Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

Imagine, if you can, that your parents had I-phones and the internet. What would your grandparents would have said about their generation.

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Well surprisingly, we've moved on from cyclists & how much horsepower your car doesn't make to focus on which generation is solely responsible for ruining the country. 🙄
Sir, there are a lot of problems in the world and the Bear Pit is where they are solved.
 
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Yikes. Stop spending money on power and start some suspension testing



I was lucky to learn from some successful racers. For drag racing, getting the power applied in the shortest line from A to B is one of the keys.

I really had a blast in the mid-60's to mid-70's muscle car era. You could sit/stand in the engine bay on some cars. They were common sense designs that kicked ass. If you could get tire/shock/spring(bar)/drivetrain to work, you'd have fun. I've never gone faster than mid 8's in the 1/4 in a car and 9's on a bike but that's fast enough to get a pump.
 
I was lucky to learn from some successful racers. For drag racing, getting the power applied in the shortest line from A to B is one of the keys.

I really had a blast in the mid-60's to mid-70's muscle car era. You could sit/stand in the engine bay on some cars. They were common sense designs that kicked ass. If you could get tire/shock/spring(bar)/drivetrain to work, you'd have fun. I've never gone faster than mid 8's in the 1/4 in a car and 9's on a bike but that's fast enough to get a pump.
Nice. I decided to use my mechanical aptitude on factory cars instead of racing stuff. The only thing I’ve done is help my dad and uncle on my uncle’s dragster a little. And I don’t think I have the patience for any sort of racing, I have too many other interests. It’s all cool as shit though and takes waaaay more thought than most people think
 
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I was lucky to learn from some successful racers. For drag racing, getting the power applied in the shortest line from A to B is one of the keys.

I really had a blast in the mid-60's to mid-70's muscle car era. You could sit/stand in the engine bay on some cars. They were common sense designs that kicked ass. If you could get tire/shock/spring(bar)/drivetrain to work, you'd have fun. I've never gone faster than mid 8's in the 1/4 in a car and 9's on a bike but that's fast enough to get a pump.
By no means a dragster lol

But my father used to straddle the inline 6 of our maverick when he worked on it in the driveway.

Had a couple of 4x4’s he’d tell us to line up for his feet.
 
By no means a dragster lol

But my father used to straddle the inline 6 of our maverick when he worked on it in the driveway.

Had a couple of 4x4’s he’d tell us to line up for his feet.

My mom had a 1970 Maverick with the 250 straight 6. What a great car. First car we got over 100, learned to jump it on a steep crested hill near our house, used it to run from the cops.

Those were great times!
 
My mom had a 1970 Maverick with the 250 straight 6. What a great car. First car we got over 100, learned to jump it on a steep crested hill near our house, used it to run from the cops.

Those were great times!
I think my dad paid for the 14” radial tires over the standard 13’s

Later on when we couldn’t afford shit we had a chunk of 6x6 for the parking brake. Used it as a chock
 
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