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I used to go to Richmond dragway about every weekend in the '70's. It was the local track, had some fast cars but they didn't have what you'd call "big time" national events or anything. But I did go to the old Suffolk, Va. drag strip where they did have NHRA events. The track was on an old airport runway, don't know if it's still in existance or not, but that's where I saw a couple of 66 or 67 ChevyII Novas running 11 second 1/4 mile times with 6 cylinder engines. Had never seen such before. There was also an early model solid black corvette that I liked turning 10.0's with one of the old GMC 6 cylinders in it. It had wheelie bars on it and when it left the front wheels would come up about 6 inches and every time he hit another gear they'd hop up about 6 inches. Ran straight every time- and fast! I still remember this, these were my favorite cars to watch, 10 to 12 second cars with 4 speeds, like Freightrain's, rather than top fuel or funny cars.

This is from an e-mail sent by a friend in Australia- While walking along the cliffs to the entrance of Mooloolaba harbour on Sunday morning I noticed a Muslim extremist slip from the cliffs and fall into the Pacific Ocean. He was struggling to stay afloat because of all the explosives he had been carrying. If he didn't get help he'd surely drown. Being a responsible citizen, and abiding by the law of the land that requires you to help those in distress, I informed Brisbane Police and the Federal Police. It is now 4 p.m.., he has drowned, and neither authority has yet responded. I'm starting to think I wasted two stamps.

I'm done too. Think i'll try to smoke a turkey on the grill- never tried it before, the old outdoor oven does a fine job, and I didn't have time to smoke a test turkey- but i'm gonna go for it. I left Sunday and ran 3 mill rolls to Milton and 3 back, i'll fire the grill up early in the morning and commence to cooking. Traffic was already getting heavy yesterday, wouldn't want to be on the W.V. Turnpike now. Last night at 10 o'clock it was raining, traffic was heavy, and the fourwheelers could only manage about 40 mph.

sure looks good. I clicked on this post and my first word when I saw the picture was "damnnnn..."

Thanks, good advice.

I don't know either, looks like Roadway colors but I don't recognize the wrap around back glass.

that's another problem with ths new truck- I can't even hear the engine!

Speaking of railroads, a Liberty University student was killed Thursday night when five students walked out onto the railroad bridge that crosses the James river between Lynchburg and Madison Heights. She was hit by a train and killed, one jumped or fell 80 to 100 feet down to the river bank and was seriously injured, the other three survived by two of them jumping onto a piling and the other hung below the tracks by his arms.

Hi there Speed, indeed, don't be a stranger. I'm afraid to ask what you've been doing...

must be this one. looks just like Randy's. wonder how fast you have to be going around the bend to roll a bulldozer over?

that's what the one in the picture is- even looks like western Ky, with the Mack beside it.

here's some from "one quick beer"- what, that's not funny?..never mind then, I thought they were funny.

yeah, he might as well bid on that V8 DM to move all that, and just use Killer for the light work.

Thanks, great stuff- imagine what Randy could do with that!

The great varmint hunt... I couldn't get to randy's gallery, so I did a google image search for kamatsu dozers- never knew they made dozers this big! must be the biggest dozer ever,eh?

I remember the days of driving cabovers and having to stop at night when it got cool, then jack the cab up to turn the water on going to the heater core. Had those round spigot valves like on your outside garden hose spigots, except you had to turn them forever to turn them on or off. Then the next day it would get hot, so you'd stop somewhere and jack the cab up and shut the water off again, or you could just feel the heat coming in, even with the heater off. Then I had a Freightliner with shut-off valves that you only had to turn a quarter turn, now you don't have to worry about it.

Unfortunately, as we all know other dog no longer drives a Pete. If I did I could haul that RL to central Illinois for you so fast it would blow the paint off it, then you'd just have to repaint it, so it's probably for the better that I don't. By the way, that is indeed one of the best looking LT's i've ever seen.

that gives me an ideer-we can go halves on it, he can keep it 6 months-October thru March-then i'll get it April thru September...just a thought (Paul Van Scott), i'll have to run that plan by Mark.

good, I like that better anyway! Don't know about Mark, he's the one that's gonna be buying it.

that, or the salesman ought to get some kind of sales award for selling this crap to 'em- it is definately a flat ground truck.

yeah, the 18 speed is the greatest, 13's aren't bad, but the old 10 speed roadranger with the 350 Cummins I drove was all right too. This new one is just a different aminal I guess.

I'm with Gulfway too.

don't feel bad Jake, i've been driving almost 33 years now and driven about every kind of transmission there is, but this last truck I got- the one with the weak paccar engine- has a 10 speed and it's driving me crazy. I can't seem to get the sumbitch in gear without scraping except once in a while by accident. Upshifting isn't too bad, but I catch hell trying to downshift it. And all the other drivers say the same thing. I'll get it figured out eventually I guess, or scatter it all over the highway. Then maybe Jeff will put a 13 back in it. He already says he screwed up by not getting 13 speeds in the first place. The 10 speed with little horsepower and 3.25 rears is just not a good setup for this part of the country.

I know where you might get yourself a nice white winch truck, a 1980 R612ST.

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