Most overused phrase in classic car hobby

[Steve B.]

Re: Most overused phrase in classic car hobby

I totally agree that # match is not only the most used but abused phrase in the collector car hobby. Another favorite of mine is "sure to appreciate in value" To me personally Corvetting is a hobby and a source of enjoyment not a 401K.

[Roy B.]

Re: Most overused phrase in classic car hobby

How about NCRS top flight award

[mike cobine]

Re: Most overused phrase - Here's the count

Here is what I found on eBay this morning.

numbers matching -
match* ("#","#s",numbers,no,nos)
Passenger Vehicles 1757
Chevrolet 430
- Corvette 107
- Camaro 54
- Chevelle 34

restored, restorable, restoration, etc
restor*
Passenger Vehicles 2054
Chevrolet 587
- Camaro 91
- Corvette 81
- Bel Air 73
- Impala 49

restorable
Passenger Vehicles 98
Chevrolet 30
- Corvette 2
- Camaro 3
- Bel Air 8

restored
Passenger Vehicles 838
Chevrolet 255
- Corvette 43
- Camaro 39
- Bel Air 35

("Barrett Jackson","barrett-Jackson","barret jackson")
Passenger Vehicles 37
Chevrolet 16
- Corvette 3
- Camaro 6

("easy fix","easy restore","easy restoration")
Passenger Vehicles 188
Ford 35
Chevrolet 33
- Corvette 2
- Camaro 4

rare
Passenger Vehicles 2014
Ford 222
Chevrolet 291
- Corvette 73
- Camaro 40

NCRS
Passenger Vehicles 6
Ford
Chevrolet 6
- Corvette 6
- Camaro

top flight
Passenger Vehicles 44
Dodge 6
Ford 5
Chevrolet 3
- Corvette 2
- Camaro
- Tahoe 1

all original
Passenger Vehicles 881
Ford 118
Chevrolet 161
- Corvette 36
- Camaro 22
- Impala 19
- Bel Air 11

[Wayne K.]

Nice work Mike. If my wife......

caught me taking the time to gather those statistics I'd get benched.

[Dave F.]

Re: Most overused phrase - Here's the count

Guys, I was just having fun. I didn't seriously mean that Barrett was the #1 phrase. Just something I have been hearing a lot lately. Most of you probably realized I was kidding around, but by some of the responses, I'm getting a little worried. Mike, how long did that eBay thing take?

I belong to another group where some of the members are teased for being just a little too meticulous and analytic, if you know what I mean. They add an "A" to the group acronym for those particular members.

So who here should be voted into the ACRS?

-Dave

[mike cobine]

Re: Nice work Mike. If my wife......

catches me on here, I'll get benched.

Stats, those are easy to do, here, that is where I get in trouble.

[mike cobine]

Re: Most overused phrase - Here's the count

I was just having fun, too. That eBay search took maybe 15 minutes including the interruptions for clothes in the dryer, breakfast, and so on.

I didn't actually go look anything up, just plug in the search words, then count the hits on the categories column.