cudaken Eveing Diners Flo, give the gang and I a please, Boy Terry and Rick what they like! Winter is back! Right now it is 15 degrees and some snow but not much. Roads where a little nasty, seem's DOT was caught with there paints down this time around! Sheldon Are you sure your 0 to 60 MPH? With it being a 5 flat you quater mile time should have been around 14.3 to 13.90. Guess you did have a very low first gear raito! The lever with the red handle, was it for Over Drive? When my 68 Road Runner was stock 0 too 60 was 6.5 but quater mile was 15.2 and 93.40 MPH. She is not stock now! Ed Did you ever order and of the Wow speakers you posted about? Propane Heater Still don't like having a propane bottle in the garage! But while I am not hot I am comfortable. Lowes site says it will last 39 hours on a 20 pound bottle. I have only been using low and have used it 20 hours and bottle feels pretty lite. I am guessing around 27 hours but still well worth the cost! Train Front Got the layout cleared to where I and the Critter Control guy can get into the attic. Hate to see what is left of what we had up there! I have a complete 1970 Plymouth Cuda interior. My wife for some reason thought it would be a good place to store her familys photo album. Heat a lone will ruin the photos, been up there for 15 years plus. Later, Ken
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please, Boy Terry and Rick what they like!
Winter is back! Right now it is 15 degrees and some snow but not much. Roads where a little nasty, seem's DOT was caught with there paints down this time around!
Sheldon Are you sure your 0 to 60 MPH? With it being a 5 flat you quater mile time should have been around 14.3 to 13.90. Guess you did have a very low first gear raito! The lever with the red handle, was it for Over Drive? When my 68 Road Runner was stock 0 too 60 was 6.5 but quater mile was 15.2 and 93.40 MPH. She is not stock now!
Ed Did you ever order and of the Wow speakers you posted about?
Propane Heater Still don't like having a propane bottle in the garage! But while I am not hot I am comfortable. Lowes site says it will last 39 hours on a 20 pound bottle. I have only been using low and have used it 20 hours and bottle feels pretty lite. I am guessing around 27 hours but still well worth the cost!
Train Front Got the layout cleared to where I and the Critter Control guy can get into the attic. Hate to see what is left of what we had up there! I have a complete 1970 Plymouth Cuda interior. My wife for some reason thought it would be a good place to store her familys photo album. Heat a lone will ruin the photos, been up there for 15 years plus.
Later, Ken
Ken,
The M20 Munice 4 speed was the version used in heavy, full sized cars like Impala's. It had a lower (higher gear ratio) first gear, but the other three gears were the same as the M21, typically found in Corvette's or Chevelle's.
Typically, the stock Vette or Chevelle had 3.54 to 1 rear axle ratios with the close ratio 4 speeds, where the full sized cars typically had 3.23 to 1. So the bigger cars needed a lower first gear.
With the Nova being light, and having that trans, I could get away with the "auto trans" 3.08 to 1 rear, which gave it great fuel economy and high top end. So the bigger jump from 1st to 2nd, cut a little off the 1/4 mile times.
With a 3.23 or 3.54 rear, 1/4 mile times would have been much better. But again, I was not really into that, and the great hole shot was often what you needed on the street.......
The whole car was set up to drive everyday, handle as well as that chassis would allow, and be pretty quick under all conditions.
It was very fun to drive, and very "civilized", until you really got into it.
The red knob was a reverse lock out. It was an option you could add to the Hurst Competition Plus shifter, making it impossible to accidentally hit reverse. While many factory shifters had a reverse "latch", the Hurst did not until you added this.
Sheldon
Well, the diner is in Texas, so I guess we are talking about cars.
.
Does anyone know what else is in Texas?
DENTON, the home of happiness!
Denton, Denton, Rah, Rah, Rah!
Denton, Denton, Rah, Rah Rah!
Here is one from the vaults:
I worked very hard today. Now even smiling makes my face ache.
I will go to bed now.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190Does anyone know what else is in Texas?
Sgt Hartman would say steers, would be one.
Saw Bohemian Rhapsody tonight. How's that for a segue? Same pronunciation but Segway is a scooter. The band were never on my radar screen back in the day, but I liked some of their songs, including the title song of the movie.
