[flipper35]

I once had a 1978 Ramcharger and going through the south side of Chicago at 70mph the front drive shaft u-joint let loose at the axle. Boy does that wake you up in a hurry. We had to borrow some tools to remove it from the transfer case side (I know, but young and naive not having tools with me) and a half mile down the road we ran over a u bolt from a large truck leaf spring. We left there and trying to get to a gas station the float stick on the crappy carb. We did get to ride in the service station guy's El Camino with a built 454 in it.

That truck had been sunk up to the running boards in mud, airborne high enough that the CB came out of the dash when we landed and the passenger was stuck because of the locking lap belt had retracted way in on impact. We knocked the inside of the drivers side disk off on a rock when rock crawling. Got stuck in a valley and had to go over some young trees to get out which removed some equipment from underneath. I didn't expect much from a cheap as dirt truck, but it handled our abuse pretty well.

To extract it from the mud we had my uncles truck tied to a tree and block and tackled his 8000# winch and it still had a hard time pulling it out.

The drive shaft on the Cobra replica is 8.5" from yoke to yoke. I don't think I will twist that one.

Joe, I thought I had dislocated my thumb when playing fast pitch softball. Slid into 2nd base and heard it pop. I called time and the coach came over and said it was broken and set it while I was still standing on 2nd base. I had to get a base runner and went to the hospital after the game. The doctor said coach did a good job and just put a cast on it from there. Still has a funny bump and is a little crooked.

Jim, enjoy SoCal.

Dave, nice job on the checkered balls.