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Ashton · 09-01-2003, 03:11 AM

Here's a good one......

Back in high school I had a 1970 Ford XL convertible, I had it all done up nice.... pumped up engine, shift kit, headers..... Anyway one night my girlfriend and I were crusing with the top down and up ahead I spot this really nice 69 Camaro, so I speed up to check it out...... as I get alongside the guy looks over at me and laughs then drops down into first gear and punches it, now mind I didn't want to race.... I just wanted to look at his car, but when he laughed at me I got pissed and dropped ole blue into first as well...... so of we go winding out first, he pops into second and starts to leave me.... I pop into second and start to catch up, so there we are hauling ass and as second tops out I go to hit third and so does he..... KABOOM! I hit third and pulled away while he sputtered to a stop...... I drove up few blocks then turned around and went back to see him standing there with the hood up, antifreeze pouring out.... steam everywhere. It turns out that the Camaro belonged to his brother who was in the Army somewhere, and it had "Lightning Rod" shifters..... one shifter handle for each gear, he had yanked first instead of third after winding out second the harmonic balancer had spun off the crank and bounced around in the flex fan, bending the blades out and ripping a big hole in the radiator then smashing down onto the lower radiator hose and ripping that off too..... probally did more damage but it was too dark to see.

09-01-2003, 03:11 AM	#53 (permalink)
Ashton PORNHOUND Location: California	Here's a good one...... Back in high school I had a 1970 Ford XL convertible, I had it all done up nice.... pumped up engine, shift kit, headers..... Anyway one night my girlfriend and I were crusing with the top down and up ahead I spot this really nice 69 Camaro, so I speed up to check it out...... as I get alongside the guy looks over at me and laughs then drops down into first gear and punches it, now mind I didn't want to race.... I just wanted to look at his car, but when he laughed at me I got pissed and dropped ole blue into first as well...... so of we go winding out first, he pops into second and starts to leave me.... I pop into second and start to catch up, so there we are hauling ass and as second tops out I go to hit third and so does he..... KABOOM! I hit third and pulled away while he sputtered to a stop...... I drove up few blocks then turned around and went back to see him standing there with the hood up, antifreeze pouring out.... steam everywhere. It turns out that the Camaro belonged to his brother who was in the Army somewhere, and it had "Lightning Rod" shifters..... one shifter handle for each gear, he had yanked first instead of third after winding out second the harmonic balancer had spun off the crank and bounced around in the flex fan, bending the blades out and ripping a big hole in the radiator then smashing down onto the lower radiator hose and ripping that off too..... probally did more damage but it was too dark to see.