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I’ve always had a fever dream of a cost-is-no-object ~1967 GM B-body wagon with a ~1000hp NRE turbo engine and full suspension, but tuned towards comfort. Basically dynamically a brand new S class Benz, but with style.
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MrYenko posted:I’ve always had a fever dream of a cost-is-no-object ~1967 GM B-body wagon with a ~1000hp NRE turbo engine and full suspension, but tuned towards comfort. Basically dynamically a brand new S class Benz, but with style. I've wanted to do that with a Chevelle wagon but maybe with something a bit more sedate than a full blown NRE weapon of tire destruction. Maybe something with a blower (still under the hood) just for the whine. In a perfect world, I'd have one of each. Chevy, Olds, Plymouth, etc. Hardest decision would be picking years.
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Sep 8, 2023 16:46
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Chris Knight posted:Posting this account seems like cheating but ya gotta see this: I mean, it's no 442 H/O Vista Cruiser, but it'll do. Boaz MacPhereson posted:I've wanted to do that with a Chevelle wagon but maybe with something a bit more sedate than a full blown NRE weapon of tire destruction. Maybe something with a blower (still under the hood) just for the whine. In a perfect world, I'd have one of each. Chevy, Olds, Plymouth, etc. Hardest decision would be picking years. I support and encourage this madness.
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Sep 8, 2023 17:58
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Darchangel posted:I mean, it's no 442 H/O Vista Cruiser, but it'll do. Welp, who wants to donate to the "Buy Boaz a shitload of lotto tickets" fund?
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Welp, who wants to donate to the "Buy Boaz a shitload of lotto tickets" fund? Finish your current projects first sir.
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Sep 8, 2023 18:59
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Fi...finish a project before starting a new one? I don't understand.
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Sep 8, 2023 19:04
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Welp, who wants to donate to the "Buy Boaz a shitload of lotto tickets" fund? Can I get in on that action? Lotto is my current retirement plan. StormDrain posted:Finish your current projects first sir. ....what? All I heard was a roaring noise there. Maybe a little bit of the Charlie Brown adults' muted trumpet noise.
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Sep 8, 2023 19:17
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StormDrain posted:Finish your current projects first sir. no u
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StormDrain posted:Finish your current projects first sir. A project is done when I am done with it; Therefore finished.
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Sep 8, 2023 20:20
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Man I really need to get my wagon running. (no, i'm not making a thread just yet, there's nothing interesting to post other than this picture)
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Sep 8, 2023 21:31
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boxen posted:Man I really need to get my wagon running. I will read the words and look at the pictures you eventually post about this wagon
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Sep 8, 2023 22:42
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Challenge accepted begrudgingly.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Welp, who wants to donate to the "Buy Boaz a shitload of lotto tickets" fund? I have a Y-code 389 and matching transmission from my (first)wrecked'66 Bonneville in the loft of my garage. Keeping an eye peeled for years, for an A-body longroof to stuff it into.
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boxen posted:Man I really need to get my wagon running. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter/zine
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PainterofCrap posted:I have a Y-code 389 and matching transmission from my (first)wrecked'66 Bonneville in the loft of my garage. Keeping an eye peeled for years, for an A-body longroof to stuff it into. While you're waiting, try to scare up a Tri-Power manifold.
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StormDrain posted:Finish your current projects first sir. Well I finished a project just a few months ago!!! And then pulled it apart because I went hey what if I......
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This series is just fabulous! Do yourselves a favour and watch the first eps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1fJdMXaIp4
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Humphreys posted:This series is just fabulous! Do yourselves a favour and watch the first eps. If you can’t tell by the name of his channel “c90adventures” he also rode a c90 all around, going from Alaska almost all the way to the bottom of South America. It’s a really good video series if a bit early 2000s edgy at times
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Large Testicles posted:personally i think this is the right thread but i'll let the rest of you decide. mercedes knew exactly what they were doing they know that none of those cars are going to get stuck in the sand and 100% of those cars are going to use the """stuck in sand mode""" for the 'gram
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This guy was awesome. https://www.onlineprairieauction.com/Browse/C918813/Classic-Vintage-Car-Sale All the best cars on the planet in one place.
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I am lusting after any one of those Scouts.
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Something I hadn't seen before. Apparently Maytag (yes, that Maytag) used to manufacture a two cylinder boxer engine for use "off grid" back in the 30s https://www.ebay.com/itm/115692005046 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foC4iruOKak The gas pedal looking thing is the kick, or step start, the engine sat under the "washing bucket" Hadlock fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Sep 9, 2023 |
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Sep 9, 2023 20:35
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  twitter is poo poo and so are embeds but fantastic
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Hadlock posted:Something I hadn't seen before. Apparently Maytag (yes, that Maytag) used to manufacture a two cylinder boxer engine for use "off grid" back in the 30s Saw an early Maytag washing machine at the state fair a few years ago (like 1910s 1920s vintage) that had a motor with a spark plug on the bottom of the machine. Hell, Kohler still makes both plumbing fixtures and small engines.
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bennyfactor posted:Saw an early Maytag washing machine at the state fair a few years ago (like 1910s 1920s vintage) that had a motor with a spark plug on the bottom of the machine. Hell, Kohler still makes both plumbing fixtures and small engines. Yeah I've got a Kohler motor on top of my Husqvarna 4wd push mower and that motor is a loving peice of poo poo. I suspect the carb - have to shut off the fuel and run the bowl dry each time I shut it down, or start it back up quick, otherwise it soaks the filter with fuel and chokes it out which makes me have to pull the ripcord 20-30x to get it running again unless I pop the filter off for a sec.
