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saturday morning a couple weeks ago on the way to the grocery store around 6:45 am. extreme southwest massachusetts.

when i was a kid in the early 80's ( FITCHBURG MASS CLASS OF 86', GO RAIDERS !!! ) there was a guy that ran a blower. shamefully don't remember what it was actually in, may not have even known then what it was. but goddamn, that sound when you heard it a couple times a year from 1/2 a mile away, you knew it was him heading up main street about 30-40 miles an hour.


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6.45 AM on a Saturday and your heading to the grocery store? I would be in bed for another 2-3 hours...
 
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American Coleman 4X4 trucks built in Littleton Colorado. They also converted other builders trucks into 4X4.

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ColoJeep said:
American Coleman 4X4 trucks built in Littleton Colorado. They also converted other builders trucks into 4X4.

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Damn, those are some big front axles. Look at those center sections.

That REO is a pretty cool looking rig. (y) There's a rock quarry nearby that has one of that vintage sitting out front as a sign/display.
 
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Can you imagine the lawsuits for getting burned on the exhaust now days?

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During 1933-1934, MG produced a special run of 33 six-cylinder supercharged competition cars. These essentially ready-to-race cars were based on the concurrent MG K-series Magnette chassis, and as they followed the K1 and K2 production Magnettes, they were designated K3 models. The K3 Magnettes would standout in the storied racing history of the MG Car Company. In their very first appearance, a trio of works K3s took the team prize at the 1933 Mille Miglia—after having run at up to 110mph during the race. Other significant and important victories followed, none more celebrated than when famed Italian driver Tazio Nuvolari piloted a K3 to victory at the Ulster Tourist Trials.
 
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I don't remember what it was on, or if it was an industry wide kind of thing, but I had a guy show me that some old mufflers like that were serviceable. You could actually take it apart, clean and repack it, and I think that was expected to be a regular maintenance. I guess that's no different that a gun muffler (scilencer)

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Can you imagine the lawsuits for getting burned on the exhaust now days?

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During 1933-1934, MG produced a special run of 33 six-cylinder supercharged competition cars. These essentially ready-to-race cars were based on the concurrent MG K-series Magnette chassis, and as they followed the K1 and K2 production Magnettes, they were designated K3 models. The K3 Magnettes would standout in the storied racing history of the MG Car Company. In their very first appearance, a trio of works K3s took the team prize at the 1933 Mille Miglia—after having run at up to 110mph during the race. Other significant and important victories followed, none more celebrated than when famed Italian driver Tazio Nuvolari piloted a K3 to victory at the Ulster Tourist Trials.
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Its an MG. Wouldn't run long enough for the exhaust to get hot. :ROFLMAO:
 
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BlueC said:
I don't remember what it was on, or if it was an industry wide kind of thing, but I had a guy show me that some old mufflers like that were serviceable. You could actually take it apart, clean and repack it, and I think that was expected to be a regular maintenance. I guess that's no different that a gun muffler (scilencer)

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Just like we used to be expected to adjust the valve lash every XXX miles. Hell when I joined the Army I learned how to adjust the fuel rack on a V-6 Detroit diesel. Also learned how to rewind a stator and armature on starters & alternators and generators. But then about 2 years after that they did away with us doing any repairs like that.

Use to keep a clipboard and thick phone book handy when working on those old Detroit's in case the engine ran away.
 
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This is a great thread . . . . big thanks to Squatch!

Have always liked the styling of the mid '50's Buicks with the radiused rear wheel wells . . . they look fast even when parked.
For the theatre of your mind . . . . Oldsmobile built some fast mid '50's models also. Speed equipment from the factory . . . . but, they just looked 'frumpy' with the odd design of side moldings. Nothing flowing to enhance the lines of the car. Imagine what that '55 Oldsmobile Super 88 would look like with radiused wheel wells, and side moldings that accented the beautiful lines of these cars.

The Buicks had a roof line that curled back somewhat, the Olds had a more flowing design . . .
Again a great thread for us 'motorheads' . . . . . ;)
 
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Railroad track catchers. ;) I know a guy who found that out the hard way when running from the cops one night. His bars hooked on the track at speed, ripped his rear end out and sent him skidding into a field. He says he was still holding onto the steering wheel when the cop grabbed him through the window. :LOL:
 
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Railroad track catchers. ;) I know a guy who found that out the hard way when running from the cops one night. His bars hooked on the track at speed, ripped his rear end out and sent him skidding into a field. He says he was still holding onto the steering wheel when the cop grabbed him through the window. :LOL:
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I had slappers on my Chevelle SS but never hooked them any RR tracks.
 
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