RIP Thread... pile them up in here

Occasionally caught the show - mindless entertainment. 51 is far, far too young.

 

RIP, Willie Tanner

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/1578386001

 

Lee Iacocca-94 rip.

 

I just read this. Here's a link to an article on him if anyone is interested.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/03/lee-iacocca-auto-industry-icon-dead-at-94.html

 

My '74 Pinto was a rocking machine.

 

Oh dear lord.....completely forgot about my Mom's metallic light green 1972 hatchback Pinto until you mentioned yours. Ugliest freakin' color on a car I've ever seen...... That and I remember the chrome coming off the bumpers in flakes when it got older. I got in trouble for "helping the process" by peeling off pieces and trying to see how a big a piece I could get. (heck I was like 9-10yo at the time)

 

Something like this one......

 

There was also the other classics, the Gremilin and Grenada ooooh.

 

I knew this one guy that gutted out his Pinto or Gremlin and put a 302 in there. He would putter up to the lights and look over to the car next to him and they would look back laughing. He would roll down the window and say, "$200, let's go a quarter mile? Easy money.

 

Didn't Gremlins come out of the factory with a 304 in them after a few years ??? (Gremlin X) ??

 

This is going back 35 years, I know he put in a really big rebuilt engine. Not even sure if it was a Pinto or Gremlin.

 

Back in the day, I knew a guy that put a small block V8 in a Vega. Had to cut out the wheel wells etc. It was a mess. But that thing hauled ass.

 

Fire at Jim Beam Kentucky warehouse continues to burn as 45,000 barrel of bourbon are destroyed.

Now that's sad !!!!!!!

 

Those were the days, endless time and no brains.

 

Arte Johnson of "Laugh-In" fame, died this morning at age 90.

 

"VERY INTERESTING"

 

I don't know about that. It takes a lot of creativity to stuff a V8 into a spot that was designed for a straight 6 or even a four banger.

 

I hear you, but endless time brings endless trial and error, and also there's help from dad or an uncle. Who would even want to do something like that in their 40s.
When I was a teen, I played 3 different instrunents played 4 different sports, was into martial arts.
I also worked on my own car, rarely went to a mechanic, did my own bodywork and paint job.

I aint no genius.

 

Jared Lorenzen, former Kentucky and New York Giants Quarterback, died this morning at age 38.

 

Fire at Jim Beam Kentucky warehouse continues to burn as 45,000 barrel of bourbon are destroyed.


JEZZ.....I played golf this morning Skinny and "Birdie Juice" was Jimmy Beam.....we Honured the Bourbon with 4 Birdies today but did not know about the Fire.