I have been lurking for the last two years or so after Nads turned me on to this place. I guess I couldn't resist any longer giving my $.02 or tap into the wealth of knowledge hidden on the other side of my computer screen! Well, what can I say: I am 35, a mechanical engineer by trade. I work for a small medical company. One of my many hats is to supervise our machine shop which sometimes comes in handy in addition to the fact that my boss let me build my car at the warehouse at work. I have been into hot rods and cars in general for as long as I can remember, but having lived overseas for most of my life had kept me from pursuing my dream. I tip my hat to all hot rodders overseas who build and drive their own cars. Most people here have no clue of the obstacles those guys have to face to get their rides on the road! Anyway, I got my '31 rodster on the road about a year ago and I am still ironing out bugs and adding pieces here and there. I started out with a Brookville body and '32 frame, added a split '40 frontend and P&J ladder bars with a 9" in the rear. After 6 unsuccessful tries to find a usable 59AB block I came across a new french block and 4" crank for a price I couldn't refuse. I run a Hexagon tool intake with 2 94's, Max1 cam and Offy heads. The trans is an F1 (open drive) as is the steering box. The exhaust is made from stainless pipe (the stuff they use for plumbing chemical plants). I used stainless flexpipe to connect the pipes to the exhaust sytem under the car. It holds up great and looks cool IMHO. Taillights are '40 Plymouth. I did all the work myself except for the interior. Thanks again to my buddies Nads, Mike (draglinks) and Dave for helping whenever muscle, advice or beer or any combination thereof were needed. Thanks also for Mike Bishop's excellent book for inspiration. Here are a few pics. In the meantime I added a hood and also chrome trim on the grill shell. www.rumblersorlando.com/picsSM.htm Well, that's it. It's good to finally be here on the HAMB. Thanks for listening. Mike [ QUOTE ] I got a hot rod car and a cowboy suit and I really do get around.... [/ QUOTE ]
About dam time there mikey boy. welcome to the board show them some of the stainless steel work on your car that you did.
Welcome aboard Mike. Lemme tell you what impressed me about Mike when I first met him. It wasn't his meticulous attention to detail, not his ability to play the lap steel nor the incredible guitars he actually made himself and not even the way he can convert centimeters to inches using nothing but the brain concealed in his red colored cranium. No, it wasn't any of those, it was his man*******. Not so much the man******* themselves, but the fact that he would reveal the said undergarments to his drunken peers so shamelessly. I must say that a man who would not only wear such tight underclothing in the sweltering heat of Florida but also reveal them, can in no way be considered a ***. This my friends is a man 100%, a man in man*******....true, but the manliest of all men despite that fact. His man******* are the very beacon of strident hetero***uality. It must be said that whilst I didn't touch his man******* they appeared to be very soft. No doubt they are washed in Woolite by his soon to be wife, a beautiful girl named Loren, in order that they not chafe his delicate mannuts nor his likewise red pube emblazoned manunit. Let it also be said that three hours of non stop ridicule about his man******* scarcely affected our hot rodding newcomer. The abuse rolled off like water off a duck's ***. In fact it strengthened his resolve to wear these European cut briefs (In America they're refered to as 'man*******') with more pride than ever before. These manties of Swiss Mike's are akin to Roy's tiger, Carrot Top's cut off muscle shirt, Boy George's dreads and Michael Jackson's glove. Things not to be scoffed at, but rather to be celebrated.
Nads, all this talk of man*******, mannuts and manunits has me puzzled... The guy calls himself SwissMike... What about the CHEESE? Even if his cheese producing is not up to snuff, his car is! Welcome
The Swiss part has nothing to do with cheese. It's the fact that Swiss Mike is in fact from Switzerland. That he doesn't share the benign neutrality of his fellow countrymen would be a gross understatement. I have seen with mine own eyes an irate Swiss Mike fling a defenseless sawhorse into a parking lot and smash it to pieces. Then realizing that he needed the sawhorse, he had to gather up the bits and screw it back together, better than before. This man***** wearer gets mad....and how!!!! But all joking aside, the dude's really good at building stuff. There are amazing details on his roadster, a ton of home made stuff. And he built this car pretty much alone, he learned to weld building this car. I wouldn't be surprised if he actually grew the cotton to hand weave the fabric to sew together his man******* on his home built sewing machine. He's that good!
I have yet to lay eyes on man******* ...... can I get a photo Mike??? Us women folk are visual creatures too. and welcome to the HAMB bud!
Nads, my friend, if you had ever played poker you should know not to give away any secrets. At least not early in the game! What else can I offer the good people of the HAMB in the futere with my car almost done and my next project still a mere electrochemical imbalance in the nether regions of my cranium. You could have at least made another post out of it. Now let me tell you a secret: I have officially gone "bi". My lovely fiancee (who's name is LAUREN, whcih you should know as designated best man) doesn't like it one bit, but the slow and steady decay of the precious original garments from the old world leave me with no other choice: I am now the proud owner of six (6) pairs of boxer briefs! (which btw give me the needed support but at the same time make my crotch sweat) Everybody else I would like to thank for their kind and encouraging words!
