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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 14:48:15 GMT -5
I don't know anything about cars really but I did have some really sweet cars and several really bad ones. I did have a lot of fun driving back then when there wasn't nearly as much traffic on the road. Worst car.... had to be the Pinto. Worst bike.... the 69 Sportster but it at least looked good. My worst was a 1958 Rambler American. Never owned a bike although I dated a couple guys with bikes so I was a passenger on the back.
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Post by apexbud on Nov 18, 2018 15:43:11 GMT -5
I held on to the Spitfire, but bought, fixed, and sold cars in high school and college. Mostly sports cars. MGA, TR3, TR4, a Lotus Europa with the Renault engine, XKE convertable. I held onto a Porsche 356B for a while because it handled so sweet. It helped pay for school.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 16:09:21 GMT -5
I held on to the Spitfire, but bought, fixed, and sold cars in high school and college. Mostly sports cars. MGA, TR3, TR4, a Lotus Europa with the Renault engine, XKE convertable. I held onto a Porsche 356B for a while because it handled so sweet. It helped pay for school. I had a Spitfire, TR4, Midget, Renault 4cv, Ford Fairlane, Rambler American, Chevy II Supersport. I learned to drive on a Renault. The Spitfire, TR4 and Midget were all convertibles. I almost forgot the Hillman.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 16:23:35 GMT -5
I held on to the Spitfire, but bought, fixed, and sold cars in high school and college. Mostly sports cars. MGA, TR3, TR4, a Lotus Europa with the Renault engine, XKE convertable. I held onto a Porsche 356B for a while because it handled so sweet. It helped pay for school. I had a Spitfire, TR4, Midget, Renault 4cv, Ford Fairlane, Rambler American, Chevy II Supersport. I learned to drive on a Renault. The Spitfire, TR4 and Midget were all convertibles. I almost forgot the Hillman. Lol, I had a neighbor with a Hilman he used to commute back and forth to the pentagon every day. Short on style, that's for sure. (You should have kept the SS)!
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Post by WKDWZD on Nov 18, 2018 16:26:55 GMT -5
I held on to the Spitfire, but bought, fixed, and sold cars in high school and college. Mostly sports cars. MGA, TR3, TR4, a Lotus Europa with the Renault engine, XKE convertable. I held onto a Porsche 356B for a while because it handled so sweet. It helped pay for school. You appear to have liked British/European sports cars ...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 16:39:56 GMT -5
I had a Spitfire, TR4, Midget, Renault 4cv, Ford Fairlane, Rambler American, Chevy II Supersport. I learned to drive on a Renault. The Spitfire, TR4 and Midget were all convertibles. I almost forgot the Hillman. Lol, I had a neighbor with a Hilman he used to commute back and forth to the pentagon every day. Short on style, that's for sure. (You should have kept the SS)! My mother could never find 1st gear in the Hillman so she would start it in 2nd. Needless to say I did not like her driving it very often. Unfortunately, like the rest of my convertibles, the SS was totaled in an accident. That was the last convertible that I owned.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 17:01:16 GMT -5
Lol, I had a neighbor with a Hilman he used to commute back and forth to the pentagon every day. Short on style, that's for sure. (You should have kept the SS)! My mother could never find 1st gear in the Hillman so she would start it in 2nd. Needless to say I did not like her driving it very often. Unfortunately, like the rest of my convertibles, the SS was totaled in an accident. That was the last convertible that I owned. I totaled my 1st one, dumb ass playing with the radio. After I jumped the curb, hit the mailbox with 400 lbs of concrete, sheared off the fireplug, jumped out where the windshield was on it's 1st roll, run through the "rain" to the side of the road and wait till the meat wagon got there while listing to a 4 year old kid yelling "hot rodding teenager, "hot rodding teenager" all in all it wasn't a "bad" day. I mean the spare still had air in t.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 17:25:05 GMT -5
My mother could never find 1st gear in the Hillman so she would start it in 2nd. Needless to say I did not like her driving it very often. Unfortunately, like the rest of my convertibles, the SS was totaled in an accident. That was the last convertible that I owned. I totaled my 1st one, dumb ass playing with the radio. After I jumped the curb, hit the mailbox with 400 lbs of concrete, sheared off the fireplug, jumped out where the windshield was on it's 1st roll, run through the "rain" to the side of the road and wait till the meat wagon got there while listing to a 4 year old kid yelling "hot rodding teenager, "hot rodding teenager" all in all it wasn't a "bad" day. I mean the spare still had air in t. I totaled 4 cars (all convertibles) but none of them were my fault. I would be sitting at a red light or stop sign and some one would run into me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 17:29:44 GMT -5
I totaled my 1st one, dumb ass playing with the radio. After I jumped the curb, hit the mailbox with 400 lbs of concrete, sheared off the fireplug, jumped out where the windshield was on it's 1st roll, run through the "rain" to the side of the road and wait till the meat wagon got there while listing to a 4 year old kid yelling "hot rodding teenager, "hot rodding teenager" all in all it wasn't a "bad" day. I mean the spare still had air in t. I totaled 4 cars (all convertibles) but none of them were my fault. I would be sitting at a red light or stop sign and some one would run into me. That one was on me, the other many years later was the guy who was driving the backhoe. Ripped that GMC pickup like he was a can opener. and I was a can
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 17:42:07 GMT -5
I totaled 4 cars (all convertibles) but none of them were my fault. I would be sitting at a red light or stop sign and some one would run into me. That one was on me, the other many years later was the guy who was driving the backhoe. Ripped that GMC pickup like he was a can opener. and I was a can When I first got my license, it was like every couple months - bam - car totaled. Fortunately, I haven't had an accident (knock on wood) for about 50 years now.
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Post by apexbud on Nov 18, 2018 19:26:48 GMT -5
I held on to the Spitfire, but bought, fixed, and sold cars in high school and college. Mostly sports cars. MGA, TR3, TR4, a Lotus Europa with the Renault engine, XKE convertable. I held onto a Porsche 356B for a while because it handled so sweet. It helped pay for school. You appear to have liked British/European sports cars ... I couldn't find anyone to work on the Spitfire, so I had to work on it myself. Once I sorted it out, I found other British cars were not all that different. I used to be particularly good at synchronizing multiple side draft carburetors. SU, Zenith, Weber, whatever. Could tweek engine timing pretty well too. Word got around, and I had a side job tuning all the British cars around Glen Burnie. GB is not too far from Fort Meade, and soldiers would bring back their "furrin" cars back from overseas, so we saw some interesting rides around town.
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Post by apexbud on Nov 19, 2018 1:49:46 GMT -5
Roads in Anne Arundel Co are kind to British sports cars. Most back roads (back in the '70s) were narrow, twisty, lots of elevation changes, and a whole lot of fun to drive in a small, nimble car. There were evenings I would just go out and drive my favorite roads for fun!
Glen Burnie had (and has) a reputation for fast American cars. I had many big block sled owners laugh at my little British convertible. They would brag about how fast in a straight line they were. They would challenge me to a race. I would agree, as long as I had the choice of the road. đ They could not keep up on the twisties. After a couple of trips, the straight line guys left me alone.
Also, the girls liked the top down, and the robust exhaust note...
Nothing like a warm summer evening, the smell of honeysuckle in the air, wind in your hair, and a pretty girl by your side.
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Post by pickle20 on Nov 19, 2018 10:40:49 GMT -5
Does anyone remember the Catonsville Short Line Railroad? Anyone ever see it running?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 12:15:55 GMT -5
Roads in Anne Arundel Co are kind to British sports cars. Most back roads (back in the '70s) were narrow, twisty, lots of elevation changes, and a whole lot of fun to drive in a small, nimble car. There were evenings I would just go out and drive my favorite roads for fun! Glen Burnie had (and has) a reputation for fast American cars.I had many big block sled owners laugh at my little British convertible. They would brag about how fast in a straight line they were. They would challenge me to a race. I would agree, as long as I had the choice of the road. đ They could not keep up on the twisties. After a couple of trips, the straight line guys left me alone. Also, the girls liked the top down, and the robust exhaust note... Nothing like a warm summer evening, the smell of honeysuckle in the air, wind in your hair, and a pretty girl by your side. The 60's ROARED up and down Ritchie Hwy between the small Greasy Mac's (just south of the DMV) to Burger King, round and round they went, a small version of âWoodwardingâ . By 1972 the music pretty much died. Hemi's, 427's and 440's ruled the road with a large support cast of small block 340's, 351's and 327's. The only place that could compete with Ritchie was Rt 40, Champs area.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 13:28:40 GMT -5
Roads in Anne Arundel Co are kind to British sports cars. Most back roads (back in the '70s) were narrow, twisty, lots of elevation changes, and a whole lot of fun to drive in a small, nimble car. There were evenings I would just go out and drive my favorite roads for fun! Glen Burnie had (and has) a reputation for fast American cars.I had many big block sled owners laugh at my little British convertible. They would brag about how fast in a straight line they were. They would challenge me to a race. I would agree, as long as I had the choice of the road. đ They could not keep up on the twisties. After a couple of trips, the straight line guys left me alone. Also, the girls liked the top down, and the robust exhaust note... Nothing like a warm summer evening, the smell of honeysuckle in the air, wind in your hair, and a pretty girl by your side. The 60's ROARED up and down Ritchie Hwy between the small Greasy Mac's (just south of the DMV) to Burger King, round and round they went, a small version of âWoodwardingâ . By 1972 the music pretty much died. Hemi's, 427's and 440's ruled the road with a large support cast of small block 340's, 351's and 327's. The only place that could compete with Ritchie was Rt 40, Champs area. We did the cruisin at the Hot Shoppes on Harford Rd in Hamilton and at Ameche's on Loch Raven and Taylor in Towson
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 14:53:46 GMT -5
The 60's ROARED up and down Ritchie Hwy between the small Greasy Mac's (just south of the DMV) to Burger King, round and round they went, a small version of âWoodwardingâ . By 1972 the music pretty much died. Hemi's, 427's and 440's ruled the road with a large support cast of small block 340's, 351's and 327's. The only place that could compete with Ritchie was Rt 40, Champs area. We did the cruisin at the Hot Shoppes on Harford Rd in Hamilton and at Ameche's on Loch Raven and Taylor in Towson It was a LOT of fun, hey with 15 cent hamburgers, cheap fries, 49 cent Whoppers, 36 cent 106 octane and exhilarating acceleration what was not to like? I never thought I'd say it but with technology today performance is back and some. Problem is 99.9/10th % of 17 and 18 year olds have no clue how an engine works nor do they care. They DO seem to like their God awful 4 cyl fart boxes with ZERO style.
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Post by apexbud on Nov 19, 2018 15:01:41 GMT -5
Roads in Anne Arundel Co are kind to British sports cars. Most back roads (back in the '70s) were narrow, twisty, lots of elevation changes, and a whole lot of fun to drive in a small, nimble car. There were evenings I would just go out and drive my favorite roads for fun! Glen Burnie had (and has) a reputation for fast American cars.I had many big block sled owners laugh at my little British convertible. They would brag about how fast in a straight line they were. They would challenge me to a race. I would agree, as long as I had the choice of the road. đ They could not keep up on the twisties. After a couple of trips, the straight line guys left me alone. Also, the girls liked the top down, and the robust exhaust note... Nothing like a warm summer evening, the smell of honeysuckle in the air, wind in your hair, and a pretty girl by your side. The 60's ROARED up and down Ritchie Hwy between the small Greasy Mac's (just south of the DMV) to Burger King, round and round they went, a small version of âWoodwardingâ . By 1972 the music pretty much died. Hemi's, 427's and 440's ruled the road with a large support cast of small block 340's, 351's and 327's. The only place that could compete with Ritchie was Rt 40, Champs area. I did that loop many times. It could be extended further south to Pappys Pizza or Ann's Hot Dogs. Glen Burnie was like a SoCal "American Graffiti" along Richie Hiway, but a couple of miles out Crain Hiway past 301, suddenly you are out in the middle of tobacco farms.
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Post by apexbud on Nov 19, 2018 15:18:14 GMT -5
We did the cruisin at the Hot Shoppes on Harford Rd in Hamilton and at Ameche's on Loch Raven and Taylor in Towson It was a LOT of fun, hey with 15 cent hamburgers, cheap fries, 49 cent Whoppers, 36 cent 106 octane and exhilarating acceleration what was not to like? I never thought I'd say it but with technology today performance is back and some. Problem is 99.9/10th % of 17 and 18 year olds have no clue how an engine works nor do they care. They DO seem to like their God awful 4 cyl fart boxes with ZERO style.
Awww, now you're going to make me defend the h2o crowd. Those kids are doing the same things we did. They are taking cars that they have available, modifying them, and making them faster. I know. My son and his friends do the same thing. Frankly, you would be suprised how sophisticated these kids are nowadays. They know way more about remapping the engine control modual (ecu), finding horsepower electronicly, then I did at their age. (Although, I've got a good story about controling turbo boost on a race car with a radio volume knob...đ)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 15:40:51 GMT -5
It sounds like you guys, surfinbird and apexbud, liked working on cars as much as driving them. I just enjoyed driving them - the faster the better.
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Post by apexbud on Nov 19, 2018 15:45:28 GMT -5
It sounds like you guys, surfinbird and apexbud, liked working on cars as much as driving them. I just enjoyed driving them - the faster the better. Oh, I like them fast too! I started road racing after college. Summit Point, Watkins Glen, Lime Rock, Bridgehampton, Pocono... I got around.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 15:50:17 GMT -5
It was a LOT of fun, hey with 15 cent hamburgers, cheap fries, 49 cent Whoppers, 36 cent 106 octane and exhilarating acceleration what was not to like? I never thought I'd say it but with technology today performance is back and some. Problem is 99.9/10th % of 17 and 18 year olds have no clue how an engine works nor do they care. They DO seem to like their God awful 4 cyl fart boxes with ZERO style.
Awww, now you're going to make me defend the h2o crowd. Those kids are doing the same things we did. They are taking cars that they have available, modifying them, and making them faster. I know. My son and his friends do the same thing. Frankly, you would be suprised how sophisticated these kids are nowadays. They know way more about remapping the engine control modual (ecu), finding horsepower electronicly, then I did at their age. (Although, I've got a good story about controling turbo boost on a race car with a radio volume knob...đ) NOTE I said Problem is 99.9/10th % of 17 and 18 year olds have no clue how an engine works. As far as the fart boxes go.... Ya can't polish a turd. No style at all. Read more: baltimoresunreunited.freeforums.net/thread/1605/remember-good-old-ole-days?page=10#ixzz5XKsZzegd
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 15:51:50 GMT -5
It sounds like you guys, surfinbird and apexbud, liked working on cars as much as driving them. I just enjoyed driving them - the faster the better. Yes, to me it was fun. I was the guy on a date with grease under his nails that just has to wear out eventually.
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Post by cowboyz on Nov 19, 2018 17:25:53 GMT -5
The 60's ROARED up and down Ritchie Hwy between the small Greasy Mac's (just south of the DMV) to Burger King, round and round they went, a small version of âWoodwardingâ . By 1972 the music pretty much died. Hemi's, 427's and 440's ruled the road with a large support cast of small block 340's, 351's and 327's. The only place that could compete with Ritchie was Rt 40, Champs area. I did that loop many times. It could be extended further south to Pappys Pizza or Ann's Hot Dogs. Glen Burnie was like a SoCal "American Graffiti" along Richie Hiway, but a couple of miles out Crain Hiway past 301, suddenly you are out in the middle of tobacco farms. Did you ever do drag racing down Marley Neck Blvd when you were a teen? It was pretty popular in the mid 80's. Not anymore, it's built up now!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 17:34:48 GMT -5
I did that loop many times. It could be extended further south to Pappys Pizza or Ann's Hot Dogs. Glen Burnie was like a SoCal "American Graffiti" along Richie Hiway, but a couple of miles out Crain Hiway past 301, suddenly you are out in the middle of tobacco farms. Did you ever do drag racing down Marley Neck Blvd when you were a teen? It was pretty popular in the mid 80's. Not anymore, it's built up now!! The best spot was on 170 ext just south of Linthicum and paralleled the airport on the south side. Perfect 1/2 mile straightaway, 1/4 to run and 1/4 to stop. Had lines painted on the road... perfect. There was a old red obsolete Matador cruise missile there as a static display. Every year it would sport a new "Class of 19XX". They repainted it every year.
