I was standing in line waiting to place an order for some special culinary treat my wife had requested I pick up,
when I got a tap on the shoulder from the guy standing in line behind me,
I would never have recognized him , I had by chance run into a guy at a local deli that I had not seen since college ,
he tapped me on the shoulder and asked If my name was PAUL?
I at first did not recognize him until he told me his name,
and then as I still, could not place the face
(remember I was 20-to-25 back then same as this guy
(lots of gray whiskers and an extra 60 lbs)
but then I have no clue how he recognized me as Id also put on 50 lbs since college.
but when he said.....JEFF....blue 1968 dart you helped install a 440 wedge into....I instantaneous got a flash back!
wow, I remember helping him install a 440 mopar engine he got out of a wrecked car, in his 1968 dart ,
I had installed a stroked 496 BBC in a 1965 lemans and he was one of the guys I hung out with back then,
he was impressed with my mechanical skills
(I don,t know why I was clueless back then)
I had not seen this guy since about 1974 .. thats 44 years ago.
he then said .. I still can't believe your lemans beat my 440 dart, back then, I could not believe a Pontiac could get up and scoot like that...
(I still can.t believe after all these decades he remembers ... or thinks the lemans had a Pontiac engine..)
yeah I had 389 stickers, the engine was painted pontiac blue and Id deliberately used Pontiac air cleaners and it had a corvette tri power ,
to simulate a 389 GTO engine, but honestly,
a 396-427-496 BBC does not look much like a pontiac engine.
well I exchanged phone numbers and Maybe we can get back together for some coffee.
related threads
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...-resulting-from-an-engine-swap.898/#post-3239
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...you-regret-selling-the-most.13116/#post-68384
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...s-back-you-owned-years-back.12118/#post-58323
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...et-it-and-try-to-buy-it-back.9797/#post-37140
when I got a tap on the shoulder from the guy standing in line behind me,
I would never have recognized him , I had by chance run into a guy at a local deli that I had not seen since college ,
he tapped me on the shoulder and asked If my name was PAUL?
I at first did not recognize him until he told me his name,
and then as I still, could not place the face
(remember I was 20-to-25 back then same as this guy
(lots of gray whiskers and an extra 60 lbs)
but then I have no clue how he recognized me as Id also put on 50 lbs since college.
but when he said.....JEFF....blue 1968 dart you helped install a 440 wedge into....I instantaneous got a flash back!
wow, I remember helping him install a 440 mopar engine he got out of a wrecked car, in his 1968 dart ,
I had installed a stroked 496 BBC in a 1965 lemans and he was one of the guys I hung out with back then,
he was impressed with my mechanical skills
(I don,t know why I was clueless back then)
I had not seen this guy since about 1974 .. thats 44 years ago.
he then said .. I still can't believe your lemans beat my 440 dart, back then, I could not believe a Pontiac could get up and scoot like that...
(I still can.t believe after all these decades he remembers ... or thinks the lemans had a Pontiac engine..)
yeah I had 389 stickers, the engine was painted pontiac blue and Id deliberately used Pontiac air cleaners and it had a corvette tri power ,
to simulate a 389 GTO engine, but honestly,
a 396-427-496 BBC does not look much like a pontiac engine.
well I exchanged phone numbers and Maybe we can get back together for some coffee.
related threads
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...-resulting-from-an-engine-swap.898/#post-3239
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...you-regret-selling-the-most.13116/#post-68384
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...s-back-you-owned-years-back.12118/#post-58323
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...et-it-and-try-to-buy-it-back.9797/#post-37140
