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Old 08-21-2008, 09:16 PM   #1
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just for laughs

thought some of yall might think find this funny

today we had our meet the players night for football and the parking lot was extra packed so when i drove my 1972 step side with a 350 and flowmasters out of the lot i set off three car alarms which had a ripple affect and before i made it out i had the whole football team laughing and all the parents pissed

here are some pic from a driving school held by hpd they had a 40' skid pad
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Old 08-21-2008, 09:32 PM   #2
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Re: just for laughs

You need a sway bar!

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Old 08-21-2008, 09:47 PM   #3
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Re: just for laughs

i "need" alot of things
but yeah a sway bar is in the top ten
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Old 08-21-2008, 09:50 PM   #4
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Re: just for laughs

i say SWEET!

that looks like a lot of fun, and a nice truck too!
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Old 08-21-2008, 10:39 PM   #5
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Re: just for laughs

Hope you didn't have your seat Armor-alled up. Would have made driving that a bit more interesting, even with seat belts on LOL Looks like fun!
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Old 08-21-2008, 10:42 PM   #6
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That looks like a lot of fun! I think if I tried that my wheels would fall off
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Old 08-22-2008, 12:27 AM   #7
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man i've done that, and i blew a motor. that and too many burnouts with a bad oil pump that night. none the less looks fun, gotta love setting off car alarms. i used to park next to people that had alarms so i could set em off when i started my truck up

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Old 08-22-2008, 09:00 AM   #8
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Re: just for laughs

FYI sway bars from 73-87 truck will bolt onto our trucks. The catch is you need the frame stands that are riveted to the donor frame, so you need a torch, grinder or other method to remove the stand rivets. with all of the donor trucks in the wrecking yard, there is not much reason to not have a sway bar on our trucks... the handling improvement is like night and day!
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Old 08-22-2008, 09:19 AM   #9
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FYI sway bars from 73-87 truck will bolt onto our trucks. The catch is you need the frame stands that are riveted to the donor frame, so you need a torch, grinder or other method to remove the stand rivets. with all of the donor trucks in the wrecking yard, there is not much reason to not have a sway bar on our trucks... the handling improvement is like night and day!
ok didnt know that thanks
yeah i have both a cutting torch and a grinder so i will have to pick that up asap

right now i am in the process of adding a edelbrock pro flo EFI and a 5 speed trans for gas milage

i am currently running a edelbrock carb with a 3.73 rear end gear and getting 9.5 for gas millage, since it is my daily driver this must change so...
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Old 08-22-2008, 09:23 AM   #10
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Hope you didn't have your seat Armor-alled up. Would have made driving that a bit more interesting, even with seat belts on LOL Looks like fun!
no normaly dont have tons of armor-all on my seat cause it is a daily drive

but yeah it was a hold on tight deal because i have a bench so no bolsters to hold me in but at least i have a shoulder belt
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Old 08-22-2008, 11:03 AM   #11
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I just installed a swaybar on a 71 that I'm working on. If I'd tried that with the truck back when I drove it everyday, the rusted cab mounts would probably let go and the seat belts just held me in while cab and I went one way and everything else the other way.
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I just installed a swaybar on a 71 that I'm working on. If I'd tried that with the truck back when I drove it everyday, the rusted cab mounts would probably let go and the seat belts just held me in while cab and I went one way and everything else the other way.
Ha! That would probably happen to me if I threw a sway bar on my truck right now!
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Old 08-23-2008, 08:52 PM   #13
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yeah is was a blast is was funny cause each car had an instructor and my mine kept asking if i had a water bottle somewhere in the car cause he heard a sloshing i finally figured that he was talking about the gas tank behind the seat
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