"D.Duck" wrote in message
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Actually I think the auto tranny was called "Power Glide" oh, I mean
"Glide"? I think Torque Flight was some kinda Chrysler tranny.


Wasn't it also referred to as a "slush-box"?

Or was that the Ford 2-speed transmission used before the 3- speed
Cruisematic was introduced?

Eisboch

On Mar 16, 8:47*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:32:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
As a car aficionado, thought you'd appreciate this...

http://iowahawk.typepad.com/bolus/20...omic-punk.html

And this...

http://www.garyhowardcustoms.com/

And this...

http://www.salinasboys.com/pk_metallica_36ford.html

Nice. *As a kid I used to try to draw cartoons like Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and
the Rat Fink Gang.

Mrs.E. and I took a belated honeymoon trip in a beautiful, white, '63
Riviera. * I'd trade the Goat for one of those.

That '60 Impala on Gary Howard's site was something else.

I say gorgeous, but it's a Chevy. *:)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, how "did" those Ferds do this weekend racin at Bristol?

wrote:
On Mar 16, 8:47 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:32:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
As a car aficionado, thought you'd appreciate this...
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/bolus/20...omic-punk.html
And this...
http://www.garyhowardcustoms.com/
And this...
http://www.salinasboys.com/pk_metallica_36ford.html
Nice. As a kid I used to try to draw cartoons like Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and
the Rat Fink Gang.
Mrs.E. and I took a belated honeymoon trip in a beautiful, white, '63
Riviera. I'd trade the Goat for one of those.
That '60 Impala on Gary Howard's site was something else.

I say gorgeous, but it's a Chevy. :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, how "did" those Ferds do this weekend racin at Bristol?


NASCAR cars ain't Fords, Chevys, or Dodges. They're not stock cars
anymore, and they bear no serious resemblance to any production line
vehicle. Why fans of particular marques identify with them I simply do
not understand.

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:14:06 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"D.Duck" wrote in message
m...

Actually I think the auto tranny was called "Power Glide" oh, I mean
"Glide"? I think Torque Flight was some kinda Chrysler tranny.

Wasn't it also referred to as a "slush-box"?

Yep. Then again, a lot of the early auto tranny's were called slush
box.

Or was that the Ford 2-speed transmission used before the 3- speed
Cruisematic was introduced?

Cruisematic - wow, that brings back a few memories.

On Mar 17, 8:33*am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 16, 8:47 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:32:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
As a car aficionado, thought you'd appreciate this...
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/bolus/20...omic-punk.html
And this...
http://www.garyhowardcustoms.com/
And this...
http://www.salinasboys.com/pk_metallica_36ford.html
Nice. *As a kid I used to try to draw cartoons like Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and
the Rat Fink Gang.
Mrs.E. and I took a belated honeymoon trip in a beautiful, white, '63
Riviera. * I'd trade the Goat for one of those.
That '60 Impala on Gary Howard's site was something else.

I say gorgeous, but it's a Chevy. *:)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, how "did" those Ferds do this weekend racin at Bristol?

NASCAR cars ain't Fords, Chevys, or Dodges. They're not stock cars
anymore, and they bear no serious resemblance to any production line
vehicle. Why fans of particular marques identify with them I simply do
not understand.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Ah, Harry the NASCAR expert! Which NASCAR series are you talking
about, Harry? As to why fans identify with a brand is very simple. The
engines are made and distributed by the car manufacturer, that is if
you are talking about Sprint Cup cars. As for the different series,
when you get down to Sportman, ASA, etc. a lot more of the car is
directly manufactured by the companies. It's a damned shame you try SO
hard to sound like you know what you are talking about.

wrote in message
...
On Mar 17, 8:33 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 16, 8:47 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:32:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
As a car aficionado, thought you'd appreciate this...
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/bolus/20...omic-punk.html
And this...
http://www.garyhowardcustoms.com/
And this...
http://www.salinasboys.com/pk_metallica_36ford.html
Nice. As a kid I used to try to draw cartoons like Ed "Big Daddy" Roth
and
the Rat Fink Gang.
Mrs.E. and I took a belated honeymoon trip in a beautiful, white, '63
Riviera. I'd trade the Goat for one of those.
That '60 Impala on Gary Howard's site was something else.

I say gorgeous, but it's a Chevy. :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, how "did" those Ferds do this weekend racin at Bristol?

NASCAR cars ain't Fords, Chevys, or Dodges. They're not stock cars
anymore, and they bear no serious resemblance to any production line
vehicle. Why fans of particular marques identify with them I simply do
not understand.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Ah, Harry the NASCAR expert! Which NASCAR series are you talking
about, Harry? As to why fans identify with a brand is very simple. The
engines are made and distributed by the car manufacturer, that is if
you are talking about Sprint Cup cars. As for the different series,
when you get down to Sportman, ASA, etc. a lot more of the car is
directly manufactured by the companies. It's a damned shame you try SO
hard to sound like you know what you are talking about.

What's left of the factory distributed engines after the NASCAR engine
"builders" get through with them?

