I worked with a WWII vet in the 70's who was in the Italian campaign. He said that while marching/walking/riding up the country side during the war, the local Italians would ask "hey Joe, what's this work fuck? you guys use it all the time." Of course, Joe was slang for an American soldier, the other word was as described above; verb, noun, adjective, etc..
When you talked of needing lead, I thought you had too much advance and needed some tetra-ethel to cure the knock. How about; "that engine is running rough as a cob."
I knew a guy that built an engine that ran smooth as silk, not rough as a cob, but it wouldn't pull a greased string out of a dog's ass.
When circle track racing on asphalt and you got out of the "groove" and up we're all the loose tire rubber and debris was you were in the " marbles " Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
When something didn't work right especially on one of his cars, I had an uncle who said "there was a ------ in the wood pile. I won't say it or use it but many know what I mean.. It was in the 50's
Babbitt pounder is a new one for me and I used to be a Babbitt pourer. Can't wait to use it. And I believe balls to the wall was derived from "balls out" from the early governors that used steel balls that swung out under centrifugal force to controller speed. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
How about car "buff", as in "he's a real car buff". Just heard it on our local news channel talking about the international auto show, and generally used by by people who know absolutely nothing about cars.
Already went through this in here: American Motors Company Buick Motor Company Cadillac Motor Company Chevrolet Motor Company Chrysler Motor Company Evinrude Outboard Motors Ford Motor Company General Motors Corporation Honda Motor Company Hudson Motor Car Company Lincoln Motor Company Mercury Outboard Motor Oldsmobile Motor Company Packard Motor Company Pontiac Motor Company Toyota Motor Corporation
When you can't figure out what's wrong with something and your asked what's the matter, you just say BSOM....translates, beats the S... out of me!
This is what I was taught way back and it still applies today. With one exception Engines use POTENTIAL energy like fuel that is nothing UNTIL it is ignited with a spark or compression like diesel engines. And Motors require actual energy input not potential energy like electricity and it converts that Energy into motion.
Even though our 2 race cars are entered under Tone Motorsports at their venues; the dam things under the hoods with the pistons and such are engines.....
When I was just a lad starting out in the hobby I made the mistake of asking a wise ass olde man(he probably was 25) if his 57 Chevy had a cam in it and he replied: "It Must Or The Lifters Would Fall Into The Pan".......
One more for the crowd...finished waxing my Caddy, and an older neighbor came over to look at it and said " you got it shining like a diamond in a goats ass!" guess that mean it looked good
This argument is over! The two Highest authorities that all others are subject to: First...... Merriam-Webster Definition of motor one that imparts motion; specifically : prime mover any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion: such as a : a small compact engine b : internal combustion engine; especially : a gasoline engine c : a rotating machine that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy motor vehicle; especially : automobile Second...... Steppenwolf ♪ Get your motor running..... Head out on the highway ♫ The red highlighted words are not mine. They are from the quote.
I don't think I brought this up before but where did the phrase "Hauling Ass" / "Hauls ass " originate? I know what it means pertaining to cars or to anything in general that performs good..
Seb Fontana ; There is a reasonable assumption that you're sitting on it! And either relocating it or moving it quickly!! LOL!!
This has come up again in a recent thread.... Won't Crank. In the South means start. The actual cranking the engine without starting is "Turn Over". So won't start in the South means won't crank . Won't turn over in the South means it won't do shit. Joker...... Can be a person, place or thing. That Joker does not know what he's talking about. I knew better than to pick up that spark plug, that Joker is hot. That Joker locked up tighter than Dick's Hatband. I could not find that Joker, I thought it was next door to the Post Office. Women the best for last... A buddy of mine worked for Sears when they used to have an auto shop at the mall..... A nice lady in business attire asked... My husband told me to come down here and ask you to stick your finger in my rear end? A very attractive young lady in distress asked... My battery is dead! Can you Jack me off?
LOLI had a buddy named Darryl in high school that I went in halvesies on cars with a lot. We went and looked at a baby olds ( I can never remember the model but it is my favorite '60s olds) with a 394 in it. Belonged to a fella in his mid 20s with about 5 kids. He said, "This car hauls ass." I noticed that it was blowing by a little bit and mentioned it and the guys wife said (with a slight frown), "Only problem is that its hauled too many asses." Jill flirt. I have been known to say, "you're gonna have to Jill Flirt it." means that it is not exactly right be it a fender or a car or???? and you are going to have to screw with it a bit to get it to work.
Heard a phrase on a very non-automotive oriented television show this evening that I hadn't run across before that must be straight out of drag racing : "all throttle, no bottle". Which I'm guessing is a compliment to the engine builder that he attained superior performance without resorting to nitrous. Dan Gurney had a phrase for blowing a motor : " It wolfed it's cookies" Going back to the red head thing, we are forgetting the most precise dimensional measurement known to mankind - the RCH.
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