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KakerMix posted:
Thank you for not making me need to (1)go to Twitter, (2) get bothered about needing to log into Twitter, (3) get bothered about notifications settings on Twitter, (4) further click on images within Twitter to blow them up. 
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Hadlock posted:Something I hadn't seen before. Apparently Maytag (yes, that Maytag) used to manufacture a two cylinder boxer engine for use "off grid" back in the 30s Skip to about 44m if you just want to see it running. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UPZkmcai-M
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Collateral Damage posted:My favorite workshop channel did a restoration video on one of those a while back. That is genuinely pretty cool I've heard of hit and miss engines before but never really understood why they were used, makes a lot more sense now
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NoWake posted:Yeah I've got a Kohler motor on top of my Husqvarna 4wd push mower and that motor is a loving peice of poo poo. I suspect the carb - have to shut off the fuel and run the bowl dry each time I shut it down, or start it back up quick, otherwise it soaks the filter with fuel and chokes it out which makes me have to pull the ripcord 20-30x to get it running again unless I pop the filter off for a sec. Your float is set too high, letting fuel flood the engine. Reset the float to spec.
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NoWake posted:Yeah I've got a Kohler motor on top of my Husqvarna 4wd push mower and that motor is a loving peice of poo poo. I suspect the carb - have to shut off the fuel and run the bowl dry each time I shut it down, or start it back up quick, otherwise it soaks the filter with fuel and chokes it out which makes me have to pull the ripcord 20-30x to get it running again unless I pop the filter off for a sec. Sounds like the float needle is leaking. Pretty typical. But I just wanted to chime in to say that I've owned and operated a LOT of mowers. Only the cheap ones come with Kohlers. The Magnum 20 is bane of my existence. They were pieces of poo poo new and didn't age well at all. Do never buy a Kohler engine. It's not just one thing either. It's like they figured out how to screw up each piece of that engine, from somehow making the rings stick after like 500 hours, the worst carbs/linkages possible, valves that don't stay adjusted and a self-destructing starting cam for the pull starts because all of the force you put on the recoil starter is "held in place" (hint: it's not actually held in place) by the sheet metal covering the engine. So it gets bent, out of alignment, and eats the unobtanium aluminum cam cup. I still have one on an old walk behind that I use on occasion. I start it will an impact and a socket. Motronic fucked around with this message at 15:09 on Sep 10, 2023 |
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Good Citizen posted:https://twitter.com/styropyro_/status/1700872961538867230?s=46
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When we lived in Switzerland and my Mom's '65 Mini rusted out in 1975, my father offered to replaced it with a 2CV. Seeing that body roll after a few years on Swiss mountain roads, she was an immediate and firm, "NOPE." Wound up with a Renault 6.
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Hadlock posted:Something I hadn't seen before. Apparently Maytag (yes, that Maytag) used to manufacture a two cylinder boxer engine for use "off grid" back in the 30s For the full AI experience, they made their way into homemade go carts too.  
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joat mon posted:For the full AI experience, they made their way into homemade go carts too. Homelite, of generator/APU and lawncare/logging equipment fame, adapted the Crosley automobile motor into a boat motor under the Homelite and Bearcat names, some of which went straight back in Crosley cars. It takes a bit of work, but the designs are similar enough that most of the holes needed to convert the engine to a closed loop cooling system can be easily drilled and tapped. Doing this almost doubles the horsepower (26.5hp to 55hp) and gives some room for tuning. 55hp in a vehicle that weighs between 1100 and 1300 pounds produces some very repectable performance, on par with, or better than, immediate post-WW2 V8 cars. Imagine keeping pace with a brand new V8 Ford Tudor in a teeny little appliance car made by an appliance manufacturer. "What you got in that thing?" "Boat anchor!" Wheeeeeeee
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boxen posted:Man I really need to get my wagon running. GIMME. WTFBEES posted:I will read the words and look at the pictures you eventually post about this wagon KakerMix posted:
Would. Though, since I have a family, I'll do a more-door as well. NoWake posted:Yeah I've got a Kohler motor on top of my Husqvarna 4wd push mower and that motor is a loving peice of poo poo. I suspect the carb - have to shut off the fuel and run the bowl dry each time I shut it down, or start it back up quick, otherwise it soaks the filter with fuel and chokes it out which makes me have to pull the ripcord 20-30x to get it running again unless I pop the filter off for a sec. Best investment I ever made was a (fairly) cheap Ryobi cordless electric mower. That said, my gas mower is a 20-year-old MTD with a flathead Briggs. It runs perfectly. A new carb gasket (which is also the pulse fuel pump) every so often along with basic cleaning of the filter etc., and it still runs, well, not like new, but good enough. Starts on the third pull after winter storage with no prep. Runs on absolutely poo poo gas, is what I'm saying. Something to be said for a, what? 70-year-old design? fake edit: kinda. The aluminum block engines date to the 1950s. Basic engine back to 1933, though? Related: one of B&S' early engines was designed specifically for washing machines. Also, dang it - B&S filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Another old name gone. COVID + the usual Capitalist bullshit of giving bonuses and payouts to execs while failing.
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Incredible save down at Goodwood from Karun Chandhok, and the Ferrari's owner having the best vibes: 'Karun is fine, which was our first concern, let's be clear. We race knowing they break.' https://www.goodwood.com/grr/event-coverage/goodwood-revival/2023/9/what-really-happened-to-karun-chandhoks-ferrari-250-gto/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmWOEluoOpU
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