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| THE DECEMBER FIRST BLOG ! |
| 2007-12-02 14:09:00 |
I DO NOT KNOW "WHY" YOU MUST ALWAYS DO A BLOG ON DECEMBER FIRST ... BUT, I AM SURE THERE IS A REALLY GOOD REASON.Nothing is happening in Buffalo-town, things are as quiet as the lack of change in my pocket.We are entering another of those "lay down the snow, and never melt it 'til spring" winters, (you know, drop a quarter and it will not reappear until this snow from November 12th gets to melt lastly next spring); I have been trying to get outside to turn in the Beer bottles, replace the CV boots on the Yugo, and hook up the propane tank in the Buffalo, and, oh yea! swap the studs onto the Jeep for winter.Somehow, this year the enthusiasm is "not " there... I have perhaps a weeks worth of "get-ready-for-winter" work yet to do, and, have just been foot dragg...
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| DEFEATING JEEP MONSTERS, MO-PEDS, AND HALLOWEEN |
| 2007-10-28 22:19:00 |
WELL, IT HAS BEEN A WEEK ... NO MORE "NO STARTS"... PERHAPS THE REASON WHY IS THE SPARE PARTS, A COMPUTER, COIL, MODULE, AND A TRIGGER IN THE TOOL BOX OBVIOUSLY SCARED OFF THE PROBLEM...(BETCHA' IF I LEAVE THE SPARE PARTS AT HOME, SHE'LL QUIT.)THE WATER PUMP FAILED YESTERDAY-THAT WAS/IS TODAYS' BUSINESS. THIS "WAITING" FOR THE NEXT FAILURE TO START SIMPLY HAS ME HOBBLED... WHEN ? WHERE ? WILL IT BE ?AH WELL, ONCE I RELAX, AND THE WEATHER TURNS BITTER THE NO-START WILL RISE UP AGAIN....FURTHERING THE BUFFALO PROJECT : A 1977 MO-PED JUST JOINED THE STABLE, (FOXI GT SUPER) A CLASSIC IN THE MOPED WORLD (LIKE A SHOVEL HEAD HARLEY), DUTCH BUILT, AND LIKE NEW... A READER TOLD ME ITS LIKE COMPARING A CORVETTE WITH A 160 MPH SPEEDOMETER IN IT TO A ECONO BOX WITH A 80 MPH SPEEDO --- THE FOXI HAS A ...
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| JEEPS-MONEY-TOW TRUCKS= POVERTY, NOT SECURITY |
| 2007-10-20 09:48:00 |
Well, it happened... for the second time in 64 years, I had to call a tow truck !Actually, the "first" time was a AAA deal, that cost me nothing ... yesterday was a hundred bucks !!Intermittent problems on vehicles are hard to diagnose (actually they are the hardest), if something simply "breaks"...it is easy to locate, -then to also repair the "cause", and you are done (with confidence).An intermittent or random problem firstly has to be "identified" in order to not keep causing "indeterminate" failure modes. I have seen some really errant and disguised (goofy) things occur with machinery and electrics over the years, but, that does not allow you to ever "accept" their presence, or cope with the failure.Add-in the complexity and unforgiving designs of today's autos, and you are actually ...
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| COLUMBUS DAY !!!! |
| 2007-10-07 10:07:00 |
Here in Oregon, we have "bad" memories of the Columbus Day storm ....So, every Columbus Day, you make sure the snow blower is working, the tire chains are ready-to-go, and that there is plenty of food, and beer, in the cabin; firewood, candles, blankets, snow shoes, and animal shelter and food.Usually October is the best month of the year for weather, 60 degree days-clear blue skies and random puffy white clouds, cool evenings ('til dark) then 25 degrees ! The whole month goes on like this.... UNTIL November first, when the switches get thrown, and the rain starts and grey skies begin, lasting until May.This year we had snow September 26th ! ... and it has been November for two weeks now, with snow, wind, rain, grey, and cold. My bus work was a month (or three weeks) behind @ mid- S...
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| 175 DAY REPORT .... |
| 2007-09-17 14:42:00 |
Well, it "has" been some time since my last 75 day report !!!100 days actually !As you can see, I took down all of the lengthy technical bus building and diesel articles I had posted here, there was not much response to them.... so, I suppose if anyone wants info.... they will ask.Between May 10th and now, there has been some bus activity in building the Buffalo, but a family death, and some financial woes that followed sorta' derailed things for a while; mainly, I have been gathering all the equipment, and hardware for the project ... (for assembly this winter).A 47 gallon DOT/ASME horizontal mount propane tank, a 25,000 BTU forced air propane furnace, a household GE propane stove, a over/under washer/dryer, an apartment sized dishwasher, 7 gallon, and...