The movie was very good and tastefully done on a subject that could have been portrayed more graphically. I didn't recognize at least half the songs. I would call it an uplifting movie and recommend it.
Watching skiing from Cortina Italy. It looks like the mountains were built by Malcolm Furlow. You would call the mountains over the top; unprototypical if they were on a model railroad.
The announcers still can't let go of Lindsay Vonn, who had a DNF. It was if Babe Ruth, Dale Earnhardt and Marlyn Monroe were re-encarnated into Vonn. In her career, she crashed a lot, which gives them an opportunity to replay those. She was injured back in September and it looks to me like she won't admit her career is over.
Watching the news, I saw the Rams game was in overtime. I broke the pledge and caught the interception and field goal. I'm partial to the original NFL teams. Go Rams.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Yea, KC lost in overtime to the Pats. I wanted to see the Pats get beat, almost.
I think this is the first time in decades that both championship games have gone into overtime.
Mike.
My You Tube
mbinsewiKC lost in overtime to the Pats.
Apparently with some help from the refs.
CNCharlieAnother frosty day here, it was -30C with a -40 windchill at 9 a.m.
It's kind of like Winnipeg (Winterpeg as the local Manitobans call it) here in Bradford tonight. With the wind chill it will be down to -38 C (-36.4 F)! I started out to pick Dianne and Cole up at the airport without my gloves. I didn't make it to the end of the driveway before I realized that my fingers were in severe pain so I decided not to tough it out. Thirty years ago I wouldn't have noticed. I'm getting old!
We have been lucky as far as the snow goes this winter. We have had several snow falls but none of them amounted to more than a couple of inches. We had blue skies all day today. Toronto, which is 30 miles to the south, got dumped on!
I could never understand the designs of North American manual transmission gear levers. I guess in the early days it was necessary to have a shifter that was almost 2 ft. tall but in the 60s? My MGB had a shifter that was about 7" tall above the tunnel from the factory. I shortened mine to about 4 1/2" and it still worked as smoothly as anything I have ever driven. In fact, I used to rest my hand on the shift boot and just use my thumb and index finger to shift gears. Using the clutch was almost optional. You were into the next gear before the pedal was all the way down, and the transmission lasted for well over 300,000 miles (not kms).
I just took a break while Dianne and I stepped outside to see the beginning of the 'super blood wolf' lunar eclipse. Quite the sight! The moon was indeed red (dark orange actually) and big in the sky. We didn't stay out to see the whole thing. Like I said earlier, it's -38 C outside and windy.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
-3 in Minnesota 18 below wind chill factor. It isn't till now I'm digging out the Carhartts.
Super blood wolf Moon solar eclipse tonight. My Judy and I liked it
Skol from Minnesota.... TF
Track fiddlerSuper blood wolf Moon solar eclipse tonight.
Ummm, I think you meant 'lunar' eclipse. Having a solar eclipse in the middle of the night would be pretty rare!
We saw it too. Pretty neat. Too cold to watch the whole thing unfortunately.
Yeah that was it, no matter.... wrong choice of words
Yes it was pretty cool Dave, Judy and I really enjoyed it
Speaking of lunar, When's the last time you seen one of those great big lunar moths.... I like those too
Track fiddlerSpeaking of lunar did you ever see one of those great big lunar moths.... I like those too
I have only seen one. I was about 9 or 10 years old and it had landed in a bush in front of my grandmother's house in Oshawa. I was in awe of its shear size! I am a nature lover by heart so seeing it was something that stuck in my mind. I remember being told by the adults that we should leave it alone so we didn't stress it.
That advice came back to me when we were at the Wye Marsh Birds of Prey seminar a couple of weeks ago. (That's where I had the chance to hold the eagle.) The gentleman who was giving the seminar was explaining how efficient birds of prey were at conserving their energy in the winter. They don't waste calories on pursuing anything that they can't catch. If they aren't going to profit, they don't move. That lead to Dianne and I recognizing that when we have stopped to look at red tailed hawks in the past they will usually take flight very soon after we stop if we are within a hundred yards or so. Duh! We have been forcing them to waste energy! We will just have to watch them from a greater distance from now on.
maxmanApparently with some help from the refs.
I didn't have the sound up, as I hate the TV anouncers, had music in the back round, but I kind of figured that to happen right from the start.
