2020 New Random Pics

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Or the Spice Girls!

[masraum]

Vintage photo of a Vermont Railways Snow Plow. 1973

[A930Rocket]

[A930Rocket]

I was looking for a welding supply store when I noticed this airplane in the lake. It’s right next to the Boeing plant in Charleston.

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Gives new meaning to Gator Grip.

[Geronimo '74]

[porsche tech]

A fairly common problem on VW’s back in the day was the brass dump tube would fall out of the carb and be ingested and rattle around in the engine. I watched one time as a buddy of mine, next door in the BMW shop, cured one by racing the poor little VW engine at about 3K RPM, rattling away until it came spitting out the tail pipe!

[asphaltgambler]

Originally Posted by masraum

I'm not a "semi" guy. I think I went through a period when I was a kid where I thought semis were cool. I think a lot of kids go through a phase like that. I saw a semi a couple of days ago, that fanned the flames some. It was customized and pretty darn cool. I didn't get a pic (too busy looking to think about a pic), but it had some of the same elements as these like the very fitted, full fenders for the rear tires, and the super "clean" (seemed extra long) chassis between the cab and the back. I was getting some BBQ at a place on I10 outside of Houston when I saw this crazy, cool looking thing leaving so I got a good look.
The rear fenders were kind of like the fenders on the rear of this one


And the frame between the cab and rear was like this, looked weirdly thin and just the frame (presumably, stuff hidden between the rails).


The one that I saw was mostly white with red accents. I think the cab was mostly white with a red stripe and some accents and the frame was red. It was very sharp. Afterwards I wished I'd been able to give the guy a big thumbs up or something.

^^You should 'googly' - Large Cars / Semi Casual. There are more than a few custom shops no different than say, street rod shops for hot rod builds. Also Utube 'Drag Race Semi Trucks -2022'
Try those on for a good fit!

[blucille]

These are the same little spring clips used on my 86 El Camino to hold on the window winder. No power windows. I have to push the door card back a bit to see and slip a special tool behind the window crank to push the clip off. It usually goes flying. And trying to put it back on is just as tricky. If it goes flying don't bother buying the Doorman clip as they are a different shape, and they don't fit. So keep searching for the original clip. It will be in the most hidden spot on the floor or in some hard to get to spot.[/QUOTE]

Devised a few ways to deal with these in the 80's and 90's when I was installing car stereos, some dum-dum or even electrical tape on the opposite side of the winder you were pushing from to catch or slow down the clip as it flew off, or a box or better yet a Tupperware container partially over the winder would catch the spring.

really a crappy design, only intended to speed up production of the cars, with no concern for future repairs.....like so many others, like the GM cars where with V6 motors, you had to move the motor off its mounts just to swap the rear spark plugs

[GH85Carrera]

[Seahawk]

It is only funny because it is true - saw the original in 1977

[masraum]

Originally Posted by blucille

These are the same little spring clips used on my 86 El Camino to hold on the window winder. No power windows. I have to push the door card back a bit to see and slip a special tool behind the window crank to push the clip off. It usually goes flying. And trying to put it back on is just as tricky. If it goes flying don't bother buying the Doorman clip as they are a different shape, and they don't fit. So keep searching for the original clip. It will be in the most hidden spot on the floor or in some hard to get to spot.

Devised a few ways to deal with these in the 80's and 90's when I was installing car stereos, some dum-dum or even electrical tape on the opposite side of the winder you were pushing from to catch or slow down the clip as it flew off, or a box or better yet a Tupperware container partially over the winder would catch the spring.

really a crappy design, only intended to speed up production of the cars, with no concern for future repairs.....like so many others, like the GM cars where with V6 motors, you had to move the motor off its mounts just to swap the rear spark plugs[/QUOTE]

I think I still have one of these in a toolbox somewhere, but I can't remember the last car that I had that used them.

[GH85Carrera]

Yep, I have that tool. Pretty much essential to get the clip off without damaging the door card.












Farm Kitchen. Co Antrim. early 1900s.
(National Museums Northern Ireland).

[Sarc]

[asphaltgambler]

^^^^^^^^^pretty sure that half-@ssed muffler pic above is from a 1st gen Jeep SRT8..........because that view looks awfully familiar...................

[craigster59]

[craigster59]

[GH85Carrera]

I think the clothes are dry!

[GH85Carrera]

Burke, Idaho was built in such a narrow canyon that the hotel had a railroad tunnel through the middle of it and it is said that some businesses in town had to roll up their awnings when the train went by.

[VINMAN]