Author Topic: The Official TBR Silliness Thread---2023 (Read 243715 times)

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #1950 on:** April 18, 2023, 03:14:45 pm »

Quote from: Kamaji on April 18, 2023, 08:07:43 am

If it works, it isn't dumb.

But if it doesn't, you'll end up on the internet, for sure.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #1951 on:** April 18, 2023, 03:16:52 pm »

Quote from: Kamaji on April 18, 2023, 09:53:03 am

Not just any Falcon, that one's well over 50 years old!

Kamaji · « **Reply #1952 on:** April 18, 2023, 03:49:53 pm »

Kamaji · « **Reply #1953 on:** April 18, 2023, 03:52:05 pm »

Kamaji · « **Reply #1954 on:** April 18, 2023, 03:54:13 pm »

Slide Rule · « **Reply #1955 on:** April 18, 2023, 04:53:02 pm »

sneakypete · « **Reply #1956 on:** April 18, 2023, 10:08:52 pm »

Quote from: 240B on April 15, 2023, 07:13:18 pm

This is a different world than the one I was raised in. This would never work for me.
If my mother/sister/brother had any access to my money, they would take it all.
Not talking bad about them. Not trying to put them down. It is just what they are. They simply can't help it.

@240B

Yeah,know what you mean,and wish I didn't.

Slide Rule · « **Reply #1957 on:** April 19, 2023, 07:54:38 am »

Kamaji · « **Reply #1958 on:** April 19, 2023, 10:25:49 am »

Kamaji · « **Reply #1959 on:** April 19, 2023, 10:26:28 am »

Kamaji · « **Reply #1960 on:** April 19, 2023, 10:28:32 am »

Kamaji · « **Reply #1961 on:** April 19, 2023, 10:31:51 am »

Kamaji · « **Reply #1962 on:** April 19, 2023, 10:34:00 am »

GtHawk · « **Reply #1963 on:** April 19, 2023, 10:49:01 am »

Quote from: Kamaji on April 19, 2023, 10:28:32 am

Now do the rental market for coffins

GtHawk · « **Reply #1964 on:** April 19, 2023, 10:52:07 am »

Quote from: Kamaji on April 19, 2023, 10:31:51 am

Nah, back in the day when my kids were little and the world was saner it was " And don't think you won't get punished right here, I don't care what those people think". Of course that was before some meddling busy body could get you arrested for giving your kid a swat.

Slide Rule · « **Reply #1965 on:** April 19, 2023, 12:28:23 pm »

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #1966 on:** April 19, 2023, 12:33:28 pm »

Quote from: Slide Rule on April 19, 2023, 12:28:23 pm

Well, at least they could FIND the battery.

GtHawk · « **Reply #1967 on:** April 19, 2023, 12:44:13 pm »

Quote from: Slide Rule on April 19, 2023, 12:28:23 pm

Not making excuses for Boomers, but fifty years ago they were just starting to encase the engine with all sorts of smog crap, hoses and wiring harnesses not too mention fuel injection instead of carburetors.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #1968 on:** April 19, 2023, 01:05:57 pm »

Quote from: GtHawk on April 19, 2023, 12:44:13 pm

Not making excuses for Boomers, but fifty years ago they were just starting to encase the engine with all sorts of smog crap, hoses and wiring harnesses not too mention fuel injection instead of carburetors.

Yeah. About 20 years ago I showed my nephew the engine in my '41, a nice flathead 6.

He took one look at the single barrel carb topped with an oil bath air cleaner, and the naked (by today's) standards block, and said "Uncle Joe, where's the rest of the engine?"

I just replied, "Son, it's a '41. There was a war on. That's all you got. "

Kamaji · « **Reply #1969 on:** April 19, 2023, 01:40:38 pm »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 19, 2023, 01:05:57 pm

Yeah. About 20 years ago I showed my nephew the engine in my '41, a nice flathead 6.

He took one look at the single barrel carb topped with an oil bath air cleaner, and the naked (by today's) standards block, and said "Uncle Joe, where's the rest of the engine?"

I just replied, "Son, it's a '41. There was a war on. That's all you got. "

I remember a friend who had a 50s Chevy pickup with the same sort of engine set up - one could almost stand inside the engine compartment, feet on the ground, while the engine was running and not get injured. Very simple.

GtHawk · « **Reply #1970 on:** April 19, 2023, 03:42:36 pm »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 19, 2023, 01:05:57 pm

Yeah. About 20 years ago I showed my nephew the engine in my '41, a nice flathead 6.

