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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Dog427435, Dec 18, 2009.

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  1. empire
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  2. fremont rugrat
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    I'm all for "Freedom of Expression", but it is really nice to see someone that pretty, wearing a nice dress, an hour glass figure (note the waistline) without tattoos or body pearcings.

     
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    I'm with you Checkerwagon! Doesn't fit at all!
     
  4. mart3406
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    Total B.S. The story is a hoax and the
    pic is a fake. Now, can we please get
    back on topic and stay away from
    the political propaganda crap....before
    the moderators step and kill this
    thread???

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  5. jimi'shemi291
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    Yup, not the kind of straight-forward material you have posted in the past. We just need to stay away from religion, politics and drama. Well-meant commentary is usually okay, but copying lengthy material from an unnamed source doesn't seem to fit, even on this eclectic thread, IMO. Wrong forum. (Hey, I was surprised to find that talking about Cassius Clay caused a potitical firestorm, so I got an education about where the line is. Let's all get along.)
     
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    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SWI's comment of 12/14/09 on another thread: The best Review ever about the Tucker came from the Late Tom McCahill in the pages of Mechanics Illustrated. I beleive it was the August 1948 issue where he flogged a Tucker, and loved it! Said it would set the US auto industry on its ear. Sometime about 1971 he re-tested the Tucker and still raved about it. One of his favorite cars he ever tested.

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    Tom McCahill tests the new Tucker car, August 1948 issue. Photo from one of FlickR member Alden Jewell's many enjoyable catalogs!


    You have to have strong kidneys, even now, to read some of Uncle Tom's choicest observations -- either that or keep extra underwear handy. I don't have any ONE favorite, but he could compliment a car with measured class, or he could shower praise -- either of which manufacturers would have appreciated. Or, he could make company people wanna crawl under the nearest rock.

    For example, Tom said the little Continental-engined four-banger of Buffalo possessed take-off performance "like the snap of a rubber band." But when he road-tested a '48 straight-eight Olds 98, he observed that stepping on the accelerator was "like stepping on a wet sponge." LOL!!! He compared a certain Jaguar's heater to "an old lady breathing on your leg." He was enthusiastic about the advent of wider 60-series tire tread, commenting: "You couldn&#8217;t put more rubber on the road if you ran over a fat cop in a rain poncho.&#8221;

    Most people enjoyed McCahill, though he had detractors, plus a known bias toward Chrysler letter cars. I think his "McCahillisms," as they've come to be known, really threw gasoline on the American horsepower race in the '50s. And where high-performance had once been assessed by the flying mile and hill-climbs, Tom made "Zero-to-60" times -- and by reflex, the quarter -- contemporary benchmarks. He also coined the term "idiot lights."
     
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    </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>1959 Bud ad
     
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    Internment camp in Utah
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  10. jimi'shemi291
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    Carroll Shelby was Sports Illustrated 's Driver of the Year"
    in 1956 and 1957. A little later, he came to be known by
    his credo: "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow's a mystery.
    We live for today." I imagine that Bob Burman and Gaston
    Chevrolet might have LIKED this guy!

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    Gaston Chevrolet, June 19, 1920, at Tacoma, Washington. This champion
    racer would die at 28 winning the AAA national championship in October.
    Photo thanks to Wikipedia.

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    Colorized pic of Bob Burman in 1911, probably at the wheel of a Cutting. Driving a Peugeot,
    he was killed in April 1916 in Corona, CA, along with his mechanic and several bystanders.
    According Wikipedia, friends Barney Oldfield and Harry Miller joined forces to build a race
    car that incorporated a roll cage inside a streamlined driver's compartment that completely
    enclosed the driver. It was called the Golden Submarine. Burman was 31 years old. Photo
    thanks to the FlickR community. In case it isn't supported here, there's the original photo in
    B&W, as well.

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    Photo via WikiMedia, from the George Grantham Collection at the U.S. Library of Congress. A sincere THANK YOU!
     

  11. Well, all I can tell you is that an A.S.U. professor lived there when that photo was taken, the house was restored in 1990 and now is maintained by the Tempe Historical Museum. Someone better let them know... :rolleyes:
     
  12. Tucker Fan 48
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    This is Tucker #1002. You'll notice the front bumper is tucked in a little closer to the front end then it is on Tuckers #1003 - #1050. They found the center headlight stuck out beyond the front bumper so they added a small extension piece between the bumper and the front end.

    Tucker #1002 was actually on the site when McCahill retested the Tucker in 1971 but was in need of paint so they chose Tucker #1014 for the retest.
     
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    x 2
     
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    amen!
     
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    I count three that didn't:

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    I see 4 that did not make it. :(
     
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    Four - Elvis, Jim, Jimi, and Janis. Lennon made it, but not much longer...
     
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    Correct, Lennon December 1980.
     
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    As another HAMBer pointed out, cellophane (a cellulose-based thin, transparent sheet material) was available in large dimensions and used in food packaging, etc. and could have easily been used in 1934 for the photo in question. Polyethylene sheet or wrap was not commonly available until the early 1940's. I still think that the photo was shot in '34, but what do I know......
     
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    "Washington Bus Strike 1974"[​IMG]
     
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    Ha,ha. Beat me to it. We roast or Thanksgiving Turkey in a roaster like that out on the patio to free up the oven for other things.[/QUOTE]
    Yes but do you have the matching white tin cabinet that exactly fit the roaster? there was one shaped to the same size and shape as the roaster base. The roaster fit right into the 2 inch deep pocket on the top and there was a tin door on the front with a couple shelves inside for utensils etc. We have 4 of these roasters my mom and now my sister did a lot of cooking for church suppers and church groups.
     
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    How about an update?
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    Without a transplant David Crosby would be gone too.
     
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