In todays modern collector car world, cars are being sold as numbers matching when the original engine has been replaced with a correct part numbered, date correct block. Sometimes this even means the serial (VIN) number has been re-stamped to match...
When shopping for a classic be sure to ask if the drive train is original to the car. You will be surprised by the answers the seller comes up with to justify his car being matching numbers.
When a cars Vehicle identification number (VIN) matches the number on major components like the engine. This essentially means that major components, like the engine and transmission are original. US Auto manufactures been matching numbers on major components in 1960 (Most Chrysler's and the Chevrolet Corvette) and other General Motors and Ford cars in the mid to late 1960s.
The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, drivingproperty prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."