Thread: flathead question

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i just seen an old colored fellow on the side of the road and an engine block and transmission had fallen out of his truck...so i stop to help him get it back in his truck...he was on his way to sell it for scrap...it was a flathead and it was huge...transmission was huge as well...but the head bolts only went around the head no bolts in the middle of the head...there was no intake on it or i would have brought it home but both engine and transmission looked as if it had been inside somewhere...any ideas what it was...he didn't know...and it wasn't exactly the neighborhood for me to hang around and take pictures...i do know the scrap yard though...

oh, engine and transmission were green...look like original paint...not sure...

[QUOTE=cnile64]i just seen an old colored fellow


I think I just had a flashback to the 50's!!

Don

is that not politically correct...i do live in south mississippi

Unless your calendar reads about 60 years ago, no. I bet you are gonna be REAL thrilled when you see who's running the country after Nov 4th. I know I will be.

Don

i actually meant it respectfully...i did stop just to help the fella out...

I understand, I was just pullin' your leg a little. I was at work late and after 15 hours of being there I was a little rough around the edges. Sorry.

As for your engine, I have no idea what that might be. The bolts around the perimeter are kinda strange. Can you post up any pictures?

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Unless your calendar reads about 60 years ago, no. I bet you are gonna be REAL thrilled when you see who's running the country after Nov 4th. I know I will be.

Don

Your voting for McCain too? Go Palin

Guess again.

Don

maybe it was an old internation or a tractor motor?


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could have been i may try to get up to the scrap yard and take some pics...i've never seen one like it...

if you have 2 hot rods you have to give one to the goverment so they can redisribute it to a guy too lazy to build one.....ted btw my nane is ted and I approve this message....

Actually for a southerner I thought cnile64 was being very gracious.

I don't like either one of them, so voting for one is as bad as voting for the other. Neither one has a clue as to how to fix the ills of this country, and if they do get fixed it will be blind luck.

Originally Posted by mopar34

Actually for a southerner I thought cnile64 was being very gracious.

I don't like either one of them, so voting for one is as bad as voting for the other. Neither one has a clue as to how to fix the ills of this country, and if they do get fixed it will be blind luck.

Well put Bob. This is the worst pair I've seen since I began voting in 1964. Your choices boil down to WORST AND REALLY WORST, depending on how you see it.

Originally Posted by mopar34

I don't like either one of them, so voting for one is as bad as voting for the other.

While I have considerable sympathy for the first half of your statement, I disagree considerably with the second half.

I hold less value with words (however important and revealing they may be) than with actions. For me there are two events that I'm afraid are very predictive.

The first is the virtual public hanging of a private citizen, namely Joe the Plummer. Here's a guy who was sought out by a political candidate, probably to be used as a favorable photo op. When Joe had the audacity to ask a question that illicited a reponse from the candidate that proved to be problematic for that candidate all manner of hit people dug into his life to find whatever they could to discredit him. Perhaps some of you folks on here aren't disturbed by this but attempting to publicly destroy a private citizen for political gain doesn't bode well.

The second is the hanging in effigy of a certain VP candidate. Though it doesn't rise to the technical definition of a federal hate crime, I would like to believe that reasonable people would recognize hate when they see it. Respecting the spirit of our First Amendment I have no problem with these clowns displaying such on their own property, go for it, show the world what you're made of. My angst comes from the lack of response by the candidates of the opposing party. Intended or not, their lack of aggressive condemnation implies endorsement (or at least tolerance) of this kind of selective hateful behavior. Is there any doubt that had it gone the other way there would be all manner of condemnation? Where's the self annointed voice for the rights and dignity of women........NOW? Why does it seem that some reporters have a hint of glee in their voices when telling this story?

Like I said, actions speak louder than words.