Ashley P

That stinks. I'm glad they're OK. My coworker is a first responder who brags on late model cars vs cars like these. Air bags and shoulder harnesses and padded interior is much better. Brake upgrades to dual piston master cylinders are the first thing to do to a car older than 1968 or so. I've been in a buddy's car what had NO BRAKES as I came to a tee intersection where I was supposed to stop. Thankfully I had a been field to steer into. Other cars were freaking out, but nobody collided.

Saturday I worked on a 68 Camaro, 350/4 speed. The owner is 68 years old and parked the car in his attached garage in....... 2003. At work we call him Tim Conway because he's got a little of that look and dry and sarcastic humor. (He's also an electrician who can help me over my next house hurdle. I've been trying to get him to trade labor with me and I took the initiative and just told him when I'd be there.) Lately he'd installed a nice aluminum radiator, cleaned and painted the engine, and blew old gas out of the tank. He had new parts: Edlebrock carb, hoses, plugs....but he lacked the motoivation. I helped mount the fan shroud, got hoses on, put on the carb, got a donor battery on it and cranked it over to check for spark. It had none. Diagnosed no continuity at the POINTS. Points, kids, it has points! I sanded them and got then working, added some fuel to the carb bowls and after 3 times of that it has oiled all rockers, and sounded smooth. We blew some clean fuel through the tank and it came out looking respectable. Time for more fuel hose and a filter. He is so mild mannered that either hitting his finger with a hammer or winning the lottery would barely change his emotions, and he acted a little encouraged by the progress. That was BIG. Best news, his wife was motivated. She said "time to $!&& or get off the pot!" meaning he needs to spend some money and finish it.

^ Variable cam timing on those engines? That'd be the best way to have your compression "cake and eat it too".

Too bad current school kids have more info on "gender studies". Happy 4th!

How about "If you can read this, congrats on prying from my cold, dead fingers"?

^ Do I get 1/2 the money? (I picked up one of them. It was nice and light.)

What's almost as fast as 1985ish model rednecks in W. KY? These guys.

So googlin' tells me a Q Tarantino "rewrote" a Bible verse? Is he kin to the dude who said "God can't sink the Titanic."? What do I think? None of that's what I want on a gun, but you can still bring it to my house to shoot.

RIP "Woody" Williams. The....last....one....from WWII. https://www.yahoo.com/news/last-remaining-wwii-medal-honor-154734605.html Go here and read some stories. Gary Wetzel is a good one. Arm shot off and he picked himself up and got back to his gun. 4000 Emoji choices now but the US flag raising isn't on of 'em. Commies.

Hope you mend soon. I recommend NOT sitting around, but staying active. Vitamin D also. I took Ivermectin (since we had some for the horse). We all had it August of 21 and haven't thought about it since, even though there are people around here still getting it (again in some cases).

A Shebby with those tires?? That lil engine can't turn those...without 1 to 2" of snow cover.

Tino! What's up? How ya doing?

"Clutches forever! Man pedal FTW!" ? Probably not.... μολὼν λαβέ with the Gadsden flag?

But as much as I agree that some things are not in the Constitution and thus are state's rights issues, I wonder what some "leftist" states will do now. Speculation?

Who needs fuel when you can have dust injection! Now to save this summer's grass clippings and sweep out the neighbor's grain bins. *evil laugh* Burns "sand dust"? So the Arabs STILL have the advantage?? https://www.sugimat.com/en/products/dust-injection/

Why change perception with facts when you can use slight of hand change the word. https://www.westkentuckystar.com/News/Local-Regional/From-carp-to-copi-unpopular-fish-getting-a-makeove

I had a customer a year or so ago tell me the opposite. He claimed that there was very little demand for electricity compared to a couple decades ago, all because of the massive decrease in industrial output.

Not just gas, but oil too. 4 qts 10/30, a shot of STP, and a Wix filter was about $36. When I started at the dealership a complete 5 quart change with Delco filter was about $19. That includes labor.

I'd love to put my manual up against new 8 or 10 speed autos. Maybe some day. Regarding computers vs manual. inputs....this week I was "run off the road" by a chevy truck which came out from behind a vehicle and into my lane right in front of me. I had time to flash the headlights twice, but by the second flash my brain knew that our trajectories would collide and I was steering off the road and calculating how bad the ditch then embankment would tear up the car, but there were no trees, abutments, or poles to hit so it was the better option. I heard my tires squealing from the combination of (about) 85% braking and 95% right turn (I was probably dragging the right rear). But as the right front tire was about 2" off the road, I was recalculating trajectories....the Chevy was straightening up (1/2 in my lane) and we'd clear if I could stay 1/2 on the road. So I went hard left. The back end whipped around and and I was steering right as we met. Probably a foot between us. My left rear was probably the squeal I heard. So we missed. I'm not typing 1/10 of what my brain processed or my body did. I'm no Mario Andretti, and I know that good stabiltiy control would have helped me not skid those rear tires as the body rolled. But I don't trust a thousand smart engineers to build a car to automatically do what I did. Same thing with manually controlling spinning tires on launch. And not spinning too bad on a quick upshift. A car is a lot like a musical instrument. IF you have "the ear", and learn the instrument, it makes wonderful music.

I'd bet "not always".

wikistupida says it's 382 hp at 5000-6500 rpm. Maybe crank hp is 382 at 5000 with more as you rev?

Man, give us couch potatoes some pics of the cool stuff that comes out! "More fun" would be driving a beater with gas at $1.25.

She said the administration feels it's in a position to do something about inflation. That's kinda like a firefighter standing in the middle of a house fire that he set. Perfect position.