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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / March 2005New GT pictures added
Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some white in the background. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jherring1/my_photos Don't look at the fishing pics! John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." > Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some white in > the > background. > > http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jherring1/my_photos I finally figured out what's been bugging me about the back end of these cars. See how the black sections in front break up all the body color nicely? The back needs some of that, between the lights and maybe something down below. Not trying to be anti-patriotic, but that ribbon sticker *will* leave a ghost image in your paint when you remove it down the road. I still don't understand why people don't just stick them on the glass. > Don't look at the fishing pics! Did you catch a Barracuda? Marlin? Stingray? > John H > > "All decisions are the result of binary thinking."  SignatureCobraJet >> Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some >> white in the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > body color nicely? The back needs some of that, between the lights > and maybe something down below. Agreed. But I have to admit, it looks pretty good in yellow. > Not trying to be anti-patriotic, but that ribbon sticker *will* > leave a ghost image in your paint when you remove it down the road. > I still don't understand why people don't just stick them on the > glass. They're magnetic. Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC >> Don't look at the fishing pics! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." > >> Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some > >> white in the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Agreed. But I have to admit, it looks pretty good in yellow. Yeah, yellow's a happenin' thing. Very similar to the 1970 D-code Competition Yellow which my Torino GT is supposed to be. > > Not trying to be anti-patriotic, but that ribbon sticker *will* > > leave a ghost image in your paint when you remove it down the road. > > I still don't understand why people don't just stick them on the > > glass. > > They're magnetic. Good reason. No wonder I get a headache in the Walmart parking lot, what with the plate in my head. Still leaves a ghost, though. At least you can move them around. You see AMT's Corvair re-issue? > Joe > Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >> > >> "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." SignatureCobraJet CobraJet <68gtcs@streetracer.sfv> wrote in news:080320052145279940% 68gtcs@streetracer.sfv: >> >> Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some >> >> white in the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Yeah, yellow's a happenin' thing. Very similar to the 1970 D-code > Competition Yellow which my Torino GT is supposed to be. The one I'll never forget was the yellow '93 Mustang 5.0 LX convertible in the showroom where I bought my LX new. It was yellow with a black top & interior and chrome pony rims. I'd have bought it but couldn't swing the payments back then. Had to settle for my hatch. >> > Not trying to be anti-patriotic, but that ribbon sticker *will* >> > leave a ghost image in your paint when you remove it down the road. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Good reason. No wonder I get a headache in the Walmart parking lot, > what with the plate in my head. Good idea to stay away from magnets when you've got metal inside your head. > Still leaves a ghost, though. At least > you can move them around. Personally, I'd never put anything on the body of any of my vehicles that wasn't there in the first place. Except maybe wax or polish... > You see AMT's Corvair re-issue? No, got a link? Which model did they do? 1/24 scale? AMT was my favorite - much better than Revell. Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC > CobraJet <68gtcs@streetracer.sfv> wrote in news:080320052145279940% > 68gtcs@streetracer.sfv: [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > but couldn't swing the payments back then. Had to settle for my > hatch. I had a yellow '05 next to me on the street today. Man, that color is bright. I'm fairly certain Ford hooked an alternator wire to the body. Good thing I had my shades on. > >> > Not trying to be anti-patriotic, but that ribbon sticker > *will* [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Good idea to stay away from magnets when you've got metal inside your > head. There are still some people that don't believe I was born that way. Sheesh. > > Still leaves a ghost, though. At least > > you can move them around. > > Personally, I'd never put anything on the body of any of my vehicles > that wasn't there in the first place. Except maybe wax or polish... I try to practice that, too, but every so often a pedestrian winds up as my hood ornament. > > You see AMT's Corvair re-issue? > > No, got a link? Which model did they do? 1/24 scale? AMT was my > favorite - much better than Revell. This is the current re-issue: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2581&item=5961312 851&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW AMT moved to the Orient (big surprise) a few years ago, and since then they have repopped a lot of stuff, but the boxes are devoid of details about the kit contents. Kinda strange, considering most of the tooling is original. These days, Revell appears ahead of the game. Here's an original Yenko kit you need to have: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2585&item=5961484 390&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW > Joe > Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies > Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC SignatureCobraJet >> CobraJet <68gtcs@streetracer.sfv> wrote in news:080320052145279940% >> 68gtcs@streetracer.sfv: [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > is bright. I'm fairly certain Ford hooked an alternator wire to the > body. Good thing I had my shades on. Saw the yellow '05 at the car show a while back. You're right - it's pretty bright. >> >> > Not trying to be anti-patriotic, but that ribbon sticker >> *will* [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > There are still some people that don't believe I was born that > way. I'll bet the lower part of your spine is shaped like the cam from a 460. > Sheesh. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > winds > up as my hood ornament. But they come off with a good washing. >> > You see AMT's Corvair re-issue? >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2585&item=5961 > 484 390&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Nice kits. Hard to tell what model the first one is, but it looks like the standard 110 or maybe the 140. I noticed that the Yenko's trunk (hood?) doesn't open though. Still neat kits. Now I have to go down to the hobby shop and see what they have in stock. Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC >I still don't understand why people don't just stick them on the glass. Umm...cause magnets don't stick to glass? :P SignatureScott W. '66 Mustang HCS 289 '68 Ranchero 500 302 '69 Mustang Sportsroof 351W ThunderSnake #57 >>I still don't understand why people don't just stick them on the glass. > > Umm...cause magnets don't stick to glass? :P <g> And you'd think that would have been obvious. SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 > >>I still don't understand why people don't just stick them on the glass. > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > And you'd think that would have been obvious. Well, think about it. I've never seen them for sale (not that I look for stuff like that). I've never gone up and picked at someone's ribbon with my fingernail. I don't pay attention to sticker tech in the new millenium. sh.t. Oh well, I guess this cancels out the 5 or 6 thousand cars I've worked on in my life. SignatureCobraJet >>>>I still don't understand why people don't just stick them on the glass. >>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Oh well, I guess this cancels out the 5 or 6 thousand cars I've > worked on in my life. Not at all. #57's comment was just funny. SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 > >>>>I still don't understand why people don't just stick them on the glass. > >>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Not at all. #57's comment was just funny. Ah's juss bean sarcootical. SignatureCobraJet Cobra Jet wrote: > Oh well, I guess this cancels out the 5 or 6 thousand cars I've > worked on in my life. Punching the cash register buttons while your employee installs a car alarm does not count as "working on a car." I'm still waiting on your response to the conclusion that prior to this Torino project of yours you had not worked on an on-topic car for years. It's pretty simple: true or false? 180 Out TS 28 > Cobra Jet wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > you had not worked on an on-topic car for years. It's pretty simple: > true or false? So, now you change the "criteria" in this little farce of yours to "on-topic car for years". What a f.cking idiot. And what if I hadn't? Does that make a difference? There is nobody in this group that has a more varied auto background than I do. Nothing you can whine about will change that. Having fun in your cubicle today? > 180 Out > TS 28 SignatureCobraJet Cobra Jet wrote: > And what if I hadn't? Does that make a difference? There is > nobody in this group that has a more varied auto background > than I do. Nothing you can whine about will change that. Who's whining? You're the one who's always whining. "Boohoohoo, no one believes my bullshit anymore, and it's all 180's fault." All the foul language, the evasions, always changing the subject. I'll tell you why it makes a diffference. It's because of this whole on-line "persona" you're always trying to palm off. All the "I was there in the day" crap. The "I'm the one getting greasy." I already wrote it down once, on March 7 in the "Cobrajet vs. GT40Patrick" thread. Here it is, copied and pasted verbatim: I say the truth is that, about 35 years ago, you dabbled in street racing for a brief while with a *snicker* 289 Mustang. Probably living at home with Mommy and Daddy and pretending to go to college. At some point you dropped out of college and moved to Arizona and opened a car stereo shop. Along the way you acquired a bunch of '60's cars, some of which had the ability to move under their own power. Thanks to your stewardship, none of them do now. Along the way you ran a few laps at the dragstrip. But you have not done so for years, possibly decades. At some point the stereo shop went bust, and you haven't held regular job since then. This is possible only if you're living on SSI, a personal injury award, or some other method of sucking on somebody else's tit. Now you're nearly 50, living with 20-30 cats in some marginally habitable hut in the Arizona desert. Oh yeah, and about five months ago you started an actual automotive project, your first one in years, possibly decades. ************ So there you go, tough guy. The truth. A scared little suburban kid, pretending to be a badass, a player. A 48 year old loser all alone in the middle of a weedpatch strewn with the wreckage of all the cars you've f**ked up over the years, living in a cinderblock shack with 30 stinking cats crawling all over the place. Cashing your SSI check and sitting on a quarter million bucks worth of cars that will do nothing but rot until the day you die. The closest thing to an adult relationship in your entire life an exchange of email sex with a gay guy in Alabama masquerading as a woman on the Usenet. > Having fun in your cubicle today? You'd be ashamed of mocking those of us who work for a living, if you had any shame. Sucking on somebody's tit, and mocking those who work. Not your most contemptible quality, but it's up there. 180 Out TS 28 180 Out wrote: > I say the truth is that, about 35 years ago, you dabbled in street > racing for a brief while with a *snicker* 289 Mustang. This should be *25* years ago. Little Ricky did not even turn 16 until 1972, 32 years ago. It was about then that Mommy and Daddy bought him the Mustang. 180 Out TS 28 > 180 Out wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 1972, 32 years ago. It was about then that Mommy and Daddy bought him > the Mustang. I understand you stole your first car. You were bragging about it in another newsgroup. That *is* pretty cool. Tell us about it. > 180 Out > TS 28 SignatureCobraJet > Cobra Jet wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > one believes my bullshit anymore, and it's all 180's fault." All the > foul language, the evasions, always changing the subject. What, like you avoiding telling is about your fall from grace, Chester? > I'll tell you why it makes a diffference. It's because of this whole > on-line "persona" you're always trying to palm off. All the "I was [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > relationship in your entire life an exchange of email sex with a gay > guy in Alabama masquerading as a woman on the Usenet. Translation of above: "I can't seem to run CobraJet out of RAMFM by printing lies, so I'm going to trot out more lies and add them to the ones I already wrote, thereby guaranteeing that CJ will be in this newsgroup for the next 20 years." > > Having fun in your cubicle today? > > You'd be ashamed of mocking those of us who work for a living, if you > had any shame. Sucking on somebody's tit, and mocking those who work. > Not your most contemptible quality, but it's up there. If I were you, I'd get rid of that crystal ball you and Patrick are sharing. And I did some checking on you. You were disbarred in 2001 for inappropriate conduct with a minor. Care to fill us in, cubicle boy? > 180 Out > TS 28 SignatureCobraJet Cobra Jet wrote: > I understand you stole your first car. You were bragging > about it in another newsgroup. That *is* pretty cool. Tell us about it. > What, like you avoiding telling is about your fall from grace, > Chester? > I did some checking on you. You were disbarred in > 2001 for inappropriate conduct with a minor. Care to fill us in, cubicle boy? Nice try, Limp Rick. You think you're the ace checker-upper, and you missed the JFK, RFK, MLK, and Princess Diana assassinations. 