OT: Re: Ubuntu

[Rick Bowers]

At 7/14/2007 11:16 PM, you wrote:
>On Saturday 14 July 2007 09:58:41 pm Bob Hemus wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 21:23 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote:
> > > On Saturday 14 July 2007 08:04:56 pm Bob Hemus wrote:
> > > > I may just be liking Ubuntu Feisty.  Downloads updates "Whack!!"  Easy
> > > > to install programs & applications.  Only thing I don't care for, or am
> > > > not used to is "sudo"  I'm an old su-er.  I know Lonnie is going to say
> > > > something about "know what is going on", but I'll bet I'm one of the
> > > > few of you who ever shaved poured main bearings, ground valves in the
> > > > block by hand, installed and adjusted points so I could learn how to
> > > > drive. And, I bet all of you drive.  Any way it's easy.
> > > > Bob
> > >
> > > Babbit? L-head? Points? ??
> > >
> > > I still do that. Sorry, maybe I'm older than I feel.
> > >
> > > Cheers...
> >
> > Could be.  My dad gave me a 1936 Willys coupe when I was 14 and I had to
> > get it to run.  That was back in 1950.  Haven't had a car since except a
> > VW camper my wife and I bought in 1967, brand new. and a 1969 Nissan
> > Patrol we bought new.  Everything since has had electronic ignition and
> > or fuel injection.  By the way, I rebuilt an AFB carburetor back in
> > 1963, and it worked.
> > Bob
> >
>
>Hmmm... is this where we ad "<OT>" to the subject line???
>
>Anyways... You date me by a few years... My first car was a 63 VW Bug. I was
>only 15,  but it didn't stop me. Like you, I had to make it run... by the
>time I was 18, it was making so much horsepower, I had to feather the gas
>peddle lest I pop a gear while racing the local "bad guy" in s a cosworth
>Vega... :')
>
>AFB's were cool, but I spent most of my time in Webers and ThermoQuads...
>Thanks for the trip down memory lane. It's a place I hope to retire to
>someday...
>
>:')

Okay, now you've got my attention.

I had one of them there Cosworth Vegas.  1975 #445. It was a great 
car. But it was designed to run road races, not the 1/4 mile. So it 
was pretty slow off the line. Once it got up to about 4,500 RPM it 
came alive. I used to beat 'vettes and Camaros and such in longer 
runs. They always too me off the line and thought they had me 'til I 
came up from behind and dusted them.

I also used to rebuild the ThermoQuad 850 in my 'cuda. Damn composite 
floats used to fill up with gas and sink and had to be replaced. I 
could almost  rebuild the TQ blind folded. Nice carb, though.

~Rick





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