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I'm seeing the same thing on my 454 (mid 1970s). The peaks and valleys may be coinciding with opening and closing with the t-stat -- the...
I’ve been experimenting with two temperature gauges (one mechanical, one electric) in my early 1970s blown 6-71 Chevy 454. Both sensors are hooked...
A burned page landed in my driveway as I was evacuating. With those super intense, bomb-like wind blasts hitting us and a river of smoke from...
In the 1970s my neighbor was the chief of police who, the night before this pictured race, thought it was a good idea to test run his extremely...
I worked at a service station in '87, and I saw this happen one night during the graveyard shift. I heard this ungodly scraping noise coming down...
Nah, that's my old (then new) 700 Interceptor -- ya heard that right; 700, not 750! A de-stroked V45. By 1984 ailing Harley Davidson had...
My 1970 Lemans Sport after swapping out the stock 350 for a '69 GTO 400 -- and GTO hood. About those gold Cragar SST's... I liked them at the...
Not a stranger, but my neighbor the late Pat Ganahl liked sneaking photos of my car. He'd see me across the street from his house at the park, or...
I wish I had time to speak to him that day, but I felt like I was intruding, so I made myself scarce after drooling all over his prize coupe. I'm...
I see people making the case for the importance of having a panel fuel gauge, can't say I disagree, and yet all I can think of is the time I did...
Meanwhile, by sheer coincidence (or mystical force of the universe) the guy who bought V1 is also a stripe loving guy who only decided against a...
Judging from the crazy stories my fighter pilot dad told me of his adventures flying shiny Air Force jets in the 1950s, I've always assumed...
I was an immediate fan of this car years ago when the car was not yet built and the stripe paint scheme was just talk. I was thrilled to see...
The late Pat Ganahl once told me a compelling tale of one of the the '55's from this film. I believe there were three '55s used in the movie; the...
A nagging vapor lock issue inspired me to take my one bay-mounted gauge (fuel pressure at the carbs) and relocate it to be driver line-of-sight....
Warts and all. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I was sad to see it go, but happy to know where it’s headed. [ATTACH]
The first skydiver friend I lost died in a car crash driving home from the drop zone (yes, sober). More recently an old BASE jumping buddy of...
I grew up under a fighter pilot father who felt that dangerous activities, like his fighter pilot career, could be pursued reasonably safely. He...
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What fun thread. It's nice to see so many great examples without searching the web. I took these photos of the 15oz coupe several years ago when...
Take a number! Some years ago I did some TV work profiling one of Yamaha's motorcycle design engineers, a local San Diego guy. He is heavily into...
Great overview of one of my all-time favorites. Several years ago I saw one of the newer models cruising down the freeway being tailed by a police...
Here's a couple more excerpts -- Pat cruising the neighborhood in the dragster. [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
I put an excerpt on my youtube channel just now. I might might upload more clips later. Neighborhood driveway action: [MEDIA] One of the Burbank...
Thank you all for reading this. I'm the least qualified person to write about Pat, but this had to come out of me and go where it might help...
I heard that story a few times!
Sorry about that, wasn't aware. I'm rusty as hell on the controls/settings here. I think I fixed it this time...
Hello all, I never imagined that my first thread on the H.A.M.B. would be something like this. Last week after hearing Pat had passed away, I...
Saddened to my core. Within days of my wife and I moving in one house down from Pat and Anna ten years ago, they knocked on our door and...
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