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Glasspacks, moonies, STP and...................

Me? obsessed with you??? Sorry if reading the threads on rec.boats is
being "obsessed"

BTW, you keep replying to my posts, so, who is obsessed with who?

basskisser wrote:
Tim wrote:
basskisser wrote:

That's odd. You call think Johns the sheriff, but you came into a
thread about recipes and whined about it being off topic.......
Giddyup, Sheriff Jim.

JimH wrote:
So what rides did you have in your teens? How did you fix them up.

In high school I originally had to share a car with 2 of my sisters (OMG).
I think it was an early 1960's Rambler.

I finally got my own ride Junior year...........a 1964 Chevelle Malibu with
an Earl Sheib paint job, a Thrush muffler and moonie caps on the wheels.

I eventually sold that and bought a 1965 Chevy Impala Convertible (bought it
from the owner of the gas station I worked part time for).

That car lasted me till it was stolen and I replaced it with a '64 Ford
Galaxy I got for a steal from a neighbor.

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?

Jim, it's widely accepted and standard procedure to put OT in the
header of off topic posts.

Looks like you're doing your self some "sherriffing" too......

Did you mean "sheriffing? Are you obsessed with me or something? You
seem to follow me around like a homeless puppy dog wanting a meal...

Glasspacks, moonies, STP and...................

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
k.net...

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:56:44 -0400, " JimH"
jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote:

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?

Ah - well, my very first "ride" was a '53 Hudson Hornet Super Six (308
CUI) that I drove around a 1/4 mile dirt track when I was 13 - say,
1960 or thereabouts. The track was surrounded by a junk/reclamation
yard which had a ton of trucks/cars/tractors, etc., and belonged to
one of my school buddies. His Dad ran the yard and he would let us
fix up old beat up autos, then wreck 'em on the track or on wild ass
rides through the woods/hay fields. The Hornet finally succumbed when
I ran my very first Demo Derby at the junk yard - it was totally
trashed and eventually crushed. I hate to think how much that car
would be worth today.

Eventually, we moved East and when we landed on the North Shore of MA,
I bought a '56 Chevy Bel Air Coupe for $50 with, get this, Powerglide
tranny. I wanted to customize this car, but one of my friends got the
bug and offered my $150 for it, so I sold it to him.

The second car I had was a '54 Oldsmobile 88 two door hardtop with the
"Rocket V8 (324 CUI)" and Hydra-Matic which was immediately put into a
garage and "renovated" - out with the Hydra-Matic and in with a manual
transmission, Hurst shifter, new rear end, drive shaft, three plate
clutch - yada, yada, yada. Changed to two barrel over to a Holley
four barrel (I think it was a Holley - long time ago), put in a high
aspect ratio cam shaft and that became the ride for about six months
until the cops got sick and tired of pulling me over. My Dad made me
sell it. Had about $450 in it, sold it for $600 to some drag racer
who did some body stuff to it. I'm told by some of my high school
friends that the fellow still has it and lives in Peabody, MA.

The third was a '57 Plymouth Fury two door that a friend's Grandpa was
selling. My Dad approved of this car because it was a "old guy's car".
With a 290 horse 318, four barrel- heh, heh, heh. It had the push
button tranny on the dash. That car was a screamer, I'll tell you
what. I kept that car until I graduated high school because - well, I
had a need for speed and my parents were adamant that I couldn't buy
another car, or modify another car, until I graduated high school In
retrospect, it was very wise of them.

So, that's my high school years.

56 Ford convertible. do not remember what I paid. $200? Took out the
automatic and installed a stick shift. Pulled out the 272 V8 and
installed a 312. I also have a need for speed. 51 Chevy 6 fastback, $15,
just a beater while working on the Ford. 55 Chevy Convertible, 265,
factory stick. Buddy owed me money, so I took the car in payment.
Modified to 292, and kept munching trannies, so swapped to a 37 LaSalle
topshift with late Olds gears. Way to many tickets. Next car was late
1963, a new 64 Chevy Impala SS, 300 hp, 4 speed, 142 mph with 3:36 gears
when I was 20. Cost me my license for 9 months, but was in a company
school in Ohio when I got the suspension notice, so got an Ohio license.
Nice when they did not swap driving records.

Nice rides Bill. I bet you still had the '64 Impala SS. ;-)

Glasspacks, moonies, STP and...................

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
. ..

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
k.net...

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:56:44 -0400, " JimH"
jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote:

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?

Ah - well, my very first "ride" was a '53 Hudson Hornet Super Six (308
CUI) that I drove around a 1/4 mile dirt track when I was 13 - say,
1960 or thereabouts. The track was surrounded by a junk/reclamation
yard which had a ton of trucks/cars/tractors, etc., and belonged to
one of my school buddies. His Dad ran the yard and he would let us
fix up old beat up autos, then wreck 'em on the track or on wild ass
rides through the woods/hay fields. The Hornet finally succumbed when
I ran my very first Demo Derby at the junk yard - it was totally
trashed and eventually crushed. I hate to think how much that car
would be worth today.

Eventually, we moved East and when we landed on the North Shore of MA,
I bought a '56 Chevy Bel Air Coupe for $50 with, get this, Powerglide
tranny. I wanted to customize this car, but one of my friends got the
bug and offered my $150 for it, so I sold it to him.

The second car I had was a '54 Oldsmobile 88 two door hardtop with the
"Rocket V8 (324 CUI)" and Hydra-Matic which was immediately put into a
garage and "renovated" - out with the Hydra-Matic and in with a manual
transmission, Hurst shifter, new rear end, drive shaft, three plate
clutch - yada, yada, yada. Changed to two barrel over to a Holley
four barrel (I think it was a Holley - long time ago), put in a high
aspect ratio cam shaft and that became the ride for about six months
until the cops got sick and tired of pulling me over. My Dad made me
sell it. Had about $450 in it, sold it for $600 to some drag racer
who did some body stuff to it. I'm told by some of my high school
friends that the fellow still has it and lives in Peabody, MA.

The third was a '57 Plymouth Fury two door that a friend's Grandpa was
selling. My Dad approved of this car because it was a "old guy's car".
With a 290 horse 318, four barrel- heh, heh, heh. It had the push
button tranny on the dash. That car was a screamer, I'll tell you
what. I kept that car until I graduated high school because - well, I
had a need for speed and my parents were adamant that I couldn't buy
another car, or modify another car, until I graduated high school In
retrospect, it was very wise of them.

So, that's my high school years.

56 Ford convertible. do not remember what I paid. $200? Took out the
automatic and installed a stick shift. Pulled out the 272 V8 and
installed a 312. I also have a need for speed. 51 Chevy 6 fastback,
$15, just a beater while working on the Ford. 55 Chevy Convertible, 265,
factory stick. Buddy owed me money, so I took the car in payment.
Modified to 292, and kept munching trannies, so swapped to a 37 LaSalle
topshift with late Olds gears. Way to many tickets. Next car was late
1963, a new 64 Chevy Impala SS, 300 hp, 4 speed, 142 mph with 3:36 gears
when I was 20. Cost me my license for 9 months, but was in a company
school in Ohio when I got the suspension notice, so got an Ohio license.
Nice when they did not swap driving records.

Nice rides Bill. I bet you still had the '64 Impala SS. ;-)

did love that car, and would not mind having it still. 2 cars I should of
bought and kept, did neither. Was racing a 1964 Vette Coupe in SCCA
B-Production. Getting beat by Cobras, but being a Chevy guy, did not buy
the Cobra. They were $8800 out the door for a full race Cobra 289 from
Shelby. Now would be worth about $400k. About 1967 the 2 Ferrari GTO's
that had been run in Florida were up for sale. Green, with yellow trim, not
a really pretty Ferrari, but fast. They ran one here in California and was
for sale for $5,500.00 I thought of buying but figured if I lunched a ZF
transmission, could not afford to repair the beast. Should have bought one,
and put it in storage. Mid 1990's one sold for . . . . $16,500,000.00 The
most collectable Ferrari out there.

Glasspacks, moonies, STP and...................

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
. ..

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
k.net...

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:56:44 -0400, " JimH"
jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote:

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?

Ah - well, my very first "ride" was a '53 Hudson Hornet Super Six (308
CUI) that I drove around a 1/4 mile dirt track when I was 13 - say,
1960 or thereabouts. The track was surrounded by a junk/reclamation
yard which had a ton of trucks/cars/tractors, etc., and belonged to
one of my school buddies. His Dad ran the yard and he would let us
fix up old beat up autos, then wreck 'em on the track or on wild ass
rides through the woods/hay fields. The Hornet finally succumbed when
I ran my very first Demo Derby at the junk yard - it was totally
trashed and eventually crushed. I hate to think how much that car
would be worth today.

