The car that ate my brain..

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10-10-2009, 09:55 AM
Bob Parmenter

The car that ate my brain..

A couple vids for you fans of Normie-poo and his iconic bucket.....
10-10-2009, 11:51 AM
Itoldyouso

I got that video as one of my Xmas gifts last year Bob, and have probably watched it 10 times so far............it's the best. I thought I knew every movie the "Kookie T" was in, but there was stuff in that video I had never seen or heard of.

Von Franco did a fantastic job on both T's and also the making of this video, I'd recommend it for any of us who were glued to our TV sets every Friday night waiting for a glimpse of that car. :D:D

Don
10-10-2009, 12:20 PM
Dave Severson

Way kewl Uncle Bob!!!!! Never new it was Normies' bucket that ate your brain, all these years I've been thinkin' the GOP owned it!!!!!!!!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL

The kid watching TV brought back some memories... Dad used to say he wished the show was on every night, he was guaranteed 1/2 hour of peace and quiet in the house when it was on!!!!
10-10-2009, 12:44 PM
Bob Parmenter

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Way kewl Uncle Bob!!!!! ........... all these years I've been thinkin' the GOP owned it!!!!!!!!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL

You Norwegians...............so hard headed!:eek:
Let me spell it out for you...........slowly................

L.....I......B......E......R......T......A......R......I......A........N

:p:D
10-10-2009, 12:57 PM
Bob Parmenter

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I got that video as one of my Xmas gifts last year Bob, and have probably watched it 10 times so far............it's the best. I thought I knew every movie the "Kookie T" was in, but there was stuff in that video I had never seen or heard of.

Von Franco did a fantastic job on both T's and also the making of this video, I'd recommend it for any of us who were glued to our TV sets every Friday night waiting for a glimpse of that car. :D:D

Don

Another one that's been one of my favorites, though not as familiar as either Grabowski or Ivo's car was Marty Hollmann's '15 T that also got some TV time. This clip is from 77..... also, kinda hoaky, definitely not PC, but fun anyway (and I think that's Scritchfield's roadster that gets "wrecked")
10-10-2009, 12:59 PM
Dave Severson

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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

You Norwegians...............so hard headed!:eek:
Let me spell it out for you...........slowly................

L.....I......B......E......R......T......A......R......I......A........N

:p:D

Hey, just checking to see if you were paying attention!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:

Now, if they (libertarians) can just somehow figure out how to promote a candidate who can actually do something about the economy, run the country like a business--as in no deficit spending.... Back to the gold standard maybe???? i dunno, I'm no financial wizard, but to just keep issuing all that counterfit money sure doesn't make sense to me.... Hopefully, they can come up with a guy next time around....if you have any pull there Uncle Bob, I think someone who was a bit of an isolationist would be good, too!!!!

Sorry Bill, I'll get off the politics now!!!!!!:o:o:o
10-10-2009, 01:55 PM
pat mccarthy

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Hey, just checking to see if you were paying attention!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:

Now, if they (libertarians) can just somehow figure out how to promote a candidate who can actually do something about the economy, run the country like a business--as in no deficit spending.... Back to the gold standard maybe???? i dunno, I'm no financial wizard, but to just keep issuing all that counterfit money sure doesn't make sense to me.... Hopefully, they can come up with a guy next time around....if you have any pull there Uncle Bob, I think someone who was a bit of an isolationist would be good, too!!!!

Sorry Bill, I'll get off the politics now!!!!!!:o:o:o

the guy driving the buss now is driving us off the cliff .i hope to god there is a next time ???? china is going to call in the loan then what :eek: nice to get sold out:mad:
10-10-2009, 02:13 PM
Dave Severson

Yeah!!! We've got to get moved to Texas and get our citizenship there established, Pat!!!!! Going to be tough moving there once Texas secedes from the Union and becomes a separate country!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek:
10-10-2009, 02:17 PM
Itoldyouso

Yeah, right Pat. :rolleyes::rolleyes: Bet him getting that award the other day really frosted you anti-Obama guys. :LOL::LOL: Personally I loved it.:)

Bob, I never knew Marty's T was on there. Funny how the guys who owned those hot rods would let the studios beat the heck out of them for what, $ 50 a day? In one scene in the Brain movie the door on Grabowskis T smacks into the header, denting it.

Don
10-10-2009, 02:34 PM
pat mccarthy

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Yeah, right Pat. :rolleyes::rolleyes: Bet him getting that award the other day really frosted you anti-Obama guys. :LOL::LOL: Personally I loved it.:)

Bob, I never knew Marty's T was on there. Funny how the guys who owned those hot rods would let the studios beat the heck out of them for what, $ 50 a day? In one scene in the Brain movie the door on Grabowskis T smacks into the header, denting it.

