Yesterday

[45sRfun]

J C Whitney, seems they had everything for every model. Looking through their catalog was almost as fun as scavenging parts from the junk yard.

Yep, try to find a tachmeter for the big Ford 4.9 L inline six. That engine had a hp peak about 3600 rpm (EFI model). It was pointless to go much past that and at 4000 rpm you were just wasting time. Most aftermarket tachs went to 8000 rpm. I found the perfect tach on J.C. Whitney back about 20 years ago for my 1995 F150:

 

[Bugzilla]

Hauled 2.17 tons of stone about 5 miles in my 1990 F150, 4.9, many moons ago. Breaks and suspension were worked, the 4.9 just chugged along. Still one of my favorite engines.

 

[nonobaddog]

Yup, those Ford 300s were legendary because they just kept going and going and going.

 

[45sRfun]

Here is a memory photo for ya'all to remember those days of underage cigarette purchases from these:

 

[45sRfun]

A little know fact is that the venerated Ford 5.0 V8 actually is a 4.9 V8 if you round off as it falls a little short of 4.95. Say, here is a fun way to revive a 4.9 inline six:

 

[45sRfun]

Yup, those Ford 300s were legendary because they just kept going and going and going.

As I recall, it has the same bore and stroke as the 400 V8. Approximately 4" bore and 4" stroke. That spells TORQUE MONSTER!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I just had to chase a crackhead out of my back yard. I grew up in this house and we never even heard of crackheads. Heck, we didn't even have fences back then, but we do now. I miss the days when I didn't have to chase crackheads out of my back yard only to watch them climb the other neighbors' fences. Seems like I should be able to shoot them, but I'm guessing that's illegal.

 

[nonobaddog]

I just had to chase a crackhead out of my back yard. I grew up in this house and we never even heard of crackheads. Heck, we didn't even have fences back then, but we do now. I miss the days when I didn't have to chase crackheads out of my back yard only to watch them climb the other neighbors' fences. Seems like I should be able to shoot them, but I'm guessing that's illegal.

You are probably right but you could still check your state laws for any season on them and limits.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You are probably right but you could still check your state laws for any season on them and limits.

I think they're a protected species now. At least here in Indy.

 

[BigRed]

I just had to chase a crackhead out of my back yard. I grew up in this house and we never even heard of crackheads. Heck, we didn't even have fences back then, but we do now. I miss the days when I didn't have to chase crackheads out of my back yard only to watch them climb the other neighbors' fences. Seems like I should be able to shoot them, but I'm guessing that's illegal.

SSS

 

[DoggyDaddy]

SSS

She was surprisingly "large" for a crackhead. Got kinda hung up on the neighbor's fence trying to leave my yard. Would've taken a big hole.

 

[BigRed]

Hanging out waiting for a smoker to wrap up.

When I was younger, this would be about the time of the evening when Dad would bring out the air guns or 22 rifles and see who could plink the cans and such he had set up in the back yard.

Fun stuff was when he would have a soup can set upon the seats of the swing set. Should be an easy shot, right?

"Just keep in mind, you bust the seat you're buying a new one".

All the targets set up in the yard, trees, and such were free ones and easy ones... but it always got down to the cans sitting on the swing set way out in the back yard.

Unlike the other targets, those were set up on a swing seat that blew around with the wind.

And yes, true to his word, Dad made me buy new seats for the swing on those early attempts when I missed.

Oh how I miss and still appreciate my Dad!

 

[45sRfun]

I just had to chase a crackhead out of my back yard. I grew up in this house and we never even heard of crackheads. Heck, we didn't even have fences back then, but we do now. I miss the days when I didn't have to chase crackheads out of my back yard only to watch them climb the other neighbors' fences. Seems like I should be able to shoot them, but I'm guessing that's illegal.

That ain't right. I vote for all crackheads being sequestered on some desert island or such and not leaving until they are clean of the stuff. Second offense, permanent expulsion from society to Crack Head Island.

 

[45sRfun]

That ain't right. I vote for all crackheads being sequestered on some desert island or such and not leaving until they are clean of the stuff. Second offense, permanent expulsion from society to Crack Head Island.

Mater of fact, lets just convert Epstein Island to Crack Head Island, but first purge it of a pedo stuff.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

Here is a memory photo for ya'all to remember those days of underage cigarette purchases from these:
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And 2 bucks a pack !!
I quit in January cold turkey best thing I ever did.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

And 2 bucks a pack !!
I quit in January cold turkey best thing I ever did.

They were about 65 cents a pack when I started.

 

[45sRfun]

And 2 bucks a pack !!
I quit in January cold turkey best thing I ever did.

Congratulations! I quit cold turkey in 1979 after about 6 years of 2+ packs a day. It feels great.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

They were about 65 cents a pack when I started.

Didn't you get yer tabakee in a little pouch with some papers and roll your own?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Didn't you get yer tabakee in a little pouch with some papers and roll your own?

Well, I used to roll my own... but it weren't tabakee...

 

[armalitesheepdog]

Well, I used to roll my own... but it weren't tabakee...