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10-19-2006, 10:36 PM
Centauri

Relieved to find you guys

Hey all,

My name is Chad and I'm really impressed with what I've read here tonight. This is a great site. I just bought a 76 Ranchero GT to play with and the thread in the engine forum is awesome. I'm a die hard muscle car preservationist and until I ran across you guys the only other site I found that I like was ricehatersclub.com. I'm looking forward to exploring more in depth and seeing what ideas you guys have.

Thanks,

Chad

BTW, I seriously drooled over some of those pics, too. Damn!
10-20-2006, 01:50 AM
Itoldyouso

Welcome to the forum Chad. Happy to see another Ford guy on here. Post some pictures when you get a chance............we love pictures.:3dSMILE: :3dSMILE:

Don
10-20-2006, 04:29 AM
cffisher

Welcome to CHR Chad.
Dons right the FORD guys need help:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
10-20-2006, 08:02 AM
skids72

Another Ford Guy? Don't worry, I won't hold it against ya :LOL:

Welcome aboard, lot's of very sharp guys on here (including the Ford guys :cool: )!

Yes, let's see some pics...

Chris
10-20-2006, 08:19 AM
Pat Monaco

Yes, CHR is an equal opportunity forum. Every once in a while we let a Ford guy in to meet the quota! (LOL)

Welcome aboard!!!!

Pat
10-20-2006, 09:08 PM
Centauri

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pat Monaco

Yes, CHR is an equal opportunity forum. Every once in a while we let a Ford guy in to meet the quota! (LOL)

Welcome aboard!!!!

Pat

It's ok, I learned a long time ago to handicap the Chevy drivers so they don't get their feelings hurt. Its like working with a young child, you dry their tears, tell them they're wonderful, and they go off happy as a clam :LOL:
10-21-2006, 04:01 AM
383 chev

Quote:

Originally Posted by Centauri

It's ok, I learned a long time ago to handicap the Chevy drivers so they don't get their feelings hurt. Its like working with a young child, you dry their tears, tell them they're wonderful, and they go off happy as a clam :LOL:

:LOL: :LOL: :HMMM: :mad: :LOL: :rolleyes:
10-21-2006, 07:22 AM
erik erikson

Quote:

Originally Posted by Centauri

It's ok, I learned a long time ago to handicap the Chevy drivers so they don't get their feelings hurt. Its like working with a young child, you dry their tears, tell them they're wonderful, and they go off happy as a clam :LOL:

I have a couple more.
1.I am to fat to drive a Ford.I might not be able to walk that far
when it breaks down.
2.You have to be a better mechanic/engine builder to drive a Ford than I am.
3.The main difference between a the Ford and the Chevy is the Chevy makes about 200 hp more.
I will be here all weekend boys. L.O.L.
10-21-2006, 07:28 AM
Itoldyouso

:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

or,

A man pulled up next to a little girl walking home from school and said "If you get in, I'll give you a lollypop." The girl kept walking.

Following along slowly, the man said "Come on and get in the car with me and I'll give you two lolly pops." She kept her eyes on the sidewalk and continued on her way.

The man said "Get in with me and I'll give you this whole bag of lollypops!" Finally, the girl turned and said "Look daddy, YOU bought the Ford, YOU ride in it!!!"
10-21-2006, 07:39 AM
Mike P

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Glad I'm building an old Plymouth and sitting on the sidelines right now
:LOL: :eek: :LOL: **) :LOL:
10-21-2006, 08:12 AM
Itoldyouso

Huh uh Mike, you aren't getting off that easy.:D :D :D :D :D :D

Don

MOPAR
Many Odd Parts Arranged Randomly
Miscellaneous Oddball Parts Assembled Ridiculously
Most Often Passed At Races
Mostly Old Parts And Rust
Move Over People Are Racing
Move Over Plymouth Approaching Rapidly
My Old Pig Ain't Running
My Only Problems Are Repairs
10-21-2006, 08:14 AM
Mike P

Nice shot Don Ouch :o :CRY:
10-21-2006, 08:31 AM
Itoldyouso

Hey Mike, it could be worse. We could be driving a VW.:3dSMILE: :3dSMILE: :3dSMILE:

VW
Virtually Worthless
10-21-2006, 01:49 PM
erik erikson

Quote:

Originally Posted by DennyW

Just a little more funnin. :LOL:

I would drive a Chevy, but I see the car drags the ground on the drivers side when someone big gets in.

