|
The PAST
#871071
12/04/10 02:09 PM
12/04/10 02:09 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
OP
Master
|
OP
Master
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
|
Why is it so many of the guys want to live in the past as in all the old pics and things of that nature... Sure I liked it back then went I was a kid but I never got into all of the old stuff now days ... life moves on... just seems like some people dont I'm not saying its a bad thing just wondering  
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871072
12/04/10 02:13 PM
12/04/10 02:13 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 15,118
85086
moparpollack
Lil Herman
|
Lil Herman
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 15,118
85086
|
Just history stuff that's cool. For me it's the paint jobs, the look of the wheels and tires and the freedoms people enjoyed. 
56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: Sixpak]
#871074
12/04/10 02:26 PM
12/04/10 02:26 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,200
UK
602heavy
pro stock
|
pro stock
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,200
UK
|
Wife tells me i'm stuck in the past , think she has a point , if you look back @ the past you're gonna miss the future , thing is , the present will one day be the past , so i guess were all living in the past right now , so just enjoy.
Last edited by 602heavy; 12/04/10 02:27 PM.
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: Hemi Allstate]
#871077
12/04/10 03:09 PM
12/04/10 03:09 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
OP
Master
|
OP
Master
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
|
Well as far as cars,it was the golden years. The choice of desirable, affordable, performance cars that anyone could work on without the need for high tech computers programs etc. I was able to buy a 2 year old big block car with the money earned after school part time, .and still be able to buy some speed goodies occasionally. I don't think that is true today. The prices for speed parts is more now, even if there are better parts the cost is huge by comparison. The little guy had a chance at competing on a national level and winning! These are a few things that come to mind. The pictures take me back to that time.
I dont know for fact what the ratio is with todays
wages vs then but I dont think thats the factor...
there are WAY more go fast goodies now then back then...
we had to make alot of the stuff back then... today
you open the wallet(unless your like me... cheap and
enjoy making stuff)
People tend to remember the good things about the past and overlook the bad...hindsight is 20-20 (the things you'd do differently...), and ya can't know where you're going, unless you know where you've been....things were a whole lot simpler, too...
We all think it was simpler back then but I think
it was due the lack of knowledge... back then we
didnt have the communications we have now... it use
to take weeks to find out stuff on the other side
of the world... now we know in seconds if someone
is trying to blow up the world....and of course the
computer... this is just my opinion... the cars run
faster and quick now than ever before.. heck alot
of guys on this board have cars faster than the PS
cars of the past
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871079
12/04/10 03:36 PM
12/04/10 03:36 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,675
Mt. Eden Ky.
Hemi Allstate
master
|
master
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,675
Mt. Eden Ky.
|
Mike, I agree with you on much of what you are saying, but! If I think of teams like "The Surfers" that built a top fueler in a Motel Garage, that won the March Meet, defeating Garlits, Kalita,and a total of 64 car field . That's what I am talking about! Yes they were only running in the 7s but there wasn't a mega million $ backing either. http://www.draglist.com/stories/SOD%20Feb%202000/SOD-022300.htmSure cars are faster today, but those days had their own appeal too. Mark
1996 Ram 1500 Sport
1968 road runner
1952 Sears Allstate licensed, pump gas, Hemi 5.98 @ 115.73 1.33 60 ft. The best is yet to come. Painless Performance / Street RODDER magazine Top 100 for 2019
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871080
12/04/10 03:59 PM
12/04/10 03:59 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,141
Phoenix,Az.
hemicop
super stock
|
super stock
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,141
Phoenix,Az.
|
Quote:
Why is it so many of the guys want to live in the past
as in all the old pics and things of that nature...
Sure I liked it back then went I was a kid but I
never got into all of the old stuff now days ...
life moves on... just seems like some people dont
I'm not saying its a bad thing just wondering
For me, it was a simpler easier time with less worries, despite the Cold War. The cars were better, by-'n-large, jobs were easier to get, music was better & there was an accepted level(?) of social behavior that, despite being the 60s/70s, wasn't nearly as outrageous, violent or dangerous as it is now.
From an automotive standpoint-- at no time did the more of the public have more horsepower handed to them for so relatively little money. Looking at it another way, the 60s were to cars what WWII was to aircraft--at no other time was there so much power being developed for piston-driven conveyences and we'll never see that time again..... 
