Silver Round with Perched Eagle Reverse

I wouldn't call it "disgraceful", but I would say that it is certainly "undesirable" (at least to me, anyway).

The GM 3.8 ("3800") V6 of that era was vastly superior, even though it was of the traditional pushrod design. But it does not appear to have been available in the FWD 1988 Cutlass from what I can tell.

 

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I think you may not be considering the number of "fans" that I gained as a result of the "1964-D" fantasy-date Peace Dollar over-striking.

 

I have to wonder how many fans you have lost because of your actions. Have you?

 

I'm going back to read this entire thread; yet I shall add this now so it goes into my "content" and I'll be able to find it.

The concept of "art" is a nebulous thing. Additionally it is subjective. Making copies is also an art. The closer one mimics the original the better. Mr. Carr is an artist. People like and purchase his "art." Therefore he is a somewhat successful artist. Something many artists never achieve. He is also an asset to CT due to his knowledge as a hands-on coin maker.

IMO, those that "bash" his work and question his intent are narrow minded, overly sensitive, uninformed, progressive "watchdogs-of-correctness" in a free (as of now but slipping away due to things like this) country. Live and let live.

 

Id like to assume you're speaking of those who pop in every now and then to schmuckishly post "counterfeiter" before leaving, tails between their legs. However, something tells me you're infected by the very "narrow mindedness" you're accusing others of. Just as you're entitled to your opinion, like it or not, those of us who question one aspect/part of his work are entitled to theirs.

That said, do be careful with saying anything the could remotely be misconstrued as anti-left. Id hate to see another asset to this forum banned due to a few innocent words. Just threaten to break my jaw instead.

 

It was a shame to have that engine as the top option in that car, and is something I wish I would have realized at that time. I've not owned a car with the 3800, but do remember it and agree it would've been a much better option. Live and learn, I suppose...

 

Maybe a dozen.
I had a few express their displeasure with my work even before I did my first over-strike. But I'm not in it to gain the maximum number of "fans", although I certainly appreciate having some. I like making coins and art, so I'm mostly in it for that - to make what I'm inspired to make.

 

No one brought politics into this. Although I have heard that some creatures (Whales, Zebras, etc.) can be identified by their outward characteristics.

 

I didn't say you did, and although amusing, I wholeheartedly agree, but it would be far from the first time petty accusations were made and/or punishments dealt over obviously innocent posts. And you know exactly what I'm talking about..

And yes... Zebras, whales, and dogs too... Can't forget about those dogs.

 

I'd like to ask a very sincere serious question of @BooksB4Coins , not for any reason other than he's the one here who feels the way he does, although I am aware there are quite a few others as well. I've had private PM "conversations" with two of them. So please don't take my directing the question at you as picking on you; that's not my intent.

I have noticed that, among those with a visceral negative reaction to Dan's work, that the 1964-D Peace dollar really, REALLY, REALLY gets under their skins more so than any other piece he has done. Now, assuming you feel that way, and please say so if that's not the case for you, but if it is, can you please explain that to me? Or tell me to mind my own business if you want to, your call. I'm really curious about the "special vitriol" that issue gets.

 

By the way, lemme guess. Both of you two were National Forensics League high school debaters in your youth, wern'tcha?

 

Another BTW, for BB4C. I drove a '83 Firebird with the 2.8l V6 also, and a tranny that GM originally designed for the Chevy Citation. I always believed the Citation tranny was the thing that made the whole deal a bust performance-wise. I mean, look at the looks of the Citation, that HAS TO BE it, right?

 

Might as well blame it on the Citation.... do you recall the radio layout in those things? For that alone they deserve all the blame we can heap upon them..

 

I never owned a Citation per se, just a tranny that belonged in one, but I do kind of remember a screwy radio in pictures. I'm now driving a used mid-last decade Taurus, and its stereo is kinda funky, but I'll live. Hey, at least it'll play "burned" CD's.

You wanna talk weird interiors? Two words for you, actually three letters and a word - AMC Pacer.

 

Two other words... Karmann Ghia

 

Here is a refresher... Just in case.




As for the AMC, are you, perchance, thinking instead of the Gremlin? Not that either represented the epitome of automotive interior design, but I've always thought the Gremlin oozed a tad more "funk" in this respect than the otherwise (and in retrospect) fantastic Pacer.

That said, I once owned a Matador coupe for a short period of time, and is one oddball car that I'm still, well, oddly drawn to. I didn't think much of them at the time, but looking back, AMC made a number of rather weird yet alluring cars. It's too bad they didn't make it as an independent company.

 

I did mean the Pacer, because of its crazy width, but you're right about the Gremlin, too. True trivia question answer: what kind of car did the now incredibly successful Penske Racing first use in NASCAR "Cup" racing? Yuppirs, the aforementioned AMC Matador.

 

Renault R10 - the horn was actuated by pressing inward toward the steering column the stick on the left of said column. Not down, not up, INWARD toward the column, like many a modern day "windshield spray" button.

And before anyone else brings it up - BMW Isetta. I traveled many miles in several of them.

 

I've always wanted to drive an Isetta but being 6' 5" I think it's out of the realm of possibility sadly

 

Have never driven one myself, but one time I had a job that required driving around with a photographer, and he had one. By the way, in colloquial German the Isetta was called "Knutschkugel" = smooching ball.

Christian