Eventually, we moved East and when we landed on the North Shore of MA,
I bought a '56 Chevy Bel Air Coupe for $50 with, get this, Powerglide
tranny. I wanted to customize this car, but one of my friends got the
bug and offered my $150 for it, so I sold it to him.

The second car I had was a '54 Oldsmobile 88 two door hardtop with the
"Rocket V8 (324 CUI)" and Hydra-Matic which was immediately put into a
garage and "renovated" - out with the Hydra-Matic and in with a manual
transmission, Hurst shifter, new rear end, drive shaft, three plate
clutch - yada, yada, yada. Changed to two barrel over to a Holley
four barrel (I think it was a Holley - long time ago), put in a high
aspect ratio cam shaft and that became the ride for about six months
until the cops got sick and tired of pulling me over. My Dad made me
sell it. Had about $450 in it, sold it for $600 to some drag racer
who did some body stuff to it. I'm told by some of my high school
friends that the fellow still has it and lives in Peabody, MA.

The third was a '57 Plymouth Fury two door that a friend's Grandpa was
selling. My Dad approved of this car because it was a "old guy's car".
With a 290 horse 318, four barrel- heh, heh, heh. It had the push
button tranny on the dash. That car was a screamer, I'll tell you
what. I kept that car until I graduated high school because - well, I
had a need for speed and my parents were adamant that I couldn't buy
another car, or modify another car, until I graduated high school In
retrospect, it was very wise of them.

So, that's my high school years.

56 Ford convertible. do not remember what I paid. $200? Took out the
automatic and installed a stick shift. Pulled out the 272 V8 and
installed a 312. I also have a need for speed. 51 Chevy 6 fastback,
$15, just a beater while working on the Ford. 55 Chevy Convertible,
265, factory stick. Buddy owed me money, so I took the car in payment.
Modified to 292, and kept munching trannies, so swapped to a 37 LaSalle
topshift with late Olds gears. Way to many tickets. Next car was late
1963, a new 64 Chevy Impala SS, 300 hp, 4 speed, 142 mph with 3:36 gears
when I was 20. Cost me my license for 9 months, but was in a company
school in Ohio when I got the suspension notice, so got an Ohio license.
Nice when they did not swap driving records.

Nice rides Bill. I bet you wish you still had the '64 Impala SS. ;-)

did love that car, and would not mind having it still. 2 cars I should of
bought and kept, did neither. Was racing a 1964 Vette Coupe in SCCA
B-Production. Getting beat by Cobras, but being a Chevy guy, did not buy
the Cobra. They were $8800 out the door for a full race Cobra 289 from
Shelby. Now would be worth about $400k. About 1967 the 2 Ferrari GTO's
that had been run in Florida were up for sale. Green, with yellow trim,
not a really pretty Ferrari, but fast. They ran one here in California
and was for sale for $5,500.00 I thought of buying but figured if I
lunched a ZF transmission, could not afford to repair the beast. Should
have bought one, and put it in storage. Mid 1990's one sold for . . . .
$16,500,000.00 The most collectable Ferrari out there.

One of my favorite movies is American Graffiti......great cars in the movie
including a Cobra.

Glasspacks, moonies, STP and...................

Tim wrote:
Me? obsessed with you??? Sorry if reading the threads on rec.boats is
being "obsessed"

BTW, you keep replying to my posts, so, who is obsessed with who?

Uh, hate to burst your bubble, there, Timmy, but I'm simply replying to
what you post to me, get it? If you were to never ever reply to one of
my posts, you'd never hear from me. So, yes, it IS you who is obsessed.

Glasspacks, moonies, STP and...................

Of course you'd reply, you can't resist.

basskisser wrote:
Tim wrote:
Me? obsessed with you??? Sorry if reading the threads on rec.boats is
being "obsessed"

BTW, you keep replying to my posts, so, who is obsessed with who?

Uh, hate to burst your bubble, there, Timmy, but I'm simply replying to
what you post to me, get it? If you were to never ever reply to one of
my posts, you'd never hear from me. So, yes, it IS you who is obsessed.

Glasspacks, moonies, STP and...................

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
...

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
. ..

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
k.net...