I almost bought a Chevy, until I kept passing guys working on their Chevys alone side the road.

Chevys always have a little more horse power / When they are rolling down a steep hill.

I always carry a screw driver, hammer, and a pair of pliers to help the Chevy guys out. And, if they need a part, I just look around to see what's sitting in someones yard. :LOL: :LOL:

Gee,Denny I hope you are not calling me fat.
I am just big boned.
10-21-2006, 01:53 PM
erik erikson

Quote:

Originally Posted by DennyW

:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Nope, I didn't say fat. :LOL: :LOL: I said big. :LOL:

I never really was up on the pc crap anyway.:LOL:
10-21-2006, 02:03 PM
southerner

Quote:

Originally Posted by DennyW

:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Nope, I didn't say fat. :LOL: :LOL: I said big. :LOL:

:HMMM: :HMMM: So what do we call those fenders on them 38 and 39 chevys then........ big or fat fendered.... :LOL: :LOL:
10-21-2006, 02:56 PM
southerner

Quote:

Originally Posted by DennyW

Depends on who is standing next to you. :LOL: :LOL:

:LOL: :LOL: That is sooooooo right !!!!!:eek: :D :D
10-21-2006, 05:28 PM
erik erikson

Quote:

Originally Posted by DennyW

If you need some help, maybe I can help. :)

Yes,that is what I am afraid of.:whacked:
10-22-2006, 04:12 AM
6t4birdie

well here is a heart warming story. i had just picked up my sixtyfour t-bird and was driving along and found a man standing by his new vette with the hood up i slowed down and asked if he needed some help. he thanked me and said he had called for a tow and that all should be good. as we talked about his vette [$50,000.00] my old bird rumbled without a hint of trouble [$1,500.00]. we sorta laughed about that and then the mighty blue oval (ford) tow truck came to drag his money pit away..... what a nice story and one our children can learn from... sorry i am getting a little misty
10-22-2006, 07:25 AM
erik erikson

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6t4birdie

well here is a heart warming story. i had just picked up my sixtyfour t-bird and was driving along and found a man standing by his new vette with the hood up i slowed down and asked if he needed some help. he thanked me and said he had called for a tow and that all should be good. as we talked about his vette [$50,000.00] my old bird rumbled without a hint of trouble [$1,500.00]. we sorta laughed about that and then the mighty blue oval (ford) tow truck came to drag his money pit away..... what a nice story and one our children can learn from... sorry i am getting a little misty

Me thinks there might of been a wee bit of spirits invoved in the fabrication of this story.
10-22-2006, 10:06 AM
shawnlee28

If your always playin in the game,its hard to understand the perspective from the bleachers:LOL: I always pass x-brands on the side of the road with my ford truck,bought it with 120,000 on the odometer and put another 130,000 on it with minimal problems and it never left me on the side of the road.250,000 miles on a bigblock is no small thing,thats import 4 cyclinder type longevity.
10-22-2006, 10:16 AM
erik erikson

Quote:

Originally Posted by shawnlee28

If your always playin in the game,its hard to understand the perspective from the bleachers:LOL: I always pass x-brands on the side of the road with my ford truck,bought it with 120,000 on the odometer and put another 130,000 on it with minimal problems and it never left me on the side of the road.250,000 miles on a bigblock is no small thing,thats import 4 cyclinder type longevity.

Is this another Ford guy "Who is riding the pine" speaking from the bleachers or the bench or the side of the road.:LOL: :LOL: :D
10-22-2006, 10:17 AM
Itoldyouso

The fun part of this hobby is that we can all raz each other about how Ford is better than Chevy, or visa versa, etc etc, and it is all taken in good fun. Fact is, I have owned just about every American and Foreign car over the years and have found all or most of them to be really good.

In my early years I built Olds engines, then went to Pontiacs, then ran a little injected 301 Chevy in an altered, then went on to Fords. Each brand has been great fun to play with and super dependable. I've never owned a Mopar, but would love to have one, especially a Hemi. Right now I sort of am loyal to Ford because it is what I play with the most these days, but I have a 350 Chev in the T and will undoubtedly love it too.

