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Myron Vernis

@junkman356.bsky.social
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I really like cars.

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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 20h
1966
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Happy Silvia
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Raymond Loewy’s personal custom Corvair Town Car
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I may have the record for the highest number of cars which were never COTY
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Three very different driving experiences
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It was on Craigslist in NJ about ten years ago. Super low mileage but neglected.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Low mileage, well-maintained car which has been no more trouble than our other old cars. In ten years, the only failures have been a high pressure line to the clutch slave and a fuel distribution block. Both easy fixes although the fuel distributor to a few days to find
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Errand day for the Raymond Loewy Corvair
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Possibly the most beautiful mass production car from Japan.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes!
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’ve owned three but I do not currently have one.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Who else takes pictures of their cars at the gas station?
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The red corner of the garage
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Slippery when wet
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes, got the job and stayed with the company for a dozen years. Also bought several more Pintos.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I had a girlfriend with a Sunbird. Genuinely worse than the Pinto
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just took to containers of Folgers to my cousin in Athens. Go figure.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This could also be looked at belonging to someone who makes bad decisions
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pinto
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ford Pinto
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve had a few full-race Pintos. Very cool cars.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wish it was last week. And I wish I had the purple Pinto back.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I had jobs. I had just never had to interview for one before.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good point. And then there’s Sanka…
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe. Never tried
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My rule of thumb was that a commuter car’s total purchase price was no more than one week’s net pay. Served me well.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
True. I still got the job.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It was at a time when Americans only had three kinds of coffee: Maxwell House, Eight O’clock or Folgers. And it was always served reasonably hot.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Speaking of structural rust, I was daily driving a very sketchy Mini from the sixties in the late seventies. The floor finally gave out when I went over a speed bump. I drove about 100 meters with my seat literally dragging on the road to get to a safe parking spot.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not much factory on it. The interior was from a Mitsubishi and re-trimmed in purple velour
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1956 Porsche 356A coupe with just a hint of a floorboard; basically enough to keep pedals mounted. Seats were bolted to 2”x8” wood planks which were kind of attached to the inner rockers. No windshield for a few days. It was a more innocent time.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The car I drove to my first-ever job interview. I parked it at a distance so no one would see it.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1975 Zagato Zele
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That’s awfully generous. Are you sure you want to pay that much?
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lots of stuff
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1956
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This was ice raced in Germany in the fifties and on the East Coast of the US in the sixties. It’s now back in Europe where it ran The Ice at St. Moritz a couple years ago.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It had a clutch
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes. It truly was a dedicated ice racer.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It did.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Heater? What heater? It didn’t have door windows.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Actually, this had a Porsche Super 90 engine and brakes
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Contessa is in.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My old Karmann-Ghia ice racer. Only driven in snow
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Model T Tuesday
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Needed a relay for my ‘71 914 headlight door. The local NAPA store had one in stock.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hope everyone gets a charge out of today.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No pinging going on from my cars.
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why is that only line I remember from that movie?
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Myron Vernis @junkman356.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Buying car parts is either heaven or hell depending on the car. There is no purgatory.
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