Mine was a 1950 Ford Convertible. I tried to peel out one day and popped the axle... bummer...
It had 4 bald tires and 2 bald spares... It was very cold in the winter in Arlington, VA. The tires would only go flat in the snow. The trunk wouldn't open but that didn't matter much since there was a complete tear in the fabric between the rear seat and the rear deck where one could crawl in to get one of the spares and jack, etc. There were GREAT tunes on the radio once in a while but when a clunker came on I could just push a button on the radio to go to another station... I got it up to nearly 65 mph once or twice... It was light blue (at one time)...with a beige fabric top... Gas was 25 cents a gallon... Dinner at McDonalds was 75 cents.. My next ride was a Renault Dauphin. It had a crank for the engine. That came in very handy...especially when you don't have money for a new battery... I didn't win any drag races...until I started riding Triumph Motorcycles... On a Triumph, cars were the dots that disappear in the rear view mirror. mrgmhale wrote: >> I tried that. My kids always said "dad, who cares!" >> >> > > You should be glad they do not care for one reason, and one only. When I > was in my mid-teens and started to drive it was "Critical" that I know a 1/4 > mile strip was 1,320 feet long, hence I always knew how many feet in a mile. > Why was it critical? Street racing purposes of course! Most guys knew how > to bark off that a street strip was 1/4 mile, but could not tell me how many > feet it was. If someone could tell me a length of road was measured off at > 1,320 feet I knew I had a fairly intelligent opponent and could likely size > up my 1969 Mustang Mach I street racer's capability. I would race such a > person, but I found the less informed easier pickings <g>... > > For car fans, I had a simple 1969 Mach I with a 351 engine that I built up > significantly. All the goodies from a high rise intake manifold to Hooker > headers, and all the cool goodies inside to include .060 bored block, 11:1 > forged aluminum pistons, high lift, long duration, massive overlap cam > (Isksy cam I think), 780cfm vacuum secondary Holly carburetor with a 50cc > Rio accelerator pump & fast action pump cam, and a lightened secondary > throttle diaphram spring for quick opening action, Mallory dual-point > distributor (pre-electonic ignition system technology), Accel high output > ignition coil, silicon secondary ignition wires, B&M high performance auto > trans kit, high stall speed torque converter, etc. I did all the work > myself (I had been an auto technician in a "former life"). I sold the Mach > I to a friend while I was in Germany (US Army), and the other month he > confessed to my wife that it was the fastest car he ever owned. Somehow I > lived through all that craziness with street/strip and canyon racing > (Malibu, Las Virgenes, Box, Topanga). I never should have lived past 19. > > Gil > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Harvey >> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 1:07 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: [NF] Two kinds of people (this is sort of technical) >> >> >> I tried that. My kids always said "dad, who cares!" >> >> JH >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of Whil Hentzen (Pro*) >> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 6:26 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [NF] Two kinds of people (this is sort of technical) >> >> So my wife is talking to a customer of hers at work this week. He's an >> engineer, and she says, "Oh, so is my husband!" They start to talk, and >> she tells him about the xkcd comics I've got on the frig and that I >> watched Revolution OS with the kids and whatnot. He nods, and says >> "Make sure he tells them that there are two types of people in the >> world, those who understand Metric, and those who don't." >> >> She responds, "Oh, yeah, he's always making them answer questions at >> dinner, like 'How many feet are in a mile?'" >> >> I swear I am not making this up. >> >> Whil >> >> >> >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