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| 75 DAY REPORT ... BUS BUILDIN' |
| 2007-05-20 11:20:00 |
GOT IT PAID FOR, GOT IT HOME, GOT THE DRIVEWAY-GATE-PARKING AREA BUILT, GOT IT GUTTED OUT, GOT IT LAID OUT AND DESIGNED, GOT TO WAIT FOR SOME MONEY. !!!BUT, IT IS READY TO BEGIN ON....
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| A BREAK FROM IT ALL.... |
| 2007-04-10 11:54:00 |
The need to clear some room out for Bus stuff, and get more beer money has us creating a new blog.... "Blog store front" ... you can click on it down there on the right in "LINKS", it will be up and running by the end of the year, check it out !!!...
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| PART 2 - BUSSER ... |
| 2007-03-30 19:38:00 |
All healed up now ? (from Part 1 BOOZE-BUS-BIFINKUS)We left the bar stool last time with amp/hours and battery selections ... Since our Deep Cycle batteries are rated in amp/hours, we need to know more about this;We really have to look at "what" it is that we will be doing/using our DC habitation system "for..."One mode of operation is Day-time at sea/on the road:the bus system handles its own, the Habitation system has only a small amount of solar photovoltaic charging going on -but our batteries are at full charge- the drain on the system is the refrigerator (set to 12 volt (25 amp) DC), and there are other things like the 12 volt water pump, and 12 volt circulation fans for heat, that will enter in as well.... by the end of the day, these loads have used a lot of our battery power, a...
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| BOOZE- BUS - BIFINKUS ... |
| 2007-03-28 04:37:00 |
A WHAZAMMO SEZ' ...These terms are actually from Southern Bhutan, Western Bulgaria, Eastern Serbia, West-side Cleveland, and South Central Oregon ... where "B" prefixed stuff is "really" important. Beer, Butts, Breasts, Busses, Buttocks, Beer, Brandy, Booze, Balls, Buicks, Blowers, Beer, Buffalos, Belly buttons, Big, BTU's, Bikes, Beer, Brakes, Browns, Bikini's, Bare assed, Balled, Broke, Beer, Bass, Busty, Bizerk, Bombed, Bull shitted, Barfed, Busted, Boinked, Baked, Beer, Berzerk, Barf, Bologna, Bogus, and I am sure the list could go on and on... The point being "B" .... my last name starts with B, B is a good place to B.The next "B" word is even worse ... How about Batteries ? What do "you" know about batteries ? Well ... To begin with, there are Dry and Wet batteries ... (this pa...
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| DON'T OUT THAT CACTUS !! .... |
| 2007-03-22 21:50:00 |
While "custom building" and "consulting" on projects of all types for a lifetime, admittedly the bulk of my experience has been in over 50 foot yachts, commercial ships, really "big" machinery, (but, also involved with busses).All of these have the commonalities... of an owner(s) dream, a budget, end use, and "real" vs. the unattainable. Starry eyed clients with fat wallets lacking in identity, or lifes' purpose are the worst....As "any" project moves from a fantasy or dream into actual reach, we should call the chaplain, a good shrink, and consider trying drugs, or heavy drinking long before reaching for our check books.A failed, quit on, or abandoned project is usually the result of failing to: de-ego the finances, do the homework, and soul search ... here are some of my inputs regard...
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| LOST FILES.... POSTED HERE !!! |
| 2007-03-22 17:55:00 |
INSULATING A BUS … I GOT GOADED INTO WRITING THIS, Bus interior habitation should be viewed as comparable to marine habitation, and NOT, mimicked from any RV heritage. Owning a sKOOLie or coach, is like saying sailboat or motor cruiser…the RV denotation goes more with houseboat, pontoon boat, or day sailor…”Whats the difference ?”, useage. RV’s are rented, parked in the driveway for months on end, used for “planned-out/designed” trips, and their use is only “tolerated” by more than one family member…the sparing use makes a full-time “beginner” out of the owner (who cannot log in enough useage continuity to master the techniques), and they serve as wealth symbols parked in the yard, indicating some care-free vagabond/gypsy man-of-leisure life style. ...
