* One dragster's 500-inch Hemi makes more horsepower then the first 8 rows at Daytona. * Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1 1/2 gallons of nitro per second, the same rate of fuel consu
Hi Pork Pie !!! NEIL and DOUG are CORRECT ........... When you " GET THE SKINNY " it means you get the actual facts, the "straight scoop ". also referred to as " the lowdown, or the " inside story "
THANK YOU, Wes !!! I saw this wonderful news on TV earlier today, and it was great to see a positive ending to one of these abduction / missing person type stories for a change ! Too often the result
Jim : What shape of steel are you cutting ...... plate, tubing, or channels, and how thick and how long are the cuts involved ? When it comes to cutting metals of different types, shapes, and hardnes
Hi Bob ....... I have had trouble sending that email for some reason, and have sent it three times before it popped up in my email. Sorry you got the version without Arnie's email address. Here it is
I hope that all Americans will take a few moments sometime this weekend to contemplate the loss of these brave people that are on the forefront of mankind's first faltering steps, or flights, in our
Thanks for the kind words about CCSRB and my T ! Sorry if I gave the impression that I thought the MB 190 was the first car to sue the Kammback theory, as I know MB took the theory to heart very qui
List : My Pal Arnie "squarerollbars" Shuman asked me recently if I knew anything about Gray Baskerville's roadster being recently sold at a Barrett - Jackson auction, and I told him I had heard nothi
Bill, I met Al Liest at the Sears Point Nostalgia Drags a few years when I was eyeballing the engine he had massaged for a dragster there ....... as I recall it was a very interesting marriage of For
As to the last sentence ......" supposed to get 4 to 6 ' of the white ......... let's make that read 4 to 6 ", although twenty five years ago, on this very date, February 6, New England was brought t
Jim, Phil ..... We mounted a regular videotape camera on a bracket on the right outside of the roll cage on the Black Radon Engineering 939 B/BFAlt Firebird. The last thing we did before closing the
HEY BOB " LAKESTERKID " WANNER ....... YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO BUST 'EM, DON'T YOU ??? BEAGLES / BAGELS / BUGLES OR BUNGLES ........ JUST BE THERE AT THE CONNECTICUT DRAGWAY NOSTALGIA NIGHT & SLIDE SH
Hi Louise !!! Sorry for the delay, but we are dealing with a bit of of snow up this way ...... OH, to live once again in sunny California ! The 'America' email I forwarded to you ..... it was one of
You Think A Gallon Of Gas Is Expensive ? This makes one think, and puts things in perspective a little ...... Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ......... $10.32 per gallon Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ....... $
Hello All ...... I thought I would let you all know that my youngest Darrell will be working with famed chopper builder Jesse James and the five other crew members converting another vehicle into som
YES, Bob ....... I WAS sworn to secrecy by Darrell since November ! That was at the producer's request, but now you can find out what it is, and why Jesse likes it so much, on the DiscoveryChannel.co
Neil wrote : Well, in water an efficient screw design will look a different than an efficient prop that runs in air ........ I believe you hit the nail on the head ! I've seen a lot of airplanes sinc
HELLO WALT....... I AM STUNNED AND HAVE BEEN JUST SITTING HERE FEELING NUMB AT MY KEYBOARD AFTER GETTING YOURS, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER EMAILS, WITH THE TRAGIC NEWS . IT IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE. HE WAS S
Bill, I always try to keep in mind that Brazing is akin to The two pieces are joined together, but they have NOT become one piece of metal . I cannot recall one weld of mine, on cars or anything, sin
Ed ........ NO, SHE'S NOT BACK . THIS IS HIS NEW WIFE . Always interesting when we have an inside track on things ....... BDF /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or tr