Where were you in Mar '59
- Graham Kerr
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Where were you in Mar '59
I'm not too sure if this post should go in this section but fairly soon I'll be getting rid of my 356 motor. It's barely done 300 miles since been fully rebuilt by Gantspeed in Boston UK. It's on twin Webers and goes very well indeed. The important thing is the number which is 72966 and I believe it first breathed life in March 1959. It will be a month or so until it becomes available but if any member needs this particular powerplant it is available.
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- Wes Bender
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Re: Where were you in Mar '59
This is how you can list it when it is for sale: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38852
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.....
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Re: Where were you in Mar '59
I was seven years old wishing for this Lionel train set for Christmas. Still have it!
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Re: Where were you in Mar '59
I was a 6 month old fetus at the time.
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I have underwear older than you! Lucky bastard!Emil Wojcik wrote:I was a 6 month old fetus at the time.
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Re: Where were you in Mar '59
Man you guys are old!
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Don't start!Greg Carter wrote:Man you guys are old!
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I was in the back seat of my father's new 59 Cab/hardtop Normal, six and a half years old.
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- George Hussey
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you spoiled brat! We had five I was the oldest the best we could do on my Dad's Equifax salary was a Buick lesabre in 1960 and a 60 vw bug my Grandmother gave my parents for their 10th wedding anniversary, but at least that bug is the reason why I love 356s so much. Eight years old and a car my size!C J Murray wrote:I was in the back seat of my father's new 59 Cab/hardtop Normal, six and a half years old.
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14 years old and trying to figure out why girls were different.
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True! I'm not even "mildly offended".George Hussey wrote:you spoiled brat!
You always were a little slow.Vic Skirmants wrote:14 years old and trying to figure out why girls were different.
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Re: Where were you in Mar '59
I was 16 and learning to fly in a Slingsby T21 glider out of RAF St Athan in South Wales. I was an RAF air cadet and all I wanted to do was to fly. I flew solo 3 years before I drove solo.
If I had known I would live this long I would have pushed the envelope a little harder.
Cymru am byth
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Re: Where were you in Mar '59
(gas) Welding up the frame for my first (illegal) mini-bike. Used a Cushman flathead (who made those?) with a jack-shaft step-down, but wasn't skilled enough on the lathe to make the sliders work on the front suspension; the surface finish was too rough. I know now the material was wrong and the tool height was off. Hey, I've learned something.
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Girls? A fantasy...
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- Graham Kerr
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Re: Where were you in Mar '59
Lionel Trains, wow! When I was a kid somehow I got hold of a Lionel catalogue. The only trainset I had was a Hornby Dublo with one engine and two coaches, but Lionel were BIG and you could get a Caboose and an engine with a Cow Catcher. This was wild stuff to a spotty kid. I devoured that catalogue, then I grew up and found Porsches, oh well, can't have it all.
86 SSE Turbo Look 3.2 Carrera
Cole Foster Chop
75 Honda ST70
94 Buell ST2
74 Dax Cobra
18 Macan Turbo
62 356B T6 (modified)
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62 356B T6 (modified)
- Wes Bender
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Re: Where were you in Mar '59
RAF Brize Norton, just about to return to the states from a 90 day TDY.
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.....