Go Rams!
hon30critter CNCharlie Another frosty day here, it was -30C with a -40 windchill at 9 a.m. It's kind of like Winnipeg (Winterpeg as the local Manitobans call it) here in Bradford tonight. With the wind chill it will be down to -38 C (-36.4 F)! I started out to pick Dianne and Cole up at the airport without my gloves. I didn't make it to the end of the driveway before I realized that my fingers were in severe pain so I decided not to tough it out. Thirty years ago I wouldn't have noticed. I'm getting old! We have been lucky as far as the snow goes this winter. We have had several snow falls but none of them amounted to more than a couple of inches. We had blue skies all day today. Toronto, which is 30 miles to the south, got dumped on! I could never understand the designs of North American manual transmission gear levers. I guess in the early days it was necessary to have a shifter that was almost 2 ft. tall but in the 60s? My MGB had a shifter that was about 7" tall above the tunnel from the factory. I shortened mine to about 4 1/2" and it still worked as smoothly as anything I have ever driven. In fact, I used to rest my hand on the shift boot and just use my thumb and index finger to shift gears. Using the clutch was almost optional. You were into the next gear before the pedal was all the way down, and the transmission lasted for well over 300,000 miles (not kms). I just took a break while Dianne and I stepped outside to see the beginning of the 'super blood wolf' lunar eclipse. Quite the sight! The moon was indeed red (dark orange actually) and big in the sky. We didn't stay out to see the whole thing. Like I said earlier, it's -38 C outside and windy. Dave
CNCharlie Another frosty day here, it was -30C with a -40 windchill at 9 a.m.
Dave, not sure I understand about gear shift levers? Shifter length/height is a function of seating position. Sure it is short on an MGB, you are sitting on the floor with you legs stretched out in front of you.
Even in the the lower, wider full and mid sized cars of the 60's, the seating postion was more upright, the floor shifer needed to be longer. Even most full sized cars were available with "4 on the floor" thru the 60's.
You could even get 4 on the floor in a Checker, and I did that myself to one Checker I had. It used the same long shift lever as a 55-57 Chevy.
In my Nova, I often shifted without the clutch when driving "conservatively". It would shift easily by simply letting off the gas, slip it into neutral and knowing just when to slip it in the next gear.
Personally I have never cared for the typical sports car seating position.......and I have owned lots of fast cars......
Track fiddler Yes it was pretty cool Dave, Judy and I really enjoyed it Speaking of lunar, When's the last time you seen one of those great big lunar moths.... I like those too
Lunar clipse? LION saw it knot, him went to bed. LIONS like their sleep.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
I missed the Rams pass interference, my excuse was I wasn't watching the game. What excuse did the referees have? Evidently the same.
Morning at Horseshoe
BroadwayLionLunar clipse? LION saw it knot, him went to bed. LIONS like their sleep.
In the abbey, the quiet abbey, the Lion sleeps tonight
Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh
Good Evening, Gang!
I am having difficulties entering this forum - seems to be a hit or miss thing again!
It´s quite cold in my neck of the woods and there is more cold expected for the next days, with temperatures not much above 10F - brrr! Too cold for yours truly! I had to run some errands today and it took me 30 minutes to de-ice the car. Took another 20 minutes to get my frozen fingers warmed up again!
We got a little bit of snow this afternoon, but not more than just a dusting, so the roads are clear - good!
Nothing else to report!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
We got delayed by the storm, so we got "stuck" for an extra day in Saint Martin. Gorgeous weather for our trip, but it's pretty frigid here in Delaware right now.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good Afternoon All,
Up to 10F from -1 this morning. Internet was iffy so I stayed off most of the morning. Totally overcast for the blood moon so nothing there.
I'm a Giants fan so no preference on yesterdays doings but yeah the third team wasn't brilliant in some cases. Maybe too many rules these days?
ATLANTIC CENTRALDave, not sure I understand about gear shift levers? Shifter length/height is a function of seating position. Sure it is short on an MGB, you are sitting on the floor with you legs stretched out in front of you.
Yes Sheldon, you are totally correct. When the seat is higher off the floor the shift lever has to be longer. Unfortunately that also makes the throw much longer, which was my point.
