Merry Christmas Pete!

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

This reminds me of the days when a ten-year-old Pete Guthrie terrorized the paddock at Rocky Mt with his R/C cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhIinngs ... r_embedded

steve remchak · **Posted:** Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:48 pm

nice floors...........

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:38 pm

you ever see the rc tractor pulls. people build custom rc frames for a tractor.. then put three of four weedwhacker motors on it. run it through a single tranny, to the rear tires.. and sled pull with it, full steering and everything. anything from rc wankels to weedwhacker motors. great stuff. lots of two stroke smoke, because they are tuned so high.

also.. i found rodney wrights new car..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YNBLnzWRUY

its a old galaxie 500. the 427 side oiler and everything.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:39 pm

i used to race rc cars, offroad and on circle track carpet. i guess that is where the speed bug bit me. was very early on.

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

Pete Guthrie wrote:

also.. i found rodney wrights new car..

He'll have to fight me for it. That is too cool.

I took a look at the dealership's inventory. Thank heaven these cars are already sold:

http://www.flemingsultimategarage.com/1 ... -c-137.htm This is a real sleeper.

http://www.flemingsultimategarage.com/1 ... c-1265.htm Love those Laser Stripes!

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:31 pm

the 428 has 390 hp. not 500 like the 427. however.. the torque is the same. real monster in that respect. the torino looks like the turner and hooch car. even though it was a amc

RodneyWright · **Posted:** Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:16 pm

I'm digging the torino w/ the stripes, that's too cool....

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

Pete Guthrie wrote:

the 428 has 390 hp. not 500 like the 427. however.. the torque is the same. real monster in that respect.

Perhaps we can spend 30 or 35 pages in this thread discussing the merits of the FE (Ford-Edsel) series motors

There were quite a few variants of this mid-sized V8, sold in the US from 1958 to 1976 in multiple displacements: 332, 352, 360, 361, 390, 406, 410, 427, and 428.

Warning to German and Japanese car fans - you might find this boring. If so, please feel free to return to your musings on the differences (if any) between BMW F10 and Nissan F10 automobiles.

steve remchak · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:20 am

look what i will be driving in march.............

JohnByers · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:06 am

Body roll!

steve remchak · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:43 am

JohnByers wrote:

Body roll!

they say they have cured that to some extent. plus better brakes too.

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