Car and Bike Talk

[1BROWNWRENCH]

With a bit of cleaning and oil, I'm sure all 8 Brownings could be made to work. Ever seen the recovery of that P47 from the bottom of that Austrian lake? Or the German marked T-34 recovered from that lake in Estonia? Incredible.

 

[cachsux]

They pull planes out of Lake Michigan every now and then. They did carrier training at Great Lakes Naval and rookies were splashing planes all the time.

 

[cachsux]

Found my new work car.


2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake: Is 850 HP Too Much? - Ignition Ep. 81 - YouTube

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Take it on by Billybob's tune 'n dyno service and you'll have 1000.

 

[Rico]

With a bit of cleaning and oil, I'm sure all 8 Brownings could be made to work. Ever seen the recovery of that P47 from the bottom of that Austrian lake? Or the German marked T-34 recovered from that lake in Estonia? Incredible.

The incredible thing about the T34 was that with only a few hours of work, the diesel engine started up. I bet you could throw a handful of change into the crankcase on that beast and it would still run.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I found it amazing that the T-34 was allegedly running when it went in and apparently nothing was bent. Amazing what a few feet of peat and mud can do. I would have loved to be in on that.

 

[Rico]

Some of those old engines are tough little bastards. I've seen a L-134 with a hole in the side of the block where it threw a rod, still plugging away on 3 cylinders.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

There were quite a few live 76mm rounds in that T34 as well. Wanna bet they would go if you chambered one up and hit the trigger?

 

[Rico]

Go boom? Sure, I bet they would. Wouldn't want to be any where near that tank when the trigger is pulled. Explosives that old you can't be sure where they will go boom.

 

[oldngray]

Castrol Rocket targetting 400 mph | Fox News

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Nice. Jason isn't doing so well in AMA Daytona Sportbike this year. Surely this must be exaggerated speed reported here. You know, FOX news.

 

[oldngray]

Triumph-powered Castrol Rocket attempts Bonneville land-speed record - latimes.com

different link with more details

 

[cachsux]

The Bloodhound SSC is going for 1000.

The BLOODHOUND SSC website | BLOODHOUND SSC

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

There's some fellow in my area that was fiddling about with this stuff. He basically had a fuselage of an F104 with wheels.

 

[oldngray]

There's some fellow in my area that was fiddling about with this stuff. He basically had a fuselage of an F104 with wheels.

something like this?

 

[cachsux]

Some days the only reason I can go to work is because I get to drive my GT for an hour.

 

[Rico]

Cue Deep Purple 'Highway Star' in 3..2..1..

 

[oldngray]

Or Golden Earring's Radar Love

Golden Earring - Radar love - YouTube

 

[cachsux]

The first song on the iPod that I was conscious enough to recall was " Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones,Bridges to Babylon live version.

 

[BSWALKS]

I've been trying to get here for a few years now. Finally gonna be able to make it.

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