Joe Handley

Wonder if that was cob-bled together?

I upgraded right around the New Year since my old laptop died right before Christmas and my employer keeps trying to update the desktops we use, but it's been such a disaster at other offices that my office hasn't made the change yet.

It is amazing what that simple little platform is capable of, on and off road. Seen them set up as rally cars, LeMons racers, even a GrassRoots Motorsports $20-- Challenge winner! Uhg, they ruined both a YJ Wrangler AND a 911 Targa for that?!

Wow, considering what you started with, that is amazing!

They dominated with them too, best part though, other than being a tube axle vs a D30, they just worked over the same front suspension our XJs use to do this!

That would be wild, too bad there's no way to build that and have it be 4wd though. A 2wd front axle would need to be like a dropped axle for a Pre-WW2 Ford and a D30 or D44 on a 4wd would try and occupy the same spaces as the oil pan and "frame rails". All that said, a XJ with a 360 from either AMC or Chrysler that is built to make that kind of power and corner like the Archer Brothers' Comanches would be just crazy! And for those not familiar with the SCCA Sport Truck class and what an Archer Brothers Comanche is.......

I was not aware of that, thanks!

Saw on the news i the last couple weeks that there's a community that is planning to cull some here and has some of their residents up in arms over it. I get the whole guns in a park thing and "Ehmigerd Bambi's Mother?!", but I wonder how many may have had to deal with Lime Disease or hit one with a car.

That slanted grill explains a lot, I always thought it was a box art issue, not intended to look like that!

That's the reason I haven't parked my 200 in one yet, only idiot proof way to tell it's flex fuel is to open the gas door and look at the yellow Flex Fuel models specific gas cap. Only other way to tell on the '12-'14 200 and Avenger is to look for the dual tip muffler like mine has, which also is the only way to tell which ones have the 283hp 3.6l V-6 and 6 speed auto vs the 170hp 2.4l no matter which trans it has It's basically the same idea as Handicap, Expecting Mother, and Military Vet parking, but for those of us that have bought electric, hybrid, flex fuel, or dual fuel vehicles. If you pay attention to what's on the road, there have been a good number of flex fuel cars and trucks made and with the exception of some years and models of Mopars, most will be badged as such and should (keyword there) be ok to park in these spots. Hybrids and Electrics are usually pretty obvious as well, only ones that would be tricky is Dual Fuel, which is normally CNG since they don't look any different from their gas only or flex fuel siblings and would require a decal or badge to make it obvious that they can run CNG.

I just remembered the Mid Engine Corvette Test Mule that has been forgotten in all the C8 Hubub! It's both Mid-Rear and Front-Front to see if 2 V6s would be a viable alternative to V8 power if those had to go away. Probably made a decent Fiero mule too

Not gonna lie, I was thinking a variation of this....

Hmmmmmm, I wondered about this.....I can park my 200 in the Green Vehicle spots after all! If anybody questions me on it, pop open the gas cap and let them take a whiff of corn liquor

It was definately a forehead smacker when I realized it yesterday Luckily I have another whole rod to work with if needed!

They're getting it ready to leave for Iowa this morning, already heard the whistle a couple times getting ready for work and I'm a half a mile away!

Will do, although I'm going to have to redo that exhaust I bent up, I tagged the president of the local Shelby Dodge Autombile Club on Instagram for some more help, this time on I.D.ing the odd kit exhaust arrangement and he's never seen that set up on any locally owned Turbo K-Cars he's been under either, and pointed out the cat is too far back as it should be in the part where the floor hump widens out right behind the firewall.........somehow I completely missed that, although he still has his '88 Shelby Z while my '85 Lebaron GTS and '88 Shadow ES are long gone......I can use that as an excuse, right?

Haven't had the chance to sand the filler yet, but I did do a little exhaust work on it The factory exhaust is above and a bit off unless that's a California specific system, where was MPC working out of when they would have developed this kit for the '84 Model Year? Below is the cat back portion......backpressure will not be a problem here Next up, a little weight reduction was started Saturday night too.

This Big Boy is in town this weekend, with Dad being a retired railroader, I've spent a good bit of time around trains, but this monster couldn't be more accurately named Then here is one of the pictures I shot on Friday from the Metra Station on the other side of the Tracks to the north of this lot.

Different "Road", but still impressive What appears to be a small white van near the front is one of ABC7 Chicago's Nissan Titan based high roof NV cargo vans and is probably a good 8-10ft tall without the transmitter equipment on the roof yet looks like a minivan next to UP4014

This might have been before the deductable was met, or they flat out refused, but did talk them down on the costs That it is, they did still cover $35k of the total bill though

Found an article on it! https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-08-31-9708310116-story.html

They'll probably excell on limited access roadways with minimal traffic signals and pedestrians and more consistant speeds. Come to think of it, I think GM was playing with that exact concept from post WW2 into the 90's and even set up some MI highways with transponders their development cars could read!

Not sure if it's just the drivers around here or what, but I'm already almost more willing to share the roads with those than I am normal drivers

Well, this hospital stay is the gift that keeps on giving, just got another bill for all the labs that apparently my insurer didn't cover, adding another $447.20, on top the $447.80 I have paid for and the $4899.62 I haven't touched yet. Comes to a full balance of $5794.62.........

Wow