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| OBVIOUSLY NOT AFRAID. |
| 2007-03-17 11:52:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...This is a picture of my poorly maintained Chevrolet Suburban Not much scares me, I mean "really" scares me... (like the dark, viscous dogs, and growing up does), the status of which is actually a problem. Not that I pre- "plan" things out.... but more that I adeptly and instantaneously "adapt" to happenings and events "on demand"; " adapt" meaning respond, as in meaning "squeek out of", as in meaning "whew" ! Lady luck ? fate ? coincidence ? guidance ? .... whatever ! I'll take it. Have taken it, and can only hope there is more of it still left in the jar. What "is" luck though, is the fact I never took flying lessons and got a pilots license !!!! Or, that I never had the money to actually "buy" that Navy surplus J-58 afterburner jet engine that I drooled over for the...
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| CLEANING A BUFFALO ... |
| 2007-03-09 15:15:00 |
We hired a Buffalo manager ... this is Mira.Spent the week emptying out, and cleaning, and parking , and doing some lay-out sketches, some research, and some beer drinking (as you can see).The snow came back... and I still have to go back to Roseburg to trailer the car home.The cleanup was pretty rough... Mira's sister Ljepa donned her maid's outfit and dug in... but she sure got tired. ...
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| BUFFALO GRAZING IN DRIVE ... |
| 2007-03-05 18:47:00 |
Buffalo grazing in my driveway !!!Well, it was not-as-planned, but we brought the Buffalo over the hill yesterday....worked today on getting her space finished for a permanent pen.She "is" big !! ran, handled, and pulled the mountain like the beast that she is... WOW !the project starts....... !...
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| DOES THE BUFFALO COMETH ? |
| 2007-03-03 18:53:00 |
The Native Americans used to "sense" the herds moving in close,Today is a 60 degree day... I think there might be Buffalo near !So, tomorrow, off it is .... Roseburg, and looking at the roads, the snow, and our front yard !Which is currently under 4 inches of slush atop 3 inches of water !! a real boot soaker sorta' crap.I cut down the gate post... loaded the "trip kit", and, am ready to shuffle off to Buffalo tomorrow early....Taking the 88 year-old gramma' and the wife, for a possible stampede back to home, "inside" the bowels of a buffalo ! ... sorta' like the dude in the whale, ... (weather and road conditions permitting) more later. maybe... the "real plan" is to bring her home in three weeks-when winter gives up !This is a trip premature !...
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| FARGO-MOOREHEAD OREGON |
| 2007-03-02 11:16:00 |
Way back in mid-January... the Buffalo entered the scene, and the plans started." Bring home the Buffalo " that was the cry ! By the 3rd of March the weather will be broken , and, the roads will be sorta' dry, and, it'll be somewhat warm, and, a lot of the "things" that one may consider for a "maiden voyage" over the Cascades in a 40 foot Buffalo... can be overlooked due to these perfect circumstances.Yea right ! Living at 4,500 feet in a Alpine climate will never allow you to "predict"... I have been over here for 12 years now, and had snow on the fourth of July, gotten sunburned in February, and, have seen weather events that even the folks in town can't believe.SO... I bought the (mandatory ) Oregon chain set for the 22.5 bus tires, got the Insurance...
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| COMBUSTION CHAMBER INTEGRITY: |
| 2007-02-12 06:00:00 |
An awful lot of confusion exists on cylinder heads and the issues of containing high compression on 14.0:1 gasoline on up to 22.0:1 Diesel engines…I hope this helps. In this engine area, most failures that occur are cumulative…meaning they are the result of a long calendar of events that finally get together to bite you in the butt-either in competition, on the job, or out on the highway. My experience has been that most assembly mechanics simply overlook basics and create these failures-rather than their being the result of poor design, or even parts “failure”, usually it is a lack of understanding the “how does it work?” aspects of combustion containment. Most design parameters give a generous amount of error factor to their...
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| SATAN’S NAPALM BIKE .. |
| 2007-01-25 00:04:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...Lime green it was ! Just after 5PM (wintertime) in West St. Paul (on University avenue W.), I missed the MAS auto parts store closing by 5 minutes… as I U-turned the block I saw it. This bike shop was on one of those angle streets, and had four choppers out front; The green one made me stop. He was closing as I walked up, after all it “was” dark ! I said “ that’s really a low bike !” “that’s why they call ‘m lowriders” he dryly responded. When I noticed it was Brit powered, but weird , I bent down to inspect ... “Vincent” he replied, seeing my confusion… ”black shadow, she is, …actually a 1000 cc lightning, 450 pounds wet ! Satan designed it ...I just ...
