Pics from Back in the Day

[themechanic]

Going way back, when apparently a 2 post lift was a bit different.

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I never felt completely safe working under a lift like those pictured.

 

[Photon440]

Which one were you in that picture?

 

[themechanic]

Which one were you in that picture?
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Ridgemont High?

 

[Davefinan]

Lmao! A teenager trip from Chicago to Colorado. Went back to grand Spaulding for another one. A 77 tradesmen 200 again. So much fun doing those conversions and then going on trips.

 

[Davefinan]

I’m the tall drink of water

 

[Davefinan]

I’m now a slightly shorter version of that….lol

 

[JDmac72chrgr]

I’m now a slightly shorter version of that….lol

Couldn't fit into your high heel sneakers any more??

 

[Davefinan]

Yeah. My platform Jordan’s!

 

[Davefinan]

AIR Jordan’s….for those that can remember

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Yeah. My platform Jordan’s!

 

[Davefinan]

That’s awesome. Happy new year’s y’all!

 

[oldbee]

I never felt completely safe working under a lift like those pictured.

What about with a 10ton semi-tractor up above? We always had safety locks,But??

 

[flyingfeathers]

old bracket racing days capitol raceway 1970s the best of times

maryland

 

[Davefinan]

Nice launch there

 

[matthon]

I had a 57 Chevy

I had a 57 Chevy 210, bought in HS, and spent my $ right.
GM 350 HO crate engine, junkyard Muncie with clutch/bell, factory posi, traction bars, headers, just the basics.
No interior except the original back seat and I found buckets out of a 62 Jetfire for $5.
Everything else was bone stock/as-is.
Cheapest wheels I could get, some liked, some hated, but it wasn't their $ and I had little.

This car was fast, fun, and did crazy burnouts. Those Dunlaps were made of granite or something cause they wouldn't wear at all.

So many burnouts.

 

[Ceedawg]

old bracket racing days capitol raceway 1970s the best of times

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Always wanted to go over to Capital to race, but tracks in mid Va where much closer.

 

[Ceedawg]

I had a 57 Chevy 210, bought in HS, and spent my $ right.
GM 350 HO crate engine, junkyard Muncie with clutch/bell, factory posi, traction bars, headers, just the basics.
No interior except the original back seat and I found buckets out of a 62 Jetfire for $5.
Everything else was bone stock/as-is.
Cheapest wheels I could get, some liked, some hated, but it wasn't their $ and I had little.

This car was fast, fun, and did crazy burnouts. Those Dunlaps were made of granite or something cause they wouldn't wear at all.

So many burnouts.

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My first car-race car I bought (1968) for $25, 55 210 sedan 265 3 speed Foxcraft shifter in the floor, rip and tuck interior gray primer. Had some 7” cheater slicks out back, one legged rear. Can’t remember what it ran but a wonder we still have feet and legs dumping the clutch. Didn’t adjust the valves to good and they ticked, tech guy stuck us in E/Modified lol, made us cool

 

[matthon]

My friend in HS bought a real deal 67 GS 400 4 speed with Cragar GTs.
During our last class he told me he was going to look at a GS or something, his father wanted him to buy, I demanded to go with. Couldn't believe my eyes, told him if he didn't buy it I would.
Came with an nos shifter, but no Star Wars air cleaner, no right fender, no trunk lid.

It had yellow interior, in primer grey, but had the GS 340 white/red stripe in the door jamb.

Only crappy pic to survive.

Years later I was coming up on an intersection and saw him racing a Fiero, watched him jump a few curbs into a parking lot, both sides dented front to back, 4 flat tires.
Still wouldn't sell it.
Later he sold it to some moron who pulled engine/trans, gutted it, and made it a racecar.
I saw it for sale again but it was a completely different car by then.

 

[Richard Cranium]

From the construction, can you tell he was a prison guard?!! His wife was bi-polar and barren, couldn't accept the fact that the "kids" next door owned their own house, had classic cars and three kids at the age of 24!

By the size of the fence, it's obvious that he had a tiny dick too.

 

[DeltaV]