fubar57
General
Waiting at the car wash when…….
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SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
NICE.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Love the colour. 
ARTESH
Chief Master Sergeant
IDK the car, but colour is fantastic!
N4521U
Plastic Pirate
1955 Chevrolet. A little hot prodded. Not as manufactured!
ARTESH
Chief Master Sergeant
Thank you!
Our family's first "modern" car. As manufactured, (the small) straight six, three on the column, inadequate radiator for the Mohave, drove us VT->CA->VT in 1960 with an ice bag hanging in front of the radiator. Traded in '61 with 160K on the clock, running like a top and never seen a shop. A veritable GTO. (Gas, Tires, & Oil)
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
You forgot the Ice for the radiator so in actuality it would be GTOI
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
You forgot the Ice for the radiator so in actuality it would be GTOI. I like the 55 and 56 year Chev's than the 57's that most people like the most, although I wouldn't mind owing a 57 if force too
The ice bag only came into play when Rt66 took us into the southwest; Oklahoma, if I recall. We drove Needles to Anaheim at night, buying ice at every gas station we came to, most of it next to a heavily traveled rail line. Amazing number of "hot boxes" on freight cars glowing in the dark, and the road paved with squashed armadillos and coyotes.
Drove a restored '63 283 Impala the other day. I'd forgot how primitive those old dynasaurs were, being spoiled by modern cars. My 2020 Hyundai Ioniq in performance mode would blow that old girl off in anything other than a quarter mile drag. On any twisty Vermont road, no contest.
Drove a restored '63 283 Impala the other day. I'd forgot how primitive those old dynasaurs were, being spoiled by modern cars. My 2020 Hyundai Ioniq in performance mode would blow that old girl off in anything other than a quarter mile drag. On any twisty Vermont road, no contest.
Okay, point taken but when that DINOSAUR needs work, you don't need to take half the engine apart to find a freaking spark plug or the oil filter.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Got a postcard from my son. He's passed all the requirements and has a clear course to graduation this Friday.
I love classic stereo setups. Good stuff!
Got my 70's era receiver back from the shop yesterday. They tuned it up and fixed a very annoying popping in the left channel that has been annoying me to the point that it has been unusable for the last few years. As a bonus, when reinstalling it I hooked up a bluetooth box so I can play music from my phone.
It's great to have it back above my model work bench. Spent several hours last night annoying the neighbors with it
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I love classic stereo setups. Good stuff!
ARTESH
Chief Master Sergeant
Congrats.Got a postcard from my son. He's passed all the requirements and has a clear course to graduation this Friday.
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Got a postcard from my son. He's passed all the requirements and has a clear course to graduation this Friday.
I love classic stereo setups. Good stuff!
What is his MOS?
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Combat engineer.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Should have gone aviation…
Just kidding.
I'm not sure who has the shorter combat life, but I bet he'd have more fun as a door gunner -- there's just not that many slots for that in USMC.
But on the bright side, he'll be blowing stuff up, and for a change it's not on my property.
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
My #2 son was an assault man. He got to blow stuff up too. But they eliminated his MOS, and he wanted EOD, but they tried to push him into combat engineers, so he got out when his hitch was up. His brother, who is currently a lieutenant, was furious. How could he rob the Corps of an excellent NCO?
He took a slot in a National Guard infantry unit close to home, where he's a turret gunner on a humvee.
He took a slot in a National Guard infantry unit close to home, where he's a turret gunner on a humvee.