I will admit that sitting with your butt about 4" above the floor often isn't practical for a lot of people, but it sure was fun!!
With my fused spine I doubt that I could even get into an MGB with the top up these days. I can barely bend my neck enough to get into our Odyssey. Getting into a typical sedan is even worse.
Good late afternoon everybody . Wow ! It’s busy here Today.
Hello Dave, Lion, Sheldon, JR, Mike, Henry, Maxman, Ulrich , and Mr B .. (I hope I named each of you who posted today. )
Luner eclipse. Missed it here . Cloudy.
Sports cars.... When I was a kid, many Dad had a Mercedes 300SL gullwing. It was a bit difficult for him to get in it. He was a sports car enthusiast . He belonged to SCCA and he took me to a couple of races in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin. ... Now I have an old Porsche, but I’m not much of a sports car enthusiast. ... Midel railroading is more than enough to keep me busy.
Mr. B ... I hope you enjoyed St Martin.
Texas ... What happened to this month’s theme ? Not much posted about TX.
Model Railroad ... I finally had some time for some of that. I worked on my coal mine project some, and other stuff too.
Happy model railroading , everybody .
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
hon30critter ATLANTIC CENTRAL Dave, not sure I understand about gear shift levers? Shifter length/height is a function of seating position. Sure it is short on an MGB, you are sitting on the floor with you legs stretched out in front of you. Yes Sheldon, you are totally correct. When the seat is higher off the floor the shift lever has to be longer. Unfortunately that also makes the throw much longer, which was my point. I will admit that sitting with your butt about 4" above the floor often isn't practical for a lot of people, but it sure was fun!! With my fused spine I doubt that I could even get into an MGB with the top up these days. I can barely bend my neck enough to get into our Odyssey. Getting into a typical sedan is even worse. Dave
ATLANTIC CENTRAL Dave, not sure I understand about gear shift levers? Shifter length/height is a function of seating position. Sure it is short on an MGB, you are sitting on the floor with you legs stretched out in front of you.
Dave, you need a FORD FLEX. My wife has Rheumatiod Arthritis, she gets in and out of the FLEX easily. The seats are right where you want them, not too high, not too low. The roof is high, the doors are big, the boxy design makes everything about it space efficient.
It has a more upright seating position and a more upright windshield making it feel very spacious inside, but not as high as most vans like the Odyssey.
I have driven the car for nearly 8 hours straight and not felt fatigued.
It rides and handles like a car, an amazingly sporty car for a 4800 lb station wagon.
And the version we have with the eccoboost engine is plenty fast enough, 15 sec 1/4 mile. It is also all wheel drive with a 6 speed paddle shifter auto trans.
The Odyssey is a very nice vehicle, I have driven them, and Honda makes great cars, but they still feel like a nose heavy front wheel drive van in my view.
I not really a fan of front wheel drive, cars or vans. I have never cared for the torque steer effect most of them have to one degree or another.
Now on our third full time all wheel drive car, I'm sold.
Take care,
Flo, give the gang and I a please!
Sheldon Like I said you had a pretty deep first gear.
Far as stick shift levers you have not seen long till you see a Mopar B Body Pistol Grip Shifter! Tried to post a photo but dag could not get it done. I have one in my Road Runner and it is 30" long.
Strang Home Problem and I am $181.00 deeper in debit. We have been having humanty problems for a while and get some mildew in the corner where the wall meets the roof on the outside front of the house in the bedroom. The dehumidifier seem to take care of that. Then the front door started sticking when it got cold, I even saw water drops on the door. So I moved the dehumidifier to the living room and after 12 hours door opened just fine!
Today I looked up at the bedroom ceiling and saw Water Droplets? What gives? So I bought another dehumidifier to the tune of $181.00. Water droplets seem to be from the inside and sheet rock is not soaked with water? Any ideas folks?
I should live in a car, them I understand!
Later Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken What gives?
Sounds like just way to much humidity. You need to get a hygrometer, so you can monitor whats going on. They are not expensive.
I used to know right off the top of my head how much moister humans and their daily living give off, it's a staggering amount, especilaly this time of year when everything is closed up. As a home inspector, I've seens lots of this. People like to keep the humidity high in their homes during the winter because it "feels" warmer, and breathing seems easier, and the wood work isn't drying out, along with a host of other reasons.
