Time Passes on a long build..

[FRANKO289]

Jack Nicholson retired from acting due to memory loss .........only saying bc " i was told " you look like him !

 

[bmc69]

Jack Nicholson retired from acting due to memory loss .........only saying bc " i was told " you look like him !

Who?

 

[americanhorses]

I hadn't worked on mine for almost 10 years. I catch myself saying look at what the previous owner (me) did. what a dumb ass

 

[bmc69]

I hadn't worked on mine for almost 10 years. I catch myself saying look at what the previous owner (me) did. what a dumb ass

I started the EB flathead project over 10 years ago. Collecting pieces and parts..planning it out. It wasn't until about 2007 that I really made any progress with the engine build. Now here we are ..2014..and I'm finally close to lighting off the engine and getting motivated to finish the body.


Funny ting...it started out as a 4.6 V-8 EB project. I bought a very early 4.6L back in..'97?...and planned to be the first to install one of those in an EB.

I'm just too slow.:-X

 

[americanhorses]

I started the EB flathead project over 10 years ago. Collecting pieces and parts..planning it out. It wasn't until about 2007 that I really made any progress with the engine build. Now here we are ..2014..and I'm finally close to lighting off the engine and getting motivated to finish the body.


Funny ting...it started out as a 4.6 V-8 EB project. I bought a very early 4.6L back in..'97?...and planned to be the first to install one of those in an EB.

I'm just too slow.:-X

Slow is me. I bought 2 matching state of the art Pioneer cassette decks 15 years ago. One for the Bronco and one for the Belvedere. Just put it in. At least I upgraded from an 8-track.

 

[bmc69]

Slow is me. I bought 2 matching state of the art Pioneer cassette decks 15 years ago. One for the Bronco and one for the Belvedere. Just put it in. At least I upgraded from an 8-track.

I would still have my 8-track player (Craig..nothing better...;D..big ole monster bent-axis unit that took up practically the entire hump in my '66 Mustang) if I hadn't lost close to a hundred 8-track tapes..my entire collection..when my camper burnt down.:-X

 

[americanhorses]

HA! I had one of those in my 72 F-100 back in high school

This one?

 

[bmc69]

HA! I had one of those in my 72 F-100 back in high school

This one?

Sure looks like it! ;D Man I was proud of that thing. The envy of all my peers. And I could strip the wadded up tape out of an 8-track cassette and wind it back in by hand, faster than you could say "Jimmi Hendrix".

;D

 

[bronco t]

Sure looks like it! ;D Man I was proud of that thing. The envy of all my peers. And I could strip the wadded up tape out of an 8-track cassette and wind it back in by hand, faster than you could say "Jimmi Hendrix".

;D

Anyone who endured 8 tracks back in the day surely appreciate digital storage now. Those cassettes never worked right, and that clunk clunk when tracks changed... I don't miss.

 

[backpain]

Show off!!

Last time I did that . . . .

Took the vehicle (non EB) out for a test drive early Sunday AM. As soon as I hit 55+ I hear this loud "swooooosh" and, suddenly a lot of wind noise. Prompted me to look in the rear view. "$&@&&$" as I saw my glass sunroof glide back down from outer space back onto the freeway behind me. All was fine for the first two cars . . . .then . . ."crunch." Yeah! I forgot I had not bolted it back in, but just left it sitting there, 3 weeks prior after reassembling and them moving on to engine issues. That was a $700 mistake.

So, as above, write it down. But if you don't - don't worry - someone else (me) will provide better comic relief. There's always someone richer, smarter, or dumber. Focus on the latter.

 

[bmc69]

Anyone who endured 8 tracks back in the day surely appreciate digital storage now. Those cassettes never worked right, and that clunk clunk when tracks changed... I don't miss.

Who remembers seeing the long black streamers that would be all tangled up in the bushes alongside roads back then?...the sad remains of another 8-track tape that got eaten by the tape player, rudely removed and then angrily tossed out the window.;D