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GeneralThis section is threads for discussion that is not related to the Crossfire or other cars. It can be about sports, movies etc. - But NO POLITICS please
GREAT vid/post of the idiocy of a regulatory body that takes up a cause for 'collectively' "one", but never serving anyone, or everyone, eventually serving only themselves.
Also, the ultra entitled 'its someone else's fault' litigious 'I didn't do anything wrong', & someone else is to blame (for this or that) belief saying or demonstrating when asked that someone else must make someone pay for their inability to safely operate/drive a vehicle, that some cause makes someone take it upon themselves (collectively) to 'fix it' based on a false sense of actually impressing themselves with a feeling of 'helping' those who they supposedly serve (but) actually serve no-one but themselves by costing everyone. Think about it? Lets get back to simple vehicles, leave most if all those computers out of peoples vehicles or make THEM pay for their installation in their vehicles (IF they feel they need their 'protection'). That's all I have to say about that!
Really, that is all I have to say about that. Love it or leave it. Ooops, time to take my meds!
. I bet you wish you still had that car. Only 'computer(s)' in it was the driver (and passengers if any).
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Yes when the only thing under the hood was an engine you could see and work on with ease
Back when there weren't even "check engine lights" and yes NO real mass of sensors and electronics etc.
My friend, (in the picture) and me working on the big block engine in his Dodge van on Brice Road in Columbus, Ohio at the MoPar Nationals. (1990 I think)
Last edited by M60A3Driver; Dec 13, 2023 at 01:48 AM.
My friend, (in the picture) and me working on the big block engine in his Dodge van on Brice Road in Columbus, Ohio at the MoPar Nationals. (1990 I think)
Those were the days when you could mismatch spark plug wires, and nothing went wrong with the engine... Try that now and all sorts of codes might pop up... LOL
I still have my Dwell meter, timing light, feeler gauges and other tools for tune ups. Young people today don't know a set of points from a distributer.
Best car I ever had from the modern era was my '75 Oldsmobile Starfire. Basically, a Vega with a V/6 I kept it running for 20 years and gave up the ghost when my body man, who had rebuilt it twice, said it was rotted out with rust, he couldn't fix it.
Simple tools and a few "special" parts (oil filter and spark plugs) still sit in my garage.
Last edited by Franc Rauscher; Dec 13, 2023 at 05:37 PM.
I still have my Dwell meter, timing light, feeler gauges and other tools for tune ups. Young people today don't know a set of points from a distributer.
todays youth knows a set of points is a wet t-shirt contest and a distributor is a pusher
I still have my Dwell meter, timing light, feeler gauges and other tools for tune ups. Young people today don't know a set of points from a distributer.
Always a bit of a perfectionist, it took me about 10 working days to get a new Holley 4bbl properly adjusted, mostly due to dialing-in the electric choke right after each morning's use.
I still have my Dwell meter, timing light, feeler gauges and other tools for tune ups. Young people today don't know a set of points from a distributer.
I still have that stuff too. Amazing what you can do with a matchbook striker and points!
Best car I ever had from the modern era was my '75 Oldsmobile Starfire. Basically, a Vega with a V/6 I kept it running for 20 years and gave up the ghost when my body man, who had rebuilt it twice, said it was rotted out with rust, he couldn't fix it.
Simple tools and a few "special" parts (oil filter and spark plugs) still sit in my garage.
The best car I ever had was my first car, a 1969 Dodge Charger. I bought it in 1981 when I was 18. It started out with a 383 2bbl and ended up as a 440 magnum 4bbl pushing close to 650hp.
I regret selling it and buying a project 1969 Charger R/T which l never finished and ended up selling.
Me and my first car, 1969 Dodge Charger.
Me (in the engine bay) and my friend installing my rebuilt 383. A year later I would be doing the same thing with a 440. My 1969 Dodge Charger with the 440 at our hotel. This was at the Papa's Dodge event in New Brittan, CT in 1990 or 91.
I still have that stuff too. Amazing what you can do with a matchbook striker and points!
One of the BEST convenient points cleaner (relay contact cleaner), is a new crisp dollar bill (or any US new paper currency). And, BTW, I also have the whole basic backyard Mech tools (Dwell, tach, timing light, set of feelers, crisp bills, assorted small screwdrivers/special small nut-drivers if needed (for carb jet adjustments).
I think M60A3Driver and myself have about run this “Random thoughts” (Charger) thread into the ground, but please allow just one more. After all, it’s about the prettiest thing on 4 wheels……..and if you look closely, you’ll find it’s most likely the inspirational source of Stoddard’s Crossfire
Is it me or is today (1 January) the most birthdays for members on the site? Just (quickly, before midnight) look at how many members are sharing the same birthday!
Re: Post Something Random (No politics)
GREAT vid/post of the idiocy of a regulatory body that takes up a cause for 'collectively' "one", but never serving anyone, or everyone, eventually serving only themselves. 
Is it me or is today (1 January) the most birthdays for members on the site? Just (quickly, before midnight) look at how many members are sharing the same birthday!