Car and Bike Talk

[moreluck]

I have a 2002 Trailblazer in same red. 98k miles though.

I'm like "the little old lady from Pasadena". Bank, grocery store, Walmart....all close to home trips. "Go grannie!"

 

[oldngray]

I'm like "the little old lady from Pasadena". Bank, grocery store, Walmart....all close to home trips. "Go grannie!"

I would have guessed a different girl

 

[moreluck]

That girl "goes walking".......walking or jogging would jiggle the ice from my drink !! I don't do it !
I used to be tall.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I remember finding one of those crazy offset low profile air cleaners for one in the garage of an apartment I was renting 24 years ago.

 

[wayfair]

http://www.tmz.com/2014/08/10/tony-...s-driver-dirt-track-sprint-car-kevin-ward-jr/

the sound is a bit off on that video..

at first I thought TS didn't see the kid, but when he gunned the throttle, I believe he should serve some jail time. Negligent manslaughter

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I tried to watch it, but there were so many skips and hitches that I couldn't tell anything. Still, if the victim had controlled his temper or at least waited till after the race, he would have lived to repay the favor.

 

[oldngray]

Stewart has a temper but in my opinion it all falls on the victim for getting out of his car and running out on the track.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Everybody needs to cool it with the angry bravado. Maybe this unfortunate incident will serve as a lesson.

 

[wayfair]

I tried to watch it, but there were so many skips and hitches that I couldn't tell anything. Still, if the victim had controlled his temper or at least waited till after the race, he would have lived to repay the favor.

4th post has the video..

https://www.okshooters.com/showthre...hits-kills-walking-driver-on-sprint-car-track

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Bullet proof running gear but a body that would rust away even worse that a International Scout. I owned 2 of them for a long time (1971 & 1972) . Today a rust free old style Bronco brings BIG bucks. Grease Monkey Garage did one and sold it for like $55,000. I sold my last one that was a total rust bucket for $1500.

Our mail carrier had a righthand drive Scout for ages when I was a kid. Still kinda like them even with that goofy half V8.

 

[oldngray]

Our mail carrier had a righthand drive Scout for ages when I was a kid. Still kinda like them even with that goofy half V8.

Ex post office vehicle? I mean did the mail carrier buy it as surplus for his own use?

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

It was just a plain white unmarked Scout. Wasn't sure of it's origins. I know the husband of one of my wife's friends has a privately owned Japanese Subaru that he uses. That Scout went on for a long time.

 

[scratch]

I like this friend-100 thats on my route, its just a basic pickup.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

So long as it doesn't have that crappy twin I beam suspension.

 

[Nimnim]

Anyone know a good place to get m6 bolts? My alternator died after 142k miles and 20 years and when taking the thing off I snapped the tensioner bolt and Home Depot doesn't have a good selection of metric (shorter than oem and barely any threading) and Ace hardware had one with enough threading but it was barely long enough and that one ended up snapping while driving around for a week. Currently using one from HD which leaves the belt a little loose but at least it works.

It's a 94 Volvo 940 non turbo wagon so it's getting harder to find stuff for it.

I was able to track the bolt down after a lot of phone calls. Was kinda fun to finally get in touch with the place that had it and say the size of the bolt and the guy stops me and asks if it's for a 90s Volvo alternator. So apparently this a fairly unique size, and at this point only time will tell if it works. This is part of the fun with cars though, everything can't be standard and you're always learning new things.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I was able to track the bolt down after a lot of phone calls. Was kinda fun to finally get in touch with the place that had it and say the size of the bolt and the guy stops me and asks if it's for a 90s Volvo alternator. So apparently this a fairly unique size, and at this point only time will tell if it works. This is part of the fun with cars though, everything can't be standard and you're always learning new things.

My buddy had a SAAB 900 turbo that he loved but finally got fed up with because of the weird Swedish idiosyncrasies. He always had to take it to a specialist.

 

[cosmo1]

My buddy had a SAAB 900 turbo that he loved but finally got fed up with because of the weird Swedish idiosyncrasies. He always had to take it to a specialist.

I miss my '72 Sonnett.


Looking at a '74 TR6. Talk about quirky.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Saw a Sonnet on a trailer for sale at a local vintage racing event recently. Rare car.

 

[oldngray]

I miss my '72 Sonnett.


Looking at a '74 TR6. Talk about quirky.

It would make a fun little fancy go kart.

 

[cosmo1]

Saw a Sonnet on a trailer for sale at a local vintage racing event recently. Rare car.

Damn!

I saw mine sitting outside a body shop about 15 years after I sold it. The shop was closed, and when I stopped the next day it was gone.

The owner of the shop told me they had sold it that morning for 100 bucks (it was pretty rough by then).

Still kicking myself!!