LOL Pic Thread (NO POLITICS)

KRS_SN · 06-09-2021, 03:18 AM

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Machinebuilder · 06-09-2021, 09:32 AM

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Efthreeoh · 06-09-2021, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by flybigjet

A 1971.5 Ford Pinto was the first new car my father ever bought. Bright red, black interior with a black vinyl top-- it still had the hatch, but with half-glass instead of the later full-glass.

He drove it for DECADES-- even took it to Japan for five years on a military assignment. It pretty much drove terribly until we finally figured out that Ford had half-arsed the smog controls to be able to sell it in CA. We pulled all of that junk off and put in a new carburator-- it was like a completely different car after that.

It was also the car that I learned how to drive a MT with. My dad took me to the local (empty) community college parking lot on a weekend, demonstrated how to work the gears, got out and went over to a bench with a paper and said "Come back and pick me up when you figure it out."

A few months later, I got to learn how to change a clutch as well.

He did get rear-ended on the way home from work in the mid-80's (before the gas tank shield recall). You'd have thought he would have gone up like a buddhist monk, but he just had a backyard mechanic straighten out where he got crumpled, repainted it and pressed on.

I drove that car all the way through college, and that's what taught me to be a mechanic. Dad would help pay for parts, but not labor. If I didn't want to walk, I had to learn how to fix it. That baby 4-banger was about as simple of an engine as you could get without using hamsters, so it was a good car for a (pre-internet) kid to learn on.

All in all, dad really got his money's worth out of it-- it had its flaws, but it did our family well for almost 20 years.

R.

2.0L or the Kent 1.6?

flybigjet · 06-09-2021, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

2.0L or the Kent 1.6?

My dad was NOT wealthy and wouldn't have ever paid for an upgraded motor-- IIRC, it was the Kent 1.6. I think that was the one with pair of field mice instead of a brace of hamsters? It could barely get out of its way, and you *really* had to row that old four-speed MT to get it up a hill. It made a fair bit of sound, but not much in the way of thrust. I'm pretty sure I lost a race to a Huffy once on the way to school.

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Murf993 · 06-09-2021, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by flybigjet

My dad was NOT wealthy and wouldn't have ever paid for an upgraded motor-- IIRC, it was the Kent 1.6. I think that was the one with pair of field mice instead of a brace of hamsters? It could barely get out of its way, and you *really* had to row that old four-speed MT to get it up a hill. It made a fair bit of sound, but not much in the way of thrust. I'm pretty sure I lost a race to a Huffy once on the way to school.

R.

The first new car my dad bought was a Pinto, it was that Cheddar cheese colour. He eventually painted it red which was much better. I was working on that car for him as he wasn't mechanical at all. I only drove it a few times because he traded it about the time I was learning to drive. I did learn to do repairs on it though.

Maynard · 06-09-2021, 06:31 PM

My friend's brother had a Vega with a SB Chevy in it - talk about a death trap. First car I ever saw do a true wheel stand though.

TKDbilly · 06-09-2021, 07:21 PM

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rwheels · 06-09-2021, 08:11 PM

Lady Jane · 06-10-2021, 05:43 AM

Good morning peeps...

Efthreeoh · 06-10-2021, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by flybigjet

My dad was NOT wealthy and wouldn't have ever paid for an upgraded motor-- IIRC, it was the Kent 1.6. I think that was the one with pair of field mice instead of a brace of hamsters? It could barely get out of its way, and you *really* had to row that old four-speed MT to get it up a hill. It made a fair bit of sound, but not much in the way of thrust. I'm pretty sure I lost a race to a Huffy once on the way to school.

R.

I had four Pinto's over my early driving career. One had the Kent. Completely different car than the 2.0 L "Pinto" motor. Dog fricking slow was the 1.6L Kent.

rwheels · 06-10-2021, 08:41 AM

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Good morning peeps...

Nice errr, necklace. Yeah, that's what I noticed.

kscarrol · 06-10-2021, 02:49 PM

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Nice errr, necklace. Yeah, that's what I noticed.

Necklace? Clearly you lack the eye to notice a very concerning mole…. I think Dr. kscarrol needs to conduct a thorough physical exam.

TheWatchGuy · 06-10-2021, 03:46 PM

Uber Commuter · 06-10-2021, 04:11 PM

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To be fair, those new warnings are there due to the actions of previous generations as well...

Lady Jane · 06-11-2021, 06:22 AM

Friday morning coffee be like...

Captain Blood · 06-11-2021, 11:33 AM

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Buug959 · 06-11-2021, 11:39 AM

Horsepower

Esteban · 06-11-2021, 11:57 AM

A peek under the hood. (An old pic)

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Buug959 · 06-11-2021, 04:52 PM

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