One of my teachers in high school would sometimes entertain us with tales from his youth in small town Iowa, he and his brothers would compete to see who had the fastest ride, which of course meant there had to be a test of some sort to prove who had the fastest ride. He recounted how one day his big brother rolled up to the house in a '56 or '57 Chevy, rolled down the window and told him to get in for a "test ride". Teacher (probably about 15 or 16 at the time) knew he was in trouble because the car was shaking really hard at idle, his brother had to shout to be heard, and there were no seat belts of course. He couldn't show any fear in front of his older brother, so he obliged and got in, and the resulting "test drive" was so terrifying that when they returned home, he got out and turned to his brother and basically said "You win, and I am never going to ride in another car with you driving again."
So those stories illustrate where my ideas for a rat rod come from. Probably not going to get there, messing around with mechanical injection compression ignition... ------------- Max Charleston SC On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 6:07 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:00:14 -0400 WILTON via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > 'Nother ATTABOY! > > Indeed. I can understand the smile! > > > Craig > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Max Dillon via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > > > > I see and hear him launch, front end lifts but the front wheels > > > don't, smoke rolling from both rear slicks and it sound like no > > > muffler at all on that V8. > > > > > > I started rolling up windows and reaching to close the sunroof (huge > > > canvas affair), too late. Camaro burns past, tire smoke engulfs me, > > > I kept smiling until I fell asleep later that night. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