9/11, too. I'm still surprised no one saw my 'chute as I bailed out over 42nd Street. I've confessed to all of them, it's all out there, a quick Google away, and you missed them all. To steer the exchange back to reality, all my conclusions about your past are based on what you yourself have posted -- and HAVEN'T posted -- in 12,800 newsgroup posts. That's right, that's the hit count you get if you Google Groups search for "Author -- Cobrajet." Almost 13,000 posts, and I have never seen in one of them a reference to you (a) having a job, (b) driving anything other than a Honda or a 2-ton 281 ci taxicab, or (c) working on any project (other than your current Torino drag car, that it's taken you six months to tear down the motor). So what you're saying is someone who's spent the past six years baring his soul and every other part in this newsgroup and in ahpbbfm has somehow never managed to write about a single current on-topic experience, even though he was having them daily. Yeah, right. So hang around for another 20 years, Limp Rick. Lord knows you've got nothing better to do. Just spare us the "persona," OK? Stick with the facts and everyone will get along just fine. Sure the facts are pathetic, but that's OK too. An unemployed emotionally stunted middle-aged gas bag with 30 old cars rotting to nothingness because he's too lazy to do anything with them -- what's not to like? 180 Out TS 28 > Cobra Jet wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > To steer the exchange back to reality, I'm glad you finally used that word, reality. Let's see if you can tell us what makes you tick. You came into the BB with deliberate disruption in mind; spouting off about Shelbys being rice and all that sh.t. You failed to draw me into the debacle, but your go-around with Jason proved nothing other than you've adopted the dog-chases-tail style that Patrick favors so much. So then you thought you'd take me on over here, and likewise have been reduced to spouting bullshit that nobody believes or even cares about. And you play tag-team with your twin Patrick. By now the two of you should realize that your nonsense will have no effect on what I do or say. The most important question materializes: what exactly are you trying accomplish? This is obviously eating away at your soul, as no person in his right mind would cop to sitting at work and reading 13,000 posts from another person just so he could skew a bunch of lies. Do you not realize how people here are viewing you? Is your present situation *that* frustrating? At what point, and for what reason, did I get under your skin? I know you'll sidestep these questions, but take a moment in your haze and see how that will look. Think of all the other people who do not "bare their souls" in a world-wide forum like this. Think of them laughing over you trying to enforce that concept. Nah, there's something more to it. This has gone beyond reason, so answer: what exactly are you trying to accomplish? You too, Patrick. > all my conclusions about your > past are based on what you yourself have posted -- and HAVEN'T posted [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > 180 Out > TS 28 SignatureCobraJet > Nah, there's something more to it. This > has gone beyond reason, so answer: > what exactly are you trying to accomplish? > You too, Patrick. I already answered that. Here it is, again, intact from the post you just replied to: > > So hang around for another 20 years, Limp Rick. Lord knows you've got > > nothing better to do. Just spare us the "persona," OK? Stick with the > > facts and everyone will get along just fine. Sure the facts are > > pathetic, but that's OK too. An unemployed emotionally stunted > > middle-aged gas bag with 30 old cars rotting to nothingness because > > he's too lazy to do anything with them -- what's not to like? But this is not about me. It's about Limp Rick. So now it's your turn. What's the truth about all this "I was there, in the day, I'm the one working on my cars, getting greasy, I'm the only one in the NG with a full set of tools" stuff? It shouldn't take more than a few minutes to answer. Here's the framework, from what I've read over the past four years: You grew up in the San Leandro Valley. You turned 16 in 1972, the same year as the last of the real musclecars came out. You got a 289 '68 Mustang in 1974, the year you graduated high school. That would have cost $1500-2000, the equivalent of about 700 hours pay for a high school kid. Since you're so lazy, I conclude that Mommy and Daddy paid for it. You went to college for awhile but dropped out. During this same timeframe you took your Stang to a few street races. Since a 289 Stang would have been everybody's bitch, I conclude that you were not much of an active participant. Probably posed with your car a lot and shot the sh.t with the other hangers-on. Probably went to a drag strip a few times too. Probably living at home. Probably got a job in a car stereo shop. So now we're up to the late '70's or early '80's. The Stang had got a second 289, but by now that was toast too. Did you ever get it into the 12's? At some point you moved to Arizona. You also began picking up the old heaps, which in #4 condition in this era would have been available dirt cheap. At some point you opened your own car stereo shop. You bought an '86 232 ci Cougar. That was your driver until you inherited your Dad's '82 Accord. A few years ago that gave way to a '97 281 ci ex-cop Crown Victoria. Now you own 30-31 cars, and by your own admission only the CV and a '64 station wagon are running. Possibly a '70 Torino is running, too. But you claim to be turning that one into a race car. Time will tell, and progress has been extremely slow, six months and counting. So the Torino is sliding into the same pit as the rest of the cars: sitting and rotting. The engine donor '73 Ranger is already there. And there it will remain, with all the others. You're one of those a.sholes we car hobbyists see all the time, the guy that will never sell his cool old cars and will never work on them either, so they rot. Finally, in the four years I've been around this NG, I've never seen one story from you regarding working on, driving, or racing any of your cars, or working on or racing anybody else's car for that matter. That is, until you started the 460 truck motor into the Torino project. The amount of posting you've done on that project, compared to the absolute silence which preceded it, is conclusive that you had no projects before that. NoOp Patrick has said it has been the same since you first showed up in 1996 or 1997. Not one word about a project car, working on a car, driving a car, or racing a car. As for the other stuff, you have written many times about your 20-30 cats. You have written many times about your "disabilities." You have never mentioned working a job. You once described a plan to market car alarm installs in snowbird RV's. You very recently mentioned the possibility of salvaging old car parts for resale. You have endless free time. I put all this together and conclude that you have not worked for many years, and that your main support is probably a monthly SSI disability check. Finally, here's the very funny stuff about your cyber romance with the gay guy from Alabama, who posted here as "Emily the Tygress": http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.autos.camaro.firebird/browse_frm/thread/ 6b796a76e59c63c3/8068ec6f4dba3b18#8068ec6f4dba3b18 . So there you go, your life. Limp Rick. 48 years old, diamond in the rough, brilliant potential, borderline genius, coulda been a contenduh if you cared enough to try, but you were too good to try. Wrong, Limp Rick, wrong! Accomplishments show what you are, not daydreams. So where are the accomplishments? 30 mangy cats, 30 rotting cars, 13,000 Usenet posts from an obnoxious and childish on-line "persona," and all the while sucking the tit of a faked up SSI disability. That's the real you. Time to stop the daydreaming and face the facts. 