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| LACKAWANNA WOULD BE PROUD ! |
| 2007-01-24 11:51:00 |
As I said... a lot has been happening, I rearranged the little bit of "mind" I have left, thought about the little bit of "time" I have left, and, just took four months of real serious quality time OFF !The results are amazing, and, - its not the mirrors- and there was no "smoke" involved either, just a hell of a lot of beer.During my (just returned from) self induced sabbatical (August 2005 to January 2007/respite I learned a new concept ... REALITYWhy, this new premise never appeared to me before, I dunno' ... But it sure makes sense !I can now look at things like they "really" are ... not, how I "want" them to be.WOW !More on this ongoing process in future installationsThe rest of the story is that I just bought a Buffalo ! although these were really built in Pontiac, Michigan, so...
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| ALIENS ON MY PORCH !!! PART 2 |
| 2006-09-15 21:41:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...I THINK I STOPPED THE LAST (PART l ) POST AT... PAINT !!PAINT ! Am I really alone here ? ... paint ?Lets work this in reverse... yesterday, and then going back in time to 1946. paint.Driving down HWY 97 today, I see three rods headed north... a show ?editors notation: WARNING ! this blog has "sarcasm" in it... no more emails , please !A really good looking '37 Chev coupe with one of those 1/2 round rod trailers behind, a '27 Ford tudor dropped, but stock, with a blower; and a '34 fibreglass Ford roadster/350 Chev.... all three were resplendant with WOW paint jobs... the '37 was tri-tone purpled, the '27 fire truck red, the '34 roadgrader yellow with green ? flames... the '34 had 21" rims and tires like electric tape. (really cool ! looked just like sumethin' I saw on...
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| DOOWOP RODZ/JEEPS/PARSNIPS |
| 2006-08-21 22:38:00 |
By celebrating my "second" retirement & closing down my Crescent “Oregon Rod Shop” business front this past Sunday ... I am cleansing the last of my “old” (1993 first retirement) companies out... and rearranging “how” and "what" I do as business for 2007, and beyond..."if I even decide to do anything" !!!!My “Oregon Rod & Race Shop” dropped the racing connotation after the "big burglary"... firstly by removing the trackside van from weekly races, then, when it physically moved from Redmond to Crescent in 2004, (simultaneous with also shutting down my Prineville “JEEPETE’z 4WD” shop); So, this decision to change business modes has been evolving for some long time now… and, the reasons are many !So, no more on-vehicle work, public showroom/store-fro...
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| BUMPER CARS (PART lll) |
| 2006-08-20 21:39:00 |
WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...Hey ! nice sunny day to do a bumper change.Glad to see you brought the torches... and, ...the new bolts !A no-brainer if there ever was one, that is until that last bolt comes off, and this beast finally gets weight-identified ! wow ! this sucker is heavy !!Once off the car, and during the beer break, if your even "thinking" of leaving it off... well, you know what they'll say, "only toothless, standee-up haired incarnates from West Virginia or Arizona drive around w/o a bumper !" ...well, maybe... shit, this thing looks viscious, maybe even dangerous... Christ ! I must be watchin' too much NASCAR crap. maybe if I clean up and paint all that frontal frame stuff, and, just try it for awhile...And... after all, every 100 lbs removed = .1 seconds faster 1/4 mile times,...
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| ALIENS ON MY PORCH !!! |
| 2006-08-17 22:35:00 |
WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...When the sun sets in Oregon, things happen ... (not that they don't elsewhere, but), tonite, beer-in-hand, I walk out to the yard.My colony of feral cats scatter like I am going to make glove liners out of them !! the twilight lends this eerie glow all over everything, and, its 60 degrees ! Sometimes things say stuff to you. (I am really a hopeless metaphysical person, I have conversed with mechanical devices for years ! .....there, I've said it !)Tonite, Me and the '62 Buick sorta' stared at each other, (it really deserves better...) I have collected all the parts/pieces, and, am about ready to get it running... Whazammo just cannot seem to deal with this "new" version of cruiser/custom "car show", supposed "rod run", "cruise", or "car club".................. it is all s...
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| BUMPER CARS (PART ll) |
| 2006-08-16 09:47:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...While you were out, I realized that when you crawled under to do your bolt rotation test... you should have noticed.The missing lock washers !That... was the sound I was talking about, a loose 200 pound bumper going over speed bumps, makes this ... well, "sound"... the reason is...no lock washers... I have driven alotta' cars -heard the noise- and never knew where it was coming from. But I "did" always notice the slop when I jacked her up for a tire changeThe bumper engineers at American auto manufacturers have this all planned out;They "begin" by using these cheesy bolts - imported from some unknown west asian country- then reboxed as "made in the USA", notice that they are not a weather resistant material (able to withstand the rigors o...