Don

well you live in your world :D and what did he do for the award ??????????????????????????????????:LOL::LOL: don you think you know me .you do not ... i just have not seen any thing he has done so far worth a dam. i know he got that award for?? all them Zar s:3dSMILE::3dSMILE: still looking for how are we going to pay back china. don seeing how you must be in the obama camp you have the answer ??????
10-10-2009, 02:36 PM
pat mccarthy

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Yeah!!! We've got to get moved to Texas and get our citizenship there established, Pat!!!!! Going to be tough moving there once Texas secedes from the Union and becomes a separate country!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek:

yep you bet there will be a big sucking sound from everyone moving to TX:LOL:
10-10-2009, 06:05 PM
Itoldyouso

That's the great thing about America Pat. We can all have our views and opinions and still remain friends with folks on the other side of the fence. :):)

Don
10-10-2009, 06:39 PM
Dave Severson

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Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

yep you bet there will be a big sucking sound from everyone moving to TX:LOL:

I'm hoping that if we tell them that we know Don Dalton they'll let us in!!!!!
10-10-2009, 06:43 PM
pat mccarthy

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I'm hoping that if we tell them that we know Don Dalton they'll let us in!!!!!

well if that fails i have family that live there
10-10-2009, 06:49 PM
Ken Thurm

Dave, All my X's live in Texas, no wait, I think that's a song :LOL:
10-10-2009, 07:06 PM
Dave Severson

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Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

Dave, All my X's live in Texas, no wait, I think that's a song :LOL:

Yeah, I think I have one there, too.... It was an ugly divorce...she got the gold mine, I got the shaft.... (I know some country songs, too!!!:LOL::LOL:)
10-10-2009, 07:22 PM
Don Shillady

Hey, all you have to do to pay China back is to buy a HumVee!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
10-10-2009, 07:30 PM
Bob Parmenter

Quote:

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Yeah, right Pat. :rolleyes::rolleyes: Bet him getting that award the other day really frosted you anti-Obama guys. :LOL::LOL: Personally I loved it.:)

Bob, I never knew Marty's T was on there. Funny how the guys who owned those hot rods would let the studios beat the heck out of them for what, $ 50 a day? In one scene in the Brain movie the door on Grabowskis T smacks into the header, denting it.

Don

One doesn't have to be anti-Obama to be put off by the "award". The emptiness of the "award" is not the Presidents doing, it's a reflection on the Nobel Prize itself. We now award a "Peace" prize for good intentions? Maybe I should nominate myself for a Nobel in Literature.............all I have to do is "intend" to write a good book. Right? :rolleyes: This is very much like the silliness that dictates children playing a game where nobody keeps score, or everyone passes a class regardless of their having learned or not, just to "build" their self esteem. Reinforcing reward for doing nothing just further degrades a declining culture. It's sad to watch but difficult to stop. I find it most troubling when good people miss the point.

Yeah Pops, it looks like the two cars in the "race" hit wheels a couple times, could have easily bent a wheel, axle, smashed a hubcap (though that's easily replaced I guess), but still. On the plus side, they built the cars to drive not tow, so they sure were drivin' 'em!! Hollmann's car was one of my favorites as I saw it from time to time driving down Ventura Blvd, or Van Nuys Blvd.......one of the benefits of living in So. Cal in the early '60s.
10-10-2009, 07:44 PM
pat mccarthy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

One doesn't have to be anti-Obama to be put off by the "award". The emptiness of the "award" is not the Presidents doing, it's a reflection on the Nobel Prize itself. We now award a "Peace" prize for good intentions? Maybe I should nominate myself for a Nobel in Literature.............all I have to do is "intend" to write a good book. Right? :rolleyes: This is very much like the silliness that dictates children playing a game where nobody keeps score, or everyone passes a class regardless of their having learned or not, just to "build" their self esteem. Reinforcing reward for doing nothing just further degrades a declining culture. It's sad to watch but difficult to stop. I find it most troubling when good people miss the point.

WELL I AM GOING TO PICK UP THE RIDDLERS AWARD IN DETROIT THIS YEAR. WELL HELL I THINK THEY SHOULD GIVE ME ONE .NO NEED TO BUILD A CAR .THEY KNOW I CAN .SO JUST GIVE ME THE DAM THING**)**):whacked: YOU CAN HAVE THE NOBEL BOB ..I TAKE THE RILLERS:3dSMILE:
10-13-2009, 10:24 AM
Jack F

Hey Bob,
Nice videos. I'm not a T bucket fan but I too loved to watch them on those shows in the 50's. Never had the money to build a really nice rod back then, just a few semi fast beaters. Wish I had a few of them back (don't we all):).

Jack.
10-14-2009, 12:40 AM
stovens

Nice videos Bob. This show aired before my time, but seems like a great motivator for hot rod building!
10-14-2009, 12:12 PM
Don Shillady

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Well thank goodness for the NFL to take my mind off the falling dollar, but back to cars that "ate my mind". Much of my psychic energy throughout my early years was focused on the ecomically unattainable holy grail of a fenderless '32 roadster as inspired by my copy of the hot rod handbook which I have nearly worn out but still have even though I lost the cover somehow. Although I liked the "Kookie-Car", a chopped deuce roadster has always been my favorite and you folks with '32s are lucky dogs. I bought into my '29 because I thought it would be cheaper to build than a '32, Hah! So here is my favorite picture and it's source from 1952. Man, I have dreamed over that picture for many years!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
10-14-2009, 06:39 PM
IC2

Don, It's cheaper to build an 'A' then a '32 - to a point. The deuce chassis and body, though similar in size are quite a bit more expensive. After that purchase, then the pain to the savings account stays the same ------ and you already know how I came to that deduction**)**)**):LOL: