Ferrari (the man) did some real trying to beat the "system" regarding some of his early cars to get them homologated, or make it somehow into a class so he could race those cars. The 250LM is one such car as is the 250 GT Sperimentale.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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This is my new gig mobile, which I pick up tomorrow.2019 Ford Transit Connect.
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Ah if we're talking cars, and talking beer, the joke that's so old it's got hair on it?
Why do the Brits drink warm beer?
Lucas refrigerators.
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At one of our regular gigs, we get a free beer. I'd never had a Corona, so I ordered one-without the lime. It came with one anyway(is that a rule?). I took it out, wiped the neck, and took a swig.........Then I put the lime back in and took another swig......Then I left it on the bar.Unfortunately, they don't stock a Porter.
My understanding of Corona is it is brewed to be the beer you drink after finishing a shift of farm work. At least there's a reason.
The beer culture in Italy becomes more evident the closer one is to the Alps. In Milan the Alps are visible to me at weekly rooftop parties at my residence. Speaking of old jokes, a Milanese at work quipped that Munich is Italy's northernmost point. That still makes me laugh.
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That same four door with the Big. Back. Seat.
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The right tires would allow drivers to lay down some purple rubber. Perhaps Ferrari’s ink is based on a deep grape color.
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Lots of conjecture, yet some agreement he did use Montblanc Bordeaux. Violet ink is what French schoolchildren used.
I wondered what all the hype was about. Still do.
Actually, these quibbles are all meaningless.
NASCAR uses a spec chassis. You read that right- every Ford, Chevy and Toyota in the series runs the same tube frame, brakes and running gear.
As far back as 1989, GM cars were running the roof, hood, and rear deck from V6-powered front-wheel-drive models. Those three pieces were the only parts that still had anything to do with production vehicles. By 2003, even that requirement was gone. Two-door vs 4-door is also a moot point, since doors are not a feature of the composite body shells.
You can forget about stock engines, too. NASCAR engines are built to a formula as well. Teams can only purchase engines from one of 5 approved builders (that's not necessarily a Ford engine in that Fusion). All of them feature an iron block, 358c.i. displacement, the same valve train layout (2-valve pushrod), and the same induction (EFI). Valve sizes, bore and stroke, etc., are all tightly regulated.
So no, that's not an aluminum-block, double overhead cam Tundra engine in the Toyota, and no Camrys were harmed in the making of the first Toyota-branded Cup Car...
Their limited top speed makes them entirely unsuitable for Texas. 87mph? Hardly fast enough for a beerrun.
Think it was Earnhardt Sr. who said "If you 'ain't cheatin', you 'ain't tryin!".....
Today, being the birthday of Jimi Hendrix, is National Electric Guitar (and Bass) Day. He would have been 77.
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I still sometimes wonder......What if?.....
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Yep, but NASCAR had to come up with some (kinda sorta, LOL) credible explanation for for even letting Toyota into the series. Aren't all top fuel and funny car engines actually based off old Mopar hemis these days? And remember the "stock block" Indy car engines?
Big. Back. Seats. were pretty useful back in the day. Still could be.
What's the best color ink for metal?
That forum is even more anorakish than this one.
He'd be playing Gospel music at church services.
I have wondered that too, and looking at what has happened to some of the people from that era who survived, I feel it's a bit of a coin toss as to what might have happened with Jimi.
He was at the peak of his game when he passed away, cementing his legendary status. But what if he'd gone on to release additional music, and fell into one of those places where he couldn't quite figure out how to compete with the changing landscape as disco and New Wave took over in the late 70's and 80's. I'm thinking about what happened to, say, Jefferson Airplane, or several other iconic names from the 60's and early 70's.
It's possible he might have gone on to put out a few more records that ended up in the cutout bins (remember those?) and then disappeared into relative obscurity. Maybe today he'd be playing small clubs and Vegas in a comeback attempt.
But who really knows? The man was talented AF but the buying public doesn't always continue to reward that.
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