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Vehicle Terminology "Slang"

Spin the skins.

Fry the hides.

Cut a good light.

Lay a good patch.

She drives stick. :D

Piston broke - (when you're full of booze and have no money)

'Rowing' the gears.

'Pedalling' that 4-speed.
 
3,000 pound clutch
6-lunger (6 cylinder)
binders (brakes)
granny gear
Cyclops/Popeye (one headlight working)
crabbin' (going down the road sideways, like a crab)
 
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Blowing Donuts … multiple circles of black stripes applied in highly entertaining fashion, usually in church parking lots.

Smoke show … same but in a straight line

Both come with the wonderful smell of burnt rubber.
 
I heard someone say "Whipping shitties".

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Every guy had their favorite “Backseat Betty”, didn’t they?
 
Rustang. Goat. Geetex. Screamin' chicken ( trans am hood). Shaggin' wagon (our customized 70's vans).
 
Four on the floor, six on the seat. (That was before cops started cracking down on drinking and driving)
Cops
Smokey Bear
Town Clown
Po Po

Giggle Juice (NOS)
 
my AMX was under geared for launch........I had to "ride the clutch like a bicycle" to get it off the line
 
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"Babbit beater"= any engine with poured bearings.

"Doin' 70 in a VW"= one in the front seat, 69 in the back seat.
 
"Babbit beater"= any engine with poured bearings.

"Doin' 70 in a VW"= one in the front seat, 69 in the back seat.

Showing your age talking about babbitt bearings :D I still think Flatty V8s are cool.

There was a guy at Spring Carlisle that was building hard tail motorcycles using the small Ford flat head V8. Really clean, simple looking bike that had a great sound using straight pipes.
 
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