Car Porn

i'm just a sink haha. but i do have 2 dogs. this is my second z4, i've had reoccurring dreams since 2007 that i still owned that car, so it was a sign i should get another. i road tripped it back from cleveland, to vt, to ri when i bought her 2 weeks ago

 

Saw this and instantly thought of Bachelor Party haha!!

 

Sweet!

 

"Oh SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!"

 

Great Movie!

 

That's funny, it's not as bad as it looks.The turf is a little funky, but there's actually some kind of grid structure within the ground that the grass grows through. They have the farmer's market there every Saturday, too...

 

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Is that a beige lowered International or Bronco???

 

One of my friends got a Backdraft last summer with the 5.0 Coyote. They look cool, but the driving position is horrible for me.

 

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looks like an Int'l

 

Looks like a slammed Scout...

 

And for comparisons' sake, here's a real one. Belongs to a friend of a friend. Every summer he holds a snake themed car show at his house.

 

Looks like a Scout.

 

Nice!

 

Warning: Long post.

Flashback to the south side of Chicago, 1958, and two 16 year old Polish kids from The Bush scrape up enough money together to buy an engineless '40 Ford coupe, their favorite body style. In fact, they were in a club called "40's Forever" - a car club of old school gearheads who built real hotrods, with the requirement that the bodies of their cars couldn't be modded, only the drivetrains. If your familiarity with the city extends outside of Wrigleyville and the Loop, you probably know that the Bush has never been one of the wealthier 'hoods. Far from it. While it's gangland ghetto now, it was mostly immigrant steelworkers back then, and not a whole lot of rich daddies buying cars for their kids. Somehow (and I'm not sure I want to know how) these kids got a hold of a 1957 DeSoto Fire Flite Eight hemi - a monster engine back then. I've read it was the first mass produced American engine to achieve 1 hp for every one of its 345 cubic inches. They also got their hands on a '39 LaSalle "side shift" 3 speed trans, an early Chet Herbert roller race cam, and a couple of big Carter 4 bbl carbs, and managed to put all this together. For a while, they were the terror of Rainbow Beach, 83rd street, and wherever else they used to drag. They also took it down to US 30 dragstrip way back when. But by the time he was 18, my dad wanted to break out and go to college, and he sold his interest in the car to his buddy for tuition money, and they parted ways. Now fast forward to 1996, and the son has followed in his father's footsteps. I have a street truck that I built up for Mustang-hunting...



and I put it in a car show not too far from where my parents live, and invited them to come see. While wandering around at the show, my dad sees an example of his favorite: a '40 Ford Tudor and he strolls over to take a look. He was quite surprised to see that this gorgeous show car (supposedly a World of Wheels show champ) was sporting a Fire Flite eight.



His heart really started to race at that sight, so he got a look under the car and sure enough, it had the LaSalle side shifter. Barely able to contain himself, he asked the owner where he got the car, and he said it was from a widow who now lived on the East Side. He asked the name, and it turns out it was the woman who married the guy that was his childhood buddy. Of course he wanted to buy the car, but the current owner said he'd never part with it. But if he changed his mind, he would call my dad. Now fast forward to 2008. He went to a local car show in Indiana and didn't see the car, but ended up getting in touch with the owner, who was now in bad shape and bedridden. Needless to say, he was not in any position to take care of his barn full of classic cars. Faster than greased lightning, my dad's checkbook comes out and now, in his spare garage, he's got a show ready, 1940 Ford Standard Tudor - the actual car he built 58 years ago.



And I did get to drive it. It's still pretty fast, and it sounds heavenly, what with that lumpy cam, and unrestricted dual exhaust... Cool story, eh? Oh, sorry for the verbosity; I'm working on a version I can send into Hot Rod magazine or something. Maybe get an article done on it?

 

He'd never change the wheel, he loves it. He has mixed feelings about the coyote engine because it doesn't look period correct. At my age I can't twist my back around to drive a car. My buddies' Pantera is just the opposite, pedals are offset to the right and also very uncomfortable for me.

 

That is a cool story. For you, I hope it gets published, but even more, I hope your dad gets lots of years more with his old friend.