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I know I'm really gonna catch it here, but I always liked the looks of the 392 better.

Red Baron........followed up by the Beer Wagon.

Hey Tim.......you can solve I problem I’ve been facing for a long time: where did you get those numbers? I’ve been trying to find outlined gold leaf or silver leaf numbers for eons!

Ah yes.......wiping out lobes on a solid lifter camshaft. Know the problem well! My experience has been having it occur on initial start-up, right after a rebuild or new cam installation. Seems like if you can get past the first 10 minutes, you’re in the clear. Hemmings posted an article a little ways back. Seems that they attribute the problem to the way that motor oil is now formulated. Supposedly, it’s different then “back in the day”. Of course, Hemmings is now selling their own motor oil, so take that into consideration.

..........Saturday, April 27th? Are you setting up a table? If so, perhaps I'll stop bye and drop some coin on ya........LOL!!!!

Bob.......I've got about a 45 minute drive up to NNL East next weekend. Maybe see you there?

I don't think Plastruct brick patterns would be the way to go. Those Texaco stations, as pictured, were covered 100% in rather large porcelain panels. Smooth and glossy, they made it EZ to hose down and keep clean.

If you're staying at relatively the same RPM, i.e. circle track, I'm going with a carb. If you are varying the RPM, i.e. street/strip, I'm going with fuel injection.

Gary.......it’s funny the stuff you recall when you get old! I can’t remember what I had for lunch today, but daily, I have these worthless, non sequitur tidbits of information I picked up over the years pop into my head...........LOLOL!!!!!!!!

Specifically, say, a model from 1969 to 1975. I see that today, examples in primo condition are going for +$15,000. What was your opinion of the bike? Speed? Handling? Build quality?

And, by the way, that “Win This Car” give away was for real! That speed shop REALLY DID give away a full blown nitro funny car!

In 1981, I graduated college. A buddy and I moved into an apartment in what most people would charitably call the “wrong” side of town. Nothing but on street parking. He had a 1974 Cutlass. Ya couldn’t put anything in the trunk because the floor was half gone along with the bottom of the quarters. Anyway, my roomy hung a big Mr. T air freshener from the interior rear view mirror. None of the brothers ever messed with it!

That Grand Am has pretty much the same interior/dash as that Grand Prix pictured.

I second that. Ken Veney ran alcohol.

Nice one Bob!!!! Love the radiator work.

Been thinking about the same thing......”Downsizing” that is. I have a 4 door Ram with an 8 foot bed. Large does not begin to describe it. It has served me well. However, I sold my enclosed car trailer along with the boat. No need to haul around sheetrock and 2x4’s anymore. I DO have a need to pick up an engine block, mounted racing tires, or a fender now and then. I started giving a good deal of thought to those new little Ford Mavericks. Took one for a test drive and I liked it! Did I pull the pin and make the swap? No, I did not. What was the major overriding concern that stopped me? Cannot get the Maverick with a bench seat. The dog is not able to fit his fat butt in a bucket. Forget about having him ride in the back seat vs shotgun. He would have NO PART of that!

I'm gonna finance my next trip to the Continent by swallowing a handful of plated metric cap screws and see if I can get past customs!

Well, you can forget about 1:1 crank journal repair.

I LIKE IT!! I've had the same problem. How about a paper towel or paper napkin to provide a little cushion? Just a thought.......

Building MODIFIEDS!!!!.........a man after my own heart!

Yup, that’s a Marx!

This is going out to everyone who was a kid in the late ‘50’s/early ‘60’s.......I had a tin Marx Service Station, the one with the inside ramp and “parking” on the roof. Bring out my Matchbox cars and that thing would keep this drooling kid occupied for hours! Anyway, I go away to college, and by then my Service Station was packed away in the basement. You guessed it.....in a cleaning frenzy, Pop threw it out (along with my H.O. Trains, a slew of 1:1 ‘55 Chevy parts and a primo 1949 Merc sun visor). A day that will live in infamy! Anyway, just want to know if you also had the pleasure of a Marx garage. Time marches on, so whatever happened to it?

Meanwhile, on March 21st, the Battleship New Jersey (BB-62) will be going into dry dock for $10 million in maintenance/repairs. She will be towed down the Delaware River a few miles from her berth in Camden NJ to the Philadelphia Naval Yard. In a fund raising effort, you can pay a couple of hundred dollars to ride on her as she is moved downriver.

If you’re gonna smoke the tires, at least use the Line Loc.........LOL!!!!!!?

In school, I rigged up a “special” binder where I could read my Hot Rod and Car Craft in class without the teacher noticing, and therefore confiscating them.