Yup fell back asleep!
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Nope, but at work now...
straightlinespeed
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Morning
Morning SLS
morning SLS and Hoppy. How goes it today?
Dam dog got me up at 1 again!!!!!!!
I could go back to sleep. Need to get moving though.
Yesterday afternoon, Gunner jumped up and was barking. I get up and look outside from the shop. Theres a FedX marked , small van in my driveway. I notice there's a box, on top of the van, at the back doors. I begin yelling for the guy to stop. but he doesnt hear me, (radio probably ). Up the driveway he goes , and on down the street. Wonder how far he got before it fell off behind him. Then I notice he left a box on my front porch. It was for the wife. I asked her if she was expecting two boxes. She aint sure...LOLI ordered a Christmas gift for the Mrs last Friday. Expected USPS delivery was 12/5-7th. Got it today.
But.... I opened the Amazon box to find the inner box has a smashed corner.Might just be a little crushed foam, but I need to open and inspect, probably tomorrow...
straightlinespeed
Sometimes I pretend to be normal
Going well with me..
Interesting story here
Here’s the story on the car. It was bought new in 1970 by Albert Wahler and it was bought in Garwood NJ. Al brought the car home, pulled the engine and sent it to Rodger’s Speed shop (which still exists). The engine was completely rebuilt with a set of Richard Petty prepped heads and intake. It also had a .700 lift solid cam. The car supposedly ran low 10s which in 1970 was pretty fast. It was also converted to a 4 speed. The car was originally an automatic. Al made an interesting modification to the car. Because of the solid lift cam and the need to adjust the valves and the problem of getting the driver side valve cover off due to the brake booster, Al moved the brake booster assembly to the radiator support and ran a long rod through the engine compartment to operate the brakes. This story was verified by the third owner who moved the booster back to its proper location.
The second owner who I am still looking for (and hope you can help me find) owned the car from around 1975-1980. He supposedly raced the car at Englishtown and possibly Atco. He lived in Belleville NJ and was pretty young when he bought the car from Al Wahler. Al’s son Keith, told me his dad was concerned selling the car to a guy that young because of the horsepower and his fear that he would kill himself or wreck the car.
Modifications that we know this young man made to the car include in stalling a fiberglass hood (probably a T/A hood), and he opened up the rear wheel wells for larger tires. Given that the car was a 4 speed at the time, I would guess he overreved the engine at some point and blew the motor.
This young man converted the car back to a street car sometime around 1980 including installation of new lower quarters. The third owner purchased it around 1980. The third owner could not remember who it was he bought the car from but did believe the guy was from Belleville NJ.
Given that the car was beige with a tan interior and a 4 speed at the time, I would think someone active in the race scene in 1975-1979 from northern NJ would remember the car. We know it had a fiberglass hood because 4 hood pin holes were located in the engine compartment.
Ray, could you ask around and see if any of your buddies might recognize the car or perhaps they could pass on the story to their friends and see if the car sounds familiar to them? I think the brake booster modification was very unique and would be something easily remembered.
Here’s the story on the car. It was bought new in 1970 by Albert Wahler and it was bought in Garwood NJ. Al brought the car home, pulled the engine and sent it to Rodger’s Speed shop (which still exists). The engine was completely rebuilt with a set of Richard Petty prepped heads and intake. It also had a .700 lift solid cam. The car supposedly ran low 10s which in 1970 was pretty fast. It was also converted to a 4 speed. The car was originally an automatic. Al made an interesting modification to the car. Because of the solid lift cam and the need to adjust the valves and the problem of getting the driver side valve cover off due to the brake booster, Al moved the brake booster assembly to the radiator support and ran a long rod through the engine compartment to operate the brakes. This story was verified by the third owner who moved the booster back to its proper location.
The second owner who I am still looking for (and hope you can help me find) owned the car from around 1975-1980. He supposedly raced the car at Englishtown and possibly Atco. He lived in Belleville NJ and was pretty young when he bought the car from Al Wahler. Al’s son Keith, told me his dad was concerned selling the car to a guy that young because of the horsepower and his fear that he would kill himself or wreck the car.
Modifications that we know this young man made to the car include in stalling a fiberglass hood (probably a T/A hood), and he opened up the rear wheel wells for larger tires. Given that the car was a 4 speed at the time, I would guess he overreved the engine at some point and blew the motor.
This young man converted the car back to a street car sometime around 1980 including installation of new lower quarters. The third owner purchased it around 1980. The third owner could not remember who it was he bought the car from but did believe the guy was from Belleville NJ.
Given that the car was beige with a tan interior and a 4 speed at the time, I would think someone active in the race scene in 1975-1979 from northern NJ would remember the car. We know it had a fiberglass hood because 4 hood pin holes were located in the engine compartment.
Ray, could you ask around and see if any of your buddies might recognize the car or perhaps they could pass on the story to their friends and see if the car sounds familiar to them? I think the brake booster modification was very unique and would be something easily remembered.
You gonna tell us what kind of car this is ????????????
interesting story for sure. what car exactly? I'm guessing Cuda/Challenger?
Sorry 70 hemi cuda going back to bone stock Doing the distributor for it.
LOL the one you tagged me on the link for the other day. Small world he was the BG on the base when I retired.
So off to a good start. 08:00 appt is late.
Yesterday, a hunter took a white tail deer on my friends property. It's a nice one. You can tell too it was an old buck.
And yes you can see that in farm country here you can see for miles and miles.
And yes you can see that in farm country here you can see for miles and miles.
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I think the last couple days was our last warmth for the year (50s). Might break 40 today. That will be the high for the next week.
Cold and windy now.
I need to get the ladder out...Have a double flood light out back. One bulb went a couple weeks ago and found out the second one died last night when I took the dog out. I can't remember ever changing those bulbs before. We have been here since '93.
I've got a like like that out back also. I was thinking of just changing it before it got cold. I always change the ones out front late fall. If not seems they will go out on the coldest crappiest day of the year.
Yeh, meant to do it Sunday, but was wet out for a good part of the day and I forgot about it. Pretty sure I don't have any bulbs either, so probably doing an Ace run shortly. It's only 5 minutes away though.
Hey guys, busy morning here. I need to het going. Mom has a x ray and scan this morning at 11. Strange, Sunday night we got a call from the home where she lives. She has been nursing a cold and had a fever. They gave her Tylenol bad it reduced the fever but not far or fast enough so the took her to emergency for some tests. They were afraid of pneumonia. All test were good but 2 of the blood tests had elevated liver numbers so they did a quick scan and x ray. Apparently they saw a cloudy area in the x ray so off for more scans with dye today. Damn, she's 92 and in good health. Don't put her through this stuff!
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