Dmitry

One of my favorites. Last concert in Verona was fantastic. He can still move and sing. Must be over 80 y.o.

December should be the Ray Charles' month.

The car would look sweet in the National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC. The first thing that greets you when you enter the Music floor of the museum is Chuck Berry's Cadillac. It'd be great if they had a revolving [no pun intended] display of African American entertainers' rides. Prince's motorcycle one month, Ella's Benz next month..

I saw Mavis Staples at the Blue Note in NYC about 15 years ago. It was a free show, for some reason, maybe some type of club promotion. I might have some negatives of that on 35mm film.

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman on a Verve hybrid cd/sacd. The interesting aspect, as Bresna reminded me, is that the disk has both the mono and the stereo mixes.

I DO have the Hybrid SACD, bought it used at Amoeba in LA 6 or 7 years ago. Kevin, with your UDP-203, how do you change which layer is to be played on the dual cd/sacd disks? I tried a few buttons on the Oppo remote, and none seem to respond to that task.

Wait...is this Ella Fitzgerald's Benz? The provenance suddenly has gotten more interesting.

This is the Steve Hoffman Forum area of interest...my guess.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/6-CD-Lot-Harry-Belafonte-Jelly-Roll-Morton-John-Coltrane-/333752999345?hash=item4db53a9db1%3Ag%3A2VMAAOSw7%7ERfhJch&nma=true&si=lxmqkl8ruRwFu1%252Bw8CmQ9jA06iM%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Scratching my head here. Which one is the rare one here, Trane?

I pacified my mid-life crisis somewhat, by just recently purchasing a 2003 Acura RSX with a 5-speed standard transmission. I 'm really enjoying the "no light, beep or button for every occasion" feel. Just a relatively pure driving experience, with minimal electronic gadgetry. Drive is by wire. No rear camera, no touch screen, no parking sensors. Has a single disk cd player. I did bring in a portable Bluetooth speaker, so now I can listen to my podcasts, The original owner put only 63k on it, which equates to 3,700 miles per year, hauling clubs to and from local golf courses. A month and a half ago, during a major windstorm a huge tree branch landed on us when me and my son were in the car; impact caved in the roof, busted the moon roof. A $2000 body shop bill fixed that...replaced the whole moon roof assembly, including the motor, straightened, filled and painted the roof. I'd only put 300 miles on the car before it happened. The engine bay looks so clean...3,700 miles per year. Garaged every night and not driven in winters.

Bought one just now. Thanks for the leads.

...in excellent condition in/out. Thanks.

Stick. Long throw, of course. I didn't get it into 4th.Didn't need to. It's like the car moved independent of the gear it was in. Just press the gas, and if it doesn't go, press harder.

I'm just guessing the steering is power-assisted...car's got fuel injectors. On the other hand, the windows aren't power, they are manual. I don't know about the convertible top...one way to find out is to have one of our Claifornia people go check it out. This summer I test drove a 1979 Chevy El Camino with a 4 speed manual !!! I must admit it was truly a piece of shit, and like you said, friggin dangerous to everyone, even at 20mph I felt it wasn't my ride. The seller wanted $9.5K. I couldn't even park the damn thing...

Sitting at a Denny's in Wappinger Falls, NY one night in the mid-1990s.. It was pushing midnight...the bum sleeping in the next booth started to snore louder. I asked the waitress, "Who is this bum, why doesn't the manager wake him up?". She said, "That's Denny.".

It's got an FM radio! I'm pretty sure the steering is hydraulic.

Is that Dexter Gordon? Can't tell.

The thread winner.

I see your Cash and I raise you a Smith.

Looking at all these covers, the E-type Jag must've been THE car to have in the mid-1960s.. Indeed! Got to be the band member or the principal artist. Not some random chick.

Nice!

Historical gravitas...shit, they are trying to milk this for every pfennig. I think it's stem to stern, not bow to stern...