On Mar 17, 4:48*pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Mar 17, 8:33 am, HK wrote:





wrote:
On Mar 16, 8:47 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:32:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
As a car aficionado, thought you'd appreciate this...
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/bolus/20...omic-punk.html
And this...
http://www.garyhowardcustoms.com/
And this...
http://www.salinasboys.com/pk_metallica_36ford.html
Nice. As a kid I used to try to draw cartoons like Ed "Big Daddy" Roth
and
the Rat Fink Gang.
Mrs.E. and I took a belated honeymoon trip in a beautiful, white, '63
Riviera. I'd trade the Goat for one of those.
That '60 Impala on Gary Howard's site was something else.

I say gorgeous, but it's a Chevy. :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, how "did" those Ferds do this weekend racin at Bristol?

NASCAR cars ain't Fords, Chevys, or Dodges. They're not stock cars
anymore, and they bear no serious resemblance to any production line
vehicle. Why fans of particular marques identify with them I simply do
not understand.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Ah, Harry the NASCAR expert! Which NASCAR series are you talking
about, Harry? As to why fans identify with a brand is very simple. The
engines are made and distributed by the car manufacturer, that is if
you are talking about Sprint Cup cars. As for the different series,
when you get down to Sportman, ASA, etc. a lot more of the car is
directly manufactured by the companies. It's a damned shame you try SO
hard to sound like you know what you are talking about.

What's left of the factory distributed engines after the NASCAR engine
"builders" get through with them?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'm not sure what you are asking, Duck. BUT, there are many, many
parts still supplied by the manufacturer that are and have to be used.
Just a week or two ago, Robbie Gordon (who just changed to Dodge in an
deal with Evernham/Gillette) got fined for a fender that didn't meet
template. He appealed and won the appeal because the fender came
direct from Dodge and they didn't tweak it. As far as motors, they can
not change the displacement, so basically it stays the same.

"D.Duck" wrote in message
...




What's left of the factory distributed engines after the NASCAR engine
"builders" get through with them?


I don't follow NASCAR at all, but from what little I've seen, it seems that
today fans identify more with the drivers, racing teams and organizations
than the brand of car. Makes sense because all the cars look the same
anyway. Even those purchased and driven by the public pretty much look
alike now-a-days.

Not so back in the '60's. Then, a NASCAR Ford, Chevy, Dodge or Plymouth
looked like the one sitting in your parent's driveway, except it had a big
number and some stickers on it. Then, you related to the car brand. The
manufacturers knew that and it coined the term "Win on Sunday, buy on
Monday".

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"D.Duck" wrote in message
...


What's left of the factory distributed engines after the NASCAR engine
"builders" get through with them?


I don't follow NASCAR at all, but from what little I've seen, it seems that
today fans identify more with the drivers, racing teams and organizations
than the brand of car. Makes sense because all the cars look the same
anyway. Even those purchased and driven by the public pretty much look
alike now-a-days.

Not so back in the '60's. Then, a NASCAR Ford, Chevy, Dodge or Plymouth
looked like the one sitting in your parent's driveway, except it had a big
number and some stickers on it. Then, you related to the car brand. The
manufacturers knew that and it coined the term "Win on Sunday, buy on
Monday".

Eisboch



There's no relationship between the cars the big boys race and what you
can buy at your dealers. There was in the past, when there were "stock
cars" or close to stock cars being raced.

wrote in message
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On Mar 17, 4:48 pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Mar 17, 8:33 am, HK wrote:





wrote:
On Mar 16, 8:47 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:32:49 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
...
As a car aficionado, thought you'd appreciate this...
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/bolus/20...omic-punk.html
And this...
http://www.garyhowardcustoms.com/
And this...
http://www.salinasboys.com/pk_metallica_36ford.html
Nice. As a kid I used to try to draw cartoons like Ed "Big Daddy"
Roth
and
the Rat Fink Gang.
Mrs.E. and I took a belated honeymoon trip in a beautiful, white,
'63
Riviera. I'd trade the Goat for one of those.
That '60 Impala on Gary Howard's site was something else.

I say gorgeous, but it's a Chevy. :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, how "did" those Ferds do this weekend racin at Bristol?

NASCAR cars ain't Fords, Chevys, or Dodges. They're not stock cars
anymore, and they bear no serious resemblance to any production line
vehicle. Why fans of particular marques identify with them I simply do
not understand.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Ah, Harry the NASCAR expert! Which NASCAR series are you talking
about, Harry? As to why fans identify with a brand is very simple. The
engines are made and distributed by the car manufacturer, that is if
you are talking about Sprint Cup cars. As for the different series,
when you get down to Sportman, ASA, etc. a lot more of the car is
directly manufactured by the companies. It's a damned shame you try SO
hard to sound like you know what you are talking about.

What's left of the factory distributed engines after the NASCAR engine
"builders" get through with them?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'm not sure what you are asking, Duck. BUT, there are many, many
parts still supplied by the manufacturer that are and have to be used.
Just a week or two ago, Robbie Gordon (who just changed to Dodge in an
deal with Evernham/Gillette) got fined for a fender that didn't meet
template. He appealed and won the appeal because the fender came
direct from Dodge and they didn't tweak it. As far as motors, they can
not change the displacement, so basically it stays the same.

But how many engines come from the factory capable of 800+ horse power? My
only point is that engines are worlds apart in capabilities after the engine
builders work their magic.