I'm hopefully going to go to the New River Gorge sometime this week to do some research/photography around Hinton, Meadow Creek, Piney Creek, Laurel Creek, Quinnimont, Prince, and Beckley, WV. I'll post a link to the photos when I get em developed.
That was just east of Thurmond on Oct. 24, 1993. The 765 disguised as the C&O "2765" as she was all of that season. 33 cars. What a display of power.
Well, my plans have been shot all to heck. My car's fuel pump quit for the second time in 3 weeks. Now I've got to spend this week cleaning out the garage and fixing the car instead of going to WV.
Jon, now is a good time to put in an electric fuel pump. Mine stopped vapor locking, and has worked faithfully for my old 1975 Ford "Country Cadillac" (That's West Texas for a pickup truck with a red neck driver, both of which has over 300K miles on them!)
watash, it came from the factory with an electric pump. It's a modern electronic fuel injected type. It's just that the last time I replaced the pump I put a cheapie in, and it quit after what, 3 weeks now? Gotta drop the gas tank again. If I finish it all tomorrow, I might make it a day trip to WV on Thursday yet.
Its a shame you can't get the one I used. It was a Bendix made for my 12 cylinder Pierce-Arrow, 6 gals a minute, but it ran my pick up just fine! Temporarily running the Ford stock fueler right now, but man that old Ford is cold natured! If all falls through, you may have to do like we did back in my day. I sat on the fender of a Model "A" Ford, pouring gas out of a coke bottle into a down draft carb to get it home one day, while my buddy drove! We made it. (Got that old dude up to 65 miles an hour one afternoon too!) The fenders were flappin' head lights rattlin' teeth chatterin' adrenaline pumpin', and had the top down! You could tell how much fun we had by the bugs on our teeth! Those were MUCH younger days!
Oh my Watash. Sounds like you had a few wild ones in your day! HA! bugs in your teeth??? You sound like a bunch of Harley hogs! On the prowl.... I had some fun whilst traveling once. in an 18 wheeler... We had gone to Chicago Ill and well the air line from the truck to the trailer where the glad hands are had a nasty air leak.... So on the return line from the trailer I stood on the deck plate and was fixing this while the fellow I was with drove to the nearest repair shop and I was trying to keep the line straight at the fitting in the bunk of the truck (where the leak was) being if it were straight comming out of the truck, it didn't leak, so I stood on the deck plate and held the line straight while he drove to the nearest repairs place for heavy machinery. What a ride!!!!! I'm just glad the bunk have grab irons on it in the back that were mainly for grabing to get onto the deck plate and so on.... But thats not the only goofy stunt I've done on the road in a 18 wheeler! Had a 5th wheel jaw (latch) crack once and put the nose of the trailer down on the frame dirrectly behind the 5th wheel. No one in sight for miles to help.. But thats another story... [ 27 March 2002, 11:58: Message edited by: 7600EM_1 ]
Wheeeeee dawgies! Sounds like both of y'all have had some wild rides over time. So you've got a 12cyl Pierce-Arrow? Any pics online? The car is back together, fuel pressure is still a tad low, but it runs fine, so I think I'm gonna go to WV anyways tomorrow. First time it acts the slightest bit strange, I'm turning around. Wish me luck! Both in getting there and back, and in finding what I'm looking for up there.
Jon, You may not believe it.. But i'm 3 times younger then Watash! HA! I'm 23... hehehehe But I've done my fair share.. Thats forsure.... I've put some good ones in.. And may I add. Life, you only have one.. live it to its fullest ... JUST BE CAREFULL!!!! I took that alittle far on a few acounts but, I made sure I knew what I was doing before I just jumped in and done it.... Now the maturity has set in. And I look back on what I done and thinks, what the H*** was I thinking... HA.. So now all I do dangerously is fight with hobby knives or tools in my shop.. Which isn't as bad from what I have done in previous years.... Anyway, good luck in your travels... [ 28 March 2002, 16:06: Message edited by: 7600EM_1 ]
Guys back when I had teeth, I got bugs on this old 1939 Knuckle Head Hog Then one day out in the wind when I was on the ditch side of a couple of other gentlemen who were running along side, a small patch of pebbles just happen to jump under the tire of my country springer, so I suddenly went rabbit hunting through a barbed wire fence performing repeated sumer-saults out into a pasture. I still have the engine, and started driving the old Pierce after that. It was traded off and is now fully spruced up running up in Kankakee, Ill. at antique car shows, the powder blue 4 door Touring if you ever see it. Never took photos much in those days. Now days, without front teeth, I no longer collect bugs on teeth, I just swallow them, and keep on truckin'!
Watash.. NICE BIKE MAN!!!! WHOOOOO HOOOO !!!!!!! I like it, I like it... Mom likes bikes too and i'm to ask you when your gonna take her for a ride???? HA HA HA I love the paint job! The Chrome a shinin' an polished... I love bikes man!
Man, that is a vintage photo. Check out the Dart behind the bike - '72 I am guessing? Speaking of 1972, that was the year my sportster was born. Unfortunately, that was sold when I got married. Wife has a no bike rule (she works in a hospital). So no more bikes for me.........................for now(hee-hee). Russ
*Sigh* I want a bike... By the way, I did make a day trip to WV... didn't see as much of Quinnimont as I wanted tho... nor did I find exactly what maps I wanted to find. Anyone got track diagrams of the C&O from the 1950's?
