racinbob
RacinBob
racinbob

Small world but a friend was born to a mother in an iron lung. She got Polio before his birth in 1955. Just before the vaccine was widespread.

correction 6' 8" wide.

Ha - 65 Olds 98. 8 foot wide, and lots of fun on a 11' wide 2 lane highway lane .

You missed the best part. Tour it with street view! LINK

Yep, it is a horror story. But, other than the schadenfreude benefit, what is this topic worth?

The line backer never let up. I hope the Packer defense notices this and exacts a penalty on the Viking offence.

I was curious about the damage as it appears to be in areas not often hit or easily fixed. Reminds me of a recent Vette that got totalled after hitting a piece of steel with it’s underbody......

Because there are people out there with $117k in their checking accounts who say why not?

Nice writeup and I appreciate the brilliant engineering. But thinking about the injection and sensor complexity plus supercharging needed to pull it off, is this the desperate last gasp of internal combustion?

Say what you want, but it is a heck of a truck. The 3.9 has variable valve timing which means lots of torque. It’s beam axle, means it will tow a 400o pound trailer and say stable. It’s rigid body means no creaks even with 600 pounds tongue weight. It’s 4 speed transmission doesn’t hunt between gears and will tow all

Good sign, the master cylinder looks to be new.

Absolutely worth it as long as it was owned by an enthusiast that cared for it. Note, though, this is not an everyday car. it is 32 year old weekend car. Also, you might as well plan on changing the clutch slave, master and brake master and calipers as rubber does not last forever (I know) . But as long as you have

Picture tells it all. Where do you put 2 feet of water?!

Hyundai is one lucky hombre. He hit the truck’s rear wheels. Hat he hit 6' further back, there would have been another convertible in the world.....

Its not as intuitive but the features I use seem to be in paint 3d.

Amen, comment of the day. Sadly common in many businesses.....

Wheel studs sheared? - Because loose wheel nuts....

Red flag means race over, get back to the pits. A reason for that rule is if you are slowly rolling away from the incident, it makes it clear to the safety crew that you don’t have a problem. Saving the attention of the safety crew for people that do have a problem. The Baker car demonstrates the appropriate