Tim W. SoCal

that don't explode

"Done with it, FINALLY, and it is GORGEOUS!" he exclaimed when he finished his latest highly detailed large scale model car project.

"Then There Were Three" is a record album by the band Genesis which was released in 1978 and included the song "Follow You, Follow Me" which was sung at my first wedding by one of my first wife's best friends.

but the glasses

Hacker name of Thacker was quite the princely slacker, he couldn't find a backer to mass produce his clacker with which he broke his one Ritz cracker and his old GPS tracker 'cause he couldn't help them pack her.

while they pinch

Horses are handy but there's nothing like a twenty mule team to pull a heavy load.

illicit secret ingredients

It has invaded San Diego also...

"Example" is a hard word for my unproductive brain to start a sentence with right now, so hopefully someone else can be more creative.

and is going

"The first use of a parachute in a hot rodding application came in 1958 when racer Abe Carson contracted chute engineer Jim Deist to adapt a chute to the flathead powered Hartman and Carson dragster.” https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/drag-racing-firsts.1091352/page-2

under every doily

"About how much are you planning to spend on model cars this month?" I was asked, "Less than I spent in a month on alcohol, cigarettes and throwing wild parties when I was in my late twenties!" was my come back.

distributed by Chong

Overseas built Anglias and Thames Panel Vans are two of my favorite vintage Gasser bodies, as well as that of the Fiat Topolino.

to get the

At the beginning of my career I worked at a Montgomery Ward Auto Center here in Southern California. ALL of the department parts inventory was structured and controlled by the corporate bosses in the Chicago headquarters. We were forced to carry a full line of exhaust system parts, headpipes, mufflers and tail pipes. We were always in trouble, as were all of the southwestern states stores, because we never sold enough of these the meet their quota. They never seemed to be able to figure out that where it doesn't snow exhaust systems tend to last pretty much forever...

by model builders

Rear wheel drive cars with powerful V8 engines in the front have always been, to me, the most fun to drive and use to burn up the road.

to get that

Then there's shipping via UPS, FedEx and USPS

Curb feelers, or "curb ticklers" were once a very popular aftermarket accessory that clamped onto the the lower right side front and rear of the rocker panel of passenger cars.

says Grim Reaper

Heard words in my head right now are "Jello Salads used to have a large assortment of variations, but are now no longer popular."