Today when driving back from Nebraska the car talk guys were talking. Tommy said if you rebuilt a carburetor enough times eventually you'd have two. Then they laughed hysterically....me too. Then they went on and said it happens with transmissions too...and so forth until it was run into the ground!

Oh well.

Still enjoyed.

RIP Tommy

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Always try to arrange to be near radio when it is on every Saturday morning.

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Jim

Love those guys.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

I am on the road most of the times I hear it....or in my garage working on something usually with wheels.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

My uncle was into GTO's but when it came to GM's idea of carburation he said the first thing you had to do was take it off and smash it until flat with sledge hammer and then go buy a good one

...even I've heard about car talk - so it must be good

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Heh heh!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

The original hot rod carbee'z are once again the favorite tinkering toy of the nostalga crowd!

Im currently working on a modular inline manifold pattern for 2, 3, -even 5 could bolt on if someone wanted to try.
the coolest thing about them are the 6 different sizes,
two small ones--real hard to get, are 306 cfm.
two of the #2 size are 333 cfm
the big cahoona's ( holley bug spray) are 300 cfm each

holley 94 in eBay Motors | eBay

I believe it was proven to be a hoax but I had to pull over from laughing so hard the first time I heard "Max and the Schnauzer". It's probably still out there somewhere.

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You're a daisy if you do.
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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

I remember using a cassette deck to record the shows on FM and then passing them around to co-workers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S50Xafvt4p8

This?

EDIT: You're right. That was epic .

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

That is a classic story. I have heard it on the radio too.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

After a lot of tries I finally was able to get a rebuilt Quadrajet to work. Not work well but work at all.

I found that the more you rebuilt them the more 'out of round' the bodies would become. But I never went to anything else because I am an 'original' kind of car owner.

When I adapted and modified my BMW Bavaria to use a European manifold and a Qjet I became intimately familiar with them. I modified and adapted the Qjet too.

A marvelous design that lacked basic quality....though it was probably better quality than the solex carbs it replaced on the beemer. ...well not really.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I won't allow a carbureted vehicle to be worked on by anybody under about 60 years old. Kids are clueless about carbs.

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You're a daisy if you do.
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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting