My stomach still hurts from laughing... Was out late at night tinkering with the ignition timing in the 2NABOT, which is currently minus the rear window, dash, sunvisors, rearview mirror, and several other interior bits. Made some improvement, was headed home, and stopped at the proverbial stoplight. Ahead is about a mile of clear road at the edge of town...Up beside me rumbles a Plymouth Duster, straight out of the late 70's, complete with hijacked rear end, skinny front tires, slapper bars, and bondo-primer-multi-colored paint scheme. It's late, I'm tired, and I'm not exactly street-legal, so I'm sitting there reminiscing about the finer points of bondo as a finish coat, and behaving myself, so when the light goes green I just drive off like normal, which is actually pretty normal. On the other hand, when the light turns green, our hero burns rubber and takes off. Now, you really need to picture this with your eyes closed, but I'll try and write what it sounded like: ScreeeeeeeechVrooom! ScreechVroooooooooom! ChirpVroooooooooooom! SCREEEECH-BANG-WHAM-KABOOM!!! On come the backup lights, and the Duster just VOMITS an amazing amount of stuff from it's underside!!! Parts, Fluids, the Kitchen Sink, you name it! :eek2: It's Crapping ALL over the road as our Hero pulls over to the side. Seems our Hero grabbed rubber in "all four gears", apparently WITH A THREE SPEED!!! ou: :moonu: And I actually kept a straight face as I pulled up and asked him if he needed any help. :laugh: He said no, but thank you (not really, but this IS a family forum ) I did NOT ask him if it had a Hemi, but boy, it took all I had not to! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Now, I've been thinking about this, and I have no idea how he did it, if it was an automatic or manual, but I know I saw backup lights, and the car was still sitting there this morning, with an interesting collection of stuff hanging down from the engine/trans. Wish I had one of those dash video cameras like the police have, I'd win a milion bucks with this hero on tape... James
James- You owe me a pair of underwear! I laughed so hard reading that one, I think I soiled myself:laugh:
I'm trying not to laugh too hard in the office....nobody will understand if I tell them why I'm on the floor:laugh: :laugh: That's gotta be priceless to see the instigator blow his car up...
Darryl - boxers or briefs? :grin: I'm telling you, it was straight out of a movie, only a movie wouldn't have so much oil everywhere, and no actor could possibly match the look on our Hero's face when I asked him if he needed help...if looks could kill, I'd be mummified! New Mastercard ad: 1971 Buick - $1,300 (in '84 dollars) Ignition recurve kit / parts - $30 Gas for a test-n-tune - $5 Getting to watch a real live Hero commit bloody murder on his prized Duster on your way home = PRICELESS. James
Thats Very Funny !!! and reminds me...... quite a few years ago, "Mouth" as he was named, was talking all kinds of trash about how his Blown '67 Olds was gonna mop everyone up off the road. Nobody liked "Mouth" except the 2 or 3 guys he hung with......So we all generally walked away rather than listen to him. He worked with his dad building Race boats and motors After weeks of hearing this trash all Friday night long hangin' at BurgerKing (The then hotspot) Someone finally challenged him - "Mouth.....either Shut the F*&^ up, or go home and get your car.....and lets Do It !! Im Tired of growing old listening to you !!!" About an hour later, Mouth pulls up with a RattyTatty '67 Olds on a trailer !! No Hood, HUGE 8-71 blower etc.etc. The wiring looked like a rats nest and like he spent $100 on butt splicers He said its not registered or insured but He'll run it on the street for serious $$$ anyway. The Challenger said he wont race unless he see's it at least launch semi-seriously and drive down the street ....Sooo...... Mouth rolls the car off the trailer, starts it up and its got no mufflers at all - Its 2 AM and he wakes up the Dead at the cemetary 2 miles away tuning it in the parking lot.....and finally rolls out onto Hempstead Tpke and waits at the red lite Clearing the carb several times wit 6K revs The Lite turns Green .... ....and..... KAaaaa-BBOOOOMMMMM !!!! He didnt roll 3 feet.....motor blood and guts literally flying in every direction and over 100 people Laughing Hysterically - He's standing out in the road now looking over the debris field ......until the cops pulled up behind him "Get this unregistered P.O.S. off the road IMMEDIATELY, or when I come back in 5 minutes you're getting arrested and the car impounded" No one answered his "Mouth" when it opened asking for help. His Buddies didn't want to drive their truck//trailer over there and be "Implicated" Mouth actually sat down on the curb and Cried like a baby "This was my Dad's Motor, and He's gonna Kill me when he has to come bail me out" Mouth wasn't heard from for several years
Ouch. Sadly enough, I have had the pleasure of watching that sort of thing happen. Couple years back, I'm leaving the school parking lot. Bunch of guys are hanging around with their lifted Chevys and Fords. Well, couple guys decide to they want to race. First one goes peeling out of the parking lot, just as it makes the turn. There is this sound of a loud thunk, then scrapping. I go over, only to find half a tranny, and front u-joint laying on the pavement.
When I was a kid (looooongg time ago) pumping gas (for a job not for myself) at a mail gas station there used to be this guy in a Pinto that always had to do a big p powershift into second to try and squawk his tires. Usually required keeping foot to the floor and letting the engine rev and then let the clutch back out to get it to chirp. Finally did it once too often. Did his usual screaming in first, throw the shift and BANG broke the tranny case in half. Parts hanging out the botttom. Pinto... the orginal ricer... built in the USA
