Wolfbane

Still got your ‘Beatles’ cut hair style. My old RCAF uncle used to comment he needed a veterinarian to determine whom was what in the 1970’s. Needless to say, he wore a tight brush cut from when he got his first hair cut going into the air force in the 1930’s. He was a Gunnery Sergeant Hartman type and stayed in the service even though they sent him to both Goose Bay, Labrador and White Horse in the Yukon. Today, those kind of postings would be a little easier to tolerate. Not so much in the 1960’s. I know my aunt hated living in Goose Bay and she grew up on an isolated farm and ranch. Wb

The hottest beverage I’ve ever been served is green tea at a local Japanese restaurant. Not sure how they can get their tea so hot. It arrives practically boiling at the table in a ceramic pot. They certainly don’t warm the cups up. Must have some special tea brewing equipment in the back from Japan that they keep silent about like its a State secret. The entire serving staff come from Japan in rotation to learn English and enjoy Banff National Park and the Rockies which are a short drive due west. First thing I did with the GPS in my German made car was hack into it to replace the machine’s annoying New Jersey accented woman’s voice. I replaced it with a hot sounding British woman’s voice. She calls highways and freeways ‘motor ways’ and uses other strange references like calling a UPS store an ‘ups store’ and Highway 2 is called ‘HW Number Two’. The last thing I wanted to hear was a German accented woman threatening that I would be shot or sent to the Russian Front if I missed a directed turn on my route home one day. For all I know, both women could be older than me and just have young sounding voices. Wb

I studied the case quite thoroughly. It involved a 79 year old woman who arrived in a car without cup holders and ordered her coffee via the drive through. From memory: She put the cup between her legs opened it by pulling the top in her direction to add cream and sugar while still sitting in the car spilling and burning herself in the process. I would not do that at age 18 when I still thought I was immortal and still young and foolish. Since they eventually settled with a NDA, after a ridiculous ~$3 million judgement. You just have to read the case abstract to get the facts regarding at what temperature the product was served at and the container it was served in, etc. Today McDonalds serves their coffee at the same 180 to 190 degree F temperature but uses a more idiot proof cup. Starbucks serve their coffee, tea and hot chocolate at temperatures even hotter than that. When I took my late mother for hot tea in her later years I made sure to order it with cream and sugar already in the cup, as this was how she preferred her tea. I also made certain the lid was fastened down tight and that she was holding it with the protective heat band in place. This was 20+ years after the McDonald's incident. I believe that this case resulted in Tort reform in many jurisdictions across North America. That said, I do have sympathy for the woman's plight and reported resulting life long injuries. Wb

Imagine that; coffee that was actually hot? If you were lucky it would be fresh and almost boiling in your cup. I don't drink coffee but I do drink tea and make it as hot as possible by pre-heating my Japanese made cast iron pot and my tea cup (coffee mug actually) with boiling water during the three minutes it takes good tea to steep (good tea is loose tea and generally not found in bags which are frequently filled with tiny pieces of swept up tea leaves from the place in the facility that makes loose tea). I think that you would have to be rather foolish to order coffee and not expect it to burn you if you dropped it in your lap. Not a lawsuit anywhere around my neck of the woods at that time. Wb

The 400 CI Olds engines of the late 1960's were the dog in the Olds Rocket engine line. Not their later performance 1970 455. Yes anything that wasn't a Chevrolet small block was more money to build due the vast numbers of these engines built since the mid 1950's. The trouble with the Chevrolet small block was they wouldn't idle properly with a carb on them. Expect 800 RPM with a Chevrolet Engine, where any big Olds, Buick or Pontiac Engine could both idle at 500 RPM and make gobs of torque between idle and 5000 RPM. As could Mopars 440 and 426 CI engines. The 440 Mopar was a better quarter mile car from the factory at the track. It was the Mopars and the Buick, Pontiac and Buick engined cars that were winning there in the early to late 1970's when you could run with one or more carbs and high octane leaded gas (I prefered the Quadrajet as I could modify them in my sleep and they were the carb back in the day most like fuel injection). You could modify Pontiac Heads to use Big Block Chevy cylinder heads parts like more adjustable rocker arms, etc. Another trick to make better daily performance. Interesting choice. He shoved a 403 Olds engine in that Hurst Olds (an engine I would avoid like death back in the day - but at least it would fit the Olds/Chevrolet transmission w/o modification) in place of the 307 Olds block that it came with (a boat anchor). Again being an Oldsmobile, I would have built a 455 Olds Block to W30 specs (500 ft lbs of torque and 370 HP both rather underrated for insurance purposes) and upgraded from there for more torque; which is still the key to winning a drag race. Wb

I would have pulled the Olds 307 V8 that came with the car had I kept it and shoe-horned in a modified Olds 455. Forget the four whell drive thing, it would probably be not cost effective or help performance. I doubt the guy above is doing much mud and snow driving. Wb

Some do; some don't where I live. Not one of my neighbors. Too much volume shaking things and I get a knock on the door as I usually can't hear the phone when blasting Rock and Roll or a loud movie (especially in THX) is playing. The initial scene in the movie Predator with the Chopper landing was not very well received next door! 🙉 Wb

see: https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/11/06/mid-engine-c8-corvette-production-delayed-until-february?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Daily_News_Friday_Nov_8 Wb

see: https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/11/06/mid-engine-c8-corvette-production-delayed-until-february?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Daily_News_Friday_Nov_8 Wb

That looks like a 1983 Hurst Olds sans badging (I owned a 1984). It must have had the heck modified out of it. Including the 307 Old Engine that it came with from the factory. The 1984 version was the first GM made car that came with a computer in it. Quadrajet and CCC (Computer Command Control). Wb

I buy mine at a local Japanese store in Scottsdale that carries everything the Dutch consume in candy from their colony in Indonesia days prior to and just after WWII. Then I eat no more than a single piece of the real black licorice a day. Salty or sweet versions make no difference to me. Small world. My late father was half Swiss/French. Dad lost his ability to speak in French - which was the language they spoke at home full time. If his parents wanted to discuss something in front of them they just spoke in another Continental language. I resolved the French issue by ensuring my daughters went through 13 years of primary school in French immersion. Can you speak the language? Wb

My advice: Given the choice of the above or nothing: “Stay thirsty my friend” (the most interesting man in the world). 🥃🍺🍸 Wb

With lime as the Spanish and Mexicans intended? Seville sour orange if you’re short on limes. Wb

I believe they were above sea level without adjusting for it in their times. Did you have to strap a rocket on it’s roof to do that or how was it modified?🚀 Wb

Most buyers wanted a valid warranty for the twelve months GM offered at the time. Modification or racing invalidated it if your dealer or GM found out. Back in the day, there was very little substitute for cubic inches. If you wanted to make torque and horsepower at low RPM's and were buying GM, you wanted a GM 455 (Bunky Knutson was right). I waited until the warranty was over when I bought my Trans Am and then modified the heck out of it to go Bracket Racing as we did not have a road course. Today you can just go down to the dealer and pick out a wickedly quick and fast car not requiring much if any mods but you pay through the nose for it. It will also likely end up looking like a cartoon car which is back to the subject of the original thread. 🚘 Wb

My recollection: That was by corporate edict at GM. No engines beyond 400 Cubic inches for muscle cars. The big cubic inch engines were reserved for full size cars (exception Corvette) until John Delorean managed to sneak some larger engines out in smaller vehicles. Some COPO (Custom Orders were put through with requested larger engines on the QT too). Wb

I had some that my old business partner (a chemistry major) brought back from Kursk, Russia. Also CJ Wray and nephew used to make a massively over-proof white rum years ago. The local government banned it, delisted it or they discontinued it. Probably because one shot equaled between two and three shots of their standard rum. Wb

Not as dumb as they pretend to be are they? Bichon’s love to claim space and objects. If I get up off the couch or get out of bed they race over to claim this as their turf. Then you have to tell them to move back. My old miniature schnauzer never would even try that. Never, ever! Wb

Got this image this AM: So the daughter and her husband said the dogs will 'never' be allowed on their bed a couple of weeks back. It's a King Size and they have completely taken it over. If it gets cold in the night they have plenty of room to sneak under the covers. Only issue being the new pup likes to lick her buddies face early in the morning until he reluctantly wakes up. Not a morning dog, he likes to sleep in. Wb

Give me minus 30 without a strong wind over 100 Degrees F anyday. It comes down to what you are used to. Stuff does get stiff though in the extreme cold. Wb

Could you not use any (safe for human consumption) alcohol base as a solvent for this? Strong quality potato based Vodka comes to mind. Not the 'bottled under authority horse pi$$' but the good strong Polish or Russian stuff. Cheaper and also high proof depending on the maker. Wb

Doesn't heating Everclear to its boiling point boil off the alcohol content? That stuff is 190 proof here and tastes like grain alcohol... on crack. Wb

Not all: I really hated the digital display on my C4 Corvette. I love the digital display on my Honda S2000. Nothing like watching the revs screaming up to 8,000+ RPM after you floor it and the VTEC kicks in. You shift when the RPM display blinks. Wb

That should be Buffalo Airways out of Hay River, NWT. May explain why the landing gear didn't fully deploy. They fly some pretty old planes, or did, when I used to fly up way north from just the north. Best Canadian made reality tv series show on the Weather Channel here is 'Highway Through Hell'. It may have a different name here in the USA (with the not made here syndrome) though. For more HTH info, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Thru_Hell Wb

My Dad owned a Studebaker as a company car sometime in the mid 1960’s. Not an Avanti; which was designed by Raymond Loewy (sp). He was one of the best designers of his day and not just cars. Wb