He took one look at the single barrel carb topped with an oil bath air cleaner, and the naked (by today's) standards block, and said "Uncle Joe, where's the rest of the engine?"

I just replied, "Son, it's a '41. There was a war on. That's all you got. "

This is what the engine compartment on my 63 Studebaker looked like, except mine was this clean, distributor with points, Carter AFB carb and everything easily accessible, oh yeah easy to adjust the valves on.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #1971 on:** April 19, 2023, 04:05:03 pm »

Quote from: GtHawk on April 19, 2023, 03:42:36 pm

This is what the engine compartment on my 63 Studebaker looked like, except mine was this clean, distributor with points, Carter AFB carb and everything easily accessible, oh yeah easy to adjust the valves on.

I had a boss who let me borrow his Studebaker Hawk while my vehicle was waiting on parts. It was a dream car...

GtHawk · « **Reply #1972 on:** April 19, 2023, 04:18:18 pm »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 19, 2023, 04:05:03 pm

I had a boss who let me borrow his Studebaker Hawk while my vehicle was waiting on parts. It was a dream car...

I have had two 1963 Gran Turismo Hawks, both with the Avanti R1 engine, Power Shift transmission and Twin Traction. They were both hot or so I thought until one night on the 405 I was doing about 130 when an Avanti R2 rolled by at 140+. Those were fun days before the freeway got so crowded.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #1973 on:** April 19, 2023, 04:20:52 pm »

Quote from: GtHawk on April 19, 2023, 04:18:18 pm

I have had two 1963 Gran Turismo Hawks, both with the Avanti R1 engine, Power Shift transmission and Twin Traction. They were both hot or so I thought until one night on the 405 I was doing about 130 when an Avanti R2 rolled by at 140+. Those were fun days before the freeway got so crowded.

This one had the 360 engine, but also had a broken motor mount. Just anything more than a very light touch caused the engine to 'roll' just enough to accelerate even more, and I laid rubber across a couple of intersections before I got the touch just right. Wonderful car, and every bit as much a 'chick magnet' as my Harley was.

roamer_1 · « **Reply #1974 on:** April 19, 2023, 04:40:55 pm »

Quote from: GtHawk on April 19, 2023, 12:44:13 pm

Not making excuses for Boomers, but fifty years ago they were just starting to encase the engine with all sorts of smog crap, hoses and wiring harnesses not too mention fuel injection instead of carburetors.

You mean all that crap I tore off and threw over my shoulder?

Still do, btw... Montana don't have emissions tests. And it ain't against the law.

GtHawk · « **Reply #1975 on:** April 19, 2023, 05:51:53 pm »

Quote from: roamer_1 on April 19, 2023, 04:40:55 pm

You mean all that crap I tore off and threw over my shoulder?

Still do, btw... Montana don't have emissions tests. And it ain't against the law.

I remember when they first started the smog crap in California and I had to have a perfectly good radiator hose cut and a thermal delay switch installed and plumbed to my vacuum advance, then they adjusted my carb to run like shit and pot a green silicone 'seal' on the idle screws. First thing we did was shove a BB in the vac hose and then readjusted the carb and re 'sealed' the idle screws with the left over tube of green silicone they left with us.

Oh did I say it was the garage mechanic who installed the crappy NOx device who said "If it were me as soon as I passed inspection I would...."

roamer_1 · « **Reply #1976 on:** April 19, 2023, 06:52:15 pm »

Quote from: GtHawk on April 19, 2023, 05:51:53 pm

I remember when they first started the smog crap in California and I had to have a perfectly good radiator hose cut and a thermal delay switch installed and plumbed to my vacuum advance, then they adjusted my carb to run like shit and pot a green silicone 'seal' on the idle screws. First thing we did was shove a BB in the vac hose and then readjusted the carb and re 'sealed' the idle screws with the left over tube of green silicone they left with us.
Oh did I say it was the garage mechanic who installed the crappy NOx device who said "If it were me as soon as I passed inspection I would...."

Yeah... All that crap don't amount to a row of pins... I like a nice little flat top 350 Chevy with a little bit of cam... And I still think a well tuned simple system does better than one with all that crap on it... MAYBE it has less emissions when running perfectly, but the systems become so complicated that the whole thing running perfectly becomes less and less likely. And nothing throws emissions like a motor that's out of whack.