There WAS (sadly past tense) a great indoor track in Ct for a brief time. They had a motocross track and a dirt oval. They called it a 1/4 mile-but it was more like a 1/5. They ran in the winter so it was everyone’s off season. They claimed the place was heated-but I never felt it. (Try standing around between races…
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If it wasn’t an advantage, it wouldn’t in the rules-nor would teams push it close to - and over the limit.
Next stop-the Chili Bowl? ( I hope?)
No-they were union. They were paid to slap together cars-not have judgement
Back in 1978 (long before “quality is job one”) I toured the GM assembly plant in Framingham ,Ma. The weird notchback Buicks +Olds would roll down the line-at the end the car went on a set of rollers. The guy would start the car + drop it in gear within 5 seconds he’d be up to 30mph. Then tromp on it up to 60. Let it…
It got so bad that the couldn’t turn the cars to get them in+ out of the garage! They had to get a jack under the rear to move them around.
I’m willing to bet that even though they managed to install those lights all by themselves, they still bring it to a dealership for service work. And they never gave one fucking thought about how to pull a wheel-fork or saddlebag off with a stupid bag of snakes wiring job done entirely with blue crimp connectors or…
I dunno. Where a video of him banging his head on the door might be funny the first 100 times, you know- surer than shit- he’d do again and again-in every one.
The old days-carbs dumping gas-same amount warm or cold (washing oil off the cylinders)-cast iron rings-rough cylinders-poor machining—break ins mattered. The last bit of machining is parts rubbing against other parts.
I spilled Taco Bell on my seats-and it didn’t show.
2nd pic=Oh-ok. That make sense now. Duh.
Ok-how many people looked at the first pic and thought you threw your leg over the surfboard?
What ever you buy, BUY IT AT AN AUCTION. Tell us what its like to do the whole Barrett Jackson thing.
Thats what I was thinking. Buy something for $40k—and buy a 59 Rambler-62 Lincoln-49 Stude—something along these lines-for $10k.
Morgan 3 wheeler was my first choice-but this would be more realistic. I likey.
Came here to post this. You get my star.
Actually, there is a couple of steps missing in the lineage. It was painted dove gray by the family-and then it was repainted back to the mural for a show about Janis.
Shitty parts you can get are better than shitty parts you can’t.
But does anyone buy a combine as a fashion statement?