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I don't think he had reached Max speed, but continued at a sane speed as a face saving motive. My friend's Dad bought himself a second retirement car, trading the very well kept 88 for a new 1991 Pontiac convertible (actual convertible), white interior, black top, metallic red exterior and...

I have loved the looks of Jags. A quick story: Those familiar with the New Orleans area know of Lake Ponchartrain and the 24 mile bridge crossing it. As originally built, it was only two lanes wide, two way traffic with a one dollar toll. Due to the dollar cost, usually not often used on...

Is that an APU popped out on the dorsal spine? I wonder how that effected the slow flight, as the aux dorsal fin behind the cockpit was added because of the torque. He appears to in slow flight as indicated by leading edge slats.

As long as we are derailing on Corvairs, I submit the events of a neighbor who put his VW engine into a dune buggy kit and it was great, then for evermore power he put an Empy kit in the engine and it was even better, then for higher quest for power, he put a Corvair engine as replacement for...

Perhaps our software people are better than theirs? Just a thought.

Welcome to the forum.

Wot? Another one? Happy Birthday!

I put an Edmunds aluminum head and aluminum manifold with two Stromberg 97 two barrel carbs on my 1948 Plymouth flathead six. An Isky cam went in also.

Have a great birth day!

Once again geographic confusion between Swiss & Swedes

I worked on two 544s and discovered the rear brake shoes were the same as a 1951 Studebaker's. The rear axle was a Spicer, as I remember, same as Studebaker but less width. I remember the specs said the rod journals on the 544 engine were the same size, approximately, as the Pontiac 389 engine...

These may have been the last USN non amphibian flying boats purchased.

The Volvo 544, U.S. imports, and the 444, a brought back import, were impressive cars.

A couple of quick memories from the past: My first daughter was moving to South Carolina from flatland south Louisiana. She was concerned about rollback when stopped on a hill in her standard shift car, so I took her to a loading dock on a Sunday for practice. Many truck height loading docks are...

What I remember from old Pontiac experience was the flathead six freeze plug was some unknown size made of unobtanium so we found a commercial mop handle of nearly the correct size, cut a plug and inserted, driving a nail through the center to spread it and seal it. Once kept wet, it worked well...