Car pics too cool not to share
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MSD Ignition, cam, 4 barrel carb, electric fuel pump, intake. It is a manual 3 spd. No mods on the gears or axle. Required entire car and engine compartment. Electric cooling fan, new hood locks and one hell of a stereo system. Won first place in the last car show I entered.
Cam specs? Just a mild replacement or?
What size carb? Double pumper?
What intake?
Nice looking Mustang BTW....
1962 Ford Thunderbird Sports Roadster
Absolutely blasphemous!
Well, I'd be driving so the other two crash test dummies would need to flip a coin as to who gets the seat and who sits on the gear lever. Gonna be a bitch changing gears though...
Some people say hopping lowriders are useless... I see plenty of potential. 
Hopping Chevy Impala Lowrider Almost Activates Ejection Seat
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2024/1...owrider-almost-activates-ejection-seat-video/
Holley Weiand Action + intake, Holley performance dominator 750 cfm double pumper, Crower solid roller cam 580/250. Thanks.
Assuming she gets back in the vehicle with him ever again, what would you wager she wears the lap belt next time?
Love the 150. I learned to fly in a 152 which was “spin rated”. I loved spinning that thing. Not sure it loved me though. Lost all electronics on my first long solo from Houston to Brownsville. Had to fly by dead reckoning home
Thanks
I have spun (spin) my 150 several times. It was a huge rush every time. Have always wanted an Aerobat but probably best that I don't have one. LOL
I had a red 62 Thunderbird hardtop coupe several years ago that I restored to factory original. Actually won a few shows with it.. I'll have to look up some pictures of it since it was before digital pictures.. That's the car I sold to buy my Cessna 150.
I've often thought about how cool it would be to do this with a little Scout. Love it!
Some people say hopping lowriders are useless... I see plenty of potential.
Hopping Chevy Impala Lowrider Almost Activates Ejection Seat
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2024/1...owrider-almost-activates-ejection-seat-video/
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Sorry for the delayed response. I missed this.
Yes, the 150 Aerobat is pretty cool. Here is a clip from a Plane & Pilot article:
“In 1970, Cessna introduced the Model A150K Acrobat, a 150 with structural changes to allow aerobatics.It is rated at +6G to -3G, which permits most standard acrobatic maneuvers such as snap rolls, barrel and aileron rolls, Cuban eights, loops, etc. Empty weight of the Aerobat is slightly higher than the standard 150, and speed is reduced by two mph.”
I think you're in the wrong thread.
Since I raised the topic of Can-Am cars, that got me thinking about a driver/instructor I've been following for many years now, a guy by the name of Jim Pace. He's one hell of a driver and always gets to play with some fantastic machinery, it seems. His videos are great fun to watch, especially when he gives live commentary from the cockpit. I got to wondering why I hadn't seen any videos from him in quite some time, so I did some digging. Rather unfortunately, it appears he died after contracting the Coof back in 2020, but not before surviving flipping a Shadow DN-4 a few months earlier at full chat on the front straight at Elkhart Lake.Old Can-Am cars just give me the horn...
Here's a sampling of some of his videos. Most of these were filmed at Elkhart Lake (a personal favorite), a mix of Can-Am hardware with a squashed Beetle, a GT40 (at VIR) and a Shelby GT350 (at Sebring) thrown in for the hell of it. They're all a good watch but the narration of the GT40 at VIR is sublime.
Rest in peace, Jim.
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Since I raised the topic of Can-Am cars, that got me thinking about a driver/instructor I've been following for many years now, a guy by the name of Jim Pace. He's one hell of a driver and always gets to play with some fantastic machinery, it seems. His videos are great fun to watch, especially when he gives live commentary from the cockpit. I got to wondering why I hadn't seen any videos from him in quite some time, so I did some digging. Rather unfortunately, it appears he died after contracting the Coof back in 2020, but not before surviving flipping a Shadow DN-4 a few months earlier at full chat on the front straight at Elkhart Lake.
Here's a sampling of some of his videos. Most of these were filmed at Elkhart Lake (a personal favorite), a mix of Can-Am hardware with a squashed Beetle, a GT40 (at VIR) and a Shelby GT350 (at Sebring) thrown in for the hell of it. They're all a good watch but the narration of the GT40 at VIR is sublime.
Rest in peace, Jim.
I loved the DN-4 video ! You got to love a 1000 h.p. BBC at full song ! Thanks for the video !
1968 AMX - GT Concept car , later the Gremlin was inspired by some of these features. But the Gremlin was stripped down to compete with the Vega , Pinto , and Beetle. too Bad.
AMC Gremlin Randall 401-XR: The Forgotten Hot Hatch Muscle Car of the 1970s
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...hot-hatch-muscle-car-of-the-1970s-238513.html
Ok, I found a couple pictures of my 62 Thunderbird that I restored. This picture is from 2000, I sold it in 2003.
My daughter helping wash it with me, she was 10 at the time. She really liked riding in it.