180 Out TS 28 > > Nah, there's something more to it. This > > has gone beyond reason, so answer: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > middle-aged gas bag with 30 old cars rotting to nothingness because > > > he's too lazy to do anything with them -- what's not to like? That's it? Stick to the facts? Your whole crusade is based on all the misinformation you spew constantly about me, you shrivelled up piece of snot? Where is *your* life history? Where is the exact quote where I claim to have been of driving age in the 60's? Nowhere, because I've never said it, Cubicle Boy. Where is your explanation of why you failed as a lawyer and are stuck in a minimum-wage data entry job, pedophile? > But this is not about me. Nice dodge, because it *is* about your meaningless, deteriorated existence and the cancerous frustration you exhibit every time you post. You are f.cking pathetic, sitting there in your cubicle watching your belly swallow up your belt buckle while your family tries to forget the shame you've brought on them. > It's about Limp Rick. So now it's your > turn. > Who the f.ck do you think you are? The overlord here? I don't answer to you. You're a peon with an uppity attitude, purveyor of jealousy, a sissy who would never stand up to me in person. A former court clerk who farm out his auto work to the local mechanic. OK, you set the stage. Since I *was* on my way out of here, the disruption I'm going to lay on this group will be attributed to you and your sphincter-swapping buddy Patrick. > 180 Out > TS 28 SignatureCobraJet > OK, you set the stage. Since I *was* on my way out of here, the > disruption I'm going to lay on this group will be attributed to you and > your sphincter-swapping buddy Patrick. Oh ba-roth-er. That is just plain pathetic. Go back and re-read your post and tell me you do not feel pity for a 48 year old loser who can't do any better than that. Two updates on my Limp Rick bio. I saw in an old thread that you actually got a college degree, a B.S. in Political Science. Your constant butchery of the English language, your inability to reason, and your claims of an active gearhead life "in the day," had led me to conclude that you had dropped out. But even "C" students can stumble across the finish line, I guess. So that means from '74 to '78, maybe longer, you were a full-time college student. I guess Dyno Don had to muddle through without you by his side. I also read that your '69 Cobra Jet Cougar, one of the '69 Cobra Jet Fairlanes, and your '67 289 Cougar had been doing their sitting and rotting in the CALIFORNIA sun, not in Arizona. This indicates your pack-rat habit had begun in California, in the mid '70's to early '80's. Did you ever drive/race/work on any of these cars? Or did they go straight to rotting as soon as you towed them home? 180 Out TS 28 > > OK, you set the stage. Since I *was* on my way out of here, the > > disruption I'm going to lay on this group will be attributed to you [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > '80's. Did you ever drive/race/work on any of these cars? Or did they > go straight to rotting as soon as you towed them home? You know, I've been noticing that you have this problem with "near miss" mistakes, exactly the same problem afflicting the person posting as "Barbara Johnson". Why is that? > 180 Out > TS 28 SignatureCobraJet > You know, I've been noticing that you have this problem with "near > miss" mistakes, exactly the same problem afflicting the person posting > as "Barbara Johnson". Why is that? Because B.J. is my idol, of course. More additions to the Limp Rick bio: "Born in 1956, I grew up in the musclecar/street racing era in the San Fernando Valley (SoCal). Private Catholic school from K-12. First car, a '68 Mustang GT/CS, purchased Thursday, August 12, 1973. Still have it. Started at Cal State Northridge as a psychology major, switching after 2 years to junior college. My degree is in Administration of Justice (Police Science). After a brief affiliation with the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, I decided I was no good at taking orders and started my own skateboard/roller skate business. When that fad died, I switched to auto stereos and alarms, the field in which I stayed up until now. Today I do security systems on RV's and pickups part time while I work on ideas for an Internet related business." http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang/msg/6245705939 436191 (July 2, 1999) So you attended a third rate university for two years (1974-1976), and went backwards from that to a fourth rate community college (1976-1978). Then you actually worked for a living for a brief while. Then you went into the rollerskate biz, I'm guessing along about 1979 or 1980. When that business went bust you entered the car alarm "field," where you were still "working" in 1999. Sounds like the "5 or 6 thousand CARS I've worked on in my life" includes a few thousand trucks and RV's, doesn't it? A "near miss," perhaps? "At 17 in the summer of '73, I had exactly 1300 bucks saved up to buy my first car. This was a few hundred shy of what the CJ Mach I's were going for at the time, which is what I really wanted. I had found a '69 383 Road Runner for $1200 that I was ready to get when, that Thursday in the local Green Sheet paper, there appeared a blue 289 4-spd GT/CS. . . . The car was dead stock and without a single ding, for $950. It was much slower than the Road Runner, but I bought it on the spot." http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang/msg/6c56f6df38 a72fdf (July 3, 1999) So when facing a choice between (1) saving the "few hundred" to get a 428 ci Mach 1, (2) spending $1,200 of your available $1,300 for a big block car (albeit a high 14, low 15 second big block car), and (3) going for a limp dick, mid 15 second 289 Mustang blinged out with an ineffective spoiler, non-functional brake scoops, and a pair of T-bird taillights, you chose the bling. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but it's not exactly evocative of the nails-for-breakfast hardcore persona you're always peddling on the Usenet. Just something to file away and remember the next time you rag on some "backwards hat wearing pimple farmer" for his taste in cars. Then there's this: "I have a really groovy 1979 picture of me wearing original style Jordache jeans and leaning on my custom, modded '78 Courier." http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang/msg/6245705939 436191 (July 2, 1999) I can just see it: Limp Rick, the disco rollerskating, designer jeans wearing, mini-truck driving king pin of the L.A. street racing scene. In other words, you started your street racing career with a bone stock A-code 289 Mustang, swapped in a warmed up 289, grenaded it, then switched to a mini-truck. Excuse me, a "custom, modded" mini-truck -- shag carpet, lace patterned graphics, and a cherry bomb muffler? The Mopar and Chevy boys must have run for cover when you rolled up in that rig. Now this: "I moved to AZ in 1991, idiot. I was born and raised in the SFV." http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.hi-po.mopars/msg/13afb6c0d65c3d9c (May 5, 2000) So the '68 289 Mustang GT/CS, the '69 Cobra Jet Cougar, the '69 Cobra Jet Fairlanes, the '67 289 Cougar were bought in Cali prior to 1991, and the rest of your victims were bought in Arizona after 1991? Finally: "So, I'll have my fun with the 20 cars I have now and you can have fun making pictures of airplanes." http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.hi-po.mopars/msg/13afb6c0d65c3d9c (May 5, 2000) "It would be a major pain to get more than a couple of them going at this point, and I risk component damage in doing so." http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.hi-po.big-block-ford-mercury/msg/6173bb3 7e3af767f (October 12, 2000) > I'm guessing that the 4 runners are the Crown Victoria, > the '70 Torino, the F-100 pickup, and the E-250 van. The van hasn't run in years, but the '64 Fairlane does. What's your point, doofus? http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang/msg/b6ce036948 db094c (September 9, 2004) So tell me, how could you be "having fun" with your 20 cars in May 2000, yet by October 2000 getting "more than a couple" even to move under their own power "would be a major pain," and four years later, in September 2004, you have only one of them running? Another "near