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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by BLACK STUDE, May 13, 2021.

  1. BLACK STUDE
    Joined: Jan 30, 2014
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    What would cause this type of damage to my license plate on my stude? IMG_20210513_110448933_HDR.jpg
     
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  2. squirrel
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    You need to oil the clutch disc
     
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  3. Run over a doberman did ya ...
     
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  4. uncleandy 65
    Joined: Jan 14, 2013
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    Quit doing wheelies in the driveway.
     
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  5. 1971BB427
    Joined: Mar 6, 2010
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    from Oregon

    Somebody looking for the gas cap to fill it?
     
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  6. Petejoe
    Joined: Nov 27, 2002
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    Looks like something slid under the car.
    Your lucky that’s all the damage you got.
     
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  7. Doublepumper
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    from WA-OR, USA

    Leave it. It'll just get bent again:cool:
     
  8. spanners
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    Lack of wheelie bars?
     
  9. nochop
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    from norcal

    Needs a cool hamb license plate frame, for reinforcement purposes
     
  10. Joe Blow
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    Someone with no screwdriver who wanted a vintage Texas plate.....but you do need a wheelie bar, that was almost vertical.
     
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  11. hotrodjack33
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    It's extremely vain (vanity plate) and wanted to see it's reflection in the bumper chrome.
     
  12. roundvalley
    Joined: Apr 10, 2005
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    Studebakers do that. It is in the genes like diarrhea!
     
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  13. looks like the front wheels were pointed at the sky, it's kinda like the old domino effect. HRP
     
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  14. LOU WELLS
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    Reverse Flow Capacitor Flux....Very Common In "...South Bend"....
     
  15. egads
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    Way too much power:eek::eek::)
     
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  16. GTS225
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    Come out of a drive that had a rather sharp drop angle?

    Straddle a dead critter in the middle of the lane?

    Roger
     
  17. Mr48chev
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    OH damn, if you can't figure that one out on your own you deserve the ration of crap the guys are giving you.,
    Suggestion, get one of those spring loaded flip down license plate holders off a car with a gas filler in the middle of the back and flip it over so it flips up rather than down and mount your plate to it so when you drag it over the hump in the middle of the driveway it flips up rather than bends the plate.
    Actually anything you drove over including a tumbleweed in the road could have bent it. No blood or fur on the back side from road kill?
     
  18. donsz
    Joined: Nov 23, 2010
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    Old style car washes sometimes did that.
     
  19. Black Panther
    Joined: Jan 6, 2010
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    from SoCal

    You went out a driveway and it caught the plate..
     
  20. clem
    Joined: Dec 20, 2006
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    One of your neighbours doesn’t like your car and is messing with your head........

    ps, - you have left your kill switch on.......
     
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  21. blowby
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    Mexican food
     
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  22. I’m pretty sure he knows what bent it, look closer at the car.
    I’m jealous.
     
  23. BLACK STUDE
    Joined: Jan 30, 2014
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    I knew you guys would be good for some hilarious responses. I'm at the OT GS Nationals in Bowling Green. Testing my new converter and things kinda went awry, stood it on the bumper. Scared the crap outta me. Made a sane pass later and went 10.25/131. It's amazing what having the right converter will do. Car picked up .25 sec. and 6 mph. Soon as I have a picture or the vid I'll get it put up. And again you guys were good for some classic responses.
     
  24. BLACK STUDE
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    OK, here goes. Oh look at the pretty clouds... And that's on 9" slicks and caltracs. 24627~2.jpeg
     
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  25. Johnny Gee
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    I forgot to pull it back down after flipping Tom off.
    [​IMG]
     
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  26. Hemi Joel
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    from Minnesota

    Awesome Kodak moment. Was it damaged upon re-entry to the atmosphere?
     
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  27. Atwater Mike
    Joined: May 31, 2002
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    Caltracs! Just read a long stream about Caltracs & bellcranks. Wow...What a bite!
    License plate sound reason not to use Caltracs on street cars...
     
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  28. BLACK STUDE
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    Might have collapsed the front springs a bit. It sits a bit nose down and squashed my drip pan a bit. But looked it over good, and have made two 131 mph passes since and it still goes like a Sunday drive. Leave just off idle and it pulls the wheels about a foot and carries them about 30 ft. Things went to hell when I stalled it up to 3500 and cut it loose. Note to self, DON'T LOAD CONVERTER!
     
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  29. trollst
    Joined: Jan 27, 2012
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    Cmon there showoff, there's cheaper and easier ways to bend a plate....
     
  30. cfmvw
    Joined: Aug 24, 2015
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    That's what a high performance sheet metal brake will do for you!
     
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