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| BUMPER CARS W/O WASHERS... |
| 2006-08-15 09:28:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...The vastness of the universe is incomprehensible, things go out there, richochet around awhile ... and then pass back by. Take for instance, this very special noise I heard early this morning.The vacate of the storage building is almost complete, I decide last day push should put it in the ground by beer-thirty... for good !after while though, I'm missing my 12th cup of coffee that I am usually drinking at this hour, so, I toss the keys to the kid helping me, and send him off in my jacked up Suburban 4WD.Things are quiet when he returns, and runs over the speed bumps in the parking lot ..... thats when I heard it ! .... thats when "back from space and time" ... I heard it.WHAZAMMO" wants to know : Ever change a car bumper ?(this question is for adults - over th...
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| SOUNDZ' ! (PART ll) |
| 2006-08-13 21:37:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...So there we were lost somewhere in radioland 1955...cars were barely 12 volt, so, there was nada available.Methinks Smitty's mufflers got rich on guys who said "F the music, my pipes are the music", and so, started a whole new regime of rodders, in lieu of "the music"; Crissake' a radio weighed 25 lbs back then... that had to hurt 1/4 mile times, right ? So, out it goes ! At one point, it got to "if it has a radio, it aint' no racecar".If you lived where you could get the Tijuana sounds of Wolfman jack, or KOMA, or, better yet...were on the northcoast where rock-n-roll was BIG, and, had a DJ of reknown, like "Big- Mad-daddy,"Smoochie ' Bill Gordon", or "Moondogger" then, music took on a whole different tilt.My father won a Toshiba transistor radio at the plant, gave it ...
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| AC/DC BANJO MUSIC !! |
| 2006-08-12 10:33:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...All of this music-radio-audio talk got me brain wirkin' again, the beer had nothing to do with it !WHAZAMMO thinks that he missed out on the entire 1970's through last weeks's music scene,oh, there were spurts of music that leaked in (like AC/DC) ... MY FAVORITES WERE :Flock of Seagulls, what a hot group ! METAL sorta' began creeping in even in the very late 1960's, stayed back burnered for a long time...then, warped itself into different audiences, and endured, Vin diesel and the first Pink Floyd album are really not that different --to a non devotee/non afficianado type-- there are hundreds of groups to choose from that are/were sucessful, and, I dunno... "many" sects or types of music within, subgenres ? to align yourself with.Being t...
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| SOUNDZ' ! (PART l) |
| 2006-08-10 20:42:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...In my office the music usually runs when I am there...I "never" listen to music in my truck...I "always" listen in the doowopcruiser,The shop is just "non-stop" doowop. Any rod-event w/o live-doo wop music should be banned.Music and rods and jeeps and old cars and cruisers go back a long way.... I dunno' how far back, but, I remember lotsa' 1930's car in my uncles junk yard with "factory" installed radios-and, not only luxury stuff...so, I suppose mid 1930's saw the factory radio become available.The post-war cars began the serious stuff tho' and, almost every '46 and later car dash you look at, had provisions for a radio ... Most of us have removed these single built-in speaker monsters, and can remember their size !! whew ! the speaker faced the rear of the car throug...
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| DID THAT GLOVEBOX HAVE A LIGHT ? |
| 2006-08-08 23:43:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...It was one of those late-night "get ready" drag racer deals,I do not remember that we drank that much back then, (it took years of poverty, disappointments, and, skanky women to bring on the beer and booze), but, there was this "urgency" to be ready by 0500 for the hour-long tow to Pomona, and the long waiting line.There really was no scheme to prepping for a day against those Landy mopars, the Thunderbolts and Caliente's, or the Nicholson 409, but, there "was" a "bring it" attitude,this was "serious shit".As I remember, they were stainless steel 1/4" X 1/2" hex headed bolts.The time was waning, and we were really trying to do a three hour job in 1/2 an hour...thats when he popped the bolts in his mouth, took an electric drill, and scooted under,there was this zipping...
