POP Quiz: How many moneyers made it to consul?

I know a few:
L. Marcus Philippus,
Scrib. Libo.,
Norbanus
and my main man Cinna!

Come on, people......I need a new list!

 

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My dad worked at the Mint and he had a Ford Consul

So any list should incude af's dad.

 

About 60?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyer

 

My small data base says about a third advance.

A few get "proscribed"! What is your estimate on this?

 

I LMFAO! I would drive a Consul forever!!

 

Or, to be realistic, about a month till it broke down.

 

I live in southern Ohio......I would PROUDLY put that CONSUL on my lawn!!

 

He called it Napoleon because it was his first consul.

I called it Nappy because it smelled of piss.


It has just occurred to me that that won't make sense to an American because you call them daipers.

 

Close enough!

 

Man, that Consul is a total winner (your Pa was a lucky fella, afantiques)...

Yah, I'd love to sneak a V8 into that lil' darling (nobody would be suspecting Consul-Man to blast-off at the lights!!)

=> geeesh => a wolf in sheep's clothing (it would look kinda nasty with some sweet mags and the Snap-On-Tool girl laying on the hood)

 

I don't have the Consul, but my Mustang can carry the consul.

 

NICE!! => that's a sweet, sweet ride, big brother ... my Dad had the same kinda car when we were growing-up (1965 Mustang) ... sadly, he sold it and bought a fricken Vega right before I got my driver's licence!!

 

Bing, you are in my dream car! You can see 2 chicks eyeballing you in the background. Lucky Dawg!

 

What a fabulous car, Bing! Did you restore it? Or did you purchase it restored? I need to hear the story...

 

Me too!

 

OP, Roman Moneyers 1, jokes and old cars, 14.

It's a sad indictment of the frivolity of the young (second childhoods count as 'young' )

I do apologise for hi-jacking your thread.,

 

this was far more entertaining.

 

It's the third 1967 Mustang GT Convertible I've restored. Some more than others, but my favorite was my first. I painted it Brittany Blue, black interior, 289 four barrel carb. I sold it to a guy in Ireland who had it shipped to the emerald isles and almost immediately crashed and totaled the car. I was sent pictures of my baby by the guy who bought it for parts at a junk yard.

My second and third were both candy apple red convertibles, both GTs with 289 engines. However, the middle car had three single carbs and could move like a scalded cat. I'd have to dig out pics since I do not have any digital images of any during restoration or completion.

I can't do these any longer. Too much work and it's gets more expensive each time. And to add insult to injury, I have never been able to get the price that would make me break even not counting many hours by an expert mechanic (me). In 1989 I almost purchased a 1969 Boss 429 Mustang with only 37 miles on the odometer. Never driven, always garage kept out in Idaho. I thought he was asking too much at $55K, but two years later he sold it at auction in Phoenix for near $100K. Bad judgment on my part.

Now coins are my only hobby and since they didn't have cars in the first century BC, how about an older means of transportation with something really wicked under the hood:


M. VOLTEIUS M.F. ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VOLTEIA
AR Fouree Denarius
OBVERSE: Laureate & helmeted bust of Attis right; shield behind
REVERSE: Cybele seated right in chariot drawn by two lions; OQ above
Rome 78BC
2.9g, 18mm
Cr385/4; Syd 777, Volteia 4

 

Now I'm totally bummed.

 

Does anyone ever financially "recover' all the hours they put into a hobby? I would say that's the wrong approach. It's entertainment money, enjoy it as such. You won't be taking it with you to the Great Unknown.