Thread: New Old guy from Pittsburgh

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Welcome! You'll find plenty of "old school" company here.

I don't qualify, but my wife is a card carrying Pittsburgher.

Lookin' forward to your pictures,

Jim

One of the reasons I moved to Florida was to be able to own a rod with no fenders or hood. Now I here Pa. has loosened those laws up, finally.

My girlfriend and I went back to Pittsburgh a few years ago, first time since '82, and Man is is cleaned up. The fish are even alive in the rivers.

Don

Hey Ol Skool...we dodged the bullet too, but East and South of Syracuse got nailed. My son in law's parents were coming up for the weekend and they got stuck outside of Albany. They closed a 117 mile stretch of the NYS Thruway (I-90). Rte 88 was also washed out! They left West Chester (NY) at 2:00PM and arrived at 4:00AM this morning. Usually a 5-1/2 hour drive.

Pat

LONG LIVE KENNYWOOD!!!!!!!

Its funny you mentioned Kennywood....when they revamped the Steel Phantom into the Phantoms revenge...I ended up with 8 of the roller coaster cars from the blue & gold train.....I still have two. of em....been planning a fairground cruiser outta them..

welcome to CHR
Looks like your among old friends
This is a great forum Enjoy
Charlie

Ever been to Carls Tavern? There were a few of them in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. You could buy a "fishbowl" of beer (held a quart) for 25 cents, and a huge fish sandwich for $ 1.00.

After about 3 of those beers the old wooden roller coasters at Kennywood were a a real blast.


Don

Hey Olskool...Don (Itoldyouso) is a very knowledgable guy when it comes to cars.

He also remembers when the Pittsburgh International Dragway opened in Little Washington. I used to travel from Sharon to race my "brand new" 69 Z-28 Camaro that I purchased for a whopping $4100.00. I'll never forget that back then a scattered shield was required for NHRA. First time I ever raced I had to borrow a blanket to wrap around my tranny. Boy things have changed.

Pat

It's really cool talking with all you guys from the old stomping grounds. Did any of you street race on Saturday nights at Petes Gulf station on Rt. 51 and rt 31. Some nights we had more cars there than the nationals.

Took the State Police hours to get there from the Belle Vernon Barracks.


Don

[QUOTE=Pat Monaco]
"I'll never forget that back then a scattered shield was required for NHRA. First time I ever raced I had to borrow a blanket to wrap around my tranny. Boy things have changed."

The first time we went to a race requiring a scattershield (1/8"steel) we stupidly got cute and found a piece of aluminum and formed it around a big piece of sewer pipe and bolted it in, then brushed on a few coats of thick black paint. It passed the inspector (who probably assumed that ANYBODY would be smart enough not to try that ..... WRONG!) and nobody knew the difference. I'm pretty sure that even I would have known the difference if the clutch had let go.

We made a decent part before the next race.