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On May 1, 8:35*pm, HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote: "Johnson" wrote in message m... jps wrote: A heap for a truck definitely makes folks think twice about gettin' too close. *Before I had the exhaust redone it had a nasty hole pre-muffler that was good for attracting attention and scaring the crap out of nearby drivers and pedestrians. Did it sound like a gunshot? Johnson Remember what we did as kids with new licenses? * Drove Dad's car down the street at speed and shut the ignition switch off for a few seconds, then turned it back on. The build up of fuel in the exhaust system usually blew a hole in the muffler if you were successful. *Instant hot rod. Eisboch I bought a glasspack muffler for my first car, which was either a 1948 Jeep station wagon or a 1952-53 AeroWillys, depending on what my father would let me use when I was 16. He had rebuilt both. Anyway, the muffler made the car louder. But either one of them still had almost no horsepower! Do you remember that long hill - Amity Road, I think it was called...and where it bottomed, it became Whalley Avenue? Got those cars up to 55 mph going downhill there.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Pffffftttt.. Lobsta' boat! |
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On May 1, 8:52*pm, wrote:
On May 1, 8:35*pm, HK wrote: Eisboch wrote: "Johnson" wrote in message m... jps wrote: A heap for a truck definitely makes folks think twice about gettin' too close. *Before I had the exhaust redone it had a nasty hole pre-muffler that was good for attracting attention and scaring the crap out of nearby drivers and pedestrians. Did it sound like a gunshot? Johnson Remember what we did as kids with new licenses? * Drove Dad's car down the street at speed and shut the ignition switch off for a few seconds, then turned it back on. The build up of fuel in the exhaust system usually blew a hole in the muffler if you were successful. *Instant hot rod. Eisboch I bought a glasspack muffler for my first car, which was either a 1948 Jeep station wagon or a 1952-53 AeroWillys, depending on what my father would let me use when I was 16. He had rebuilt both. Anyway, the muffler made the car louder. But either one of them still had almost no horsepower! Do you remember that long hill - Amity Road, I think it was called...and where it bottomed, it became Whalley Avenue? Got those cars up to 55 mph going downhill there.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Pffffftttt.. Lobsta' boat!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Fireboat welcome! |
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