miss"? Don't tell me you're a member of the Barbara Johnson fanclub too. 180 Out TS 28 > > You know, I've been noticing that you have this problem with "near > > miss" mistakes, exactly the same problem afflicting the person [quoted text clipped - 114 lines] > miss"? Don't tell me you're a member of the Barbara Johnson fanclub > too. Ask dwight; he keeps the BJ registry. > 180 Out > TS 28 Keep going, Bill. You are my number one fan, aren't you? You keep making me look better at your own expense (Note the tons of "corrections" to your earlier "facts"). I love it. BTW, you are missing a shitload of cars I owned, raced, sold, and brought out from CA to AZ, but it doesn't matter. Nobody owns that much iron without knowing his stuff. You know, I was thinking about what might have happened to you over recent time. I reviewed some of *your* posts yesterday, and I have to remark that you are definitely not the same person. ANd not the same person I talked to personally, huh? What caused you to be so obsessed with me? Is life so bad now that you need to drag me from my gutter into your sewer? What are you going to do when you finally realize that all of this effort on your part results in absolutely nothing? Poor Bill. You have my sympathies, old boy. Who knows, when you're done compiling my bio from past posts (saving me a lot of time), I may fill in the gaps and keep it on my web space. Keep working. SignatureCobraJet > Ask dwight; he keeps the BJ registry. Leave me out of this, Ricky. You're on your own. dwight > > Ask dwight; he keeps the BJ registry. > > Leave me out of this, Ricky. You're on your own. > > dwight What? You're one of the last people I'd ally with, considering your questionable antics. Besides, you know I run solo. And you know that sooner or later I start checking headers. SignatureCobraJet Cobra Jet wrote: > Besides, you know I run solo. And don't your poor calloused "manhood" know it! 180 Out TS 28 > Cobra Jet wrote: > > > Besides, you know I run solo. > > And don't your poor calloused "manhood" know it! Jeez, you really are getting lame. Tell me when you and I talked. > 180 Out > TS 28 SignatureCobraJet > > Cobra Jet wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jeez, you really are getting lame. Agreed. That was some pretty rote flame humor there. Hey, I have some more updates on the Limp Rick bio: "Anyway, the business season is starting to crank up around here, so I'll be getting scarce soon. Remember, I have to 'sohc' away some money here. What sucks about having a 'subterranean' income is that you cannot qualify for loans, and must buy everything for cash (like I bought this house). If biz is moderate, I should be able to sohc away about 10k a month for the next 6 or 7 months, and then see what I want to do at that point." http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang/msg/a92b484dbd 2e6c82 (Sept 21, 1999) So it looks like I was wrong about you being a welfare cheat. Instead you're a tax cheat. Actually, it's more likely that you're both. Clearing $60,000-70,000 per year in "subterranean" income for at least the past five years. Owning your home outright, sitting on hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of collectible cars, and another few ten thousand in spare parts. Living on a cash basis to hide it all. Yeah, you probably are both a welfare cheat AND a tax cheat. A thieving lowlife in two directions at once. I've also turned up some stuff about street racing a 455 ci Olds 4-4-2. So you did have a for-real hot rod at one point, and you even street raced with the big boys. "In 1978 I went from driving a 12.5 sec 455-powered Olds 4-4-2 (still got it) every day to a new 2.3 Liter Ford Courier. . . . ". . . In 1986 I sold the Courier and . . .bought a two-tone 86 Cougar with a 19 sec 3.8 and power everything. It fit my sales rep job and continued to keep me out of trouble with the law." http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang/msg/1b5ed74006 a5f217 (February 13, 1998) Here's another one: "P.S. You're still 6-7 tenths slower than my old daily driver Mustang. Less typing, more wrenching! "P.P.S. My D.D. after the Mustang was a 12.7 second 455-powered 4-4-2. Isn't that just an Olds Chevelle?" > riored97cobra#301 > 13.88 @ 102.5 http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.autos.camaro.firebird/msg/885510a6590b4a38 (April 25, 1998) So the 4-4-2 was either a 12.5 or a 12.7 second car, depending on which collection of gray cells are on duty on any given day. The bit about the 289 Mustang being 6 to 7 tenths quicker than 13.88 (i.e., 13.18-13.28), I don't know about that one. It's possible, but sounds more like some latter-day revisionist bench racing to me. And we all know how much you hate that kind of stuff, don't we? But anyway, you really WERE a legit street racer -- 25 YEARS AGO! One last thing, before I exit this conversation. It's not about what you know, it's about the doing. This whole thing started when someone posted that you were the do-er and NoOp Patrick was the dreamer. I posted a list of both your cars, and the fact that within recent memory NoOp Patrick has spent more time actually working on his cars and racing them than you have; that in fact you're a lazy liar who's letting his old iron sit and rot while living off the memories from 20 to 30 years ago. I can pile on the evidence over and over, but them's the facts. It's that simple. You've got the knowledge, but the doing is all in the past. That's all. Not a big deal, not particularly complicated. Any questions? In closing, "Less typing, more wrenching!" 180 Out TS 28 > > > Cobra Jet wrote: > > > [quoted text clipped - 81 lines] > > In closing, "Less typing, more wrenching!" That's it? You spent all that time reading thousands of posts for this *thunderous* conclusion? I think you should be less concerned with what I do and more concerned with your own mental stability. All you proved is that you went off half-cocked (or so your wife says) from the start, had to correct yourself numerous times, and you still don't know the other 90% of my life, then *or* now. What a f.cking wacko. Wacko Willy. > 180 Out > TS 28 You had the distinction today of being the first Thunder Snake evicted from the ranks. I'm sure this is no problem for you, since you sure wouldn't want to be aligned with a person who doesn't post every time he turns a wrench. Your TS number is forfeit. SignatureCobraJet Cobrajet wrote: > I think you should be less concerned with what I do and more > concerned with your own mental stability. All you proved is that you > went off half-cocked (or so your wife says) from the start, had to > correct yourself numerous times, and you still don't know the other 90% > of my life, then *or* now. What a f.cking wacko. Wacko Willy. I know enough. No car projects for 10 or 15 years, maybe more. Destructive hoarder and destroyer of the cars he professes to love. Deceiver of others regarding the extent of his actual car building and racing activities. Eccentric, physically decrepit, alcoholic hermit living in a desert weed patch with 30 smelly indoor cats. (Ick.) Admitted tax cheat of felonious proportions. Probable welfare cheat. > You had the distinction today of being the first Thunder Snake > evicted from the ranks. I'm sure this is no problem for you, since you > sure wouldn't want to be aligned with a person who doesn't post every > time he turns a wrench. Your TS number is forfeit. Wow, was there a ceremony like at the beginning of "Branded," where the C.O. stripped off Chuck Conners' insignia and broke his sword in half. Cool! I wish I'd got advance notice. "Branded. Scorned as the one who ran. What do you do when you're branded, And you know you're a man?" Well in my case I'll actually work on my old cars and actually drive them and from time to time I'll think of Limp Rick with his glass of Jack and his kitty-cats and his excuses for why it's OK for his old cars to rot through another desert summer. 