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:56:44 -0400, " JimH"
jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote:

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?

Ah - well, my very first "ride" was a '53 Hudson Hornet Super Six (308
CUI) that I drove around a 1/4 mile dirt track when I was 13 - say,
1960 or thereabouts. The track was surrounded by a junk/reclamation
yard which had a ton of trucks/cars/tractors, etc., and belonged to
one of my school buddies. His Dad ran the yard and he would let us
fix up old beat up autos, then wreck 'em on the track or on wild ass
rides through the woods/hay fields. The Hornet finally succumbed when
I ran my very first Demo Derby at the junk yard - it was totally
trashed and eventually crushed. I hate to think how much that car
would be worth today.

Eventually, we moved East and when we landed on the North Shore of MA,
I bought a '56 Chevy Bel Air Coupe for $50 with, get this, Powerglide
tranny. I wanted to customize this car, but one of my friends got the
bug and offered my $150 for it, so I sold it to him.

The second car I had was a '54 Oldsmobile 88 two door hardtop with the
"Rocket V8 (324 CUI)" and Hydra-Matic which was immediately put into a
garage and "renovated" - out with the Hydra-Matic and in with a manual
transmission, Hurst shifter, new rear end, drive shaft, three plate
clutch - yada, yada, yada. Changed to two barrel over to a Holley
four barrel (I think it was a Holley - long time ago), put in a high
aspect ratio cam shaft and that became the ride for about six months
until the cops got sick and tired of pulling me over. My Dad made me
sell it. Had about $450 in it, sold it for $600 to some drag racer
who did some body stuff to it. I'm told by some of my high school
friends that the fellow still has it and lives in Peabody, MA.

The third was a '57 Plymouth Fury two door that a friend's Grandpa was
selling. My Dad approved of this car because it was a "old guy's car".
With a 290 horse 318, four barrel- heh, heh, heh. It had the push
button tranny on the dash. That car was a screamer, I'll tell you
what. I kept that car until I graduated high school because - well, I
had a need for speed and my parents were adamant that I couldn't buy
another car, or modify another car, until I graduated high school In
retrospect, it was very wise of them.

So, that's my high school years.

56 Ford convertible. do not remember what I paid. $200? Took out the
automatic and installed a stick shift. Pulled out the 272 V8 and
installed a 312. I also have a need for speed. 51 Chevy 6 fastback,
$15, just a beater while working on the Ford. 55 Chevy Convertible,
265, factory stick. Buddy owed me money, so I took the car in payment.
Modified to 292, and kept munching trannies, so swapped to a 37 LaSalle
topshift with late Olds gears. Way to many tickets. Next car was late
1963, a new 64 Chevy Impala SS, 300 hp, 4 speed, 142 mph with 3:36
gears when I was 20. Cost me my license for 9 months, but was in a
company school in Ohio when I got the suspension notice, so got an Ohio
license. Nice when they did not swap driving records.

Nice rides Bill. I bet you wish you still had the '64 Impala SS. ;-)

did love that car, and would not mind having it still. 2 cars I should
of bought and kept, did neither. Was racing a 1964 Vette Coupe in SCCA
B-Production. Getting beat by Cobras, but being a Chevy guy, did not buy
the Cobra. They were $8800 out the door for a full race Cobra 289 from
Shelby. Now would be worth about $400k. About 1967 the 2 Ferrari GTO's
that had been run in Florida were up for sale. Green, with yellow trim,
not a really pretty Ferrari, but fast. They ran one here in California
and was for sale for $5,500.00 I thought of buying but figured if I
lunched a ZF transmission, could not afford to repair the beast. Should
have bought one, and put it in storage. Mid 1990's one sold for . . . .
$16,500,000.00 The most collectable Ferrari out there.

One of my favorite movies is American Graffiti......great cars in the
movie including a Cobra.

I use to go to Modesto, which was the inspiration for American Graffiti as a
young kid to the cow auctions with my uncle as he and my Grandparents farmed
in Turlock, the next town down the highway. Most all the cities in the bay
area had cruising areas. Mel's drive-in was San Francisco based, Mel
Zimmerman, who also had Z's bountiful Bountiful Buffet and Zim's. Plus he
had Zimmerman Painting in Marin. We hung out at Mel's in Berkeley. And
Cruised McDonald Ave in Richmond. Lucas is from Modesto.