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| BACK FROM HELL'S GLOVEBOX |
| 2006-08-07 23:53:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...It laid there, not breathing ... I dunno' where it came from, I heard this noise... like a flat tire, looked in my rear-view mirror and saw it tumbling down the road after me, in the glow of the blue dots.I laid the skins down, and backed up.Then, had to back up even further to use the headlights, there it was, off the road, in an unceremonious heap-in the ditch... shit ! how do you run over something that big ?Where the hell was it that I didn't see it ?I had flashbacks of the time in Texas... when I was cruisin' in the '66 Hertz rent-a-car at 100 MPH... and this Armadillo walked outta' the bushes, I coulda' filled him with c5, and he would not have detonated like that.... armor plating blew over a 1/4 mile of highway into tuna-can-lid sized pieces-took out my radi...
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| WHAZAMMO SEZ' ... |
| 2006-08-07 02:37:00 |
Things get nutz' at any ROD shop.... remember, there are "lots" of types of rods... (which is a very big issue in Rodom' ) .... there is the ratrod, the traditional rod, the kruiser rod, the greaser rod, the kemp, the Gasser rod, the Kustom rod, the imaginary rod, the bus rod, the tow/push truck rod, the dreamer rod, the f'ing nutso' rod, and the A/FUEL altered rod that wansta' go street. (notice, I did not mention the milder SS rod, the custom car rod, and the "muscle car" as rods...... ha !)There are many types of regional rods too, and even "mind rods", and things that aren't rods at all ....... But Gentlemen..."this" is the premise for it all.Forget "who" or "how old" you are... there is this thing, this image, this vision that gets burned into your brain, it's one of those "Toad...
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| MOP GIRL AND BEING COOL |
| 2006-08-06 22:50:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ....... Girl">MOP GIRL ?Well, when we get older... we "talk" about these things; if you never had a "mop girl" , you missed out on the best of times, and, obviously lost your "cool", embarassed yourself, and, really looked desperate... sheesh ! how did you get through it ?I guess it all depends on your "bravura"... or lack of it.Your at the drive-in movie, and for whatever reason... suddenly, you are alone. she either left pissed, or just left, or maybe was abducted.Well, these are special times aren't they ? It is too early to leave (this cost me 99 cents a carload) and I really wanted to see Blood feast anyway, so, whadya' do ? .... MOPGIRLThis requires really special (and now, long lost, ...
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| catfood, dog food, and chinese !! |
| 2006-08-01 21:33:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ...Back in the old days... on Oregon 100 degree days, we'd pull the bus over to a nice river, and rest awhile.Back onto I-5 and 60 miles an hour, when disaster strikes...! plumes of acrid smoke boil outta' the old IH, the smell is oh, too familiar---fried gaskets, er, molten gaskets ! shit !!I pull over (not off), pop that old cargomaster 1/2 tilt hood up , FIRE !!grab the extinguishers (all three) and, then this little voice says.... "dinner, three cans of cat food, the dogs food, and our chinese" it was put there on the manifolds to warm up as the bus cooled down, during our last stop.... we forgot it.To this day, there is something about chow mein in a fiery paper fold-over carton, and aluminum m...
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| "Looking for an echo...." |
| 2006-07-31 20:43:00 |
A WHAZAMMO SEZ' ...It has been a bizarre past three years.... Just when you think you can "move along"... more surprises happen.The bulk of my recent contacts in motorsports (since 1995-when I retired, and returned to Oregon) have not a clue ... as to my previous corporate career or racing background, they just "suppose" that I have been bending wrenches for some Chevy garage.Now entering my "second" retirement... (did I mention that first one really didn't work ?) The new master plan was to simply take my early retirement checks, and disappear. who would notice ?Actually, my absence, from the track, rebuilding, racing and Jeep scene for the past 30 months (since the big burglary) has been a personally welcomed "quiet" time - I actually needed some R & R, and, to "re-examine" my ten ye...
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| WHAZAMMO RETURNS !! |
| 2006-07-28 22:57:00 |
A WHAZAMMO' SEZ' ... Well, the return of the WHAZAMMO is here !Pried outta' the Buick trunk with railroad bars, and into the sunlight.And he's just as pissed now as when he crawled in there (40 + years ago) with his fuzzy dice and can of port-a-wall glue !SO WHAZAMMO' RETURNS !!Over at my other, Rod Shop and Jeep blog sites, their shut down and merger into this site is really close. My "B.O.P. Shop" blog Chronicals are also winding down... and closing out .... pretty soon this will be just one big merged blog ! I am cancelling out of lots of my Hot Rod and race builder link sites that are so contemporary, and, tedious that I simply cannot hold the kiddies (excuse me "dudes") hands any longer... & cancelling out these nauseating yuppie/AARP suck job car magazines ... I talk about ...
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