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We had a project in AZ, 90 miles south of Phoenix, and the field PM had parked his black truck, windows up tight, and we went to get lunch, temp 114F. He'd picked up a new gas grill insert thermometer on the way to the site that morning, picked it up and dropped it, too hot to hold. It read 185F! We put the windows down an inch when we went in to eat....

Originally Posted by rspears

We had a project in AZ, 90 miles south of Phoenix, and the field PM had parked his black truck, windows up tight, and we went to get lunch, temp 114F. He'd picked up a new gas grill insert thermometer on the way to the site that morning, picked it up and dropped it, too hot to hold. It read 185F! We put the windows down an inch when we went in to eat....

Damn…. Bet I could cook cookies

Originally Posted by TooMany2count

Damn…. Bet I could cook cookies

They wouldn't get brown, but the best finish temp for pulled pork is 185-190F...... Now how to get that smoky taste?

:speaking of high gas prices .. back in 76 during the gas shortage era i had just bought my first pinto .. gas was rationed out so i could not keep getting around in 428 mustangs or 440 six pac bees .. it was kind of silly around me .. you could only buy 5 gallons at a time but you could pull thru the line as many times as needed .. i would get my 5 gallons .. pull off the lot and circle back and get 5 more ..being the conscientious saver i was back then i invested in every over the counter fuel saving device on the market .. my first mod was a header and free flowing exhaust system .. garnered me a cool 15 % increase in fuel mileage .. next i added a free flow air filter element most likely a K& N .. got 10 % with that change .. i added lower friction rear gear and trans lubes and was amazed to get a 20 % rise .. i re jetted the carb and did away with the choke system and got another 20 % jump in mileage .. maintaining the correct the tire pressure got me 5 % . i started using fuel additives and stretched a gallon by 15 more % ,, i switched to pertronics electric ignition and opened up the spark plug gap and got the biggest jump of all fully a 25 % increase .. even before it was a common thang i would turn off my cat at stop signs ,, 5 % ,, all that added up to a 115 % increase in fuel mileage .. to my surprise every week i had to drain a gallon and a half out of my tank ,,

Hoss, this seems like a better idea. At least it will travel with them, lol…joe

Saw a post where a guy came upon a young gal carrying a gas can, needing a ride back to her car. A Good Samaritan, he drove her about 10 miles out into the prairie, and found an EV beside the road. He started trying to explain to her that her car couldn't use gasoline, as she proceeded to open the trunk, pull out a small portable Honda generator, and fill the tank, start the generator and plug it in to charge.....
Joe, that'll probably be an option for all new vehicles sold in CA after 2035. I told a young guy who is salivating to get a new Ford Lightning F150 that at least he could carry a generator in the bed.....

I might start believing in this electric BS when I see electric OTR trucks and electric planes that can cross the Atlantic.Until then it's a pipe dream fostered by progressive liberal green weenies and brainwashed fools.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

I might start believing in this electric BS when I see electric OTR trucks and electric planes that can cross the Atlantic.Until then it's a pipe dream fostered by progressive liberal green weenies and brainwashed fools.

I talked to a gentleman that had one of the new electric 3500 series Chevy trucks. He told me what he used to be able to do in the day now takes three days to do and his mileage was only 75 miles to a charge when he was pulling a fully loaded trailer. And then there’s a video about a guy who owns an electric semi, he said he has a fleet of 10 diesel trucks and if he was to change them to electric it would take a large power plant that would supply energy to us decent size town to charge his trucks if they were all electric. He doesn’t see it actually happening because our power grid is so messed up and so weak that they will have problems charging all of these electric cars at once. California is having problems as it is telling their people not to charge their vehicles at night now. I guess those electric car owners better go buy a gas or diesel vehicle

as far as i thought Bama was not a " you must pass emissions test before you drive a vehicle " state .. a fellow yesterday at a gas station asked me what year my pinto was .. i replied a 73 .. he said today is Wednesday ,,how are you able to legally drive it ,, in Marshal county where i am from you can not drive a non catalyzed or antique vehicle except to a weekend car show or in a parade ,, Marshal County is basically Guntersville .. Tennessee river .. large lake and nice i guess ritzy properties .. i told the fellow i had never heard of that .. we dont have that in Madison county .. is that something that can be regulated county to county ? will i get a smog ticket if i drive to Guntersville ? i told him you can vote out of office the same ( %#$^%# ) ( i cant get political ) people who moved here from other states and brought their green earth thinking with them ..Georgia was once a part of the south .. i dont think so anymore ..

Originally Posted by HOSS429

as far as i thought Bama was not a " you must pass emissions test before you drive a vehicle " state .. a fellow yesterday at a gas station asked me what year my pinto was .. i replied a 73 .. he said today is Wednesday ,,how are you able to legally drive it ,, in Marshal county where i am from you can not drive a non catalyzed or antique vehicle except to a weekend car show or in a parade ,, Marshal County is basically Guntersville .. Tennessee river .. large lake and nice i guess ritzy properties ..

I wonder if that Marshall County guy was referring to vehicles running "Antique" plates? In many states (not sure about GA) if you choose to register as "antique" you're declaring that it's a collector vehicle, not to be used for normal day to day transportation, and in many of those states that you'll only use it to & from shows or display events or parades, and it's a State rule, not County by County. Some of the "collector car" insurance companies have similar rules, and you're not supposed to use the vehicle for a trip to the store or for "joy riding" apart from to & from shows. Pays to understand the rules and register/insure accordingly.

several hundred posts ago i mentioned that i was finally getting my last edition of hot rod mag ,, i noted that i had not paid for a subscription in nearly 20 years .. i had not even opened most of them .. today this arrives in my mailbox .. it`s good till 2027 ..????? ...

I'm not saying that all electric isn't possible, but at the present time the infrastructure is just not there. You have to have a solid foundation to support any structure.
Reminds me of the 6 "Ps", Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
The powers to be here in Springfield, Mo. where I live have a vision 20-20 plan, except they can't see the forest for the trees.
Very typical of liberal progressives that don't have the common sense to pour piss out of a boot.

i use foamy engine brite to detail under the hood.

it doesn't matter how you load the pics! They'll still show up out of order. I think it loads the smaller file sizes first. But that's a guess.

Chrome maybe won't get you home... but it's better than black imho! LOL..

Originally Posted by 34_40

it doesn't matter how you load the pics! They'll still show up out of order. I think it loads the smaller file sizes first. But that's a guess.

You can Preview your post, which shows the order of your pictures, then you can highlight any file name and drag & drop or cut & paste to put them how you want them to show. As you move the files to the order you want, you can also add text between pictures if there's something you want to explain. I put a dash beneath the file name, drop down a line for text, then drop down for another dash above the next file name. The dashes add a horizontal space.

Be ready to respray the chrome occasionally! I learned on my Jeep that unless you rough it up and prime it, painted chrome gets chipped from road junk, and ends up black with speckles of chrome over time....