misused discriptions that irritate or annoy you

That puts a whole new meaning to "Blowing your tranny"

 

They assume you are a collector and you will never open that kit. It's a racket. They forget some of us model buyers may well build the damned thing and therefore open the kit. I tend to buy complete, or near complete glue bombs. At least there I can see what I'm getting. I'm getting good at restoring old built ups.

 

I ain't touchin' this one....

 

When people say " repop". The proper description should be " repro" short for re-production.

 

"Frame off Restoration" on a unibody car.

 

Camaros and Novas had a frame.... Maybe not a whole one, but they still had a frame..

 

"Frame off restoration on anything. It should be "Body off restoration".

 

Chevrolet called their 1956 four-door hardtop sedan a "sport sedan."
Back then we would call a two-door hardtop a "hardtop convertible."

 

What's a VERT ??????????????????

 

one that is traditional, vs the new stuff?

Those electric cars didn't work out very well for GM did they?

 

It's French for Green.

Did your ? button get stuck?

 

can I use high test in my search engine?

 

When I was in the 3rd grade my granpa made a dog house out of a model a hood, he nailed boards on each end.

 

There is an old museum local to me that had dozens of old hoods from the early 30's and older made into doghouses, they were really pricey (everything is for sale there) and I was waiting till they got a little cheaper so I could grab a couple... but I went in one day and they were all gone to scrap... such a waste.

On topic, I hate when someone is describing a car outside of a limited space newspaper ad, and they use short forms for everything... and end up using incorrect short forms...

PS PW PL PB PT AC GT GE S4 FU ET XX LOL and half a gallon of gas.

 

Then what's the correction for MOTORcycle? Engine cycle?

 

Ok so i ran across this post and the best add ever came to me...

I was reading through an I wanna paper and saw an add for a "chop top custom 1953 Chevy with custom front end... $3500" Sounds nice, called the guy up and went to see it... BOY was the front end custom!... Had been hit so hard in the front the rear 1/4s were bowed... Driver wheel was pushed into the floor board...
People come up with some great stuff...


I dug and dug and dug and couldnt find the picture of it so this thing just represents the damage...

 

It´s been said before but "needs restored", "needs painted", or any similar. WTF?
Please learn to speak English, before you try and write it.

 

BILLET this....BILLET that......

 

Any car with high miles is always advertised as all "Highway Miles".

 

Crate motor... 3/4 race cam....jet black????

 

no pictures... Really it just makes it look like they dont care

 

Crate Motor is obvious, 3/4 race cam, you must be to young, jet black, jet is a velvet-black coal used for jewelry. They all work for me. Ron

 

How about any car that is old would make a great street rod? As far as i know it has to be 1948 and older to be street rod material.

 

I've got a cherry 56 for sale if anyone is interested.Ran when I parked it.

 

Someone trying to sell something and they start out their listing "What we have here is... yada yada" ... Is the sale item sitting on the guys desk as he types the ad? ..... and who the hell is "we"? .... just get to the point and quit thinking your dog is named "Spot"!

 

I hate it when they use the first person, as if the car is writing the ad... maybe they need idiots to like the ad, I dunno...

Before I knew how to do screenshots I saw one like this:
"I am a 1956 shebby nomad 4 door wagon and I need a home, my floor is totally missing and my body has sagged off of my frame, I have the rare factory 235 6 cylinder motor and 3 speed on the collum tranny, no glass but all chrome is good and I would make a great restoration or hot or rat rod, priced to sale 4750$"

"For sell" or "I want to sale" has been touched on before, but it bugs me when I see the dollar sign after the price... how does the brain work on these people?

 

seabeecmc,,, I said they annoy me, I did not say I didnt know what they ment. Thanks tho.

 

That one gets to me too.
I always picture some old tobacco chewing bullshitter wearing overalls in my minds eye.

No offense meant to any old tobacco chewing bullshitters wearing overalls we may have here on the board.

 

"What we have here is a failure of communication"

 

Someone trying to sell something and when you make them an offer, the seller responds with "...I don't have to sell it because I don't really need the money". Then WTF are you trying to sell it?

"BARN FIND", everything lately has been found in a barn, or is "BARN FRESH". WTF!!!