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Offline 69bee

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« Reply #180 on: August 26, 2007, 10:26:06 AM »
I picked 69bee because I have a 69 Superbee collecting dust in the shed. After Labor day when I run my last demolition derby I might actually start to work on it.  

To make all of you chev vs. Mopar guys sick I will describe my current demo car. It is a 78 Chrysler New Yorker with a chev 350/turbo 350, shortend chev truck drive shaft and a chrysler 8.75 rearend. It looks like it was put there by the factory. The last car I ran was a 86 Grand Marquis with the same engine and tranny.

I will only run chevy and chrysler engines in derbies. The others wont take the heat.
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Offline SteveBailey

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« Reply #181 on: August 26, 2007, 11:04:00 AM »
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Originally posted by 69bee
I picked 69bee because I have a 69 Superbee collecting dust in the shed. After Labor day when I run my last demolition derby I might actually start to work on it.  

 


I know someone who would buy it. Wanna sell?
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Offline WWhiskey

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« Reply #182 on: August 26, 2007, 12:40:32 PM »
my dad used to race a 55 chevy when i was real young
it had a motor he built from 283-327 combo made 310 inches
i remember it said on the dash 8000 e z
he luanched it at 8000 shifted at 8000 and crossed the quarter at 8000+
think it had 538 pontiac rear end and muncie 4 speed ran low 11s
wish i still had that old car
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Offline scottydawg

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« Reply #183 on: August 26, 2007, 02:04:12 PM »
Holy thread hijack, Batman!
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Offline RedTopp

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« Reply #184 on: August 26, 2007, 02:14:28 PM »
Well Fire because I am a firefighter in Portland Oregon, and Ace because I am an ace at dying in this game......
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« Reply #185 on: August 26, 2007, 04:15:59 PM »
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While the ford cammer was a great engine. The best bb V8 ever built was the 426 race hemi.  The Best BB Chevy was probably the 409, IMHO.

Bronk


first off, i am a ford nut.........raced em for quite a few years at the local dragstrip....mostly street cars, and no chevy with similar mods/equipment ever beat me(mine was 12.2's@117mph, streeet trim full weight, and passing nj state inspection....driven every day for work, to the airport to fly, and basicly where ever i went). our shop race car was a 68 camaro with a 454 bored to 461.....somewhere in the ballpark of 650hp, ran 9.90's

i do have to agree with the 426 hemi being the best BB ever built though. i believe it was dyno'd to just over 800 horsepower...in street trim. the 427 SOHC was in the 650-680 range if i remember correctly, with the chevy 427 somewhere in the 400-450 hp range.

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Offline ROC

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« Reply #186 on: August 26, 2007, 05:06:18 PM »
<--  Flies like a...


Just came naturally.
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Offline -SR-

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« Reply #187 on: August 26, 2007, 07:37:15 PM »
Was SR71 in AW days. I chose it because I was fascinated by the SR71 when I was stationed at Beale AFB,Ca.

Joined Shillelagh Sq. Shortened to -SR-

When I came to AH. Shillalagh Sq. Used the shill suffix for easy ID.


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Offline KONG1

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« Reply #188 on: August 26, 2007, 08:25:53 PM »
KONG is GNOK spelled backwards.
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Offline lyric1

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« Reply #189 on: August 26, 2007, 08:49:38 PM »
I used my daughters name.
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Offline 69bee

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« Reply #190 on: August 26, 2007, 09:47:46 PM »
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Originally posted by SteveBailey
I know someone who would buy it. Wanna sell?


Sorry not for sale. Have you seen the price of Mopars lately? If I sold it I could not replace it. I passed on a 70 Cuda a few years back and now I cant afford one. The Superbee is my second favorite Mopar, so I'm not letting this one go.
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Offline Charge

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« Reply #191 on: August 27, 2007, 05:46:10 AM »
Was signing to AH and the web page requested me to enter "handle", what friggin "handle", I thought. A blinking red led at my desk caught my eye and it was my battery charger and under the red blinking light it read "Charge"... :p

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« Reply #192 on: August 27, 2007, 07:30:22 AM »
After a month of flying AW as "New User", Broken Drum told me I needed a handle...he said "something like nobad".
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Offline Gianlupo

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« Reply #193 on: August 27, 2007, 12:46:47 PM »
First of all, very nice thread, 5pointOh, it's been fun reading it and discovering what's behind people's handle!

As for mine, unfortunately, it's nothing more than part of my first name and my surname. When I created the account, I tried some handles (can't remember exactly which ones), but they were all taken. I've never been much patient with this stuff, I hate having to shrink my brain to find something cool and not already in use... so I ended using Gianlupo, which I don't really like that much... I thought about changing it, but, by now, people do know me with that handle, so it'll be it for rest of my AH life.

And now, for something completely different....

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The Storch is a cool plane though.  I'm surprised no one makes replicas.


There is at least 1 replica on the market, it's in a 3:4 scale, but very very nice:



In Europe, it can be flown as ultralight... maybe, Storchy, is time to fulfill your dream! ;)

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Simaril is supposed to be "silmaril"


Aaaahh, Simaril, I've always wondered if your handle had something to do with Tolkien's world. Now I'm satisfied! :D

But.....

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1. we have a 7 letter limit


Errr... we have at least 8 letter.... just watch my handle! ;)

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That's Silmaril, the singular of the Silmarillion...


Sorry, this is wrong! Silmarillion means "of the Silmarils" and it's a part of the title of one of the stories told in Tolkien's book with the same name, the complete title being "Quenta Silmarillion". For a quick reference (I know you'll look at the book, later ;) ), you can check this page. The plural of "Silmaril" is "Silmarils" in English and "Silmarilli" in Quenya (check the "Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names" appendix, at the end of the Silmarillion EDIT: under the sil- voice).

You're geek, but I'm geeker than you can possibly ever become! :D

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For a while, my son flew too -- and we had a deliberately small squad called "Wings of Manwe" (Manwe was the Vala (archangel) who was lord of the air.) Dan flew as "Mandos," who was the Vala lord of the Halls of the Dead. One time we were in a spot of virtual trouble, and were saved in the nick of time by Helm (a member of the Nazgul, of course). We thanked him for the clear, and he said "No problem guys...though I don't know why i helped out some of Manwe's boys. Just don't let Morgoth [Sauron's evil master] know."

:rofl Dan and I about lost it, falling on the floor laughing. I guess we're not the only Tolkien geeks online!


This was priceless! :)
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Offline Mak333

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« Reply #194 on: August 27, 2007, 12:49:26 PM »
Mak:

My initials.  The numbers are just used to take up space =)
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