Denise, man******* are no defferent than the ******* worn by women, they just have a little bit more material to ensure that manparts aren't flopping out of the sides. Because I work in the tourist industry I have the misfortune of seeing European men of differing sizes involved in activities that are inappropriate for wearing man*******. It's all well and good wearing man******* at the beach or at Wet 'N' Wild, but when picking out a dozen donuts or riding a rental scooter or a catching a bus one should give serious consideration to putting on shorts or pants over them. But some Europeans having been bombarded for years with images of people wearing scarcely more than their birthday suits in the media( I'm talking about children's programs here) feel it's OK to singe our retinas with their bare***ness. I'm no prude but "keep it in your pants," will ya? It must be said that Swiss Mike would never show his man******* to complete strangers, just his drunk male friends.
God Bless Mother Nature for taking back what belongs to her. Perhaps if you would have paid closer attention to the cleansing of your scrotal region your man******* could've remained rot free for years to come, Mike. Sorry I got Lauren's name wrong. I'm a dumb***. I'm truly honored you asked me to be your Best Man too. Welcome to the 'Bi' world. Your freeballing friend, Nads.
Nads, I beg to differ! Although garments as per your description do exist, I never owned, nor had the dubious pleasure of wearing such a pair! Denise: the garments in my posession all feature the diamond shaped reinforcement "where it counts" and are of the frontloader (or should I say "unloader"?) type. The uniform dark blue color might not have revealed those manly features to Nads untrained eye. How come a total stranger to the concept of underpants has the right to steer this post into such a direction in the first place? 46ford: If you ever need someone to show you the secrets of cutting the cheese: Nads is definitely "da man".
Now I'm thinkin....IT HAS TO BE THE WATER DOWN THERE!!!!......I'm stickin to beer during ALL my Florida trips from now on.
[ QUOTE ] Denise: the garments in my posession all feature the diamond shaped reinforcement "where it counts" and are of the frontloader (or should I say "unloader"?) type. The uniform dark blue color might not have revealed those manly features to Nads untrained eye. [/ QUOTE ] Since I can't seem to picture the type of ******* you are referring to, I think a photo of you in said ******* would help out.
I didn't mean to steer Swissy's intro into a discussion about men's undergarments, but it just slipped out. I'm sorry, I just couldn't help it. It's not all about cars, sometimes affection for ones friends manifests itself in gentle ribbing about any subject, no matter how trivial. Just a month ago I myself was given the nickname Cocoa for about 4 days. No one is immune. On the same evening that Mike's man******* were revealed our pal Del also unveiled his choice. Let's just say from that day on Del became 'Coach Del.' I am pleased to see that Mike's fiance has talked sense into him and steered him towards less feminine doinks. I can't help thinking it must have been convenient for them to be able to swap knickers with each other though. And it probably cut down on laundry bills. And onto cars, Mike's Model A is stunning in every respect, a beautiful driving car too. A testament to quality and sticktoitivness. And to think it's the first car he ever built, it's even more amazing. I can't wait to see you build your Kustom one day. You have the LaSalle grille already. It ****s you're moving to Stuart next year, I'll miss you very much my brother. BTW I'm getting a stripper from Bubba's House of Man***** Wearing Butchers for your batchelor party, hold onto your horses.
Hey Swiss Mike, welcome on here bro! Man******* huh? So now I know what you FL Rumblers have been up to!
BTW, I didn't coin the phrase 'man*******' it was DragLinks. It's always Draglinks that starts these phrases. 'Two black rats chasing a burnt hot dog.' is one of his too. Hey Joe, the scene went down at Dan's apartment in NYC, not in Florida. Down here we talk about ***** and beer. It's the water in NY that ****s people up.
Welcome from the Lone Star state.Hexagon Tool intake? Is that one of those ones that the carbs set backwards? I think Ive got one of those but all I can read on it is ___GON TOOL. It was polished long ago and almost all the identification was ground off of it other than that and a date of ?-?-47. Good ta have ya' here paadna'! Mike
Hey DJ, good to hear from you. I am in the middle of trying to figure out a noise that drives me crazy. First I thought it was a slipping clutch plate but it might be some kind of pingin or backfire in the exhaust. The engine runs way rich and I might have to jet it down a bit and install different power valves. I was only getting 10 mpg and the oil smells like gas. Not good... I currently run 51 jets and 9.5"hg power valves. From what I read on other boards this is on the big side. I will try something like 48 jets and 4.5" hg power valves. But what do I know? Anybody got a better suggestion? Anyway, Rossi is coming over tomorrow and we are trying to figure out what the problem is. I am at work right now picking up an old stock intake which I want to put on there temporarily to see if anything changes. I had the carbs apart yesterday and everything seems to be ok. Rossi is good when it comes to get stuff running. Elrustorod: You are on the money. They supposedly were some of the earlier dual intake designs made for boating application. That's why the backwards carbs. It gives you good clearance to mount the generator in the stock location. The only problem with it is that the engine starts to choke if you step on the brakes hard. This might also be just related to the overall condition of running too rich. Joeriot, how's the merc? Sorry I couldn't make the NY show this year, but I am pretty busy with the wedding and a lot of other stuff going on. Maybe next year again.
good to here things are going well mike. was that the same noise you were hearing when we went for a ride last january? tell rossi i said hi. i could use his helping getting things dialed in on my car
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