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  1. maxwedgechar

    10 Real-Life Examples Of Why American Measurements Are Better Than The Communist Metric System

    @Photon440 It probably had something to do with Cobras, GT40s and the FIA too. When I met my wife my father-in-law had a '65 Galaxie 500 XL 352, C6 which I saw my mother-in-law using all it's available horsepower coming off a light!
  2. maxwedgechar

    This pile of twisted metal is our Sale of The Year

    I know of 2 places that can do this work. I think if I owned the car I would ask that the shop use as many of the original bits as possible. The one shop is near me. I was with a group that took a tour. He was working on an AC Bristol, a Hooper bodied Rolls that had been *** ended and a Lambo...
  3. maxwedgechar

    10 Real-Life Examples Of Why American Measurements Are Better Than The Communist Metric System

    In 1971 Mother Mopar gave us the 360. But now it's a 5.9 and the 318 is now a 5.2 and, of all things my Max is a 7 Litre, but that's a Ford! I was looking for something at the NAPA store and the conversation went "7 litre?" "Yes" "Go big or not at all"! Then they bring back the Hemi. But instead...
  4. maxwedgechar

    10 Real-Life Examples Of Why American Measurements Are Better Than The Communist Metric System

    But what about the Metric Stillson? Dad always said to have a miniature pipe wrench. You never know....
  5. maxwedgechar

    10 Real-Life Examples Of Why American Measurements Are Better Than The Communist Metric System

    I always thought speed was in Furlongs per Fortnight! I had a Mercedes Diesel where the oil pressure gauge read in Bars. It showed 3 bars which wasn't hard to find 3 bars where I lived! I have a 1992 Dodge B350 1 ton Church Van. If it bolts to the motor, trans or diff it's SAE everything else...
  6. maxwedgechar

    cant get a 4 speed in a tesla....

    My friend's old '68 Peterbilt had a 335 and the Freightliner Cab Over we had 40 years ago had a 350. Those are the Cummins sounds I hear when I think of big rigs. I have 8MM home movies of riding in the Peterbilt and I can still hear it! My brother on the other hand hears 425 Cats!
  7. maxwedgechar

    cant get a 4 speed in a tesla....

    When Tesla came out with the tractor trailer I made the comment that I would need earphones with the music of a 350 Cummins in the background!
  8. maxwedgechar

    cant get a 4 speed in a tesla....

    My '64 Dodge wagon had a shifter that long and the ashtray would eat my knuckles on a third gear shift!
  9. maxwedgechar

    cant get a 4 speed in a tesla....

    Plus, I'm as close as I will ever get with the Max. He has a Manual Shift, Reverse Pattern TorqueFlite!
  10. maxwedgechar

    cant get a 4 speed in a tesla....

    When I met my wife I couldn't drive a stick. I was 17. I'd been driving for 9 months. My parents had a '62 Lancer 2 door sedan, 170, 3 speed column shift. I tried to teach myself to no avail. My wife tried to teach me but didn't like the way I drove her car. The boyfriend of the girl up the...
  11. maxwedgechar

    cant get a 4 speed in a tesla....

    Back in the day my wife would make fun of guys with muscle cars and "Ratamatics" as she called them!
  12. maxwedgechar

    cant get a 4 speed in a tesla....

    My late wife owned 5 cars in her life, all sticks. The first one was a '68 Toyota Corona 3 speed column shifter bench seat car. She knew how to drive a stick before I knew how to drive! I still have it. She'd become a Subaru girl and the last 2, a '93 Legacy and an '01 Forester, she had to fight...
  13. maxwedgechar

    You can't put a 383 in a Dart...

    Yes, that is correct. I didn't like the way the system sounded so I took them off. The cops didn't like THAT! The sound with the pipes was what I call "Blat". I had thrush mufflers. I had the same car as yours only a 6 passenger. Fury, same color, same interior, 318, TF, power steering and...
  14. maxwedgechar

    You can't put a 383 in a Dart...

    I believe my friend's car was a bench seat. And 50 years ago I did parts department swaps with the same '66 383 into a '64 Dodge 440 wagon that was a 318, 4 barrel, A833. I know, they didn't build that one either. It was correct down to the tailpipes except for the bell housing. Then I attached...
  15. maxwedgechar

    You can't put a 383 in a Dart...

    @matthon Like I said we've already had this discussion on FABO. I would like to think that my friend had a rare and desirable one off. I found the production numbers on FABO. They built 252 383 S Notchbacks and 154 4 speeds. May be the original owner wanted an S delete? Maybe the second owner...
  16. maxwedgechar

    Apocalypse Now Overrated?

    Laurence Fishburne is one of the boat crew, credited as Larry Fishburne!
  17. maxwedgechar

    You can't put a 383 in a Dart...

    In 1971 or '72 a guy I worked with in Trenton, NJ bought a '68 Barracuda Notchback, 383, 4 speed. It was all rusted out and I think most of the interior was gone. I called it a Lightweight! He asked me if I wanted to drive it, Did I want to drive it?! We took it out on the highway in Trenton...
  18. maxwedgechar

    It's a Mopar .... nearly.....

    @j-c-c-62 When I was under the dash dealing with trying to figure out key numbers I noticed there was actual cancer where the steering column attached to the firewall. That kind of soured me on doing anything with the car. I am pretty good doing things around cars with cancer but that was above...
  19. maxwedgechar

    Oak island

    WE're done for another season!!!!! Hi Chee! There's lots of wood, more bits of iron, no gold, no silver and film of guys running around like it's Monty Python and the Holy Grail, or The Vikings or The Long Ships, my favorite BTW! And then we're out on Lot Five metal detecting IN THE SNOW?! Even...
  20. maxwedgechar

    Happy Hemi Day!!

    Like the 300 club says: Death before Prius! Max's born on date is 4/19 couldn't have been a week later!
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