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There's sometimes a valid reason to use the 'F' word...

This is really sad, but it appears she wasn't missing on any cylinders when he stomped on it.

after speaking to people on the scene and hearing from the driver it seems the gas pedal stuck to the floor after he went into 2nd gear .. he reached down with his hand to pull the pedal up and lost control .i suppose it is possible to restore something and not take the time to make sure the gas pedal functions properly .. it was probably the first time he floored it ..it is said he does have full coverage insurance but refused to allow the police to be called to the scene .. i dont know how that works ...

Too bad he didn't switch off the ignition.

Been there, done that.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

Too bad he didn't switch off the ignition.

Been there, done that.

yeah .. the engine sat running wide open for a bit with the car on it`s roof ..i dont know if it was hurt ..

"i figured you`d have that thing running by now " .. " i figured you`d have that thing running by now " .. . boy do i get tired of hearing that ..Every day two of my neighbors come by and say that. Every day i remind them i`m in no hurry to finish it ..
. this is my " new " toy .. 78 F100 that i`m shoehorning my 429 into .. my last try did not end well as it was too new a vehicle and there were too many electronic things i could`nt fix with my torch and welder .. i knew this would be nearly a bolt in as i`ve had this same motor in a 71 truck 25 years ago .. the only issue iv`e ran across is the header fitment .. these headers are for the 97 ford truck i tried last year and are quite a bit different .. i had to cut off the second tube and join it to the first one as it ran directly into the steering box .. it was already a 400M engine so the 429 fit right up to the C6 trans .. i already had 429 frame mounts laying around .. as of now i have no intention of painting it .. if i find a job anytime soon i may .. i may smell smoke next week ..

Hoss I'm the same. I am in no hurry to get my truck done, just working on it when I have time or money, whichever is abundant !

Yep, there are those types of people everywhere which honestly believe one has to stop the world from rotating and just concentrate on ones project until finished. Sadly, life doesn't allow that to happen and those types often wonder why they are lonely and broke .

That truck looks to be in really nice shape. My projects are the same. I rarely get much time to work on them lately because I have to work on everyone else's so I can buy parts for mine.

Hoss, is that the 429 from the Mustang?

Originally Posted by 34_40

Hoss, is that the 429 from the Mustang?

yes .. i got it going yesterday .. surprise !! it has no brakes .. been sitting for 10 years .. no biggy .. but i do need to get some exhaust on it .. sounds like an old buick with a hole in the muffler .. this motor oddly has never sounded good thru open headers even with all the various vehicles it has been in .. just sounds better thru the flowmasters ..

That's good news on the startup, bad news on the brakes but I guess it's to be expected.

What became of the stang?

......... ha !!

ton .
why do we use the word ton to describe how heavy something is ? i know it means 2000 lbs but why not just say " my car weighs 4000 lbs " rather than say " my weighs 2 tons " ..it confuses me when i`m watching something on TV and the say a ship weighs 450 thousand tons ..why ? why not just say it weighs 900 thousand lbs . or is 450 thousand tons more than 900 thousand lbs ? .. see why i`m confused .. iv`e got a ton of stuff i need to do today .... how much is that ?

450 thousand tons is 900,000,000 lbs----------900,000 lbs is 450 tons

and in ship/oceans, a ton is actually a term used for how much water is displaced by the boat hull---- equals 35 cubic ft of water, 2240 lbs--also known as long ton, metric ton, etc--------