| Author | Message | ||
     Njloco |
No, they are not armored, just thicker and very heavy. If the tree is thick enough and hangs at just the right height, they will get snow and parts of the tree in the control cab, and it's going to hurt ! | ||
| Ducbsa |
So, if they see such a tree, they put on the brakes, stop, and cut it away?  Seriously, that seems risky, but this wasn't their first rodeo. | ||
| Fb1 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnRAntB1OLI4 | ||
| Ratbuell |
If people in the US would just learn how to handle roundabouts (my Mom included)... +10,000. Well...I have no experience of Brankin's mom...but the drivers in my area definitely need to learn how to navigate them. Problem with them is, they require MANNERS. The people entering one have to yield to the people already IN one - and yielding, here in the states, is a sign of weakness for 99% of the drivers (and the other 1% typically aren't paying enough attention to know what's going on beyond their dashboard and cell phone). | ||
| Ducley |
I wish it was only 1%. | ||
| Njloco |
Ducbsa, "So, if they see such a tree, they put on the brakes, stop, and cut it away? " Yes, since not only would it cause much damage but, it could also derail the train ! Only 1% really ! I'm moving to your area. (Message edited by njloco on January 29, 2017) | ||
| Ducbsa |
I was being facetious, since, to my understanding, stopping a train at those speeds and with the likely distance that such a tree would be spotted, is not realistic. Those guys were really whooping it up in the cab for being in a situation where derailing may happen around the next bend. Maybe in reality, though, the risk is even less than for an SUV being abandoned on a crossing? | ||
| Sifo |
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| Hootowl |
Genius! | ||
| Njloco |
Great idea, unfortunately I doubt it would support the weight of my dinner ! | ||
| Fb1 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BavfblKfJUM | ||
| 86129squids |
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| Aesquire |
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| 86129squids |
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?titl e=north-dakota-null-hypothesis-brain-damage-invent ory | ||
| Slaughter |
Loves me some guitar. Couple years back got invited to a house concert at Doug Shane's place - he's president of The Spaceship Company and a recipient of the Iven Kincheloe test pilot of the year award and ALSO featured player in Olsen guitars along with Leo Kottke and James Taylor and other notables. http://olsonguitars.com/the-artists/olson-sighting s/ Doug invited Richard Smith to his house for a private concert for a few of his friends... DANG - what an honor! LOVE to be able to support live music in small venues with GREAT musicians and not as part of a crowd of thousands https://www.richardsmithmusic.com/home | ||
| Ratbuell |
Not sure what the rules are for this thread (if there are any...) but I figured this would be the place for this:  Unseasonably warm the other day so...I polished a turd  yes, it is a caramel metallic minivan. 1990 Voyager with a factory 2.5 turbo engine. Some nut actually RESTORED the thing (not me, I stumbled on it and bought it already done)! Started with a total rust free van, got it painted, new shocks/struts/springs, new brakes, added swaybars, added a spearco intercooler, added 17" wheels from a Caliber R/T. New headliner. Detailed interior. New headlights and front marker lights (no yellow/fogged lenses here). Manual boost controller (15psi at the moment with stock injectors), 2.5" side exit exhaust, this things a total trip to drive around town! And the blowoff valve REALLY makes people wonder!! Hehe...I'm so goofy... (Message edited by ratbuell on February 08, 2017) | ||
| Court |
Olson :-) | ||
| Court |
Joe . . . .do you have a t-shirt that says "Mr. Excitement"? By the way . . . I'd pay for a photo of Brankin piloting that thing. . . . no better way to bring some excitement to the mini-van to put a certified . . . or, certifiable . . hearse driver behind the wheel. To complete the picture . . . you should ride in the back seat in a red velveteen tuxedo with contrasting yellow piping. This may not make much sense to you . . . . .but, it will be nearly intuitive to Brankin. Yeah . . . we can fix your van. :-) | ||
| Pwnzor |
That mini van is pure awesome. A friend of mine back in the day had a 1979 Honda CVCC wagon. He dropped in a 2 liter engine with dual side draft carburetors and some kind of crazy exhaust system on it. 18 inch wheels, airbags, swaybars, yada yada, etc. Nitrous bottle too. Recaro seats in front, and replaced the rear bench seats with 2 more Recaro's... Crazy stereo with four 15 inch subs, separates in all four doors AND the rear hatch. 2000 watts worth of amplifiers, DAT, CD, Cassette, and a small TV screen in the center console. Throw in a mounted car phone for good measure. 3 batteries and a 3000 watt inverter to run his power tools, and an air compressor for his air tools. Open the hatch back, and a small tool bench folds out with a steel welding table and a 6 inch vise. Shaved door handles, all remote controlled doors and windows. God only knows how many layers of black paint and clear coat. The paint was so lustrous that I swear you could fall into it and never be seen again. So... yeah, that mini van is awesome for real. | ||
| Aesquire |
I've been looking for one of those! It's now a rare exotic.  & a real sleeper of a drag racer. Local driver used to show up, pull the rear seat, mounted spare rims with drag slicks for the front, & jack out.... then race. The rear seat sat on the street tire set for a comfy love seat. | ||
| Tq_freak |
Those vans were pretty darn cool. I was looking for on in college for a while to build a sleeper out of but never found a decent one. I was looking for a really rare one with the manual trans. | ||
| Sifo |
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| Ourdee |
Turbine wheels with spinners! | ||
| Ratbuell |
Yeah, I didn't need a van...hell, I didn't need another vehicle of ANY kind...but it was so stupid-clean I couldn't pass it up. I've played with the little turbo 4's forever - my first car, still own it, is a '91 Daytona competition package turbo. One of 26, original owner, 76k miles. Of course, I bought the van and then quit my job a week later - how's THAT for poor planning? But the van-plan is...eventually...build one of the half-dozen spare A413 transmmissions I have to be bulletproof for racing - manual valve body, competition clutches, higher stall converter, Quaife LSD - then have some fun with the motor. Custom calibration, bigger turbo (have one on the shelf already from when my Daytona was modified; it's now back to a stock "survivor" status); bigger injectors, mucho power. I like the shape of the wheels, but they need to be bronze so they'll either get coated at tire-time or get replaced by a set of something that's already bronze colored - the 5x114.3 bolt pattern is the same as a lot of tuner cars so there's TONS of choices out there. But for now it's just fun cruising around in a near-museum piece...with a loud aftermarket PSSSSSHHHHHH blowoff valve | ||
| Ratbuell |
I did make two free mods though. 1- added a tip to the exhaust that I had on a shelf. I kinda like the old-school T/A side exit look:  2- I have had this bumper sticker stapled to my garage wall forEVER. Now I finally had the right place to put it! | ||
| Ratbuell |
 Weird. Damn phone didn't upload it. | ||
| Fb1 |
Not sure what the rules are for this thread (if there are any...) I started the thread for "just because." There are no rules. | ||
| Fb1 |
Sifo, any additional info on the H-D quad? I like it almost as much at Ratbuell's minivan. | ||
| Sifo |
I just ran across the pic. Beyond that, you know what I know. | ||
| 86129squids |
The van is pure flavor of AWESOME. LOVES me some wacky rides like that... I've always fantasized about taking a Yugo body and dropping it on a Mazda RX7 chassis and drivetrain, and hopping up the rotary motor to nuttiness... fun fact: Yugo made some convertibles as well! Just for a split second you can see one in the old movie, "Birdcage"... |
