If it wasn’t for Bad Luck….

Weekend before last  the ’94 Silverado decided to give me attitude.  The wife, sister-n-law and I were heading to my mother-n-laws place to do some repairs on her house and catch up the lawn in Creston, LA.

The trip was about 2 and half hours one way and we made it all the way to Natchitoches, LA (almost there) when the Truck just shut down and coasted to a stop on the shoulder of the interstate.  After several minutes of trying to start the truck it finally cranked but was running rough and I had to stay in the gas to keep it running.  We managed to get to a gas station and then all of the sudden it decided to idle and run like nothing was wrong.  We pressed on with no problem.

On the way back I looked down checking my gages and noticed the odometer was on 99999.  I brought this to everyone’s attention in the truck and would you know it at 100030 we were back on the side of the road again.  I finally got it running and managed to make it to my sister-n-laws house were I had to leave it till the next day.

I thought the truck had a fuel starvation problem so I checked the injectors (both sprayed well), replaced the Fuel pressure regulator (no change) then I moved on to ignition.  I replaced plugs (looked rough) and did everything I thought could be a factor.

Well I was completely WRONG!  I now HATE Throttle Body Injection and ECUs.  I think I will stay Ole Skool.  After popping a battery and discovering the air/fuel module was bad (and replacing) I then discovered that the truck’s problem was it was drowning in fuel.  That’s right it was getting too much fuel!  You could unplug one of the injectors and it ran like a top!  GO FIGURE!  Wish I would have known sooner!

Needless to say I now have to replace the the ECU.  I guess it is still cheaper to do that than go with a new manifold and carb.

I just find it ironic that I just rolled over 100K miles and everything goes to shit.

If it wasn’t for bad luck…I wouldn’t have any luck at all!

Now that’s Funny Right there!

What would be a Good caption for this Picture?

The Unicorn of Mustangs…

I ran across this while surfing through photos on Flicker.  I had to research this and see if it was a custom some hippy on acid (stay away from the brown acid dude it’s bad) conjured up or an actual prototype.

Well the later is what it actually is.  Yes, Ford took the then popular Mustang and butchered it up to try to grab more of the older consumer market.  Only a small number of the cars were produced but the idea was eventually abandoned.  The 1965 Mustang Estate Wagon never saw production and was commissioned by a company called Intermeccanica.

There have been several car show sightings of this car across the U.S. as well as some articles done on the car but nothing really indepth.  Car & Driver Magazine did a piece on the car but I have yet to see it other than the cover you see here.

Rumor has it that Ford was considering revisiting this idea with the current Mustang, citing the past popularity of the Dodge Magnum.  Let’s hope they don’t!  I’m a Chevy guy myself but I hate to see even Ford make a stupid mistake like that.

Update: Catfish Festival Car Show ’09

Well there was a different cast of characters running the show this year but it was the same old routine.

The show had about 25 less cars than last year with a noticeable absence of the Monroe, LA Corvette Club.  The show was judged by a select group of participants using an official points system.  Now what part of that doesn’t stink?  Yeah that’s right, the judges made sure their cars or in one case his wife’s car won.  Needless to say, this show is still an “Ada Boy” Show and I would be really pissed if I paid an entry fee.  But I didn’t and the show continues to be free to enter.  I guess that is one of the reasons why these guys continually take advantage of this show because they think the participants are not out anything.

This show needs to be a participant judged show especially because of the size and for fairness.  Let the popular vote win and get rid of all this official-score sheet-points Bullshit and just make it a fun easy day for all.  Some people want to make things so damn difficult.  I mean it’s a Catfish Festival and not The World of Wheels! C’mon!

It was a great day just to get out and cruise in the Camaro though.  The Camaro hadn’t been out, much less started up since middle of November.  After a few whines she fired off with no problem and ran like a champ all day.  It was almost as if she needed to get out and play after a long winter.

Even though I don’t condone Street Racing I had to give a young man a lesson in Muscle Car 101.

On the way to the festival I was cruising at about 75 MPH when a new Hemi Charger Shoots past me doing at least 100 MPH.  The charger was the typical 20-something inch wheels, candy paint and bumping sound system that is the latest fad around here.  Well I thought for a second and then said to myself “I don’t think so!” and dropped her down and punched it.  I was on top of the Charger in no time and the look on the drivers face was priceless.  I’m not sure if we was shocked that I caught up with him so fast or the fact that I was casually looking over at him while doing about 120 MPH.  The driver waved basically acknowledging that he was defeated and that the lesson was learned.  He backed off and became a spec in the rearview in no time.

The Camaro was running great.  I thought for sure when I geared down to catch the Charger that I would be hitting the rev limiter but I never did.  She never missed a beat and was hitting on all eight.  Man, what a rush!  Nothing compares to Old Muscle!

Mater’s Tall Tales – Mater The Greater

Top 16 Police Quotes Taken from Police Videos Across the Country

I thought this was great and I found this on a Member’s Blog (The Intimidator) on Motortopia.  Enjoy!

16. “You know, stop lights don’t come any redder than the one you just went through.”

15. “Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they’re new. They’ll stretch after you wear them a while.”

14. “If you take your hands off the car, I’ll make your birth certificate a worthless document.”

13. “If you run, you’ll only go to jail tired.”

12. “Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? Because that’s the speed of the bullet that’ll be chasing you.”

11. “You don’t know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?”

10. “Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don’t think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I’m the shift supervisor?”

9. “Warning! You want a warning? O.K., I’m warning you not to do that again or I’ll give you another ticket.”

8. “The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?”

7. “Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and corn dogs and step in monkey poop.”

6. “Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven.”

5. “In God we trust, all others we run through NCIC.”

4. “How big were those ‘two beers’ you say you had?”

3. “No sir, we don’t have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we’re allowed to write as many tickets as we can.”

2. “I’m glad to hear that the Chief (of Police) is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail.”

AND THE WINNER IS….

1. “You didn’t think we give pretty women tickets? You’re right, we don’t. Sign here!