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The oil bottle said it was good for 10,000 miles… What’s the problem. 1000 miles a years gets me 10 years between changes.. right?

 

1000 miles a year? I do that between here and the bar. Looks like a lot of water in that emulsion.

 

Oops, too far.

 

NHRA fun fact from link below.

"Here's another pretty cool image that has been making the e-mail rounds. Back before the rules became a little more refined, it wasn't uncommon for race officials to insist that if both cars broke, the winner would be determined by which driver could push his car across the finish line first."


The pic shows Top Gas/Top Fuel driver Walt Stevens collapsing behind his dragster in Riverside, Calif., in the 1960s after both his car and the car of Bill Dunlap broke in the first round of Top Fuel. Dunlap got there first but also collapsed.

"Bill blew the bottom of his manifold out, and we blew the rear end," remembered Stevens. "That started the big push. It was 112 degrees that day. I jumped out and started pushing the car; got my race face off and still was ahead of Bill, but with the rear end being broke, it would hang up on something and come to a stop. I would have to pull it back a little and then start all over again. I did this about four times and was ahead of Bill to about half-track. Dick Linens owned the car and was running alongside telling me, 'If you win, you can have all that round money,' so I pushed harder. At about 1,000 feet, the lights went out. I fell to the back of the car, and when I fell, I pulled the chute handle, and the chute came out on top of me. Bill won the race, and we both ended up in the hospital with a temp of 107 degrees. They made us take off all of our clothes and go in to a very cold shower. My head felt like it was six feet in diameter. I had a headache for about a week after that deal."

https://www.nhra.com/news/2009/fun-your-photos

 

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Yeah, it figures!..... .....

 

...... and they were f##king quick. A bit hard to stop, by they sure went good.

 

Mid 1970s these Valiants, the 4 door Falcon GTHOs and hot XU1 Torana started showing up on the used car lots. Some dealers even started specializing in muscle cars . My saturday arvo ( afternoon ) fun was going to a dealer and asking trade-in value of my GTS Monaro and taking a test-drive of whatever second-hand super-car they had . It was one of those orange Valiants that impressed me the most. In those days the salesman did,nt go with you for the test-drive . After all, i also came in a fast car. btw, average trade-in value of my 1968 327 Monaro was $2500.

 

I can`t help my self,,,,,,I do it every time

 

The E49 Chargers were a very primal experience to drive. They were built with only one purpose.

 

I guess he couldn’t figure out this warning light meant.

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