Lowell, Arizona is a treasure trove of old cars

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Have any of the forum members been there?
There are a lot of interesting pics on this site:

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Have not been there. But so like the towns we lived near in the 50s before moving to Minneapolis when my dad gave up farming.

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Very nice
Been to Arizona once, Tempe for a conference, will not be there again.

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Haven’t been there. It looks remote and I’d imagine not many people from outside the area have been there. If there weren’t modern trucks an a modern SUV or two I’d have worn those were 60 year old pictures.

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Reminds me of a story in “The Book of Charlie”. Late 20’s, early 30s. He & teenage buddies were spending their summer vacation driving a Model-T from Iowa to LA. Mostly just to see if such a thing was possible. Lots of pushing and pulling when the T got stuck. But they always got it to budge. Then a possible disaster, a critical part failed, right in the middle of the Arizona desert. They had no choice but to wait for help in the desert, the shade of the T, very hot. Nobody at all passed by for hours and hours, then like a miracle a local farmer happened by in his own T, and he was carrying the exact spare part they needed! He gave it to them, no charge – this was apparently a T-owner courtesy — installed, and away they went on to LA.

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Arizona is a great place to find restorable classic cars. No road salt and little rain. The interiors and rubber are always totally roached but the metal is intact.

I have been to Arizona many times; Phoenix, Flagstaff, Sedona, Yuma, and a number of smaller towns. Did not make it to Bisbee or Lowell. 35 years ago I’d have moved to Tempe in a heartbeat to work at GM’s proving grounds.

My last trip there was around 2004. It had lost a lot of its appeal and GM closed their PG

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Time for you to be blocked yet again. @cdaquila can you do something?

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Would you help me know how to contribute to the community in a valuable way?

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Might try a different admin/mod, she hasn’t been seen since Christmas… The others have both been on in the last 20 hours… I am sure she is busy with life…

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Just follow the new threads as they appear, and if you have a relevant comment, then you should post it. Searching for topics in which you have some interest will almost always lead you to old–DEAD–threads, and commenting there is not usually valuable.

And, posting stealth recommendations for a car service–in threads that are not related to car services–will get you flagged. After a certain number of flags, you will be suspended by the mods.

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Next time I will ensure my comments and contributions in the community forum posts are valuable.

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@GorehamJ see my note above.

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Also, I am of the opinion that you and Sophia Smith ( Profile - sophiasmithastri_196134 - Car Talk Community ) are the same person, posting under two different names. That is a violation of the site’s TOS.

@GorehamJ –Can you determine whether these two accounts are actually for the same person?

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I also think sj and Sophia are the same person and AI is used for a part of their posts.

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Whether AI is being used, I can’t claim to know, but I do know this: “Sophia” claims to have a maintenance contract with a limo business, and “sj” keeps plugging a limo business. “They” registered for accounts only a few days apart, and they both have a… let’s say… commonality of interests.

I hope that this person never signs-up to be an undercover CIA agent, because he/she would likely have a very short life expectancy.

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You sure? Before you speak or make an allegation about someone you should be certain. And about the AI part (making words correct) of the post, tell me who in the world has never used AI for common things unless you are still living in the Stone Age. It sounds like you just want something to brag about.

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Don’t worry you are safe here…

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I LOATHE AI with every fibre of my existence. There, I said it.

I’m a fossil because I neither believe in AI nor use it.

There either is intelligence or there is none. No AI, no intermediary.

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Has NOTHING to do with age. AI can be a great tool if you know how to use and not adverse to technology. And you’re a LOT YOUNGER than I am.

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I hate to say it, but AI is the future like it or not, not the chat gpt, google, DDG etc etc version of it that gets it’s info from the open internet, but the stuff like the medical grade versions out there… And for anyone that has ever called someone a Luddite on here and not realize this, ya might need to rethink the subject…
Might not be in my or many of our futures, but I am sure if not in my kids, then defiantly my grand kids lifetime…

And that is MY opinion, not facts… :wink:

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