Wingfoot from Kansas City sez Hi!

[oldbee]

As soon as I saw ur 1st post(with that handle) I immediately thought of Gdyr,lol.

 

[72RoadrunnerTyler]

Welcome to the brotherhood. You will fit in just right here. Very cool story you have. BTW you are one badass dude! I wish you the best of luck and I hope that cancer F's-off forever.

F#$% CANCER!

 

[Budnicks]

Greetings Budnicks!

I read an article in January 2018 where the County of Tuolumne wants to join other conservative counties and succeed from California to become our nation's 51st state named New California. Something on the order of taxation without representation. Good Luck with that! And I mean that with sincerity.

Thanks for the kudos! I'm a native mid-westerner whose only trips to California have been to San Bernardino County while working for Carroll Shelby Enterprises as a contract laborer at the NASCAR track in Fontana. Carroll Shelby Enterprises provides the tire services for mounting the Goodyear race tires at the Auto Club Speedway for each event. My last visit was March 2016 because Goodyear went in-house on their tire mounting verses at track services resulting in a much smaller requirement for contract laborers at the tracks. Oh,well - It was fun while it lasted.

My wife and I will be on an 8 day California guided tour May 2018. We begin at Fisherman's Wharf, then on to the giant sequoias, Napa Valley, spend a couple days in your backyard in Yosemite National Park, then travel to Monterey onward to Beverly Hills. All my buddies here think the only things to see in California these days are wild fires and MS-13 tattoos. I hope I find out they're wrong.

About the GTX - That car was tuff. We boys put it through the paces. Thank God it had a 5-year, 50,000 mile warranty. One of my brothers said the 440 had something done on #6 sleeve and a valve job @ 24,000 miles. He took it back @ 32,000 miles for more motor work (unknown problem). When I got it @ 45,000 miles, I took it in for another valve job. The Chrysler rep was there at the shop when I picked up the car and he told me, "I don't care if that motor blows up in the parking lot when you leave here. I ain't putting another dime in that motor!" Needless to say, I drove the car differently after my discussion with the Chrysler rep. Hey Budnicks - I just had an epiphany...... He's the one that needed the kick in the nut-sack!

The car came with Goodyear F70-14 Polyglass GT tires. Those originals didn't wear very long on the rear. We instantly went to the H70-14 rears which helped. Goodyear drive tires lasted about 4 months and were the only tires we could actually wear out. Every non-Goodyear tire we used on this car would just fall apart. We tried the Firestones fiberglass belted wide ovals and found they were the worst. The Firestones would spit the treads like a retread at highway speeds. At the speeds the GTX encountered, we were lucky to have never lost control when those Brand F tires let go. Or lost a fender. Mickey Thompson tires were okay but made of nylon and had the cold morning thump. Goodyears were on the car to the very end.

I do have many pictures of my GTX that I will post someday. The car was never wrecked. The motor was solid after that last warranty job, the clutch was replaced only once after that and the Goodyear drive tires lasted much longer than 4 months after I took over the keys @ 45,000 miles.

Sounds like you will be a great addition to here, thanks...

 

[JB400]

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I'm just south of you here in Misery

 

[gtxracer]

Wingfoot, A hardy welcome from the Evergreen state of Washington, happy to have you join us.
Bob

 

[Rick Carson]

Welcome from Canada, awesome story,looking forward to hearing more

 

[Paul Boucher]

Welcome from NC, and thanks for the stories!