My Advice to all the Rookies
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Didn't the '64 Lincoln have those really cool suicide doors?
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Gotta love those suicide doors, my mom has a '63 Lincoln that's just sittin in her driveway beggin to be restored, maybe one day I'll get around to it.
Be a neat conversation piece to drive the same car JFK got shot in.
The 460 in that thing only gets 8 miles/gallon though...ouch!
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Didn't the '64 Lincoln have those really cool suicide doors?
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Gotta love those suicide doors, my mom has a '63 Lincoln that's just sittin in her driveway beggin to be restored, maybe one day I'll get around to it.
Be a neat conversation piece to drive the same car JFK got shot in.
The 460 in that thing only gets 8 miles/gallon though...ouch!
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The suicide door Lincolns started in 61. That car ,finless in a big fin world of the early sixties, with its slab sides, suicide doors,and advanced engineering won a slew of design awards. To this day it remains a benchmark car. The design remained unchanged thru 62 and 63 with minor cosmetic changes. 64 brought a longer wheel base and for 66 a complete makeover. The suicide door cars remained until another major redesign in 1970.
The Car featured in the opening credits of Entourage is a 65.
Kennedy's car was a 61. It's known as the X100. It was a standard Lincoln Continental 4 door convertible. The car was sent to coach builder Hess and Eisenhardt to be converted to a Presidential parade car. In 62 Kennedy sent it back to the FoMoCo, the car's owner, for an updated 1962 grill. Kennedy also used a standard 62 Lincoln Contentental Convertible Sedan as his everyday car. After the assassination the X100 was confiscated by the secret service until Dec of 1963. It was then returned to Hess & Eisenhardt where it was rearmored, and modified with a bulletproof bubble roof and glass at a cost of $500,000. It remained in service until 1977 and then returned to FoMoCo. Today it's on display at the Henry Ford Museum.
Pres Johnson wanted a new car. He even pointed out that if movie producers could afford to destroy them in movies surely the government could afford to provide him a new car. He was referring to the James Bond film "Goldfinger" in which one of the bad guys, Mr. Solo, get crushed inside a Lincoln. Known as Mr. Solo's crushing engagement, Mr. Solo is driven to a salvage yard in a 64 Lincoln. While it is a 64 Lincoln that drives to the yard, the producers subsituted a 63 Lincoln, purchased used at a Miami Lincoln Mercury dealer, to be crushed. The producers removed the engine to reduce weight to keep the car's roof from being ripped off as it was lifted into the crusher. It was nearly ripped off anyway. As another piece of useless trivia, the the 63 Lincoln was crushed to a 3x3x3 cube and put into the rear of Ford Ranchero pick up. The car, engineless, was so heavy it crushed the rear axle of the Ranchero. The producers had the cube cut in half, bought another Ranchero, shot the scene. As for why the producers decided to buy another Lincoln to crush, the 64 they had was Ford's car not theirs. Ford agreed to supply all the cars for the movie in exchange for featuring the then new 65 Mustang. Ford gave them a thumbs down on crushing a new version of their flagship car.
And yes, it's a slow day and month is made. Thanks for reading.
That always struck me when I’d see “Goldfinger” that they took that Lincoln,
crushed it (supposedly with $1,000,000 in gold bars in the trunk"), then
plunked it into the back of of the Fairlaine Ranchero.
Isn’t poetic license a wonderful thing?
And I didn't even mention the fact that all the Kentucky horse farm scenes were shot in Florida. Which neatly explains why the producers went to a Miami car dealer to buy the cars they needed.
Anyone want to talk about Bullitt?
Congrats on making your month BG, and no I doubt I would EVER play Trivial Pursuit with you!
I suck Trivial Pusuit. Actually, haven't played in a long time. No fun playing a game I always lose.
Just for the record, the Ranchero in Goldfinger was a Falcon and the 460 engine didn't come along until 1966. The 63's had a 430CID. Not that it matters, just keepin the record straight. Not trying to be boorish.
And again no where did I mention that Sean Connery didn't step foot in the United States to film any of the scenes from GoldFinger. Which begs the question; is there really any gold in Fort Knox?
I won't mention how the theme song from you know what movie made it #7 on the pop charts.
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I suck Trivial Pusuit. Actually, haven't played in a long time. No fun playing a game I always lose.
Just for the record, the Ranchero in Goldfinger was a Falcon and the 460 engine didn't come along until 1966. The 63's had a 430CID. Not that it matters, just keepin the record straight. Not trying to be boorish.
And again no where did I mention that Sean Connery didn't step foot in the United States to film any of the scenes from GoldFinger. Which begs the question; is there really any gold in Fort Knox?
I won't mention how the theme song from you know what movie made it #7 on the pop charts.
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Best car from a Bond movie is the white Lotus Esprit from the "Spy Who Loved Me". Pretty cool when it turns into a scuba boat and goes underwater for a little bit.
Here I thought “Bond Guy” was a fixed-income guru…turns out he is a 007 expert. Good stuff! I have always loved James Bond movies. Roger Moore was #1, Connery #2…IMO.
Take golf lessons and also fork out the cash for a nice country club membership. You don’t take clients to the local public course that has $25 green fees to impress them.
It really does not take that long, buy the big golf lesson package in winter at substantial discount, and stretch it out for six months. The consistency of having someone stand over you and practice (no one can tell you the "secret" of a good golf swing, you have to discover and develop it in yourself) will bear fruit.
When you are confident enough (not "good" enough), in one round of golf with anyone, you can discover whether or not you want to serve them. Beware of egotistical or cheating golfers. Don't waste money on alchohol at the nice club unless they are clients - then keep it to one drink and run, because you are busy.
(Don't waste all your time on a few people, the golf with lots of different prospects/ friends of your clients is the important thing. The discipline of one drink also ensure productivity and a balanced life - may sound silly but it works if golf is a major business driver for you.)
Don't waste money on alchohol at the nice club unless they are clients - then keep it to one drink and run, because you are busy. "
Good point. Perception in many instances is reality. One drink to unwind a little and you are off- back to the office for meetings. Clients/ PRO's will respect that. You know how to have a good time but are also dedicated to hard work, you are successful, etc, etc...
Even if you are off to sit on the couch after a long day- what they dont know they dont know...
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Don't waste money on alchohol at the nice club unless they are clients - then keep it to one drink and run, because you are busy. "
Good point. Perception in many instances is reality. One drink to unwind a little and you are off- back to the office for meetings. Clients/ PRO's will respect that. You know how to have a good time but are also dedicated to hard work, you are successful, etc, etc...
Even if you are off to sit on the couch after a long day- what they dont know they dont know...
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GREAT advice!!!!!