Morning coffee

[LAUDY57]

The addresses would be great Rich. Don't know which park we'll go to. I agree about the traffic here. It's interesting how the traffic after the races (drag and oval) is handled here. After the NASCAR race last year we thought we were going to be in Palm Springs before we got back on the highway to head back southeast. Last weekend, when we left the dragstrip we had to go in about a 7 or 8 mile circle to get right back to the highway exit that we used when we arrived at the track. Forgot to mention, when we walked into the pits on Friday morning we stumbled onto a spot where all the lower class cars were stopping to do the fuel samples. Open header heaven! Standing right next to the cars was great! There was a late model mega cube Hemi Charger that rattled my old bones when it fired up!
There's lots of cruises at night, next one is Friday night in Chandler and in Gilbert then of course the Pavillion on Sat night. It is still kinda weird walking around in the evenings in shirtsleeves at this time of year, sorry to bring this up for anyone dealing with the winter weather, but it sure is pleasant for us none S. Cal guys. Racin' and cruises, almost every day- this place is fantastic!

[RICH MUISE]

Both of the North locations are north of where the 101 crosses I17. I'll try to scan and post a map. OK, that worked. The N21st st number is 22201 N. 21st. If you've seen the Desert Valley shows on TV, that is where they have the auctions and have a handfull of cars there. A few miles North of there is their later model Salvage Yard and project car lot with several hundred cars usually for sale in their project car area. That address is 23811 N 7th ave.
The Casa Grande location is about 60 miles south of Phoenix off I10. This is where the older cars, 80's and older are.

[Zapato]

guaranteed to blow your socks off ...........

www.yahoo.com/news/watch-hennessy-venom-gt-hit-270-mph-video/1400010089html

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[RICH MUISE]

My socks are still on..it would not load. but did watch it this morning on Yahoo. awesome car. Anybody here put their downpayment down on one?

[Ford Blue blood]

Not yet, can't find the piggy bank.....

[RICH MUISE]

Can't be too hard to find if you got enough in it for a hennessey downpayment. It'll be the BIG one.
Cold again here yesterday and today...70 one day, 30's the next, back to 60's, down to 30...at least we get a few warm days now and then.
One week to go before Phoenix...gonna be a long week. We've got a good car show here in town this weekend..the Make-a-wish show. Biggest one in our area annually. Pat and his family usually have some entries.

[JimNolan]

How you mentioned 55 and 56 with the 57. I have seen other people refer to 55-56-57 as the Ford tri-5's. But I think the 57-58-59 are more similar. Does anyone else agree with me on this? Or am I missing something?

The 1957 Ford was the beginning of a whole new type of car. Henry Ford II (whichever one) decided Ford cars needed to appeal to women as much as men because women influenced the purchases made by the men. So, Henry Ford II demanded his engineers design a car that a 5' 2" woman could stand bare footed on the ground and see across the top of the car. They did this by widening the frame and seating the passengers down between the frame. This made the car look wider and definitely lower that the competition. That's also why the front footprint of a 57 is 3" wider than the back. The 57, 58, and 59 enjoy this same concept. Up until this time, cars were built on top of the frame. The 56 only contribution to the 57 as far as body were the power steering rams, rear view mirrors, outside mirrors and ash trays. Those too were changed after the left over 56 parts ran out. BTW: The safety aspect of using the frame to protect the passengers was not a design concept. It was an unintentional asset due to lowering the car.

[57 Ford Kustom]

Jim,
   Great info! It is always nice to here the history on our cars. Thanks again!
Tim

[RICH MUISE]

Hiball/Bob/Rob....Guys, keep calm, don't panic, but that stuff that may be falling out of the sky in your areas is known in most other parts of the country as......................RAIN.

[hiball3985]

Hiball/Bob/Rob....Guys, keep calm, don't panic, but that stuff that may be falling out of the sky in your areas is known in most other parts of the country as......................RAIN.

Thanks for refreshing my memory Rich, I couldn't for the life of me figure out what the puffy things in the sky that were leaking were 

[57AGIN]

Rich & hiball3985:

Still waiting for the wet stuff near Long Beach.  Maybe tomorrow. lol

I saw the thread above about going to the Phoenix races.  I must agree the throttle stop 8.90 & 9.90 classes are just not my cup of tea, either.  I understand why heads up racing in the multi-numerous stock classes can no longer be arranged, like they were back in the 60's.  Back then my Mustang ran in a class with 14 or 15 other similarly equipped cars, so heads up racing was what I learned on.  Now days in the stock and super stock classes it isn't unusual to see a 9 second car paired up with a 15 second car.  Both go balls to the wall until the end of the strip and then the brake lights come on.  It's way more fun to watch and race in.  You definitely have to know what your car is capable of running and make sure you run that number consistently.  I really love watching a SS/K 1965 Mustang stand up on the rear bumper when the light turns green, even on the relatively narrow (9" tires I believe) slicks.  John Calvert's CalTrac bars really do work.  Or Ford vs Chevy, Ford vs Mopar, etc.  While the wheelies don't really make the car go any faster, look at the Pro-Stock cars going 6.50's at 200 + mph.  It sure seems more exciting to me.  These photos were taken this year at the Winter Nationals, fun, fun, fun.

Bob
57 AGIN

[electricalan]

I never get a chance to forget the rain,my basement sump pump has been running for weeks.We have had lots and lots of downpours.Looking forward to july and august when we have several days without rain.Usually always rains on the fourth of july though.It must be a fire safety thing.

[Zapato]

OK! get ready to laugh. Guessing and hoping someone here will have an answer for me. Need to know if a 1971 Pinto 2.0 cylinder head and 2.3 are interchangeable. And if the 1973 Mustang 2.3 head is the same as the pinto. Down to the last nut and bolt.Hopefully someone has a Hollander or other resource manual and can answer this for me.

And no its not going into my 57...........

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[hiball3985]

OK! get ready to laugh. Guessing and hoping someone here will have an answer for me. Need to know if a 1971 Pinto 2.0 cylinder head and 2.3 are interchangeable. And if the 1973 Mustang 2.3 head is the same as the pinto. Down to the last nut and bolt.Hopefully someone has a Hollander or other resource manual and can answer this for me.

And no its not going into my 57...........

Zap-

I just knew there had to be one. Ask at their forum maybe.
http://www.fordpinto.com/

[LAUDY57]

Rich, I hope everything works out for your wife and you, what you described is definitely a stress builder.
We'll see what happens, hope for the best.