914Driver

I work in our nation's only large bore cannon factory, yes. Unfortunately demand is high. Dan

My everyday bike, hardtails are tough on the body.

Thank you. Built in 1894, I built the 24 X 42 garage in 1993. My wife is the gardener, I'm the mule.

I like doinking with cars and over the years have put together an eclictic bunch. I'm not loyal to any specific brand obviously. Of these shown below I only have the Porsche 914 and the 1968 Cortina around. 1952 Dodge truck. I drove it for years with a flat six and 6V electrics until an old man ran a light and T boned me. I put the '52 body on a 1982 3/4 ton frame. Nice to have heat and a little power. My 914, hence my screen name. My friend bought it new in 1974 from a girl he dated that worked for Porsche NA. It's newver seen snow, been in the rain five times that he recalls and has 57,000 miles now. Look honey, a 1974 tyre! 1966 Datsun Roadster. 250cc Yamaha cycle that I made up for Mrs. 914. 1979 Chevy Malibu, Auto-X track car. Fiat X-1/9 Auto-X and track car. Port & Polished head, big cam, liberated exhaust and it weighs nothing. Fun stuff. My wife doesn't even like riding with me in a car on the street, she won't get near a track with me driving. I built this Samurai thinking she would be more involved because you go slower. She went once..... Yamaha 650 hard tail chopsickle. A magazone called Grassroots Motorsports hosts an event every year: bring a car to compete in 1/4 mile drags, Autocross and Concours. You can only spend $2010, show all receipts. (next year you get $2011) I put this Corvair wagon on a Monte Carlo frame with a HO305 Monty engine and a T5 tranny. This is what I built for the $2004 Challenge. A 1981 Monte Carlo frame with a 350 Chevy engine midships. Then I put the driver up front and dropped a 1966 VW Bus body over it. I got a trophy for Best Visual Package, got the Peole's Choice Award and got 2nd place for Most Spectacular Failure. The guy that won deserved it. He had a VW Rabbit with a VR6 motor in it. You're supposed to go 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, hit the nitrous. He went; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd, hit the nitrous. You win! Before: After: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ ... I_0027.flv Written up in a national car magazone and I never left the parking lot. http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articl ... ge-batvan/ http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articl ... ge-batvan/

I told this guy the engine was black with a little purple accent. He added a purple pinstripe, the GT fogs and oh, BTW, check the front plate. Pretty sure this is the final version. Dan

When I was 17 I had some similar in an MG Midget. Sitting at a red light with a friend I lit them off just as an old lady walked in front of my car. WHAM!!!! She came right down on the hood with a frikkin' cane and creased it. The way she looked at me I knew better than get out of the car. Dan

Dunno. Someone with obviously more photcchop talent than me.

What do you think of this, sporting a light grey interior?

Safety's come a long way! Why would you NOT have a belt or helmet? NuckinFutz is right!

The smile of the guy on the bike. Not like I've been looking, but very few blokes have that semi circular curve from rib, to waist to hip. And that guy's got a cute butt.

Digging his garage in a garage there.

With the difficulty in finding a venue for car stuff and the negative PR associated with some crowds, do you think burrowing holes in someone's parking lot is a good thing? Dan

Good for you. It's so much more satisfying sitting 5 miles off shore and lobbing in shells than doing the hand to hand combat stuff.

but if you had a seatbelt on (which he shouldve) theres no way you'd have the reaction time to jump up and run off like that I dunno, I drove one out of the building, didn't get off to push the button for the door to go down so I drove until the rearend cleared the corner of the building, cranked the wheel and hammered it. When it got up on two wheels I was trying to bail, had the belt off but was going to knock myself out on the roll cage. Luckily it teetered and then dropped back on all fours. Holy crap what a racket! With no suspension it loosened my fillings. I'm smarter ....

Thanks, you saved me from enlisting.

Additional input: My Dentist was in the Navy. He says when you get out of school you have to buy into someone's business to get started. Then you spend years drilling and filling before you get any real work. In the Navy he got full controls, accident victim reconstruction and experience you just can't buy on the outside. Perhaps your experience will be similar. Oh, and they paid for his dental school. Dan

Not the same Navy, but I spent four years as a cook on a U.S. Submarine. Benefits: When I bought a house I got an excemption on taxes. $2000 less in taxes for ten years = free money. I work for the Government now. My very first day on the job, if they had a lay off I would stay and a non Veteran with 50 years service gets the door, I stay. As a Gevernment employee my military time counts toward retirement, @ 56 years old I have 37 years service. I saw things and went to places I would not have seen otherwise. When I got out of the military I was allowed $____ of free college, I don't recall the amount. At 17 years old I didn't know what to do with my life, I didn't want to spend time in college only to find out my particular career choice sucked. I had a good time, your mileage may vary. Dan

Am I the only one to question why the whole row came down? You would think that one or two cells of storage would fall, but to domino all of them makes me wonder about design or installation issues. We have them all over at work with no problems and believe me, they've been run into. Dan

There you go, two email addresses, two votes!

...hot cherry pie filling.

Doh! My first thought!

There ya go! Welcome to the Nottingham Car Community! someday you my have something others may need or want. One hand washes the other mate. (can I say that?) Welcome to the car hobby. This is how it works, make connections, meet people, swap lies and talents. Dan

Nom Nom, a toothless old man chewing bubble gum.