random things you remember.

The whole damned theme song to My Mother the Car.

 

Pull the shop rag out of the intake manifold beforw bolting on the carb.

 

$847.63 Maggie Simpson costs that much.

 

Beer before whiskey mighty risky

Whiskey before beer your in the clear

Learned the hard way

 

All the words to the "green acres" theme song. And I know this for absolutely no reason! My girlfriend says my brain is so full of worthless trivia and old car locations that I'm basically non functional in the real world... She might be right!

 

turn your head to the right and cough.

 

It was yesterday, your senile.

 

Or you are dealing with a 70 Dodge Coronet. My buddy years ago twisted a 4 way lug wrench around once trying to loosen the "left turning lugs" that even he as a Mopar man didnt realize.

 

1965 TO 1972 when a timing gear and chain set fail on a Pontiac v-8 you need p/n's
483047 cam gear, 532993 timing chain, 9775217 timing cover gasket kit and 9794125 oil pan gasket set. This is all from my days in a Pontiac dealership circa 1971-1972

We did so many of these under warranty it's permanantly burned into my brain.

 

Farts DO NOT have lumps.

 

getting pulled over one Saturday nite, while out looking for street races.. Cop lets me go I literally turn the corner that I was 10 yards from when I got pulled over the first time and get pulled over again..

 

Purolator PER 1A Ford V8 55 up and Volvo B18-B23 oilfilter
33 the number on my locker when i worked as airforce mecanik
BJB 287 the registration number on my first motorcycle
15700033 number of Model T produced

 

I remember when employers closed down shop at 5pm Monday through Friday, had even shorter hours on Saturdays and were just plain closed on Sundays.

 

Her birthday and wedding anniversary.

 

The 25 cent condom dispenser at the Glo-Co station on Lancaster Avenue.

The outside 24 hour bottled coke machine in front of the same gas station. A bottle of 7-up cut the bugs on the windsheild better than anything. Some ***holes started robbing the machine in the late 70's so the station owner moved it inside.

Coke bottles rattling in the back floorboard when making quick sharp turns.

Nearly having a stroke when regular gas hit the 50 cent mark.