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I haven't driven my '36 coupe much lately so I blew off most of the sawdust yesterday and went for a little ride. It was getting low on gas so I pulled into a station. As I was pumping the usual 5 gallons and adding 2 ounces of MMO, some guy in his twenties walked by and said "Whoa dude! Is that a real '56 Bel-Air?"
I said "Yeah. Man, you sure know your cars".
I guess I should mention that he was pushing a shopping cart full of tattered garbage bags and didn't smell too good.
Dumb as a fence post but at least he appreciated old iron I guess.

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Reminds me time to reflect and count on our Blessings! California is going through some tough times!

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I was at a show some years ago and had a poster up trying to sell a 55 Chevy project for a very low price. It was complete with pictures and detailed discription. I was in the host parking lot and had the poster up. I was in my 32 roadster high boy and a guy starts really looking the roadster over. He finally makes an offer way below the asking price of the 55. I realize he is trying to buy the roadster and not willing to pay the 55 price. He was very put out I did not want to sell the roadster and said ,Why did you put a poster up if you did not want to sell it?

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Unfortunately a lot of these type people actually vote and produce children.


Sal

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I have had some of those with a flathead at car shows, usually I’m the only one with a flathead there. Like is that a V-6? Then I really confuse them by having them count the plugs.
Or I didn’t know Edelbrock made parts for these old engines, then I proceed to tell them about Vic Sr.

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B-O-B. I WAS in the right part of town. He was on the wrong planet.

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I had a guy ask me to start the engine so he could hear how the 4bbl Holley sounded.

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Had the Greyhound Dog on my '34 and was told by an event Judge to park with the other Jaguars....

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Yep they are out there. I think I posted this once before but was at a car show with my 32 5w and 2 teens walked by, one telling the other that my car had a Corvette motor in it, and he could tell by the "finned valve covers". I just smiled.

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I've told this one before too, but since we are telling stories, I had my Chrysler hemi-powered dirt modified parked on the main stretch of a dirt track after a vintage race a few years ago (we did that so the fans could come down and mingle with the racers and look at the cars). I overheard one guy telling his kid, "See son? That's flathead. You can tell because the spark plugs are in the middle of the head". He was pointing at my engine.

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I was selling parts at a swap meet in Indy and a couple of guys came up and started talking about carburetors and I said I had a 40 ford pickup and it had a MANA-A-FRE intake and carbs like the 32 JOHN MILNER'S in the American graffiti movie and the younger one said a what? and I said it had 4 two barrel carbs an he said you mean two four barrels and I said no it has 4 two barrels and he said you mean 3 two's and I said no it had 2 fours and he said they never made any after a while they started to leave and I said wait I have a picture of the engine and the man-a -fre, so I showed them the picture and I asked the young man how many carbs are on the manifold and he said 4 but they never made any??????? I guess a picture is not always right???

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Yes , it takes all sorts...
I probably wouldn't even lock my pickup [but unfortunately its illegal to do that here] because theres no one with enough intelligence / skill to drive it these days..:rolleyes:

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there are a lot of homeless people in Santa Rosa, when i drive my 36 pickup or my 29 Roadster they always give me thumbs up or a wave

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Ron White had it right when he said "You can't fix stupid". It's best to not even try most times you encounter it.

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That "hand drill" drill press photo is priceless.

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Hey Talkwrench, now I won't be able to sleep tonight.

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You like that one .. well this says it all to me these days....

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After twenty years of living with a mechanic, my wife is more knowledgeable than some about cars.
When we met, if she spoke of a car and you asked her what kind..."It was a green one...":rolleyes:

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Found this years ago, in some car magazine. Fellow was standing next to his newly acquired Ferrari, on Rodeo Drive. An interested lady walked by was admiring the thing, noticed the Hood emblem and said. "My nephew just bought one of these new Mustangs."

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Had it happen again today...........fellow was looking at my avatar when I came out of the store. He started telling me all about-the year, engine etc. Of course he was all wrong about my "52". Some you fellas know him too..........

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Hope he has the correct size of pipe plug to screw into his knee when he is finished!!

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"How come it has two brake pedals?"
I explained that they used to make cars like motorcycles with separate front and rear controls.
Later, when I told my wife, I said next time I'll say that's for sideshows the old fashioned way.
My wife said sometimes I go too far.

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It's illegal to not lock your car?

As for the picture of the guy holding a drill press, i noticed it no longer has the bed level thing. I hate to think how that got lost.

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dont think you got a monopoly on dumb in the states I drive 39 mercury nice big chrome scripts front and back custom number plates " 39 Merc " and still get is that a ch** or nice bui** obviously challenged by the English language

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This example wasnt a “ dumb “ moment ,just the younger generation have not seen a flathead engine.
I called into my local parts sales store driving my 34 pickup. Several of the staff came out to inspect the “cool truck” and wanted to see the engine. Their resident “mechanic” asked me why there were so many nuts holding the rocker covers on! ( it has a stock 21 stud flathead engine!)
I did explane the setup but i dont think he could understand the concept of side valves.

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Much the same story as the one above, I drove my 40 coupe to a local Auto paint store recently and a young guy and a young woman from behind the counter came out to check it over. After much thought the woman said How do you change gears? Me; "Its got what is called three on the tree". Woman: "Really, I dont see any tree". Me: No the steering column is called the tree and that lever thing there is what you change gears with. It's got 3 forward gears.
Woman: Really, I havent seen 1 of them before. Thats novel. They must have only
made them for a short time because all the cars I've ever seen have either stick shift or T Bar and we get plenty of cars here to look at because I do the color matching.
At least the young guy had enough smarts to keep quiet and just look.
.

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I was at a run with a friend and was in my Red Ram hemi roadster. A guy come up and started telling everybody about the Ar Dan conversion. My friend politely told him it was a Dodge. He insisted it was a conversion. My friend said it must have been an extensive conversion to move the distributer to on top in the back and the fuel pump to in front on the bottom.

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I drove through a fast food drive through window once in my 1931 Ford. The kid at the window said,

"Wow! Cool Car!! Does it run?

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You should hear the comments when I open the hood on my V12 Lincoln.

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WOW!! You guys are awesome!! Pete

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We also get some weird questions, at the strip with our flathead dragster,it has home made twin plug heads and only three exhausts each side.
Lawrie

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I have this on the wall in my shop.

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That's SGT John M. Stryker, not John Wayne;)

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Yes "dumb person" [not sure how I felt about writing that..?]
"It's illegal to not lock your car?" Correct, here it is illegal. Now if your car is stolen they will ask was it locked. If you were stupid enough to say no, well they'll blame you and insurance wont pay out.
Strangely you're the criminal here...?? Pfft go figure..

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It’s getting to be the same here too, if someone buys a new drill and runs it through their hand, they sue the manufacturer for not warning them not to drill a hole in something while holding it in their hand!!!!

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Can't fix stupid. Most people just want to engage with ya. Old cars are cool.

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Here you need a licence to have a dog

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Went to a part store for a mustang brake line, the counter guy ask if Chevy made the mustangs!

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When I stopped at the toll booth towing my '41 on a trailer the toll collector told me my car was the same one Bonnie and Clyde drove, only theirs was a '45.:confused:

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Putting gas in my 32 Roadster
A guy walks up to it and says "is that a big block?" ( it's an 8ba with Edelbrock heads)
me ….Yup
He walked away happy and I didn't have to answer a million "big block" questions