180 Out ex-TS 28 *sob* > Cobrajet wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > living in a desert weed patch with 30 smelly indoor cats. (Ick.) > Admitted tax cheat of felonious proportions. Probable welfare cheat. Still playing the guessing game, huh? Even a crackhead would get *something* right. No wonder you failed to make it as a lawyer and wound up processing data in a cubicle. I feel sorry for the clown that hired you. > > You had the distinction today of being the first Thunder Snake > > evicted from the ranks. I'm sure this is no problem for you, since [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > C.O. stripped off Chuck Conners' insignia and broke his sword in half. > Cool! I wish I'd got advance notice. At least Chucky was a tough guy. You're just an ass-kissing geezer. Did you send Patrick a valentine's card for today's holiday? > "Branded. > Scorned as the one who ran. > What do you do when you're branded, > And you know you're a man?" > > Well in my case I'll actually work on my old cars Not likely, on a Cubicle Boy salary. Since you have so much free time at work let's see if you can learn the Tax Code, starting from the back. > and actually drive > them and from time to time I'll think of Limp Rick with his glass of > Jack and his kitty-cats and his excuses for why it's OK for his old > cars to rot through another desert summer. Newsflash, Brainiac. Cars don't rot here. You are SO stupid. Not a f.cking clue about anything. How you managed to father any kids is incredible. Oops, I forgot about adoption. > 180 Out > ex-TS 28 *sob* SignatureCobraJet Cobra Jet: > Newsflash, Brainiac. Cars don't rot here. You are SO stupid. "You are SO stupid." You really are stalled in 4th grade, aren't you? And a 4th grade girl at that. So what you're saying is that the paint, upholstery, weather stripping, dashpads, tires, etc., on all your old heaps are just as nice as the day you towed them home? Newsflash, Limp Rick, they're not. They're rotten, and getting worse with each drunken summer you hold on to them. Check it out, next time you bother to visit them. > Not a f.cking clue about anything. How you managed to father > any kids is incredible. I'd say you're really reaching for flames if that's the best you can do. Incredible? Best go look up that word. It is believeable that even you could reproduce, Limp Rick, if you'd try a two-legged partner who isn't a man. 180 Out TS 2 > Cobra Jet: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > rotten, and getting worse with each drunken summer you hold on to them. > Check it out, next time you bother to visit them. Dipshit, all that gets replaced during a restoration. Rot is rust. I have three quarter-sized holes in 30 vehicles. Don't know anything about cars, do you? > > Not a f.cking clue about anything. How you managed to father > > any kids is incredible. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > you could reproduce, Limp Rick, if you'd try a two-legged partner who > isn't a man. Like that monkey on your back? > 180 Out > TS 2 SignatureCobraJet > > So what you're saying is that the paint, upholstery, weather stripping, > > dashpads, tires, etc., on all your old heaps are just as nice as the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > have three quarter-sized holes in 30 vehicles. Don't know anything > about cars, do you? Sad, sad, sad. So now you re-define a word and I'm a dipshit because I didn't know your private definition. I'd say you're the one who doesn't know much. But that's because you haven't worked on any of your old heaps for 20 years. If you ever were to get busy with one of them you will find out that a lot can change in 20 years. Everywhere there's a water leak there's rust. All that weatherstripping that isn't rotten but whatever it is, that's beem letting rainwater into the doors and rear quarters, all the water coming into the cowl and collecting in the rockers or getting onto the floorpans through rusted out ventilation intakes, all the water going into trunks through backlight seals that aren't rotten but whatever they are, and weatherstripping that isn't rotten but whatever it is --you've got rust in all these places. And just what word are the rest of us supposed to use from now on to describe 35-40 year old weatherstrip that's cracked, dried up, missing, and otherwise not sealing, now that we know that only dipshits call it "rotten"? > > I'd say you're really reaching for flames if that's the best you can > > do. Incredible? Best go look up that word. It is believeable that even > > you could reproduce, Limp Rick, if you'd try a two-legged partner who > > isn't a man. > > Like that monkey on your back? Are you asking for a phone number? I'll see if he's interested. 180 Out TS 2 Cobra Jet: > Newsflash, Brainiac. Cars don't rot here. You are SO stupid. "You are SO stupid." You really are stalled in 4th grade, aren't you? And a 4th grade girl at that. So what you're saying is that the paint, upholstery, weather stripping, dashpads, tires, etc., on all your old heaps are just as nice as the day you towed them home? Newsflash, Limp Rick, they're not. They're rotten, and getting worse with each drunken summer you hold on to them. Check it out, next time you bother to visit them. > Not a f.cking clue about anything. How you managed to father > any kids is incredible. I'd say you're really reaching for flames if that's the best you can do. Incredible? Best go look up that word. It is believeable that even you could reproduce, Limp Rick, if you'd try a two-legged partner who isn't a man. 180 Out TS 2 >> > Ask dwight; he keeps the BJ registry. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > What? You're one of the last people I'd ally with, considering your > questionable antics. Questionable? If you have questions, just ask. > Besides, you know I run solo. That may not be your choice. > And you know that sooner or later I start checking headers. duhhh... Huh? dwight Dwight wrote: > Cobra Jet wrote: >> And you know that sooner or later I start checking headers. > duhhh... Huh? Limp Rick thinks that Barbara Johnson is you're pseudonym, since of course you're terrified of confronting Limp Rick under your own name. I know this is dead horse beating, buy that's one of THE most pathetic qualities of this miserable wounded fool, that he imagines himself to have these supernatural flaming powers on the Usenet, so we'd all better make sure to stay on his good side, or look out! Twice in this thread he's threatened to wreak havoc on me and on the entire newsgroup. He said the same thing recently to Happy Kid Mike. So what Limp Rick's saying to you is that one of these days he'll be tracing the Barbara Johnson character back to you, and that there will be hell to pay when he does. I can't believe there are still grown men in here and in ahpbbfm that can stomach this pitiful waste of oxygen. I'm jealous that you understood this so much earlier than I. 180 Out (>snip<) > So what Limp Rick's saying to you is that one of these days he'll be > tracing the Barbara Johnson character back to you, and that there will > be hell to pay when he does. There are a few free programs out there that would be perfect for this. I can recommend "Ping Plotter" (freeware - you don't even have to pay for it). In fact, I highly recommend it to anyone who would confuse me with someone who needs to hide behind a false identity. > I can't believe there are still grown men in here and in ahpbbfm that > can stomach this pitiful waste of