Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire If they brought them back, would you buy them?

That would be me.....but I'd still like a real work truck too.

No interest in any of these tho the Winchester 101 is worth bribing back.

The Hornady 100 gr .257” Interlock too.

With the way people drive today, I want a lot more protection around me than is provided by cars made in the 60's and 70's.

As far as the Model 12 goes, there is no way that they could sell a new one worth buying, for what you can get an original one for in good shape. I bought one in great shape probably 15 years ago for $250. I doubt I could sell it for much more than $400 now, if that. People want aluminum, black plastic/fiberglass stocks, light weight, short barrels, 3.5 inch magnums with recoil reducers built in and multiple choke tubes. None of that is what a Model 12 Winchester is.

Mid 80's Toyota Pickups for ~$15,000.

I bought a work truck last year,...2005 F-150, standard cab, long bed, Essex 4.2 liter V6, and a 5 speed standard. It's almost impossible to find these basic pick-ups any longer.

Winchester Model 12, yes. All the others listed, no.

The Norton, in a heartbeat !

1992-94 GM 1500 4x4 Pick-ups with the 5.7 TBI engine and the NV4500 manual transmission.

I'm with jimmy. I had a Norton Atlas, and loved it. I also miss my Model 12 and I really miss my pre unit construction 1957 Triumph T110. Dayom!

You can buy brand new super cubs and they're a lot better than the originals. They are pricey though.

http://cubcrafters.com/

For Sunday driver I would have an early VW Beetle with the 36 HP engine and stick shift, a '57 model was my first car. I currently own an '013 convertible and like the 170 HP engine much better. Owned a '66 Corvair but don't miss that nor would I want one today. I would like a Winchster M/ 12 20 ga. in Super Field configuration and a M/88 in .358, had both of those and foolishly let them slip thru my fingers. A '72 Chevy Blazer with a 350 4bbl. and a 4 speed is my idea of a man's 4WD opposed to the feminized stuff we have today.

Well, yes, today's trucks are certainly feminized, but men still buy the vast majority of them. That should tell us something. Not sure what.

For everybody that wants the Atlas, wouldn't sitting on a paint mixer at the Home Depot be a lower cost option?

No.

Real light bulbs

Hell no. Just last night I was reminiscing about all the things I've done now that I'm not changing light bulbs all the time.

I have a soft spot for the Atlas, the beetle. Buddy had the Norton, I married into a bug. Some of the things we don't remember would probably comeback big time though. I still have to change lightbulbs, they last just long enough to lose the "20 year guarantee" paperwork, but do cost a lot more. I am not sure which 24 was the campers but I have a 24V in 30-30/20 I wish I had another, one for each grandson.

How about a big single that could run with traffic and not put you in a prom date pose?

How about bring back someplace to hunt without a crowd or paying big bucks?

And most of us would like to have our youth back if we could still have the knowledge we have now.

How aboutbig old machine tools. I ran a WS4, bridgeport, J&L 5, and engine lathe for years, but sure came to appreciate CNC in a hurry,

You can add steam trains.

The Government in all its wisdom pretty much forced the outboard industry to quit making two stroke motors in larger sizes. The mechanisms to make 2 strokes reach the emissions standards are very complicated and expensive.

If this is true, then how come so many 50s and 60s 2 stroke motors are still going strong and motors from later years ended up in the scrap heaps? See how many 35hp motors from the 50s are still around compared to the 80s and 90s of similar HP. I have a Honda 50, but I doubt it will be going in 40 or 50 years. At a point on newer motors, it costs more to fix them than they're worth. I have several 2 strokes that are older than me and will be going when I'm gone. Simple is better to me. I can rebuild any of them in my garage with the tools I have.

2 stroke boat power was always a bit of a plus and minus thing for me. If chasing high top speed across the oceans there was no good substitute for a good 2 stroke. They will keep on ticking long after a 4 stroke will puke. If a fella wants to keep the bugs at bay in the coastal realm here in Floriduh, nothing better than a 2 stroke. Talking sand gnats, 'skeeters and 90 mph..........