Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Just to get into the venue ?
Absolutely!!Can I still hang out here on this Forum if I only have a B Body and an E Body now ????
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Just got back home from a whirlwind training tour. Starting another one tomorrow. You boys and one girl have put up over forty pages since I was on here. That is a whole bunch of talk about nuthin. I finally got some tin hung on the range shelter. My boy showed mercy and came out to lend a hand. Ya just can’t hardly hang Tin by yourself.
So what is that? "Back in the day" you didn't have that carnage. Hot-rodded motors?
I can only imagine the bathroom wit two women
I think it is the ethanol in the fuel
I know they have problems opening doors in old cars.lolGot one here Ray. But I dont let em use it... Vietnamese are not very good with appliances or machinery.....
Thankfully there are two up in the Apartment.....
On the "up" side.... A/C
Truck has advantage for sure
Beginning to look like that No Power Tour.
Ouch
Of to the chiro this afternoon. I hope she can help with my Plantar Fasciitis. I can barely walk.
Maybe but at the heart of it I don't think so. A hot rod and a factory engine have to produce the same power to move a vehicle at 60 mph or whatever.
I suspect its because parts don't match and the systems don't do what they need to do under all conditions. The more improvements that were made, the more likely this is.
That and you’re talking cars that are 60 years old in some cases. Engine technology that wasn’t always the greatest
Home from tire shop finally. Packing up Jeep and hoping to head out here in a couple hours
I rode 100s of miles in a 60s car as a kid and I don't recall any breakdowns. So it's not the technology... I'd say something more along the lines of what Mat or Tim... recent stiff. Fuels, fluids parts.
Hmm.
Could be it's own thread... but I know that after the 6th response it'd go all food fight
Fuels and such, but also the speeds weren't the same back then. 55-60mph cruise. Now 70+. They weren't built to handle sustained speeds like now. Also, much more congestion on roads, add in 1000's in parade ish conditions - troubles. Also, many people don't test their systems. Oh it works great in town on cruise night - lets drive 1000 miles in 1000's of cars in stop and go traffic at best. The Power Tour is creating the perfect storm. I remember reading one time about Dream Cruise. It was said to pull your front bumper up tight against a brick wall, let it idle at 90° for an hour. If it doesn't overheat, you may be ok.
Haha yeah. I remember as a kid the 84 dodge 318 van always overheating. Last time was on the trip Myrtle beach in 1992… needless to say, it got shot
I just test using a big sheet of cardboard over the grille. Do the same
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