I welded up my ride on deck at work. I had never used a mig welder before and the result was ugly. I got better with some instruction but the grinding was a marathon effort.
I'm not a welder, I'm a melder. For example, my prized, and praised by my Mexican neighbors, Chili Colorado is best after the flavors have melded for three days. Nonetheless, yes, the welds are a taaaaad uneven. And the poor kid best not fall into deep water.
Those and their sister, the Dart, with that stupid, simple, Slant 6, would run FOREVER. Of course, with the distributor mounted so low, the ignition would also flood out if you ran through someone's spilt beer!
My sister had a car when she got her license, she would never drive it as it was "beneath" her, she had my father order me to let her drive my 43 ford jeep out to our farm, I told my father that it was unsynchronized and she would tear out the transmission, and that's exactly what happened. It was going to cost 800 dollars to repair the transmission and I only paid 450.00 for it, so my dad said you can have her car, that had been parked down in the woods for nearly 2 years. I went down to look at it a 67 Valient 4-door and to my surprise it had a 318 small block with a one barrel carb.
I put free-flow exhaust on it, a manifold and a holly 4-barrel, some delta 70's and rims and it was still a 4 dr, but it would literally eat mustangs and camaro's up
My Dad had a 72 Dodge Dart Swinger with a 318. He used to let me sit on the hood with my legs dangling in the engine compartment while he worked on it. Good memories.
My first car was a '66 Plymouth Belvedere coupe with a 273 V8 (short stroke small block 318) with police brakes. That was a winding SOB and would come off the line better than most comparable 318's. Boy, the memories this meme brought back.
Back in the late 70's a friend had an old Dodge Dart with the slant-six. It finally rusted out to the point that the plywood floors wouldn't stay in. We took it to a field and decided to blow up the engine for the Hell of it; put a brick on the gas pedal. When it finally stopped hours later, it turned out to just be out of gas. He dumped a couple of gallons in it and it drove to the junkyard just fine.
# 16. I briefly dated a girl who would do something like that... Boiling water, not eggs, was the extent of her cooking skills.. She did give great he.... ahh never mind JD
#2 - put out a pair of shoes with one 4 sizes smaller #7 - because I can make someone's job just a little more miserable #9 - me: I'm not allowed to berate stupid clients on support calls, i really need my job #10 - You can put just about anything in a burrito from a pb&j burrito, to mac&cheese burrito, all of the way down to a ramen noodle burrito which is how you do it if you don't have any utensils if you're poor enough.
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#15 Not a very good welder.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't let those welds leave my shop.
Deletethe kid did the welding
DeleteHe's a weekend welder...
DeleteCan you guys do any better? A-plus for the effort. Probably used a Harbor Freight burn your house down 110 combination welding machine.
DeleteLighten up, Francis...
DeleteHe's a grinder , not a welder.
DeleteI welded up my ride on deck at work. I had never used a mig welder before and the result was ugly. I got better with some instruction but the grinding was a marathon effort.
DeleteI'm not a welder, I'm a melder. For example, my prized, and praised by my Mexican neighbors, Chili Colorado is best after the flavors have melded for three days. Nonetheless, yes, the welds are a taaaaad uneven. And the poor kid best not fall into deep water.
Delete#20 - Had a white 1967 Plymouth Valiant growing up. Loved that car, can confirm it would survive anything.
ReplyDeleteThose and their sister, the Dart, with that stupid, simple, Slant 6, would run FOREVER. Of course, with the distributor mounted so low, the ignition would also flood out if you ran through someone's spilt beer!
DeleteI've got a forklift with that 225 slant 6. Great engine. Mine was built in 1972.
DeleteMy sister had a car when she got her license, she would never drive it as it was "beneath" her, she had my father order me to let her drive my 43 ford jeep out to our farm, I told my father that it was unsynchronized and she would tear out the transmission, and that's exactly what happened. It was going to cost 800 dollars to repair the transmission and I only paid 450.00 for it, so my dad said you can have her car, that had been parked down in the woods for nearly 2 years. I went down to look at it a 67 Valient 4-door and to my surprise it had a 318 small block with a one barrel carb.
DeleteI put free-flow exhaust on it, a manifold and a holly 4-barrel, some delta 70's and rims and it was still a 4 dr, but it would literally eat mustangs and camaro's up
My Dad had a 72 Dodge Dart Swinger with a 318. He used to let me sit on the hood with my legs dangling in the engine compartment while he worked on it. Good memories.
Delete318's had a two barrel. Only six bangers had a one barrel. Still, 318's were a hell of a good engine though a bit short of a 340's output.
DeleteMy first car was a '66 Plymouth Belvedere coupe with a 273 V8 (short stroke small block 318) with police brakes. That was a winding SOB and would come off the line better than most comparable 318's. Boy, the memories this meme brought back.
DeleteBack in the late 70's a friend had an old Dodge Dart with the slant-six. It finally rusted out to the point that the plywood floors wouldn't stay in. We took it to a field and decided to blow up the engine for the Hell of it; put a brick on the gas pedal. When it finally stopped hours later, it turned out to just be out of gas. He dumped a couple of gallons in it and it drove to the junkyard just fine.
Delete# 16. I briefly dated a girl who would do something like that... Boiling water, not eggs, was the extent of her cooking skills..
ReplyDeleteShe did give great he.... ahh never mind
JD
If you don't mind cooking it's a match made in heaven.
Delete#16 is an Italian Easter Bread and yes hard boiled eggs were either baked into or on top of the bread.
DeleteMy wife is 100% Italian and some of her extended family members would bake these for the holidays
@JeremyR. I can cook, her terms are acceptable.
Delete1. I don't think so. That would be way too greasy.
ReplyDeleteWith mexicans maybe. With palistidiots they just exploding with flavor... Of goat dung.
DeleteAnother reply to 7: Bullets aren't cheap, my son.
ReplyDelete-lg
Never mind the brass, primers, powder, and tools to assemble the.
DeleteI'll take what is the Red Chariot of the Apocalypse for one thousand, Alex.
ReplyDelete#2 - put out a pair of shoes with one 4 sizes smaller
ReplyDelete#7 - because I can make someone's job just a little more miserable
#9 - me: I'm not allowed to berate stupid clients on support calls, i really need my job
#10 - You can put just about anything in a burrito from a pb&j burrito, to mac&cheese burrito, all of the way down to a ramen noodle burrito which is how you do it if you don't have any utensils if you're poor enough.
keep up the insightful humour!
Fantastic selection. Thank you!
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#13 - I always say my body is a temple. Ancient, crumbling, and probably cursed and haunted.
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