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A Tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes from Ol' Brown Eyes Himself...

QOTHL said:
That was over 30yrs ago, I went to train with Bev Francis, then they had the World Championships in Australia.
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I knew the name Bev Francis, and I just googled her. WOW! First woman to bench 150kg (over 300lbs).
Lamb is cheap in NZ, where there are far more sheep than people. Help me out here kiwigtx.
Car cruises and shows are (or at least were pre covid19) alive and well here. In little old Adelaide (population 1.3 million), in the warmer months we'll get 400-500 American cars out for a regular cruise. Then there are all the other car scenes like Australian muscle and of course the ricer (or import) crowd.
 
62 Dart Convertible said:
I knew the name Bev Francis, and I just googled her. WOW! First woman to bench 150kg (over 300lbs).
Lamb is cheap in NZ, where there are far more sheep than people. Help me out here kiwigtx.
Car cruises and shows are (or at least were pre covid19) alive and well here. In little old Adelaide (population 1.3 million), in the warmer months we'll get 400-500 American cars out for a regular cruise. Then there are all the other car scenes like Australian muscle and of course the ricer (or import) crowd.
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Bev BP'd over 400 eventually. She could squat and DL in the high 400's, low 5's but was absolutely blown away by a little runt from Oregon by the name of Ruthi Schafer. As a 132, she was squatting and DL'ing well over 500lbs, low 600. Couldn't BP worth a crap.
When I was in NZ there were 150 sheep to every citizen. Don't know what it is today.
Ricer crowd...they call them Tuners here. My friend, Jeff the Pirate, and I entered our muscle cars in a Tuner show, Battle of the Bluegrass. He almost wouldn't go because it was full of Tuners but I told him we needed to make a presence with REAL cars. I took my 69 Charger, Jeff brought his beautiful 69 GTO, and I entered a second car, a 70 Hemi 'Cuda.
What kind of response do the American cars get?

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The following year I entered my other Charger:
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Get a load of this Riviera:
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It just hurts to look at these things:

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Please tell me that isn't a real tiger sitting in front of the goat?! Was Mike Tyson there or something?
Is your friend Jeff a real pirate?
You have some bloody nice cars!
Jap cars do nothing for me either... tuners, haha, mainly tossers.
 
62 Dart Convertible said:
Please tell me that isn't a real tiger sitting in front of the goat?! Was Mike Tyson there or something?
Is your friend Jeff a real pirate?
You have some bloody nice cars!
Jap cars do nothing for me either... tuners, haha, mainly tossers.
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No, the Pontiac people like to have a Tiger theme when they show their cars. That's not a real tiger tail either and I added the fake poop for effect. I stole it at one show and he didn't realize it until I was driving away with it hanging out of my trunk.

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Jeff looks like any number of characters - pirate, drug dealer, homeless guy. As a rule, heart of gold. Has done some F'd up things in his life and he regrets it. On the other hand, he smokes 3 packs a day and lives on CocaCola, Pringles, Veeny Weenies, and cheeseburgers. :eek::eek::eek::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: I keep telling him he ought to be dead.
Nice Gilligan hat. That's when he had teeth...
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Different show, different year, same T shirt...he has two T shirts and two pairs of pants that he washes each day. He helped me get that car ready for the show, it took weeks! We were up till 11pm the night before. He is a pleasure to work with.

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When we started our cars at that Tuner show, we just about blew the "cars" behind us across the room...I have to confess we kind of sucked the "life" out of the other cars especially when they were running.
 
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I never knew about Pontiacs and Tigers being associated. Where did that come from?
Jeff seems like a colorful character and a cherished friend, nice.
Big cube V8 is the best sound around!
 
62 Dart Convertible said:
I never knew about Pontiacs and Tigers being associated. Where did that come from?
Jeff seems like a colorful character and a cherished friend, nice.
Big cube V8 is the best sound around!
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It would be hard to sum Jeff up in few sentences.
We were at a show and he was doing something, I think it was relaxing in his chair and he asked me to get something out of his console. So I go to get it, can't remember what it was but as I'm looking through the stuff in there I came across his...pipe, and I believe him when he says if it weren't for that pipe he'd kill someone, the stash, his "pills" and his revolver and that's when I decided I didn't want my fingerprints on any of that stuff.

Don't get me started on the sound of big block V8's, in my humble opinion, there's nothing like it. Is that your car in your Avatar? Does it "rock" when you start it? My old Mopars will rock until they warm up and I think that's really cool. I have hated every new car I've ever driven until I made the mistake of renting a new Challenger R/T. I was done. I managed to find a very inexpensive used 2018 and think it's one of the best things I ever bought. There's a really good review of the Demon Hellcat on YouTube and the guy is right, that acceleration will never get old!

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=matt+leblanc+dodge+demon

Old Pontiac GTO wide trac ads:

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Was hoping that this threead would stay off topic, guess it hasn't run out of gas.
 
Thanks for the Pontiac edumacation.
Yeah, avatar is my car. Has a dual quad 413 and it does sound good.
I'd love a late model Challenger on my driveway. Unfortunately ridiculously priced here...
 
QOTHL said:
Yeah, I sent that link to Jeff and he thinks Mr. Methane has extra curricular activities that enable him to perform...:eek:

Hey, what's Rod Serling saying in your Avatar?
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"This is the Twilight Zone" kind of fitting around here :D

Fat Bastard, what a makeup job when you think about who's playing the part. "Get in me belly!" Too funny!
 
khryslerkid said:
"This is the Twilight Zone" kind of fitting around here :D

Fat Bastard, what a makeup job when you think about who's playing the part. "Get in me belly!" Too funny!
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It says: Goldmember fart...THAT'S kind fitting around here as well:D:eek::rolleyes:
I don't think anyone has played multiple roles like that since Peter Sellers.
 
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