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: hemicop]
#871081
12/04/10 05:00 PM
12/04/10 05:00 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,502
SOUTH JERSEY
HEMIFRED
master
|
master
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,502
SOUTH JERSEY
|
Unless you were there it's hard to explain and impossible to understand.
we all raced heads up in a chosen NHRA/AHRA etc. classes We all raced within a set of rules.
The racing mindset was completely different in every way you could imagine.
The biggest difference from today is the lack of creativity and ingenuity
.In most every case you had to find out what made your car faster on your own.
No Jeg's or Summit loaded with parts. I always felt that when bracket racing came along and eliminated class racing it killed what made it most enjoyable for me. Racing heads against other cars with comparable combinations same as mine or and different brands on a level playing field.
And then beating the other guy with the bigger wallet was always more fun.
Pocket size came in second to hard work back then.
home of the
Sox and Martin Hemi Duster
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: HEMIFRED]
#871082
12/04/10 05:09 PM
12/04/10 05:09 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 19,363
Las Vegas
Al_Alguire
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 19,363
Las Vegas
|
I can also be thrown in the crowd of I dont get it, hanging onto the past that is. Maybe it is my past which was by all accounts not very good. I grew up extremely poor and struggled for even the simplest of things as well as more than my fair share of issue with the law. Maybe it is watching my Grandmother slip into the past from Alzhiemers or my mothers inability to move on from her past but I prefer the future. Whether it is football, racing or life. Just the way I am. I am probably one of the only guys here who routinely does not look at all the posts on here about the past.
"I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know."
"It's never wrong to do the right thing"
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: HEMIFRED]
#871083
12/04/10 05:10 PM
12/04/10 05:10 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
OP
Master
|
OP
Master
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
|
Fred I started in 67 but was at the track in 64 so that was the start for me so dont give me that stuff "you wouldnt understand".... the stuff I did on my cars was mostly on my own... and back then we had ALL those classes... I just dont understand why so many cant seem to move on... like their whole life is still wrapped up in "the good old days"
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871085
12/04/10 05:45 PM
12/04/10 05:45 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,502
SOUTH JERSEY
HEMIFRED
master
|
master
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,502
SOUTH JERSEY
|
quote]Fred I started in 67 but was at the track in 64 so that was the start for me so dont give me that stuff "you wouldnt understand".... the stuff I did on my cars was mostly on my own... and back then we had ALL those classes... I just dont understand why so many cant seem to move on... like their whole life is still wrapped up in "the good old days"
Quote:
Unless you were there it's hard to explain and impossible to understand.
Then you are amongst those who should understand what I said and how it pertains to me . Primarily this is how I feel about racing. The same cant be said about other facets of my life .You can look at my cars and see I don't live in the past . I might own a nostalgia car but also a turbo car and the modern hi tech supercharged Caddy
home of the
Sox and Martin Hemi Duster
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: HEMIFRED]
#871086
12/04/10 06:15 PM
12/04/10 06:15 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,506
Az
Crizila
master
|
master
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,506
Az
|
I have no problem living in the past
Fastest 300
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: Crizila]
#871089
12/04/10 06:25 PM
12/04/10 06:25 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 4,765
quick77rt
Parts Problem
|
Parts Problem
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 4,765
|
The past is cool but yesterday is gone. I look very much to the future. Its getting down to even some of the last V8s F M J mopars are catching on....a whole new world from the norm. The advancement of small block strokers, ect... Things arnt so bad these days  I miss my first car, a hemi bee but it nothing compared to what I have now...but I was 15 then.
