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      01-12-2022, 12:40 PM   #4049
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Two things:
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-130 hp out of the Sprite engine? Good rebuild!
I think I heard supercharger whine.

My "stingray" bike was a knockoff -- the Schwinns were expensive and it was my second bike, bought with summer job money. I wanted to do wheelies and beat the heck out of it, and that's what happened. Seat risers both broke once and slapped me down onto the rear tire! Near disaster.
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      01-14-2022, 01:36 PM   #4052
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So it finally happened. Went to pickup a piece of furniture and the kid (21 years old) hoofing the box in my car took a step back and said .... "What kind of car is this man????". I said I bet you never heard of it, it's a Saab. "A what now". Saab. BLANK STARES. Cool car man, cool car.

It's a 2008!
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Saab? *blink* *blink*
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My Saab looked like this.

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When I was stationed in Germany in the mid-80s, the DMark/Dollar exchange rate was incredible. It got to 3.74DM per dollar at one point. The PX Saab dealer would sell you a Saab 900S or 900 Turbo in DMarks, so it was cheap as hell for GIs. The deal included a paid trip to Sweden to watch your car being built and then you drove it back to Germany. Our unit had lots of Saabs in the parking lot.
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Forgot all about the wood burning things. Can't imagine those passing muster these days.
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Yeah, I remember a blister or two from those. And that smell...
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Yeah, I remember a blister or two from those. And that smell...
Me too. Did a lot of wood burning. Good learning experience (on how to not get burned). Heh!
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Remember...there were stenciled wood squares that after burning the outlines you painted them with the supplied water color discs and paint brush. Also...note the Underwriters Laboratory Approved label.
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Remember...there were stenciled wood squares that after burning the outlines you painted them with the supplied water color discs and paint brush. Also...note the Underwriters Laboratory Approved label.
B-47 Stratojet bomber!
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Also...note the Underwriters Laboratory Approved label.
U.L. approved branding iron for kids. Oh the fun we once had.
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...when your elementary school class photo was in black and white.
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...if the TV you watched as a kid was black and white.
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...when you could see an early preview of your next year's school clothes being worn by your older brother this year.
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...if the TV you watched as a kid was black and white.
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