Re: Joe-Bob Goez Racin'

[AUDIDUDI@delphi.com]

> Don't you find that the panache of driving a Gremlin with string tied 
> to the wipers (to aid the return stroke - like my sister's old car) is 
> hard to equal with the Eagle?  Aaaaahhh, those were the days!

Gremlins came with wipers?  I thought those were an optional extra...
 
> Many on this list would surely write pages extolling the virtues of 
> press-on numbers, which are much longer-lasting than shoe polish.  
> Consider this seriously if your budget will permit!

Well, since it's only 14-some miles from the start to finish of Pike's Peak,
I figure the shoe polish numbers will last just fine ... and with the money 
I save, I can buy some of those resistor-type thingies over at Earl's Radio
& TV Shak and get him to modify my car's computer for more power.  I have a
cousin, Bob-Bob, who swears that's all it takes ('course he hasn't been the
same since that Beddor fellow reneged on a deal to sell him a Quattro Sport
from his collection for $5500.  I can't imagine spending that much on a car
... heck, you can buy a couple of school buses for that kind of money!).

> That's certainly true.  You might consider filling up your windshield 
> waser reservoir with methanol and hooking the output hose to your 
> carburetor.  This sophisticated modification is favored by many who 
> want that extra "burst of pistons/power" when topping the hill.  Just 
> push the washer button and it's "YEE-haw".

Hmmm ... I filled mine with another type of alcohol but it's still "Yee-haw"
time whenever I push the button.  Only holds a quart or so, though...
  
> And for extra power, I guess you better buy some Slick 50, 
> Teflonstuff, and all the other oil treatments you can find on the 
> shelf.  Just dump 'em all in and see if that doesn't give you a fw 
> extra HP by reducing friction.

Come on ... you must think I'm some kind of hick from the sticks: Yes, I've
already added Slick 50, Restore, Marvel Mystery Oil and STP to my oil (only
room for one quart because of all the other stuff) and some Tom Collins mix
to my windshield bottle.  Or have I got that backwards?  

> If that doesn't work, consider making one out of 2x4's - much easier 
> to work with and you kin cut'em to fit just right inside that 
> driver compartment.  Make sure to put em together with deck screws, 
> though - the vibrations will shake nails loose.

My other cousin, Ferlin, suggested this but recommended 4x4s instead of 2x4s
... he said if it was good enough for Volvo, it should be good enough for me
and my AMC!
 
Thanks for all your suggestions ... if I'd have known how helpful everyone
was going to be, I'd have started on this project much sooner.  After I've
done Pike's Peak, I'm thinking of trying one of them off-road races I read
about: Pittsburgh-to-Detroit or something like that.  I'm thinking that it
should be lots of fun as well and a piece-of-cake for a car as reliable as
mine is!

Joe-Bob Worthington
Hashman's Hollow, Ark.