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Post by cowboyz on Nov 19, 2018 17:38:16 GMT -5
Did you ever do drag racing down Marley Neck Blvd when you were a teen? It was pretty popular in the mid 80's. Not anymore, it's built up now!! The best spot was on 170 ext just south of Linthicum and paralleled the airport on the south side. Perfect 1/2 mile straightaway, 1/4 to run and 1/4 to stop. Had lines painted on the road... perfect. There was a old red obsolete Matador cruise missile there as a static display. Every year it would sport a new "Class of 19XX". They repainted it every year. I'm familiar with that area, never went there as a teen. I wonder what ever happened to the Matador?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 17:44:23 GMT -5
The best spot was on 170 ext just south of Linthicum and paralleled the airport on the south side. Perfect 1/2 mile straightaway, 1/4 to run and 1/4 to stop. Had lines painted on the road... perfect. There was a old red obsolete Matador cruise missile there as a static display. Every year it would sport a new "Class of 19XX". They repainted it every year. I'm familiar with that area, never went there as a teen. I wonder what ever happened to the Matador? Dunno, maybeeeeeeeeee Civil Air Patrol, VFW or a museum got it. Airframe was in too good of shape to melt down but ya never know....
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Post by apexbud on Nov 19, 2018 18:02:31 GMT -5
I did that loop many times. It could be extended further south to Pappys Pizza or Ann's Hot Dogs. Glen Burnie was like a SoCal "American Graffiti" along Richie Hiway, but a couple of miles out Crain Hiway past 301, suddenly you are out in the middle of tobacco farms. Did you ever do drag racing down Marley Neck Blvd when you were a teen? It was pretty popular in the mid 80's. Not anymore, it's built up now!! No, didn't race there, but I knew about it. There was another place off Fort Smallwood Road. It was an industrial park that had one way in & out. Nice long stretch with no civilian traffic late at night.
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Post by Bartman on Nov 19, 2018 21:53:21 GMT -5
I'm familiar with that area, never went there as a teen. I wonder what ever happened to the Matador? Dunno, maybeeeeeeeeee Civil Air Patrol, VFW or a museum got it. Airframe was in too good of shape to melt down but ya never know....
It's still there, saw it a couple weeks ago.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 21:58:01 GMT -5
Dunno, maybeeeeeeeeee Civil Air Patrol, VFW or a museum got it. Airframe was in too good of shape to melt down but ya never know....
It's still there, saw it a couple weeks ago. Cool, haven't been by there for years. Is the CAP building there? Across from the Benson House where the long term parking is now.... that was my old midnight parking area. Not good getting my new 72 Challenger stuck. It was all woods at that time though. Played baseball and football in the Benson House front yard until we outgrew it.
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Post by Bartman on Nov 20, 2018 14:36:01 GMT -5
It's still there, saw it a couple weeks ago. Cool, haven't been by there for years. Is the CAP building there? Across from the Benson House where the long term parking is now.... that was my old midnight parking area. Not good getting my new 72 Challenger stuck. It was all woods at that time though. Played baseball and football in the Benson House front yard until we outgrew it. Wouldn't know the CAP bldg if I saw it, just noticed the old cruise missile in front of the VFW hall when driving around that side of BWI to 97 one day a couple weeks ago. I'm a Baltimore kid, GB was never my stomping grounds.
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