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: quick77rt ]
#871093
12/04/10 07:15 PM
12/04/10 07:15 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 6,257
acworth / N. georgia - south e...
cheapstreetdustr
master
|
master
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 6,257
acworth / N. georgia - south e...
|
because stuff was made much better...
lots of things where real...hand made or made from scratch with craftsmanship...
not like today...
every thing is from china and throw away...
i have a watch from my grandfather that was handed down..to me..it cost him $150 in 1960
its now worth atleast 1000 bucks.but its a fine watch..for centimental value plus its real $ amount.
people dont care about this stuff right now.
tell me something worth handing down to your grandkids?....your plasma screen?,,your plastic watch.? oh i know you cell phone...
all worth zero...by next christmas..
this in general is the gist of it...
the more you put in the more you get out..
taken a sunday drive to the icecrean stand with your kids lately?
or a drive in movie?
oh i know .for a grilled burger served through
the window...?
i didnt think so...?
even if you could do this today..the kids would probably not want to go anyway..
they would rather stay home and wait for the text reply from the kid next door..
or choose to stay plugged into the playstation..
i mean why climb mount everest when you can just watch it/play it on a dvd....?
cheapst
365" Iron J heads,,3480lbs best 1.39 60ft on SS springs.10.54,124 mph ...6.67 1/8th et.average 60fts 1.46 w/ small cam &.063 no2 pill tagged & insured
[image][/image]
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: cheapstreetdustr]
#871094
12/04/10 07:23 PM
12/04/10 07:23 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 3,544
Syracuse,NY
CompWedgeEngines
master
|
master
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 3,544
Syracuse,NY
|
Its funny, I often tell my 12 year old son about " The Past", and he loves to hear the stories. I have done a lot and accomplished a lot for my age and engaged in many opportunites as I was younger. never afraid to jump in and try anything and wasnt afraid to work hard. he always asks me about what it was like doing this or that years ago. he is already smart enough to realize that we live in a self consuming all about me society. He knows the past was more honest and wholesome. He always says he wishes he could go back and see what things were like. He suspects it was better.I would agree with him.
As far as racing in the past, hell , its how we all got started. You cant help but remember it. It was real racing then. Blood, sweat and gears.
RIP Monte Smith
Your work is a reflection of yourself, autograph it with quality.
WD for Diamond Pistons,Sidewinder cylinder heads, Wiseco, K1 rods and cranks,BAM lifters, Morel lifters, Molnar Technologies, Harland Sharp, Pro Gear, Cometic, King Engine Bearings and many others.
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: cheapstreetdustr]
#871095
12/04/10 07:42 PM
12/04/10 07:42 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
OP
Master
|
OP
Master
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
|
Quote:
because stuff was made much better...
lots of things where real...hand made or made from scratch with craftsmanship...
not like today...
YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING... the cars back then were junk
compared to a car now... the engine back then would
live about 100K the metal fell off and we wont even
talk about the GAPS/margins so I dont buy the car
thing but some of the other stuff about the younger
people is correct BUT does that make you want to
stay in the past 
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871096
12/04/10 07:55 PM
12/04/10 07:55 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 146
michigan
tonycpe
member
|
member
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 146
michigan
|
through the years of my 20's 30's and 40's i liked to look back to see if i could ever catch up with what my buddy's had done to their cars .
Now at almost 60 i look to the future cause my time is getting short and i don't try and keep up with anyone.
Old Fogey Racing Ltd.
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871099
12/04/10 08:02 PM
12/04/10 08:02 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 294
mi
vcummins
enthusiast
|
enthusiast
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 294
mi
|
Quote:
Why is it so many of the guys want to live in the past
as in all the old pics and things of that nature...
Sure I liked it back then went I was a kid but I
never got into all of the old stuff now days ...
life moves on... just seems like some people dont
I'm not saying its a bad thing just wondering
so your on for A new challenger v10 ?
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: CHAPPER]
#871100
12/04/10 08:03 PM
12/04/10 08:03 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 20,176
Park Forest, IL
slantzilla
Too Many Posts
|
Too Many Posts
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 20,176
Park Forest, IL
|
The "in" thing now at car shows seem to be unrestored old race cars from the '60-70's. Looking at what pieces of crap they were it amazes me that we have any old drag racers left around. Factor in that most of the tracks back then were barely safer than street racing and you can double that thought.  I like looking at the old cars/pics though to see how many I remember from when I started racing. Lots of people like to whine about the NHRA now and how much things cost, and how much cheaper it was back then. Unfortunately for me, it wasn't any cheaper back then because I didn't make much money and couldn't afford it anyway. The good old days are fun to look at now and then, but I for one am glad they're gone.
"Everybody funny, now you funny too."
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871102
12/04/10 09:23 PM
12/04/10 09:23 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 415
Peru
cbarracuda
mopar
|
mopar
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 415
Peru
|
Quote:
Quote:
because stuff was made much better...
lots of things where real...hand made or made from scratch with craftsmanship...
not like today...
YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING... the cars back then were junk
compared to a car now... the engine back then would
live about 100K the metal fell off and we wont even
talk about the GAPS/margins so I dont buy the car
thing but some of the other stuff about the younger
people is correct BUT does that make you want to
stay in the past
yeah cars were junk back then, that's why a Hemi Cuda cost about 150 thousand now
100k on the engine, but easy to replace. I will say that cars were different back then. New cars are a lot better right now but I enjoyed what I had then and I also enjoy what I have now. A man´s life is a mix of his past, his present and they way he looks at the future.
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871104
12/04/10 10:01 PM
12/04/10 10:01 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 12,339
somwhere
smokinwoody
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 12,339
somwhere
|
Im having a hard time deciding on whether or not to buy a DeLorean, Mike.. I figure if I go back to the past I'll get all my hair back and lose the grey/silver and get that masculine figure back..  and of course see all my old girl friends as I didnt get married the first time till I was 37...  ahhhh...to be single again
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: smokinwoody]
#871105
12/04/10 10:06 PM
12/04/10 10:06 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
OP
Master
|
OP
Master
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
|
Quote:
Im having a hard time deciding on whether or not to buy a DeLorean, Mike..
I figure if I go back to the past I'll get all my hair back and lose the grey/silver and get that masculine figure back..
and of course see all my old girl friends as I didnt get married the first time till I was 37...
ahhhh...to be single again
Well I still have all my hair... its dark... thanks
to chemicals ... no comment about the marriages
(as in plurals)
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871107
12/04/10 10:54 PM
12/04/10 10:54 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,475
SW Ohio
cgall
top fuel
|
top fuel
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,475
SW Ohio
|
Back in the mid-70's when all the local tracks ran Modified, Super Stock and Stock every week, you had to get there early on Saturday afternoon to get a good seat in the stands. There were bleachers for maybe 2-3000 at Edgewater back then, plenty of room down track to back up to the fence with your pickup or wagon and and watch from near the finish line. This was on the spectator side, the pit side was race cars only and you had to pay $1 to cross over to see the action in the pits.
If they ran a booked-in Funny Car show, the fans would be 5-deep at the starting line. They also had a Division 3 Winston meet every year when they ran TF, FC, and Pro Stock for national points. They always had a full field of cars.
By the time of the mid-80's bracket racing had taken over, gas prices and inflation seriously depleted the sport. You would still see a decent crowd of spectators at the tracks, good crowd if they ran Q16, UDRA, or match race.
Today there are so many options for entertainment that very few people want to watch drag racing anymore. People would rather sit at home and watch inane TV shows than go to the local strip, my friends say it is boring, it takes too long, it's too hot out, etc., etc., but they will spend time and money going to casinos and pro sporting events.
Yes, Mr. P those were the good old days for drag racing.
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: Hemi Allstate]
#871111
12/04/10 11:23 PM
12/04/10 11:23 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,616
Kissimmee Fl.
dusturbd340W5
master
|
master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,616
Kissimmee Fl.
|
not to mention the world itself was a MUCH better place than this SH!THOLE we live in today.
70 duster full chassis super pro 416 CNC Indybrock heads 727 w/brake
best so far 1.212 60 6.219 in 1/8 at 110.88 9.768 at 137.81 1/4
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: Crizila]
#871113
12/05/10 01:08 AM
12/05/10 01:08 AM
|
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 961
.
TMP66
super stock
|
super stock
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 961
.
|
Quote:
I have no problem living in the past
Crizila,
You must have been a high roller back then, I spotted that 'Ideal' Trailer!
Remembering the past is okay as long as it's not all one does. 
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: 2boltmain]
#871117
12/05/10 02:11 PM
12/05/10 02:11 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 3,410
Belpre,Ohio
CHAPPER
master
|
master
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 3,410
Belpre,Ohio
|
I like remembering the past....
If you like drag racing, support your local track.
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: slantzilla]
#871120
12/05/10 03:43 PM
12/05/10 03:43 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 677
COLUMBUS, OH
Whompin_Wedge
mopar
|
mopar
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 677
COLUMBUS, OH
|
I don't really get this post? Im only 21 so I like hearing about the past. I like seeing the pictures of how things used to be. I like hearing the stories at the race track. The crazy street racing.. etc. Whats so wrong about seeing pictures and talking about the past? Its a learning experience for some of us. Its the grassroots of why drag racing is what it is today. They teach history throughout school... so why cant history be taught about a sport that we all love? call me crazy but i like knowing everything I can about this sport. Heck I race in Nostalgia Super Stock... A class developed so it would be "like" racing in the past... Call it living in the past or whatever you want but these cars may look the part but they all have parts from the present. So I hope you all continue to post pics and tell stories about the past and how it used to be. Like I said.. some of us were not around for it. Maybe I got this post all wrong, but this is how I took it. Casey
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: Whompin_Wedge]
#871121
12/05/10 04:21 PM
12/05/10 04:21 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
OP
Master
|
OP
Master
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
|
Quote:
I don't really get this post?
Im only 21 so I like hearing about the past. I like seeing the pictures of how things used to be. I like hearing the stories at the race track. The crazy street racing.. etc.
Whats so wrong about seeing pictures and talking about the past? Its a learning experience for some of us. Its the grassroots of why drag racing is what it is today.
They teach history throughout school... so why cant history be taught about a sport that we all love? call me crazy but i like knowing everything I can about this sport.
Heck I race in Nostalgia Super Stock... A class developed so it would be "like" racing in the past... Call it living in the past or whatever you want but these cars may look the part but they all have parts from the present.
So I hope you all continue to post pics and tell stories about the past and how it used to be. Like I said.. some of us were not around for it.
Maybe I got this post all wrong, but this is how I took it.
Casey
You basically got it right... its just that SOME
want to live the good old days ALL the time... I dont
mind it once in a while because I did enjoy those
day... even in your class they want you to use some
part or parts that are era correct and that doesnt
allow for max power..... JMO
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871122
12/05/10 04:40 PM
12/05/10 04:40 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 8,940
Holly/MI
Dean_Kuzluzski
master
|
master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 8,940
Holly/MI
|
I'm just trying to create some "Good old days" NOW with some good OLD stuff. Lets face it, old tech is fun and basic. And NOW there's more aftermarket and new tech stuff to compliment it. But when it comes to having the same old hairstyle like back in the day............that's where I draw the line. Take the good from the old and enjoy it now with the new.
R.I.P.- Gary "Coop" Davis 02/09/68-05/13/04
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: dusturbd340W5]
#871123
12/05/10 09:54 PM
12/05/10 09:54 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 232
NYC
Dartari
enthusiast
|
enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 232
NYC
|
Quote:
not to mention the world itself was a MUCH better place than this SH!THOLE we live in today.
Do you really think so between the cold war and the Vietnam war I would beg to differ.
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871125
12/05/10 10:03 PM
12/05/10 10:03 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 232
NYC
Dartari
enthusiast
|
enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 232
NYC
|
Quote:
Why is it so many of the guys want to live in the past
as in all the old pics and things of that nature...
Sure I liked it back then went I was a kid but I
never got into all of the old stuff now days ...
life moves on... just seems like some people dont
I'm not saying its a bad thing just wondering
Mr P Body you have to understand people get nostalgia for a whole host of reasons but for us car guys especially for me it brings back fond memories of friends and family we have left behind and are youthful days and seemingly simpler times it just seems today we live in a more stressfull time.
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: dusturbd340W5]
#871126
12/05/10 10:08 PM
12/05/10 10:08 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 232
NYC
Dartari
enthusiast
|
enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 232
NYC
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
not to mention the world itself was a MUCH better place than this SH!THOLE we live in today.
Do you really think so between the cold war and the Vietnam war I would beg to differ.
Sorry but yes I do think so and that's my opinion just like you have yours
Yes you are right you have that right but your perspective might be different if you feared getting drated or did get drafted to go to war.
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: KD800X]
#871130
12/06/10 10:49 AM
12/06/10 10:49 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
OP
Master
|
OP
Master
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
|
Quote:
So what are you saying here….are all threads that have to do with the past are now going to be banned on Moparts?
Nope... thats not at all what I am saying... believe
me I enjoyed the "good old days" and maybe I enjoy the
current times even better.... I'm sure I'll think
about the good old days much more when I'm on my
way out... but for me I spend more time in the current
and what needs to happen tomorrow... you know I
think I might have figured it out(a little) but if
you have spare time and just sitting around doing
nothing then thats when you start reminiscing, so
maybe I just dont allow my self that much spare time
(I am usually busy)
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#871131
12/06/10 11:03 AM
12/06/10 11:03 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 9,910
Eighty Four, PA
B G Racing
master
|
master
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 9,910
Eighty Four, PA
|
Quote:
Quote:
So what are you saying here….are all threads that have to do with the past are now going to be banned on Moparts?
Nope... thats not at all what I am saying... believe
me I enjoyed the "good old days" and maybe I enjoy the
current times even better.... I'm sure I'll think
about the good old days much more when I'm on my
way out... but for me I spend more time in the current
and what needs to happen tomorrow... you know I
think I might have figured it out(a little) but if
you have spare time and just sitting around doing
nothing then thats when you start reminiscing, so
maybe I just dont allow my self that much spare time
(I am usually busy)
 Idle hands are the devils playground  The past makes for great stories,the present and future are awaiting to become those great stories.Don't spend time remembering yesterday,when you can be accomplishing new things to talk about.It's bad when your with friends and you say did I ever tell you about the time and they all say yes in concert.It's better to say "guess what I just did or guess what I'am going to do",you will have a very attentive bunch of listeners. 
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: B G Racing]
#871132
12/06/10 12:09 PM
12/06/10 12:09 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,506
Az
Crizila
master
|
master
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,506
Az
|
Biggest problem I have with the present is getting up and down on the creeper more than 30 times a day - and the garage should be warm enough by now to continue installing my CalTracs.
Fastest 300
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: Crizila]
#871133
12/06/10 12:27 PM
12/06/10 12:27 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
OP
Master
|
OP
Master
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
|
Quote:
Biggest problem I have with the present is getting up and down on the creeper more than 30 times a day - and the garage should be warm enough by now to continue installing my CalTracs.
LOL... I put the "in the concrete" heating in my
shop and a hoist... the only way to fly... the concrete
is nice and warm.... plus the small instant boiler and pump
are quiet (very efficient)... so I dont listen to
a fan over my stereo
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: cgall]
#871136
12/06/10 02:51 PM
12/06/10 02:51 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
OP
Master
|
OP
Master
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
|
I keep it at 64*... any more than that (for me) its too warm when working.... for me if my feet are warm I'm happy
|
|
|
Re: The PAST
[Re: B G Racing]
#871137
12/06/10 05:19 PM
12/06/10 05:19 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,406
Diego-Town, CA
Diego_Ted
master
|
master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,406
Diego-Town, CA
|
Quote:
I always enjoy talking about the past and all the memorys good and bad.It is great to share all the experiences and knowledge that one aquires over many years and makes for good bench racing.I get a kick from sitting around at events and watching the faces on the younger guys as stories are being told.Still the way I reflex the past is after each day sitting back and being thankful for having had another day to enjoy and looking forward to another one tommarrow.The past is the sum of all our yesterdays leading up to who we are today and the future is what we do with all we have experienced in the past.The best is when your sitting in that rocking chair on the porch with a big grin on your face remembering all the things you did in the past and not sitting there thinking about all the things you wished you had done.We are all here for a visit,make the most of it You never know when the clock stops ticking."It's not the years in life,but the life lived in the years"Abe Lincoln 
Anyone who has been to my racing sight knows I love the past. It was simple then, a set of 50s, a 3/4 cam and a set of blackjacks and cherry bombs and you were a racer! You could go to the local track and for 10 bucks go head to head with the bigs of the local scene. You then had a weeks worth of stories for the boys! Me and my buddies have just as good of a time now a days, they just cost more and are fewer in between.
Diego
|
|
|
|
|
Ron
![6337669-DSC03266[1].JPG](/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/download/Number/92150/filename/6337669-DSC03266[1].JPG){kind=link}