You should try to keep humidity levels no higher than 50%. Any more than that shows up like what your seeing, and also promotes growth of bacteria and other microscopic creatures.
Bathroom and kitchen should be ventilated with a fan, and NO exhaust fans should vent to the atic. Which maybe you should check, and make sure moisture isn't dripping of the rafters, as well, and if there is any signs of moisture, you need to add more roof vents, and make sure there are no air leaks from the first floor to the atic. (assuming you have a 1 story like a ranch) Your atic should be about the same temperature as the outside.
Thats my take on whats going on, Ken.
if there is no water leaking in from above, the water droplets point to another problem you may have in that room - the temperature at the ceiling must have fallen to the level of the dew point, which means water vapor is condensing at the ceiling, causing the vapor to build the droplets. This could indicate an insulation problem.
Hello Diners,
Brunhilda, coffee with cream, please . it is frosty out.
I just never could get completely adapted to Chicago winters.
you folks north of the 49th would scoff, but it is in single digits or at least low low double digits and I'm shivering,...in the house.
I had a Fiat 850 coupe back in the day. It was manual, which is what I prefer. I never had to worry about taking on Porsches, but it was fun to drive. I think a lot of those little cars only had like 7 or 8 inch shift lever, now that you mention it.
Ray: you have Crowns? Those are good amps. Best suited for sound systems. There were some Bay Area bands that experimented with those and MacIntoshes for instruments. They proved not to work well for guitars because they were too clean. Oddly enough if you're a guitar player, you want the wave to clip. That's what gives you the sustain and natural distortion. That's why many guitar amps have a channel volume and a master volume. Crank the channel to distort and control the output with the master. Bass on the other hand..... I suppose most of you guys already know this.
No MRR stuff to report. Just yearning for spring.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
cudakenToday I looked up at the bedroom ceiling and saw Water Droplets? What gives?
You have been using the propane heater in the garage? Burning propane gives off lots of moisture. Can the air from the garage/layout room migrate into the house? Probably. Since nothing else changes and this is the same insulation/drywall you have since you moved in the only thing that changed was using all that propane.
http://blog.mlive.com/home_improvement/2007/10/ventless_propane_wall_heater_c.html
Do you have a good, working CO detector? I hope
On the TCS speaker, Ken. I'm waiting for one of the online sellers, MB Klein or Tony's to make them available rather than buy direct from TCS .
Goopd Luck, Ed
BigDaddySgt Hartman would say steers, would be one.
Good one. You saw my Rocky Horror Picture Show and raised me a Full Metal Jacket.
Eee-um-whea,
Oooooohhhwheeeeoooo deedle de dum bun bun whea
Probably didn't get that right and I probably would sound terrible in falsetto trying to hit the notes but anyways.
Evening diners,
Keepin' busy, Sheldon nice to see you in here.
JR, GO GIANTS! I personally don't like the NFL too much but if I've gotta root for somebody it's the Giants.
All the people of the WhoDat Nation are having conniption fits down here over the missed call, the local news even had a segment on how to "get over" the loss, people put too much value into the game.
I'm about to purchase the block for my junkyard dog po'boy stroker build, I'm contemplating following RoadKills lead and putting a Powerstroke turbo on it for some extra kick, I'm doing mostly junkyard/stock parts for now to make more power than I am, and to have a basis to learn and make mistakes, if I mess up 50 dollar heads from the pullapart no biggie, mess up a set of AFRs, I'd be kicking myself till kingdom come!
It's time for an oil change too on the old 302, and the other day I had put the OD lockout on for a little jaunt down a country highway, (believe it or not but when driving in a spirited fashion the trans doesn't go into OD till around 85-90 which is also top end. Anyways when I got home I noticed some power steering fluid had spewed out the cap on the pump and into the engine bay, I topped it up and it hasn't happened again, my PS pump always whines so is this related? Should I be getting ready to replace it?
Nothing to report train wise.
Well that's all folks!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Good Morning!
Again, a cold day, but I do enjoy the brightness. We are above 8 hours of daylight now, which makes me feel a little better than just a couple of weeks ago!
Nothing planned for the day, maybe watching some train videos on my `puter!
Like this one:
Humorously narrated with a British accent of the finest!