H***, I even owned 5 Corvairs at one time and loved them !!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D

Don
10-22-2006, 11:41 AM
techinspector1

That's funny Don, the one car I really would like to have back is a Fiat 600. I had more fun in that car......
10-22-2006, 02:55 PM
Itoldyouso

Richard: I had a Fiat 500, had the headlights on top of the fenders, sunroof that went clear back, and 18 horsepower (18 when it was new, I got it when it was sort of tired) I lived at the bottom of a steep hill and had to get a running start down my driveway, powershifting all the way to build up enough speed to get out of the valley. By the time I was at the top of the hill I had downshifted all the way to low gear, and sometimes had to turn around and get another try at it. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: But, it was good on gas.:D :D :D :D

Don
10-22-2006, 03:04 PM
erik erikson

Quote:

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

The fun part of this hobby is that we can all raz each other about how Ford is better than Chevy, or visa versa, etc etc, and it is all taken in good fun. Fact is, I have owned just about every American and Foreign car over the years and have found all or most of them to be really good.

In my early years I built Olds engines, then went to Pontiacs, then ran a little injected 301 Chevy in an altered, then went on to Fords. Each brand has been great fun to play with and super dependable. I've never owned a Mopar, but would love to have one, especially a Hemi. Right now I sort of am loyal to Ford because it is what I play with the most these days, but I have a 350 Chev in the T and will undoubtedly love it too.

H***, I even owned 5 Corvairs at one time and loved them !!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D

Don

That reminds me of a story.
My very first bracket car was a 66 Fairlane.
Yes,I know it was a Ford.
The car was called "The Deception".
It had that name because it had a big block Chevy and a "glide" behind it.
The second part of the story was that summer I had battled against the same guy for 3rd in points.
Well that summer the guy that I was battleing against broke his leg in a non-drag racing accident.
I had a thing for his daughter.
After watching her every Saturday sun-bath in her bikini on top of her dad's trailer she add my attention.
Well dear old dad decides she is going to race the car.
After watching her race the car that day and run the valves on the car wearing her bikini between the rounds I was more than a little frustrated.
I ran her in the semi-finals that day.
Of course I got the old red-eye.
I saw her last summer.
She is now 5 1/2 foot tall and 5 1/2 foot wide and has 4 kids.
Hey,I weigh 255 and she might of even had me by a few pounds.
She use to have an hour glass figure now she is shaped like a pear.
We all change.
10-22-2006, 03:07 PM
cffisher

Richard, Don
I don't recall what year Fiat it was but it was blue and belonged to my brother. He was a little harder on cars than I was. Anyway he kept tearing up U joints. Maybe two or more a week. I was working in a machine shop at that time and he asked if I could make him a U joint. Not knowing what they were I told him I didn't have that type of equiptment there. Then he showed me an old one. All it was was a RAG joint. I took some old tires and made him enough U JOINTS to last till he got rid of the car.:LOL: :LOL:
10-22-2006, 04:10 PM
southerner

Quote:

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Richard: I had a Fiat 500, had the headlights on top of the fenders, sunroof that went clear back, and 18 horsepower (18 when it was new, I got it when it was sort of tired) I lived at the bottom of a steep hill and had to get a running start down my driveway, powershifting all the way to build up enough speed to get out of the valley. By the time I was at the top of the hill I had downshifted all the way to low gear, and sometimes had to turn around and get another try at it. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL But, it was good on gas.:D :D :D :

Don

I suppose back then you were a "big tall dude" so the power to weight ratio must of been desired. I remember when my sister had a fiat 500 Bambina, she got a boyfriend that was 6' 8" tall, he found it easyer to drive around with the sunroof open. Makes you wonder about driver car combinations at times.....must be Gods idea of a joke..:LOL: :LOL: :D :D
11-02-2006, 02:03 PM
mopar34

Chad says...."It's ok, I learned a long time ago to handicap the Chevy drivers so they don't get their feelings hurt. Its like working with a young child, you dry their tears, tell them they're wonderful, and they go off happy as a clam "

Bet you don't try that crap with Mopars. :D :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

Another Ford Guy??? :eek: Oh well, welcome aboard Chad. Hope you have found a home.
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There's more to life than blue ovals and bowties.
Bob S.
11-02-2006, 02:11 PM
techinspector1

Don, there was a public park in downtown Charlotte that only had a footbridge to enter. Well, the 600 was just narrow enough and light enough to drive across the bridge and chase the ducks. Great fun. :LOL: