Wally (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to GIRTHQUAKE :
Used Modified chassis are fairly inexpensive. Here's a Facebook group that has a bunch of builds on it. https://m.facebook.com/groups/1818046445088846?group_view_referrer=search
Ooooh...that's a deep rabbit hole.
In reply to Carbon (Forum Supporter) :
you sir are a bad man! I can't image how hard those things turn left!
914Driver said:11GTCS said:preach (fs) said:11GTCS said:
SS-571, the Nautilus is still around? I was a Plankowner on SSN-679 but they didn't call me when the boat was decommisioned and torn apart.
Yes, Nautilus is now part of the submarine museum located just outside the main gate of the New London (really Groton) sub base. There's a shore side museum and a self guided tour of the forward end of the Nautilus, I want to say this was opened sometime in the late 80's / early 90's. I believe they removed all the reactor components and welded a blank section back in to float her up to Groton. Also, I heard plenty of Rickover stories from the guys in my group. He had only just retired when I was working at EB. I worked on the 709 that they named after him a couple of times.
In reply to 11GTCS :
Rickover and Lemay - both got a lot done, but both were autocratic shiny happy people by any yardstick.
Lemay was responsible for the SAC Base SCCA races in the fifties.
My uncle was put into a broom closet by HR. HR told him to think seriously about being a submariner. My uncle decided to go to diver school instead. My eldest uncle was Command Master Chief of Pearl back in the day.
Here is my home:
X38 and proud of it.
I have 16 days under the water.
Holy crap... an honest clear post
Appleseed said:Wally (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to GIRTHQUAKE :
Used Modified chassis are fairly inexpensive. Here's a Facebook group that has a bunch of builds on it. https://m.facebook.com/groups/1818046445088846?group_view_referrer=search
Ooooh...that's a deep rabbit hole.
I keep looking there and thinking I should drop my Monte Carlo body onto a Cup chassis. Then I realize in 20 years I haven't made a functioning car out of it, I'd never finish something like that.
GIRTHQUAKE said:Duke said:When I hung around dirt tracks in the mid-'70s, the old steel bodied coupes were still about half of the mix, with the rest being Gremlins or Pintos, with a few Chevettes thrown in. I mostly watched at Bridgeport in NJ because that's where my buddy's father used to race Sportsmans. I can't remember any of the names any more but we used to scratch build models of these cars, fabricating the tube frames out of plastic stock and kitbashing the rest. These are both pics from Syracuse I think but the cars were similar.
Question, Duke! Where could I find info on how these are built, chassis wise and what they can do? 'Cause there's a Gremlin near me on the cheap that I would TOTALLY Mad-Max out into a street legal version of one of these.
I had a "learn me dirt modified" chassis thread a few months back asking exactlythose questions. It's a pipe dream that I just can't shake.
New York Nick said:In reply to Carbon (Forum Supporter) :
you sir are a bad man! I can't image how hard those things turn left!
Thanks man. I've had a lot of amazing opportunities. The forces those cars generate (in several directions) are kind of unpleasant lol.
There was a street legal modified here a few years ago, not much room for groceries, but man could he come off a light!!
This is so hideous it's awesom!
In reply to Toyman01 (ModeratelySupportive Dude) :
The next level for Tom's Gambler car?
Uhh, no. Forget I said that.
Image totally unrelated.
Donebrokeit said:
Car is still with us in Englewood CO
More PHA, Topton 1970
PHA Fleetwood 1969 Jim Haas
PHA Duryea 1970 John Flannery Volvo 544 B18
PHA Pagoda 1972, driver unknown
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