Recent content by sam dupont

Ha! I posted it first

shutting down power might appear extreme to some, but after the house to house fires in California, I have noticed the houses in my neighborhood are very close and there are only so many firetrucks.

there is a new vet show on tv. The guy uses a scope to reach down into the stomach to remove corn cobs and such. One dog had eaten so much grass, it plugged his guts. The guy said the dog would have died. That's all I know, I'm not a vet.

and it's amazing how far they can travel and still be hot enough to embed

4 F right now and 60 F tomorrow. Weird. Was 9 yesterday as I was heading to an auction in the next town. A rollback with a car similar to mine drove by my house and I said: NOPE. They can have the crap. Anything can break down in these low temps, I'll stay home and drink beer. Did go to...

I observed the lack of emblems when a used car lot tried to sell me a 1969 Charger R/T convertible. They didn't believe that there was no such thing and when I looked for a Coronet badge or emblem, there wasn't one. The next morning, the car was gone. Love Mopars, but Baldwin Motion was doing...

not a Coronet R/T? no "Coronet" badging

I'm old and invisible to her and those like her

I had a friend who was a Ford freak and I participated in conversations with him learning much. I learned there was a 332 in '58 when we were in a junk yard in Gillette, Wy and I bought a pair of 332 heads for $5 because he didn't have any money on him. They had adjustable rockers and machined...

Ford 401? Not to be nitpicky, but I have never heard of them. Like Ford hot rods, but not an expert Studebaker pressurized supercharger carb box

I ran across this while looking for info on a brass era Coil. It's about Viper development. On a side note, at 2 minutes in a Porsche that makes a noise that thrilled me.

new, sleek lines of the 1867 R/T

I seem to remember reading that they were extensively tested with high-pressure water sprays to make sure that not a bit of water could enter the cabin My favorite scene from It's a Wonderful Life Google Search