Folks Of Interest Funny reaction from a tire store guy.

A local gent I know has a 50K$$$$$ New truck that he drives daily primarly because his "restored collector" late 60's Mustang is "too valuable" to drive on a regular basis. The enclosed trailer he hauls the Mustang in probably cost him more than what the current value of the Mustang is. 15K car with a 70 K rig to haul it with.

I've got a buddy who is making big payments on a 2000 something Silverado and he can't understand how I can drive a 71 GMC as a daily driver and told me that my 3/4 ton GMC wasn't heavy duty enough to tow my boat. I told him that if his fancy truck broke down he could call me and I would come haul his truck home for him, no problem.

 

I needed tires for my s-10. I have 14" in the front and 15" in the rear. I went to Wal-Mart and they wouldn't install the tires because of the difference. WTF?

 

This kind of thing is mostly because of liability, some damn many people have gotten law suit happy anymore this is how they try to cover their ***es.

 

Ha . Ueha it reminds me of when you have your car parked outside of a store or something and people see you get in and ask, '' man, Does that thing even run?''
No you idiot I pished it here.

 

I drove my '50 GMC last summer to Minneapolis and back via San Francisco and Calgary Canada . . . 6300+ miles. Got it home, washed the bugs off and then drove to a local show and a guy asks me "Do you ever drive that anywhere besides local shows?" - I say "sometimes"

Driving it makes ownership a lot more fun and all the work you do on it more rewarding.

 

Easy does it there guy...... Some of the folks on here work for the big three...

 

And they all say "where are the seat belts?",,,what if you have an accident?,,,well i tell them that i dont intend to have one ,,,,

 

**** man!? In South Dakota? Must be a Sioux Falls thing. Out here in Rapid City I have never had that happen.............

 

Cars are meant to be driven. Otherwise, what the hell's the use? I always used to get "THAT'S your car?" when I had my '66 Cutl***, '71 Charger, '67 Impala, and still get it with my '67 Fury. I really don't get why it's so strange to others that I use a motor vehicle for it's intended purpose!

 

Most people can't grasp it when you drive an older car, but most of them wouldn't give a second thought to getting into a 40 year old airplane and flying cross country. Go figure.

 

Lost a rear U joint the other day on my OT pickup. Everyone asked "you broke down?!-WHAT did you DO!?!"

I fixed it.

Isn't that what's supposed to happen when something is broken?

Fortunately, even at my young age, enough racing and wheeling has taught me that a spare U joint, straps, and depending on the car a couple of other choice spares aren't a bad idea...not to mention-I carry the essentials tool wise to at least rig something "good enough" on the side of the road if needed.

 

The parts counter guys in the big chain parts stores always ask me what model /year car my small block is in when I ask for engine stuff. If I tell them it's in a '62 Studebaker they are lost. They always look up parts by the car moodel/year. I've learned to tell them it's a '66 Impala (I have a '66 327). Years ago I had an old Cabin cruiser that had twin 'Fireball' v/8s (327 AMC engines) and the parts counter guys (usually young kids) would tell me "a 327 is a Chevy engine, not an AMC". Oh well...

 

Aren't those AMC 327s (prior to the Jeeps actually using GM small blocks for a bit) from Packard roots? I know that the oiling is pretty similiar to the SBC, but the 327 is essentially a bored 287, if I remember correctly. All of the "first gen" AMC v8s shared the same external size right-the way to tell them apart was the disp was cast into them on the back somewhere? Someone want to school me to make sure I have my thinking straight?

 

Funny AND sad at the same time.

 

A friend of my daughters was over Saturday for a parade, someone was saying they had just purchased a Gutl*** for their 16 year old. Her remark was "what is he going to do in the winter, you can't go anywhere without a front wheel drive or 4x4."
Yeah right, I really like to drive around those Idiots in the winter with my old peek-up.

 

The AMC v8's are their own design. About the only thing a 327 AMC shares with a Packard 352 is the bore and lifter size. I think a 327 is actually a larger 250 v8. They both started production sometime in 1956. The 287 came out early 60's maybe? I am not sure if the displacement was cast into those early engines, it was in later engines though.

 

dont bash on the young guys. I am one and applaud him driving the falcon everyday. I am currently looking for a car like that to drive to my job everyday. and i started with the fast and furious cars- now I am getting older and so are my cars.

 

Thanks for that info. I knew that AMC and Packard had some loose parts sharing agreements (probably similiar to the later agreement where Ford parts were used on some motors), and couldn't remember who did the R&D.

I believe you are correct that they are larger 250s.

Thanks again! Learning more every day on here.

 

I drove to a local restaurant in my '32 Ford. They asked if I was going to a car show. I said I just got back from Pasadena. They said, "YOU DROVE THAT TO PASADENA?". I said sure, its a car, isn't it. They said, aren't you afraid of scratching it? Some people just don't get it.........

 

They always get upset that the tires i want for my '62 falcon are not in their computer...and HEAVEN FORBID they have to go look in a paper catalogue

 

"civillians" have an odd view of what an old car. my daily is a 76 Volvo. I've had young people come up to me in parking lots and want to talk to me about it. I asked one young lady why she would like this car, she said it was "old school".

should have seen the look on her face when I told her it was the newest car I have ever owned.