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I have a friend that has a 25' boat with twin 250 HP motors. His last name is Rowe. He had a 12" version built just like the larger boat. Name...
My Dad paid $15 for a 1929 model A to put the motor in a boat. The only car my grandfather even owned was a 28 Star, again for a boat motor.
In 2018 I was a pit crew member for John Mullen' H.A.M.B. special . At the salt flats we were set up next to Danny Thomson . Every time we need a...
I will be there Monday/Thursday. OBG123
68 Camero could be had with a 210 H.P. 327. small 2 bbl.
I had to make a similar tool to remove a small lawn mower filter. I didn't make at adjustable and want something that wouldn't bend so a cut up a...
After my brother in law tuned up my sister's Pinto, it wouldn't start . I was called in to find out what was wrong . Some times I would see fire...
Both are 1940
Don't have a lot of funny car stories but have car stories of my dumb ass cousin. He had a orange 68 GTO rag top that was a little on the rough...
I had a cousin that had a 312 57 Ford. He dropped it off at the service station where I worked. Said he would give me $ 5.00 to replace the 3...
Tom T and I will be set up in II30 . Be there tues/fri
I have an all original 63 SS Impala conv. adobe beige with saddle brown interior, 327/250 h.p P/G with posi rear end. Got it from a co-worker who...
I worked at a power station, so there were places around the water front that had lots of rusty pipes and metal structure. A co worked went out...
I had a uncle that was a big bull shitter who once told me ,he had made a bet with a guy that his 53 Chevy with a 6 cyl. P/G auto trans would lay...
My first trip down a strip was in 1965 driving my 51 Ford. I was 16 and learned what vapor lock was that day.
I had a 67 Nova with a hopped up 327, 4 speed with a 3:08 rear and with tall tires on the back so it had some good top end speed. It would do...
One night after dropping off my girl friend at her dorm, I was heading home on deserted city streets. I was driving a 307 Nova and caught a light...
If you break the lens I have some available.
Got my first car 5 months before I was old enough to get my permit. Got a 56 Ford Victoria 2 door hardtop, 292 A/T. Car couldn't spin a wheel and...
A guy followed me home and asked where was I finding all the banjo rear that was in the bed of my truck. I told him about 3 miles away. He said...
I had someone like my post on swap meet stories so I have to add some more. I like to draw ones attention, so for years I have had a fishing rod...
Set up at Hershey and a vendor across from me puts out some parts with prices and walks off. He had a 12" chrome breather with new filter for $10....
My dad's first car was a V60 37 Ford sedan followed by a 49 Ford. Never spoke highly of either. Next was a 50 Pontiac and a 57Chevy 4dr h/t. Next...
Smokey Yunick book " Best Damn Garage in Town... the world according to Smokey is costly as it isn't printed anymore. What is out there is book...
If you need a 57 283 block, I have one up here in Va.
My history teacher said his grand da had a 1917 V8 Chevy. Stay in the repair shop all week to be driven on Sunday and back in the shop again....
Working evening shift my buddy said his girlfriend was tapping TLB. I told him it sucked, her girlfriend called to tell him it sucked .
Changing the subject a little. Friend had a HD with convex mirrors that was burning the motor cycle seat when it was out in the sun. He said he...
The county I live in was having junk cars towed to the county dump with the help of the U.S. army around 1972/73. A friend of mine had spotted a...
1963 from the Aldan's catalog for $29.95. Box is long gone but I am sure I still have some of the Husky tools the came with the box.
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