Bryan ...... Did you ever get to hear the famous Speed Sport II Roadster at the drags back in the Sixties ? They didn't call it "Old Noisy" for nothing ! Most anyone who ever heard its' exhaust thund
What's next ??? There is a recent book called "China Rising" that can give all of us a preview of things to come ....... Let's just say that the world our children and grandchildren will live and wor
Neil, I talked at length with Red Greth at the Bakersfield Hot Rod reunion a few years back ...... he had a great clone of the Speed Sport Roadster there, steel body and all, but it was re-done as a
** What is a billion ??? ** The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending your tax money. A billion is a diffi
Hey Neil ...... I first saw that 'mild abrasive into the intake trick' done waaaay back when I was a teenaged parts cleaner & 'go-fer' for some older friends running a roundy-round car at the local o
List: One of our former regulars here wrote this about the ring-seating deal ( snip ) ...... I only got your reply to this thread (I lost track of landspeed and Spridgets on autox a couple years ago.
Nice Going, Mayf !!! Best of Luck and Ever-Increasing Speeds on All of your GO GET 'EM, Tige ........ errr, I mean, SUNBEAM !!! Bruce, thinking you can drop that 'wannabe' handle after this meet !
Initial projected goal for engines alone to be 250,000 per year : Word's come down from the People's 'Public of China: The first Chinese-built MG will roll off the line, completely without irony, on
I'm posting this as so many on this list have trucks for towing & hauling parts ~ BDF * In Today's News : Tailgate Theft On the Rise * Theft of third-row seats and tailgates from American-made trucks
Neil wrote, "stainless tends to gall badly ..... " How Very True ! I learned this lesson the hard way one Sunday evening, after a fun day at the drag races, back in the early 60s ...... I went to rem
Wes, You are absolutely right on target: World's Fastest Indian undoubtedly brought a lot of newcomers to the Salt this year ! I think we should also have to give a lot of the credit for increased at
THANKFULLY, Bonneville and Land Speed Racing coverage can now be found once again in the 'grandaddy' of all hot rod magazines .... and I think some folks on this list that take a lot of good-natured
Guys, I hate to argue any positive point about Bonneville but I'll make an exception. As much as we all loved the film and the exposure it gained for the salt, "The World's Fastest Indian" was a cert
It was electronic communication, namely the 'Net, which finally gave the layman an opportunity to find out the "when and where" information which kept the SCTA on par with the Tri-Lateral Commission
NHRA has stood for No Hot Rods Allowed for much longer than 'now'.....since about the late Sixties, or certainly by the Seventies. Ask anybody on this list, and there are quite a few of us who have b
I believe this is a subject many of us 'greybeards' could rant-on about for hours, but suffice it to say that the racing world has changed GREATLY since the 'big money boys' got involved in BOTH venu
Hey Glen ..... You're giving away your age, mine, and a bunch of others here with the term Ice Box or Ice Chest ...... younger folks grew up with the 'Fridge' and never saw the ice man every week ...
Glen, It must have also reached the ground there in St. George the time I saw a house, or several, slide into your local river and float away ...... on the national news. You traded the chance of ear
Jon, Welding aluminum( aluminium, across the pond )is an ART...... not easily mastered by most of us mere mortals ...... do it right, with TIG. As to your choice of a good TIG welding machine,again,
Thanks for those words to the wise, Tom ...... the experiences related here on our list about smoking, plus my own personal observations for my entire lifetime, make me aware once again I made the ri