"You'll poke your eye out kid..." LOL -----Original Message----- >From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Jul 26, 2006 11:11 AM >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [tcb] Re: motor discussion: > >this is why i say way on down the road because i have a hard time tryin' to >stop the thing right now. mainly because i have gotten used to power disc >brakes and now i am back to old school drums. > >the main reason why i want the power is well...there isn't a reason. other >than bragging rights, that and will's DC is so damn fun. just picture a >loaded westie sitting at a stop light a rice burner pulls up they are >laughing at your rusty loaded down westie. you look at the punk ass driving >it, his fine lookin' girl friend is sitting next to him thinking about her >prom and how she totally won't look fat in her dress. you rev the motor the >guy thinks, "ah shit i got this guy" (in my bone stock civic with a fart >can) by that time all his little teeny bopper friends are staring from the >sonic parking lot. light turns green and he is being laughed at because he >got smoked by a 69 westie loaded with an old school eureka vacuum and >vintage luggage on top and rusty rockers. > >now that you have that in your head think about this. you live down the >street from the high school and all the little pricks give you the peace >sign, as if that is sooooo original, like i have never seen that before, >that sign will soon change to a thumbs up because i smoked johnny football >hero infront of the local car hop. > >hell yea i want a big motor in the ol' westy. > >this will not be a, huge wad of cash at once, project. i will gradually >save. interior comes next on the bus anyway. the motor project will be like >this: "oh someone has ____part for sale and it is what i need for my big >motor project. and eventually i will have all the parts collected and will >build that sucker. and by then i will enjoy going slow so much that i will >probably turn around and sell it to one of the tcb kids because they have >that same little dream that i once had. > > > > >>From: Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx> >>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [tcb] Re: motor discussion: >>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:42:56 -0500 >> >>I think your best bet would be to buy a Vanagon. >>I would be more concerned with how you plan to stop a loaded Westy from 75 >>mph. >>A cheap stroker crank is 600.00, a Berg is 1200.00. >>Slow down, enjoy the ride, take the back roads and down shift going up the >>hills, or >>Buy a Vanagon.......... >> >>On Jul 26, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Brian Denning wrote: >> >>> my goal is to eventually with time and money build a nice, carry the >>>bus and it's shit around at 70-75 mph >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to >get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > >