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JJ: Dave says it's not an aftermarket brake booster. He gave me three pictures. I'm not sure how to post pictures, but let's see if...
Hello All: I'm posting for a friend of mine named Dave. His question follows: "I have a 1964 c 10 with a power brake set up with an 11"...
6 Pack: Those new Challengers/Cudas whatever, look pretty cool. Uh Oh, that's REALLY got to be Off Topic for THIS group. I've got a Z-06...
440 - 6Pack: Just razzin' ya about the relative thing. You know, I had a 440 Road Runner with a Torquer and 3.91 gears long before I had...
440-6Pack: I'm 5'2", everybody's tall. LOL No, it doesn't ring any bells. Too many of my neurons getting unemployment checks, I suppose....
Treb11: Thanks. That's what Dave needed to know.
Fourspeedwagon: Thanks. I did make an incorrect assumption when I said El Camino, Dave later told me it was a '64 C10. No other details of...
All: I have a buddy Dave, that has a '64 El Camino and wants to identify his engine. He can't get to the casting numbers at the rear of the...
Brian: Thanks for the kind words, glad you were entertained by the story. This thread has been around for about a year and a half....
And while we're OT, GassersGarage won a Pasadena Senior Games Gold Medal in this years Power Lifting event by bench pressing 245#. (Double...
4406: You caught me in my timer phase. :) I outlined the use of the digital stopwatch in post #144 of this thread. And like I...
Exwestracer: Yeah, Groucho was banned, and I kinda drained my meat hard-drive of accurately recallable memories. I think Groucho is...
Mary: Yeah, I know all about the short shut off on Raymer. See my own story concerning THAT in post #164 in this thread. LOL
Mary is it? That was an everloving GREAT story. I felt like I was almost there. Do you have any more where that one came from, perhaps even longer?
Rick: "Rumor on the street"? You'd be surprised at all the "rumors" that got back to me about my own cars. :) Ah yes, the infamous 950 CFM...
Rick: That '75 Nova was almost a brand new car back in those days. It was a rectangular port 454 LS6. I know because I bought the engine out of...
To All: This is a street race contract I made up years ago. I thought everybody would get a kick out of it, well maybe not everybody but enough to...
It's too hot It's too cold There's no lot I'm too old Sexagenarian Armchair "Cruiser" Song I know because I ARE one. :)
Groucho: Ah yes, the Gray '82 Big Block Camaro, a fun car. When leaving hard with the 13" wide slicks it would twist the (non sub-frame...
Groucho: You mean "our" '67 Camaro. :) It was a big hit in the Las Vegas street racing scene when I moved there. With the 13" slicks off the...
Groucho: Yeah, I remember that one. Steve Johnson sure was a back-seat driver. After the cops started chasing us he got REALLY hyper, yelling...
Rick: I remember going to see Chuck's Chevelle with you. I believe it ran a tunnel-ram. Not all THAT common in "street" cars in that time...
Concerning helicopters, I remember this one time while racing someone that a helicopter showed up while we were at the big end of Saticoy and...
Groucho: Max was one of those perfectionists. I've been to his house a couple of times. And at one time period he had this Big Block silver...
Groucho: I remember when the two Dave's raced. Dave Kablouski(?) in his Duster (trailered car - not streetable), and Dave Vickerman in a Nova or...
Clik: I've not found that to be the case. With the caveat "everything else being equal". With similar car weights, comparable street tires,...
Z: That's quite the cryptic handle you have there. :) Heh Yeah, I've had the appellation of "Crazy" applied to me more than a few times....
Boones: That's a good question, and I'm sure there would be as many different perspectives and answers as people responding. Let's see if I can...
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