The FORD Lounge

[Dorsai]

1986F150Six wrote

Note the front mounted receiver hitch.

I did, but what's the significance?  

Also, I saw that it has a mount for a hood ornament - does that mean it was originally an Explorer?

[ArdWrknTrk]

Around here almost any truck with a front hitch comes from a boatyard.

Jeeps are popular because of their short wheelbase and tight turning radius.

[Dorsai]

ArdWrknTrk wrote

Around here almost any truck with a front hitch comes from a boatyard.

That makes sense.  There was a city dump permit for some town in NH I'd never heard of on the quarter window, so I'm supposing it's originally from up thataway.

[Gary Lewis]

Watching Jeopardy just now and one of the questions was about light houses.  They showed one that looked familiar, so I paused it and pulled up our forum.  Yup!  Peggy's Cove.  Their pic wasn't as good as our 'cause there wasn't a Bullnose in it.  

[grumpin]

That’s cool!

[Rembrant]

Gary Lewis wrote

Watching Jeopardy just now and one of the questions was about light houses.  They showed one that looked familiar, so I paused it and pulled up our forum.  Yup!  Peggy's Cove.  Their pic wasn't as good as our 'cause there wasn't a Bullnose in it.  

Cool stuff Gary! Peggy's Cove is pretty famous as far as Light Houses go. It's just a few miles down the road from us. Another popular one is the Portland Head Light in Maine. That's another big tourist attraction.

I'll be taking a drive out to Peggy's Cove this afternoon to get some pictures of the waves. Hurricane Dorian is just rolling in now, with the "Eye" scheduled to arrive in a couple hours. Peggy's Cove and surrounding areas are under a voluntary evacuation notice right now. Waves will be huge.

Generator is all gassed up and we're all stocked up on storm supplies. Time to batten down the hatches!

Cartoon from the local paper yesterday!

[Gary Lewis]

That's funny!  

Post up some pics of what you see, please.

As for Portland Head Light, I think it was the first pic/question, with Peggy's Cove the second.

[Gary Lewis]

I just posted on the Website Revision - Potential New Home Page thread, and would like everyone's thoughts.

[Rembrant]

If I had the money to just randomly buy 1980's stuff, I'd have one of these. That would get some attention on car night.

https://williamsport.craigslist.org/cto/d/picture-rocks-1986-mustang-ssp/6969664787.html

[ArdWrknTrk]

Oh Boy!

CT had notch UC Mustangs (back when I had my '85 H.O.) those headlights in your rearview would put the fear of God in you.

Then they switched to MX6's, sneaky bastids...
Same platform, same everything except the skin.
Those things looked like any other Japanese econobox until the wig-wags came on.
You were toast. The Mazdas were just as fast. You weren't running them.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Cory, how did you make out up there?
Much flooding and wind damage?

I can't imagine BoF with astronomical high tides and storm surge.

Still want to make it all the way up to Dingwall.
I've never been over Confederation bridge, but CBI was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.

[85lebaront2]

Talk about nasty police chase cars, Norfolk VA PD had a Thunderbolt for a chase car in the mid 60s, you were not going to outrun the Holman & Moody 427 side oiler with dual 650 CFM Holleys.

[Gary Lewis]

Tell me the chase car has a "Holman & Moody" in it and I'm afraid.  My brother had an 80's Cobalt boat with a H & M 351W in it.  We don't know what they did to the engine, but when he got it you couldn't use much throttle out of the hole or it would cavitate.  He spend a lot of time and money and finally got a Michigan Wheel prop that had elephant ears for blades.  But it didn't blow out.

However, as things usually go, when you fix one thing the problem moves along the chain.  With the new prop you still had to be careful with the throttle or you took the rope right out of the skier's hands.  No one could hold on at full throttle out of the hole, and we had some pretty strong friends.

So today that boat/engine is our benchmark.  And I was pleased when I re-propped the Sea Ray and he said "That thing almost pulls as well as the Cobalt did!"  

[ArdWrknTrk]

Unfortunately that was then, this is now.

And now, just about any import sedan would eat that '60's muscle car for lunch.  

[Gary Lewis]

ArdWrknTrk wrote

Unfortunately that was then, this is now.

And now, just about any import sedan would eat that '60's muscle car for lunch.  

Absolutely!  Even true in trucks.  As I've said many times, I'd much rather tow with Blue than Big Blue.  Perhaps that will change a bit with the new 460 and the ZF, but the old engine gave 11 - 12 MPG light while Blue gives 18 - 19 light.  And towing - Blue gets 11 towing our 25' Sea Ray, and does so with ease while providing comfort to the passengers.

[1986F150Six]

18 years ago, today... do not forget:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsfx_4k-JA&feature=youtu.be

[FuzzFace2]

It's not hard to forget as at the time we lived 50 miles from NYC and my wife worked there.
Not being able to reach my wife because the cell tower were down is also not hard to forget.

Because we lived so close they would check the train stations for cars left for a long time to follow up to see if they were ones that lost their life that day.
Dave ----

[ArdWrknTrk]

I watched them rise (my father was an engineer and I follow Yamasaki's work)
And I watched from the jetty as the Manhattan skyline was changed forever.
That plume stretched all the way past the Whitestone from my perspective

[ArdWrknTrk]

I watched them rise (my father was an engineer and I follow Yamasaki's work)
And I watched from the jetty as the Manhattan skyline was changed forever.
That plume stretched all the way past the Whitestone from my perspective

[Ray Cecil]

It was my sophmore year in high school when it happened. I cant believe its been 18 years already.