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Old 01-24-2011, 02:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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whats wrong, don't recognize what a 50 year old Inline 6 witha 1bbl carb looks like? You could still pull mid 20's driving properly with that motor with a 3 speed on the column
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:31 PM   #3 (permalink)
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...nice (cough, cough) crank-case breather tube just right of the distributor.
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Old 01-24-2011, 03:16 PM   #4 (permalink)
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...nice (cough, cough) crank-case breather tube just right of the distributor.
What's a distributor?





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Old 01-24-2011, 03:45 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Thriftmaster. Niiice!

I bet in another 50 years someone will post a pic from under the hood of a 2005 Toyota Prius and, boy we will ever laaaaaugh at how much fuel we used to waste back then.
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Old 01-24-2011, 03:47 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Where's the engine computer?
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Old 01-24-2011, 04:18 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 01-24-2011, 05:57 PM   #8 (permalink)
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What's a distributor?





...uh, isn't he one of the people DEA agents shoot at, or something?
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Old 01-24-2011, 06:49 PM   #9 (permalink)
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How about poured babbit mains . Think Chevy used them unitl 1953, in the old six.

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Old 01-24-2011, 06:55 PM   #10 (permalink)
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