oxygen. I'm jealous that you > understood this so much earlier than I. RAMFM is a wonderful resource, an excellent guide, and a marvelous source of amusement. dwight > (>snip<) > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > In fact, I highly recommend it to anyone who would confuse me with someone > who needs to hide behind a false identity. Oh? Recognize this, Froggy? "Well, I can see that there's just no fooling you guys. Yep, Hyla101 is my other account. Aside from the obviously-dwight-posted self-ejaculatory rantings about my own wonderfulness, the name "hyla" was a definite clue. I've made a note to, other than changing ISPs, change my own style of writing, as well. I'm spending more time in AOL Chat Rooms, trying to pick up subtle differences in posting styles, and hope to be able to fool all of you. Naturally, my anonymous return will not be made through self-laudatory means. I am called to the Dark Side, and the very next troll who enters r.a.m.f.m. may not be who you think it is..... " > > I can't believe there are still grown men in here and in ahpbbfm that > > can stomach this pitiful waste of oxygen. I'm jealous that you > > understood this so much earlier than I. > > RAMFM is a wonderful resource, an excellent guide, and a marvelous source of > amusement. Yes, it is, 'cuz you get to do sh.t like this: news:vqKdnaZbHbBWvd3cRVn-hg@comcast.com... > probably you cobrajet after you get your dick stuck in the sparkplug hole Oww, my sides! That's got to be THE funniest thing that's been written here in all my years of reading ramfm. Ohmigod. Thanks, Babs, for starting my day with a bang. Here's hoping that you stick around for a loooong time to share many more of these fascinating and pithy barbs. dwight Recognize that? Sure you do. It's you giving a personal endorsement just last Sept to someone you claimed not to recognize. An endorsement that amounts to an invitation to mix it up. A compliment for a lame flame that is most certainly NOT the funniest thing anyone has ever read in RAMFM, by far. An invitation that is FAR out of "character" for you, to someone whose first couple posts were nice and normal, and then when on a rant designed to draw attention. A rant hot on the heels of me skewering that dimwit who bought used springs for the cost of new ones up in Canada. You've been a lot of things in this group. Innocent is not one of them. > dwight SignatureCobraJet > >> > Ask dwight; he keeps the BJ registry. > >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > That may not be your choice. Oh my gosh, what a "barb". > > And you know that sooner or later I start checking headers. > > duhhh... Huh? Do it yourself. See what I see. > dwight SignatureCobraJet >> >> > Ask dwight; he keeps the BJ registry. >> >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Do it yourself. See what I see. Okay, SenileJet, you're going to have to take me by the hand and lead me to it. I can't find anything on any Barbara Johnson in either RAMFM or AH-PBBFsinkin'M. dwight "no need to hide myself" >>> >> > Ask dwight; he keeps the BJ registry. >>> >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > dwight "no need to hide myself" Here ya go, froggy: http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?as_q=&num=100&scoring=r&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&as_e pq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_ugroup=alt.hi-po.big-block-ford-mercury&as_usubject=&as_uau thors=barbara+johnson&lr=&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_ maxd=17&as_maxm=3&as_maxy=2005&safe=off Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC >>>> >> > Ask dwight; he keeps the BJ registry. >>>> >> [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies > Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC Thanks, Joe. I see where CobraBoy got confused. We both use Comcast. But I took it another step. Barbara's IP traces back to Bayville, NJ, while mine, of course, comes through a SE Pennsylvania portal. Yeah, I think it's time for ol' Rick to start "checking headers." dwight >>>>> >> > Ask dwight; he keeps the BJ registry. >>>>> >> [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?as_q=&num=100&scoring=r&hl=en&i >> e=UTF-8&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_ugroup=alt.hi-po.big-block-ford- mer cury&as_usubject=&as_uauthors=barbara+johnson&lr=&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=& >> as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=17&as_maxm=3&as_maxy=2005 &s >> afe=off >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks, Joe. I see where CobraBoy got confused. We both use Comcast. Wow, Comcast is taking over the world. They've got a monopoly on the cable down here, and now their Internet's up to something like 4 or 5mb downstream. > But I took it another step. Barbara's IP traces back to Bayville, > NJ, while mine, of course, comes through a SE Pennsylvania portal. Bayville's down the NJ shore on the way to A.C. > Yeah, I think it's time for ol' Rick to start "checking headers." > > dwight Wish I had some headers for the LX. Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC > Dwight wrote: >> Yeah, I think it's time for ol' Rick to start "checking headers." > Wish I had some headers for the LX. LOL. 180 Out TS 2 > Dwight wrote: >> Yeah, I think it's time for ol' Rick to start "checking headers." > Wish I had some headers for the LX. LOL. 180 Out TS 2 >> Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some white in >> the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." Thanks for the ghost image tip. The sticker is gone! Most of the fish are rockfish from the Chesapeake Bay. Also called Striped Bass, or 'stripers'. John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." > >> Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some white > >> in [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Bass, > or 'stripers'. See now, back in the day this would have been funny, as the above fish I mentioned were all other American cars that a Mustang owner might have gone trolling on asphalt for. Oh, how people have forgotten! Excuse me while I go wail and gnash my teeth. <wail...gnash...still gnashing...gotta see the dentist...encore wail> > John H > > "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." "If I think binarily, does that mean I like male and female computers equally?" SignatureCobraJet >> >> Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some white >> >> in [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > "If I think binarily, does that mean I like male and female >computers equally?" Who made a 'Marlin'? The 'cuda and 'ray, OK. But damn if I can recall a Marlin. 'Course, I'm getting pretty old. That may have something to do with my memory. SignatureJohn H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." > >> >> Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some > >> >> white [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > The 'cuda and 'ray, OK. But damn if I can recall a Marlin. 'Course, I'm getting > pretty old. That may have something to do with my memory. AMC, from 65 to 67. http://faculty.concord.edu/chrisz/hobby/67-Marlin-1.html SignatureCobraJet >> >> >> Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some >> >> >> white [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > >http://faculty.concord.edu/chrisz/hobby/67-Marlin-1.html Forgot all about that thing. Didn't see many of them on the road that I can recall. Thanks. SignatureJohn H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." >> >> >> Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT >> >> >> with some white [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > > http://faculty.concord.edu/chrisz/hobby/67-Marlin-1.html Hell, they're _Ramblers_. But here's a very cool Rambler - the '69 S/C Rambler with a 390: http://www.ramblerrogue.com/images/stahl69.jpg Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC > Hell, they're _Ramblers_. But here's a very cool Rambler My grandfather had one of these with the push button auto trans. It was supposed to be mine, but my mother saw fit to send it to auction when he died. DAMMIT!!! http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/AmericanMotors/1959Rambler-3.jpg SignatureScott W. '66 Mustang HCS 289 '68 Ranchero 500 302 '69 Mustang Sportsroof 351W ThunderSnake #57 > > Hell, they're _Ramblers_. But here's a very cool Rambler > > My grandfather had one of these with the push button auto trans. It was > supposed to be mine, but my mother saw fit to send it to auction when he > died. DAMMIT!!! > http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/AmericanMotors/1959Rambler-3.jpg Lucky you, you can still have a "new" '59 Rambler: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2585&item=5961606 049&rd=1 SignatureCobraJet >> Hell, they're _Ramblers_. But here's a very cool Rambler > > My grandfather had one of these with the push button auto trans. It > was supposed to be mine, but my mother saw fit to send it to auction > when he died. DAMMIT!!! > http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/AmericanMotors/1959Rambler-3.jpg Neat. Speaking of push-button trannies, IIRC my Dad's '57 Merc had one. Wish I had that thing now... Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC > > AMC, from 65 to 67. > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.ramblerrogue.com/images/stahl69.jpg I have one. It looks like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2585&item=5962238 713&rd=1 > Joe > Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies > Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC SignatureCobraJet >> > AMC, from 65 to 67. >> > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2585&item=5962 > 238 713&rd=1 Cool. That's the 'A' paint scheme. Ever see the 'B' scheme? It's got the stripes on the lower part of the body down by the rocker panels. BTW, I noticed that model is a Jo-Hann. Definitely below the quality of the AMT kits back in the day, but they get extra points just for having an S/C. Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC > >> > AMC, from 65 to 67. > >> > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > quality of the AMT kits back in the day, but they get extra points > just for having an S/C. That company was recently revived, but the new owners are severe Thumpers. Hence, I do not buy any of the re-issues. But I do have several of the originals, including a Marlin and the '70 Rebel Machine. http://www.johanmodels.com/ > Joe > Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies > Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC SignatureCobraJet >> >> > AMC, from 65 to 67. >> >> > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > http://www.johanmodels.com/ Neat pic on their page - the Chrysler Turbine IIRC. Now the Rebel Machine wasn't too shabby in its day, even though it should've been made earlier than '70. Mid 14s in the 1/4 off the showroom floor: http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/classicamx/RebMachArticle/RebMachineArticle.html That link also claims that contrary to popular belief, the '64 GTO wasn't the first muscle car - that title is credited to the '57 Rambler Rebel with a Nash 327 V8. Interesting. Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC > > That company was recently revived, but the new owners are severe > > Thumpers. Hence, I do not buy any of the re-issues. But I do have [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > wasn't the first muscle car - that title is credited to the '57 > Rambler Rebel with a Nash 327 V8. Interesting. I tend to attribute that title to the '57 F-code Fairlane. A 312 with a blower would certainly outrun the Rebel. > Joe > Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies > Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC SignatureCobraJet >> > That company was recently revived, but the new owners are >> > severe [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> Machine wasn't too shabby in its day, even though it should've been >> made earlier than '70. Mid 14s in the 1/4 off the showroom floor: http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/classicamx/RebMachArticle/RebMac >> hineArticl e.html >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I tend to attribute that title to the '57 F-code Fairlane. A 312 > with a blower would certainly outrun the Rebel. Ah, but was the blower factory? Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC > >> > That company was recently revived, but the new owners are > >> > severe [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Ah, but was the blower factory? Ah, but of course, or I wouldn't be referring to it as an F-code. http://members.aol.com/kalispell7/serial.htm http://www.1957ford.com/asp/gallery.aspx?catmstrid=7&catdetid=30 > Joe > Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies > Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC SignatureCobraJet CobraJet <68gtcs@streetracer.sfv> wrote in news:110320050939202172% 68gtcs@streetracer.sfv: >> >> > That company was recently revived, but the new owners are >> >> > severe [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> Machine wasn't too shabby in its day, even though it should've been >> >> made earlier than '70. Mid 14s in the 1/4 off the showroom floor: http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/classicamx/RebMachArticle/RebMac >> >> hineArticl e.html >> >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://www.1957ford.com/asp/gallery.aspx?catmstrid=7&catdetid=30 Very cool. I had no idea that a blown 312 existed back then. "Horsepower galore for checkered flag performance!", "...surging 300 horsepower!" Fabulous marketing back then. BTW, I love the pix of the guys in white coats checking the engines. It's just so.. Americana. Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC > CobraJet <68gtcs@streetracer.sfv> wrote in news:110320050939202172% > 68gtcs@streetracer.sfv: [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > BTW, I love the pix of the guys in white coats checking the engines. > It's just so.. Americana. Psst. Don't tell William. One of those guys is me. > Joe > Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies > Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC SignatureCobraJet What did they do with cruise control? I really like having that on my wheel. SignatureScotter 96 GT Vert > Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some white > in the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." >What did they do with cruise control? I really like having that on my wheel. They're still on the wheel. You have to look close. John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." Aha! Shwew! SignatureScott Swain 512-497-4841 http://oceanMedia.net >>What did they do with cruise control? I really like having that on my >>wheel. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." From looking at your last pic of the hood. That thing could really use a 1 or 2 inch cowl. even if just for looks. Scott > Had some snow, so I had to get some pics of the yellow GT with some white in the > background. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." >From looking at your last pic of the hood. That thing could really use a 1 >or 2 inch cowl. even if just for looks. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> "All decisions are t |
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