Probably depends who is driving. One of my dad's favorite "Grand Entrances" was to turn the ignition switch off in his Model A the last 100 feet or so before he'd get to someones driveway, but leave it coasting in gear with the clutch engaged so it would fill the exhaust with unburned fuel. Then turn in and just before the car stopped he would turn on the switch and make a huge BANG! Then laugh like hell. The old car (in my avatar) usually needed a muffler because of it, haha.
I had a OT truck for the most of my sons childhood, with dual straight through mufflers and 4 inch rear exhaust. That thing would sound like a cannon going off. There was not a horse, dog or goat that was safe in my county. We had a blast. Guess that was part of my childhood too. Lol Bones
I have one of them pull toys, no picture available at this time it's in storage, it's a cool toy it has a compartment on the bottom side that has a firing mechanism like a cap gun and you load it with a roll of caps and when you pull it around you pull the trigger and it pops...it doesn't have a quick trigger so it's kind of hard to rapid fire the thing and it's also got a gear on the rear axle that flick's a thin piece of plastic ,like playing card in bicycle spoke, and makes the clickety clacker sound but the one I have Is missing the thin plastic part..so no clickety clacker sound, the pop pop pop is enough to piss of the dog anyways.....and they do leak a little oil also... I put a few drops of 3&1 oil in the firing mechanism to get it loosened up a little and when I put it back on the shelf it developed a oil spot under the car .....just like the real thing... Fun toy......the caps are hard to find now days the last time I bought some I got a case so I I'm good for awhile with a few thousand rounds..........if this thread is still going when I get it out again I will post some action pictures of it.... Sent from my QTASUN1 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
These threads live forever.... not so for every reader though, so don't take too long getting that car out, haha.
"ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BACK FIRE?" I had one that did. When Officer Squarenuts cited me and I took off the straight pipes and Cherry Bombs to replace them with a full muffler, it quieted right down though.
When I worked on Rotary Mazdas in '71, they were equipped with an 'Anti-Backfire Valve'! Ronny Silva and I would disconnect power to these before taking a roadtest...heh, heh...All of Santa Cruz heard it, at one time or another. The Santa Cruz Sentinel had a line or two regarding "The little German cars that make so much noise" (our fast VW & Porsche cars with straight stingers) "but mostly, those new Mazdas with the exploding devices!" Always got a bang outa that...
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