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I did not realize that there is both a light and heavy duty version of the pedals. What is the difference between them?

Ten years ago I got laid off from my job of 35 years. Since then I will occasionally have workplace related dreams. None of the dreams have been bad, but some much better than others. Sometimes they're a kind of generic shop setting, other times they are the exact test lab, down to the last...

Growing up my parents had a mix of GM and Mopar. My dad was a big guy so we always had big cars, New Yorkers, Imperials, Electra 225, Olds 88s. My aunt bought a 55 Chevy 2dr ht V8 auto new. I loved that car. My first memory of looking at a car engine was in 59 when I was 8 and seeing the 392...

Long ago I stuffed my A100 van head on into a telephone pole at about 35 to 40 mph. The headlights were pointing at each other after that. Since I was wearing my seatbelt I walked away from that. Without seatbelts, I probably would've been seriously injured or dead. A few years later I was out...

The same thing was done to lots of trifive Chevys way back when, turn 4dr sedans into shorty 2drs. There was over 5 million trifive Chevys of all body styles built, probably half to two thirds of them were 4dr sedans. These days, because any 2dr sedan body brings good money, people are...

I had two different B300 vans over a twenty year period. Had the engines out and back in on both of them. It's not that hard. Used a cherry picker, out the front, without sawing anything open. The factory shop manual says to pull off the oil pan. Screw that. I chained the cherry picker boom down...

It could also be the appearance of the two engines that confuses people as well. The heads on the 351C 351M and 400 make those engines look bigger than the 351W looks.

I worked at a parts store doing shopwork from '70 to '73. Back then Ford did some kind of cost reduction in the metallurgy of the heads that caused lots of problems. The local Ford dealer started sending us 351W heads on a regular basis that had as much as a quarter inch of play in the valve...

THIS^^^^^^^^^ The mute button on my remote is getting a real workout lately

I believe they first offered big blocks in '75. I have owned a '74 and a '75, the opening where the dog house fits on was definitely wider on the '75. The '74 with 3.73 gears got 12-14 mpg, no matter how you drove it or the load. The '75 with a 360 and 4.10 gears got 9-11 mpg, no matter how you...

In '74 I bought a new B300. It had a 318, auto and a dana 60 with 3.73 gears. I believe that back then only B300s had 8 lug wheels. They also had quite large front rotors and rear drums. One thing that helped a lot was headers, the exhaust pipe connection on the manifolds was tiny, something...

Yesterday there was a short blurb on the local news about it. There is a new owner who used money from a legal settlement to buy the place and spiff it up. Said they had a good turnout, more than they expected, impressive considering the HOT weather. Showed cars and bikes going down the track...

Funerals are a strange and stupidly expensive thing. Back in '84 I helped my wife with her mother's funeral. The strangest part was visiting the casket showroom. You can get a plain pine box for $900 or work your way up to something really fancy for several thousand dollars, guaranteed to not...

I have been a believer in seat belts ever since I walked away from stuffing my '66 A100 head on into a telephone pole at about 30 mph 50 years ago. I firmly believe they saved me from serious injury or death. And they were just lap belts.

Some nice shots you've got there. Taking pictures can be a very satisfying experience, whether it's race cars or nature. I know it has been for me.