my thumb. (rings less if you turn it with the bell facing forward instead of up)

MotorbikeMike said:
Hub Shiners work great, and provided a couple more reflectors! And, one accessory that I now have is a "Spinning Bell" where the bekk stands up un it's edge, and when you flip the lever, it spins and sound very much like an old dial telephone, How bout that?

Used to be glass reflectors in the ends of the handle bars, also!

Mike
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Kool Stop (maker of great retro brake pads) / Bee
$11 old style revolving ringer bicycle bell, loud!
Amazon.com: Bee Cycle Resolving Bicycle Bell (Chrome): Sports & Outdoors
 
You know what's even more jump-outta-yer-skin loud than a train horn? A container ship horn. I was in the Flats west of downtown Cleveland when the Buffalo came up the Cuyahoga mouth. At about the first bend the pilot hit the horn. Any deaf people around might actually have felt it. Those who could hear it could understand being deaf.

I wouldn't, but I'm sure somebody may have considered mounting one on a bike or in a car. It would get attention, definitely.
 
There is a product called Air Zounds which uses a clear plastic bottle in the water bottle cage and a horn on the handlebar to sound with compressed air. Some people simply buy a canned air horn and fasten it to their bike.
 
happycheapskate said:
There is a product called Air Zounds which uses a clear plastic bottle in the water bottle cage and a horn on the handlebar to sound with compressed air. Some people simply buy a canned air horn and fasten it to their bike.
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And some guys are lazy :)

Tom
 

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happycheapskate said:
There is a product called Air Zounds which uses a clear plastic bottle in the water bottle cage and a horn on the handlebar to sound with compressed air. Some people simply buy a canned air horn and fasten it to their bike.
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The AirZound horn works well. I ride to work as often as I can, and there are a lot of heavy trucks in the area I ride through. They can hear me when I hit the thumbswitch. A couple of gentle taps is enough to get past the headphones of most wandering pedestrians as well.
 
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