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I made a big decision..... and now I have a new toy!

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boykster:

--- Quote from: pointdablame on June 13, 2007, 01:51:56 pm ---and boyk... I'm glad you found that pic of Jack's truck  :laugh2: :laugh2:

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it was tough...akin to searching a cesspool for a specific turd.  any clue on how many threads there are with "truck" and "stuck" in them  :dizzy:

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 13, 2007, 01:53:27 pm ---
I miss the perfect antitheft system:  a carburetor that only starts with a perfect random sequence of gas pedal presses.

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Heh, sounds kind of like my old truck, basically you pump the gas until you think it's flooded, then pump it a few more times for good measure, then it will start.  I can't tell you how many times people have told me it wouldn't start because I flooded it, but I just smile, pump the gas a bit more and start it up.  Although it only does that if the engine has already been warmed up, if its cold it starts right up  :dunno

ChadTower:

I had a white convertible that you had to give exactly 2.5 pumps before turning the key.  2 pumps wouldn't start it... 3 pumps and it was flooded.  A kid broke into it and tried to steal it once.  The neighbors called the cops and watched as the kid tried over and over and over to start it until the cops showed up and chased him down the street.   ;D

I guess the kid just broke into it to steal something and noticed the ignition would turn without a key.  That was because a year prior someone tried to steal it but couldn't get it started... guess why...

bfauska:
Along the lines of the excitement a used car can bring...  I recently sold a 75 Chevy pickup that was missing the clip from the throttle cable to the carb, I replaced the clip with a zip tie and forgot about it...  One day after changing the plugs (and apparently not routing the wires the same way) the zip tie caught on a plug wire and wouldn't let the throttle return.  I was proud of my quick response of killing the engine so I could coast to a stop, but steering that thing w/o the power steering and going 50mph was tough.  Now that we have our new car and can't haul anything I'm going to have to buy another old truck when I start building my house.  I am honestly looking forward to it, I like owning a car that has room for me under the hood.

koolmoecraig:
That's a sweet ride. Then again, I'm a bit partial to Mazdas.

Did you check out the Mazdaspeed version when you were shopping?  Those things are rockets.

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