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irphil
Pit Crew
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11-04-2020
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I have started more than one car by putting a spare key in to the space where the battery connects to the post...and twisting the key. That makes the contact better. Then have someone crank it while twisting the key.
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01-08-2020
10:08 PM
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The coupe is a 1954 Hudson Italia. Coach work built in Italia on a Hudson chassis. There were 26 built.
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01-08-2020
07:34 PM
It's a shame that Nader killed the Corvair. The problem was the early ones had a swing axle. Drivers who weren't used to handling the resulting tendency for the rear of the car trying to get to apex ahead of the nose were in for a painful surprise. Having owned a couple of Porsche 356's and a Mercedes 300S coupe, that had swing rear axles even though it was front engined, I found them to be great driving cars. GM later went to non swingers but by that time the vairs carried a stigma. More the pity because it could have evolved in to the poor man's Porsche.
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16-07-2020
07:56 PM
That was my era. Not quite as old as Ed but hope to get there. In those days if you didn't have the money for a cam you pulled the choke (remember them?) out so the car would have that loping sound, from running rich, and pretend you had one. I did put a 3/4 race cam in later. Dual carbs and a primer paint job and off to the races.
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13-06-2020
06:03 PM
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Many moons ago, when I was in high school, A Model A pickemup truck was pressed in to service to deliver car parts. Sounded like the rods were about to fly out but never gave a lick of trouble.
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06-06-2020
07:38 PM
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The workmanship and attention to detail make it unique but strangely attractive.
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02-05-2020
09:01 PM
Old Yaller. The series of scratch built cars named after an ugly old hound! Built by Max Balchowsky and a race fan favorite.
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11-04-2020
01:59 AM
I worked in the record industry back then. I knew Roger Christian but never realized he wrote the Beach Boy lyrics. He was a top DJ when KFWB was the THE station for rock and roll. Roger was a down to earth guy without any ot the "look at me" shenanigans some of the lesser artists exuded. I seem to remember a Corvette on jacks at his house. It was a while ago.
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