2nd UPDATE:Sorry everyone, but this is a major purchase and future investment, not to mention a fun toy right now.;) While we were looking around we discovered a 2003 Shelby Mustang Convertible with 22,000 miles on it for 18,000 dollars. My husband hung up the phone, asked me if I wanted it, I said yes, called right back and they were selling it!!!! AAAARRRGGGHHHHHH Anyway, my husband started looking at the new Camaro for me, and I like them as well. BUT, I want a convertible and can't get one until next year. We can put down the deposit and do the order May 11th of this year, but I won't have it for a year, because I GOTTA have the convertible.;) A couple of people have suggested the new Camaro, so any input helps. Oh, if anyone is interested John Schneider (Bo Duke) has a new challenger for sell on Ebay and if you buy it he will spend the day with you and take you riding where they filmed parts of the Dukes of Hazard and have lunch with you, etc. Wasn't worth it to me.lol Thanks for all of the comments and help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL of it is considered and appreciated!!!!!

UPDATE:We stopped today to test drive both of them. The RT has NOTHING on the SRT8. The RT was the 6 speed but it had a rev limiter and and not even close to the power of the SRT8. They could order a SRT8 with a 6 speed, but the one they have now has a his/hers shifter which is pretty cool. It has a sun roof but no convertibles.:( I believe it would keep up with the Grand National. It is the orange with the black on the hood. We did talk to the sales manager because he was a long time friend of my father-in-law's but they don't give them much room to play on them. It is a 2009 model. It is amazing how much difference 50 horsepower can make.



I know what opinions are like, but I'm still going to ask for them. My husband and I have lots of vehicles, some of them very nice, and no payments on any of them. I have been having a stare down contest with a challenger that I pass at least twice a day for a couple of months. I have stopped and looked when no one was there and stopped Saturday and talked with someone that wouldn't give me much room on the price. Last night my husband offered the car for my birthday next month. Sticker price is 45,000. I hate to go into debt like that. We can afford the payments, just hate to have a payment and be in debt for it. It will be a little while before we could just outright pay for it, with all the recent vehicles, gravel, garages, etc we just bought and built. I just believe it will be a good investment. I also need to know which is more valuable. I know what the price difference now is, but I mean in the future. There is a RT and SRT8, 5.7 hemi and 6.1 hemi. The smaller motor is a 6 speed and larger motor is automatic, so there are just some tough choices. Which will be worth more in the future? Or my other choices are to get a big diamond or take a vacation. I have lots of big diamonds and We can take a vacation any time. This picture is what it looks like.

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What do yall think ? I believe it would make a great site even better ,

Just an Idea thats been talked about before , and I have never seen a reason given for not having one .

Give us your ideas .

DAWG

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Today is my birthday and I am now turning 40. Where are all the years going?

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I made a Christmas wish for you,
For a holiday full of pleasure,
Friends and family all around,
And memories to treasure.

I wish for you a Christmas filled
With joyous holiday cheer;
I wish you a Merry Christmas,
And a very Happy New Year!



By Joanna Fuchs

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Check out the profile pic, it's different from this one, I'am armed and dangerous! Having fun in Keystone area of SD. Love the gunfights of the old west. The covered wagons and the 1880 Train and you never get enough of seeing Mt. Rushmore or Crazy Horse. For those looking for a lower cost trip in the great center part of the United States, You can't beat the Black Hills of South Dakota:)
p.s. I paid the extra 4 cents for clean water, want to join me?

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This is kind of fun and interesting.

http://www.cr...om/brandprix/

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http://www.yo...v=Z7h2YR9qPqo

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It's happened to most of us: For one reason or another, we lose a car we are attached to before we're ready to let go. Well, that happened to me today.

Our financial situation has been going steadily downhill over the past year or so due to cutbacks at work. Our household budget was built around the 8-16 hours of overtime that I could depend on coming in every 2-week pay period. We bought my wife a new car in late 2004, and I got my Cobalt SS in September 2005. Everything was going smoothly... until Rose's work hours were cut in half due to on-the-job injury. The company doctor said she can only work 4 hours a day. Worker's Comp doesn't cover the entire difference, but my O/T was still there so we were still staying above water by just trimming some fat from the budget here and there. Then the other shoe dropped and my O/T went away about a year ago. Things started slipping, like maintenance around the house. Then, about a week ago, the water heater blew and we didn't have the money to replace it.

Something had to give, and that turned out to be my Corvair. I had a standing offer on the car from a friend for several years, and last Monday I contacted him and told him that I'd finally take his offer. Today, we took Ashley on her final drive as my car. We took her from our home in suburban Philly up to the Pocono Mountains (a very pleasant drive, by the way - the weather was perfect), and I signed the title over at about one o'clock this afternoon.

We owned her for over 6 years and had a lot of fun with her. We found her on eBay and flew out to Denver to drive her home. We love a good cross-country road trip. Rose learned to drive stick shift on that trip! The car took us safely to two Corvair Club national conventions. One of them included single-day drives of over 750 miles each way without a hiccup. The local 5.0 Mustangs learned to respect her - we had a record of 13-0 against 5.0's at traffic lights. I especially enjoyed dusting a BMW Z-3 on a twisty back road last fall, ironically in the Poconos, within miles of where she now 'lives'.

Her new owner has serious plans for a complete cosmetic restoration. The car is already nearly 100% mechanically, so some minor bodywork, a complete stripping down to the metal and a repaint in the original Lemonwood Yellow, and a new reproduction interior are in her immediate future. Anyone in the area of the Poconos can visit her at "Callie's Candy Kitchen" in Mountainhome, PA. Most nice days, at least until she goes in for her makeover, she should be on display in front of the shop. Her new owner, Harry Callie, is a collector with over a dozen interesting old cars on an informal rotating display schedule at that location, with several Model A's at his other store, "Callie's Pretzel Factory", about 1 1/2 miles south.

I'm going to miss my car. I had a lot of fun with her. She was the best Corvair by far of the 14 I've owned. At least I know where she is and can visit any time I have a day to drive the 100 or so miles. I know she is in good hands and will get the restoration she deserves.

Goodbye, my friend. We had some good times.

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me and my wonderful girlfriend had a baby. for those of you who talk to me offten this is no suprise. i wanted to tell everyone about the baby so you don't think i'm being rude and not replying. i will be back into the swing of motortopia as soon as i get back to work.

Thank you for reading
One proud Daddy

P.S. i forgot to let everyone know the size weight and date of the my cutie. she was born 6/18/08 at 5:04 pm best day of my life. her name is Paige Marie and she weighted in it 6 lbs and 14 3/4 ozs and was 19 inchs long. both her and mom are doing awesome.

i want to thank everyone for your comments.

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This lady thinks she has got away with it; no such luck.

A lady walks into a BMW dealership. She browses around, spots the top-of-the-line Beemer and walks over to inspect it. As she bends over to feel the fine leather upholstery, she inadvertently breaks wind.

Very embarrassed, she looks around nervously to see if anyone has noticed her little accident and prays that a sales person doesn't pop up right now.
As she turns around, her worst nightmare materializes in the form of a salesman standing right behind her.

Cool as a cucumber and displaying complete professionalism, the salesman greets the lady with, "Good day, Madame. How may we help you today?"
Very uncomfortably, but hoping that the salesman may just not have been there at the time of her little 'accident', she asks, "Sir, what is the price of this lovely vehicle?"

He answers, "Madam, if you farted just touching it, you're going to s##t yourself when I tell you the price."

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Be sure to click the update to the left after watching the first one.

http://growin...d-259598.html

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Thanksgiving Friends

Thanksgiving is a time
For reviewing what we treasure,
The people we hold dear,
Who give us so much pleasure.

Without you as my friend,
Life would be a bore;
Having you in my life
Is what I’m thankful for.



By Joanna Fuchs

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NEW TURKEY RECIPE

Your dinner will be the talk of the TOWN!!

You should try this!

Sure to bring smiles from your guests!

Here is a new way to prepare your Thanksgiving Turkey.

1. Cut out aluminum foil in desired shapes.

2. Arrange the turkey in the roasting pan, position the foil carefully. (see attached picture for details)

3. Roast according to your own recipe and serve.

4. Watch your guests' faces...

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I got trophy at a 911 car show a couple years ago. I got 2nd. place out of 102 cars. It's made out out of ceramic and a cherry base. Very special to me.

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Have a Happy Turkey Day!

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If i didnt see the name of the person who wrote this, i would vow that this was written by a certain Motortopian from Texas who has attended the BR 08 and plans on being ther this year. It sounds just like a story that could come from him. LOL

Subject: Security Fence Logic


We have the standard 6ft. fence in the backyard, and a few months ago, I
heard about burglaries increasing dramatically in the entire city.

To make sure this never happened to me, I got an electric fence and ran
a single wire along the top of the fence. Actually, I got the biggest
cattle charger Tractor Supply had, made for 26 miles of fence.

I then used an 8 ft. long ground rod, drove 7.5 feet into the ground.
The ground rod is the key, with the more you have in the ground, the
better the fence works.

One day I'm mowing the back yard with my cheapo Walmart 6hp bigwheel
pushmower. The hot wire is broken and laying out in the yard. I knew for
a fact that I unplugged the charger. I pushed the mower around the wire
and reached down to grab it, to throw it out of the way. It seems as
though I hadn't remembered to unplug it after all.

Now I'm standing there, I've got the running lawnmower in my right hand
and the 1.7 gigavolt fencewire in the other hand. Keep in mind the
charger is about the size of a marine battery and has a picture of an
upside down cow on fire on the cover.

Time stood still. The first thing I notice is my balls trying to climb
up the front side of my body. My ears curled downwards and I could feel
the lawnmower ignition firing in the backside of my brain. Every time
that Briggs &Stratton rolled over, I could feel the spark in my head. I
was literally at one with the engine. It seems as though the fence
charger and the POS lawnmower were fighting over who would control my
electrical impulses.

Science says one cannot crap, pee, and get a nut at the same time. I beg
to differ. Not only did I do all three at once, but my bowels emptied 3
different times in less than half of a second. It was a Matrix kind of
bowel movement, where time is creeping along and you're all leaned back
and BAM BAM BAM you just crap your pants 3 times. It seemed like there
were minutes in between but in reality it was so close together it was
like exhaust pulses from a big block Chevy turning 8 grand.

At this point I'm about 30 minutes (maybe 2 seconds) into holding onto
the fence wire. My hand is wrapped around the wire palm down so I cant
let go. I grew up on a farm so I know all about electric fences... but
Dad always had those POS chargers made by International or whoever that
were like 9 volts and just kinda tickled. This I could not let go of.
The 8 foot long ground rod is now accepting signals from me through the
permadamp Ark-La-Tex river bottom soil. At this point I'm thinking I'm
going to have to just man up and take it, until the lawnmower runs out
of gas.

'Damn!,' I think, as I remember I just filled the tank! Now the
lawnmower is starting to run rough. It has settled into a loping run
pattern as if it had some kind of big lawnmower race cam in it. Covered
in poop, pee, jizz, and with my balls on my chest I think 'Oh God please
die... pleeeeze die'. But nooooo, it settles into the rough lumpy cam
idle nicely and remains there, like a big bore roller cam EFI motor
waiting for the go command from its owner's right foot.

So here I am in the middle of July, 104 degrees, 80% humidity, standing
in my own backyard, begging God to kill me. God did not take me that
day... he left me there covered in my own fluids to writhe in the misery
my own stupidity had created.

I honestly don't know how I got loose from the wire... I woke up laying
on the ground hours later. The lawnmower was beside me, out of gas. It
was later on in the day and I was sunburned. There were two large dead
grass spots where I had been standing, and then another long skinny dead
spot were the wire had layed while I was on the ground still holding on
to it.

I assume I finally had a seizure and in the resulting thrashing had
somehow let go of the wire. Upon waking from my electrically induced
sleep I realized a few things.

1- Three of my teeth seem to have melted.

2- I now have cramps in the bottoms of my feet and my right butt cheek
(not the left, just the right).

3- Poop, pee, and semen when all mixed together, do not smell as bad a
you might first think.

4- My left eye will not open.

5- My right eye will not close.

6- The lawnmower runs like a sumbitch now. Seriously! I think our little
session cleared out some carbon fouling or something, because it was
better than new after that.

7- My balls are still smaller than average yet they are almost a foot
long.

8- I can turn on the TV in the gameroom by farting while thinking of the
number 4 (still dont understand this?)

That day changed my life. I now have a newfound respect for things. I
appreciate the little things more, and now I always triple check to make
sure the fence is unplugged before I mow.

The good news is, that if a burglar does try to come over the fence, I
can clearly visualize what my security system will do to him, and THAT
gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling all over, which also reminds me to
triple check before I mow.

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Hello
I've been busy since @ August
only been on here off and on but no time to communicate
hope to chat soon
but I am back give me a shout

Thejudge
Roger

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After I posted my blog about all the cars on Motortopia named "Beast" yesterday, I received a response from a friend, K1M_and_TH3_1MJIMID8TOR, asking just why people name their cars what they do. Good question, but it seems that most people do name their cars, whether they're car people or not. My Grandparents on both sides of the family did, and none of them looked at a car as anything more than a way to get from here to there. When my folks were married in early 1960, my dad had a '58 Impala 348/Power Pack that my mom, having shared a 6-cylinder '57 Chevy 150 with her mother, simply could not handle. My dad surprised her one evening when he arrived home from work with a brand new 1960 Corvair coupe - he traded in his pride and joy to make things easier for his bride (The guy was a romantic then, and still is!). They decided to name the little guy "Archie", and their tradition of naming their cars alphabetically started then. The main car's name was spelled with a capital letter, and any second car would start with the same letter, but in lower-case. In 1962, with one kid already and me on the way, the Corvair was traded in on "Boris" a black 1962 Biscayne 2-door sedan. He got his name because he was bought at "Borss Chevrolet". During Boris's reign, they got a second car so my mom would have wheels while my dad was at work. This was a brown '53 Bel Air sedan named "buster". Later on, buster was replaced by a '63 Corvair Monza sedan, "bucky". As the years went on, Boris gave way to "Casper the Friendly Station Wagon" ('66 Bel Air), "The Dragon Wagon" ('69 Kingswood Estate), "Erik the Red" (Firethorn Red '77 Impala wagon) and so on. Meanwhile, bucky was replaced by my late Grandmother's '65 Chevy II, named "Sunny" by my then 3 year old brother when the car was new. Mom inherited the car in 1968, and it became my first car in 1980. Sunny was replaced by a bright red 1976 AMC Pacer, probably the last car in the state of Pennsylvania to sell new under $3,000... It was a stripped leftover that my folks bought in November of 1977! This car became "eohiphus" (a prehistoric ancestor of the modern-day horse, but the size of a medium-sized dog. Therefore, it was a "little horse", and of course a "Pacer" is a kind of horse, so it makes sense. We always called the car "littlehorse" anyway!), and they gave me this car later on as well.

When I started buying my own cars, I decided to keep the family tradition alive and name them alphabetically (ay least at first... That changed later on.) The first car I actually bought was "Antoinette" ("Toni"), a 1965 Corvair Monza coupe, and the car that started my love affair with Corvairs that obviously goes on to this day. We didn't go with the lower-case second cars, though, preferring to continue naming them serially. About a year after getting Toni, I had the opportunity to buy a 1976 Buick LeSabre 4-door hardtop for $500! It was a former Police unmarked that had become too well known to be effective in the smallish town it served (West Chester, PA), so they sold it off. The car was white with a maroon vinyl top and reminded me and my (then) wife of a southern gentleman-type car, so we gave it a southern gentleman-type name:"Beauregard" ("Beau"). This car would pass anything but a gas station, and dusted a bunch of high school kids who thought I was out in daddy's car! A 4-barrel 455 with true dual exhaust and no catalytic converters to block things up (yes, the cops did away with the cats!), as well as a shift kit that I had installed on the Turbo 400 will do things like that, even on a 5,000 lb car. Enough of the life stories... These are some of the other cars I've had and their names:

1973 Chevelle Laguna Station Wagon - "Carlotta" (I-a bought her at-a the used-a car lott-a where I-a worked at at the time! We eventually just called her "Carly", because Carlotta was too much of a mouthful for our very young kids)

1966 Corvair Monza coupe - "Degas" (I got artistic on this one with pinstriping, doing it up like a Trans Am Special Edition!)

1966 Corvair 500 sport sedan - "Esmerelda"

1980 Honda Accord sedan - "Farley", after the dog in the "For Better Or For Worse" comic strip, a favorite of my older daughter at the time)

1979 Chevy Malibu coupe - "Glinda" (My ex's car, named after the Good Witch of the North... Ironic, since she turned out to be a bit of a bad witch toward me later on...)

1986 Buick Century station wagon - "Hezekiah"

1965 Corvair Monza sport sedan - "Sir Issac" for my favorite Science Fiction writer, Isaac Asimov

1989 Beretta GT - "Jezebel" (She looked like a "fast lady" - and she was. She was blue, so we called her "Blue J")

1961 Corvair Greenbrier sport van - "The Kelvinator" (it was white and looked like a refrigerator on wheels! I know, Kelvinator was part of AMC and GM had a different appliance division, but the "K" fit!)

About this time, the alphabetizing plan fell apart, and cars were just named whatever seemed appropriate for them:

1964 Corvair Monza sedan - "Goldilocks" (she was gold!)

1960 Corvair 700 sedan - "Eddie" (for Ed Cole, the father of the Corvair, among other things)

1999 Chevy Venture Minivan - "Joy" (Rose's van, from her vanity plate "JESU JOY", her favorite hymn)

1963 Corvair Monza sedan "Little Golaith" (the name the original owner, who I bought the car from, had given it. I figured that since the car had been going by that name since new, it would be a shame to make it learn a new one!)

1999 Cavalier coupe - "Sylvester" (It was black, and my daughter Sarah - ladidragon18 on Motortopia - said it kinda reminded her of the Warner Bros. cartoon cat!)

My current 1966 Corvair Monza coupe - "Ashley" (The name of the daughter/office manager of the classic car dealer who sold me the car on eBay. She was very helpful all through the process, even helping with arrangements for Rose and me to pick up the car at the airport in Denver so we could drive it home to the Philly area. The car is pretty and yellow, and Ashley was a cute blonde, so it seemed natural. And before you get any ideas, Rose suggested the name!)

My current 2006 Cobalt SS - "Bud" (I'm a Dale Earnhardt, Jr. fan, so when I bought my first-ever new car, I got it exactly the way I wanted it. Since Jr. was driving a red Chevy SS in NASCAR at the time, and the Cobalt looks good in red, that's the color I bought. Now of course Jr. was sponsored by Budweiser at the time, and his race car had "Bud" written across the hood in 3-foot high letters. The car sorta named itself!)

Rose's current 2005 Chevy Malibu MAXX (Yep, that's the way Chevy spelled it, all in capitals!) - "MAXX" (Well, that's what it says on her hatch, and it seemed to fit the car's personality: Biggish, semi-tough looking, but with a bit of a fun-loving spirit)

With all the cars I've owned over the years, there are several I've just plain forgotten, and somethat I never got around to naming because I never got them on the road.

Now it's YOUR turn! Why did YOU name your car what you named it???

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Cool way to fly our flag!
http://www.yo...v=gtqJOMSTczY

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Our show Cruising on the River is going great
but our problem is that we draw the best cars from @ 6 states
these are some great cars and the lower budget or home built cars can't compete with these.
were trying to open this new category for the average builders.
we need to come up with a name for this category.
so far we have come up with the name "HANDS ON"
such as "hands on best of show" or "best hands on chevy"
we don't like class one or class two we don't want to degrade anyone's car by labeling it class two
please comment and let us know what you think about this one or please suggest a new one
if anyone has done this already what did you use?
Thanks Thejudge

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I want to take a few minutes to wish all my Motortopia friend a Very Merry Christmas, and a Happy and Safe New Year!

At a time where most families are struggling like most of us never have experienced, it is important to remember the meaning of Christmas. It is truely a time for family. A time to appreciate what we do have, and care for those who are less fortunate. Too many families wont even have a good meal. Most of us are really blessed in life, even if we arent as prosporous this years as we have been in the past.

And for those you here on Motortopia who have suffered losses this year and those of you who arent doing well, Please know i and all your other Motortopia friends will keep you in our hearts and in our prayers. Those who are or have family serving our country, a very special Thank you, you are some very special people who need to know we appreciate them and what they do for us each and every day.

Thank You to all my friends for all the nice comments and wonderful conversations we have had over the past year. May you all have a safe Holiday Season!

Matt

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This is a special 911 tribute plate I got for my Vette. It reminds us not to forget the tragedy that happened on 9/11/01, and to support our troops, where ever they are.

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Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!!!! I hope that your special Santa brought you all that you had wished for and more...
Soupy

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I first met my husband in 1969 and from the first day I met him I knew he had a passion for old cars. He had a lot of old cars over the years from a 1933 Anglia to a 1955 chevy bel-air but he never got one complete before he would sell it or trade for another car he liked better Then one day in 1999 he and my son brought home a 1972 chevelle ss that they were going to restore nad eventually talked me into it
To my surprise in a little over a year they had completed the restoration they had built a show car that was set up for burnout contest's They showed the car all summer long always wanting me to come and i never did till the Christmas parade when I rode with my husband
They had placed us right in front of Santa and every so often the police would open up a spot and my husband would do a burnout. The first two times this happened all I wanted was out of the car I was so embarrassed what if one of my co workers saw me? I thought the kids were yelling for Santa until about the third time when I noticed they yelling things like smoke em, burn em, light em up and rev it up and then they go ecstatic when we did a burnout and then some of my co wokers came up to the car during the parade telling me how cool and all kind of positive adjectives Well by the end of the parade I had had a great time and was hooked.
i went out to the garage the next day to help remove the Christmas decorations and began cleaning up a bit when i found a box of trophy's and plaques and when I asked where they wanted to put them I was surprised when I was told back in the box I immediately asked why and was told they don't matter Very confused I asked yall have built this car spent all this time and money finally toke it to some shows and won some trophy's and they don't matter Well what does matter?
My son with a big smile said these as he pointed to a small place on one of the walls of the shop where a group of little plaques were stuck to the wall And of course i said well what is that he said these are dash plaques from all the charity shows we have attended and that figure underneath is the amount of money that was raised for charity and they total up to a little over $200,000.00's and next year we hope to do over $500,000.00's
Then he went to telling about each event This was a volunteer fireman's show and we helped raise over $10,000.00's for fire equipment and this one was for a sunshine shelter for under privileged kids and on and on
by the look on their faces i nicked named the wall that day and it became the wall of pride
I decided that I would go to the next show with them because I wanted to find out more of what this was all about. Well i haven't missed many shows since then and i have made friends with a lot of people we see at the shows from 5 dufferent states and most don't even get their cars judged unless they have changed something and want the judges to critic the changes
We even went to a 300 car show that was giving out 150 awards and couldn't give them all out because didn't enough cars get judged
Show cars are a big part of my family now and we love it my whole family is involved including my daughter and son-in-law all together we have 14 cars
So when you ask how many trophys has my car won and I say about $5,000,000.00's worth i hope you understand
To true car people its not about the wining its about a gift of love and giving of your time and investment towards raising money for charity
i would like to see some sort of contest on Motortopia to see how much money every one can raise for charity each month by listing the shows and how much was raised at all the shows they attended.
I think this would be closer to what we all want than what we have now
Or we could try to meet goals as a group say start out at $100,000.00's the first month till we get enough people participating to start raising our goals

please post your replys
Amelia

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Someone did an awesome job putting this together and with sound to boot. At the very end of the video you'll hear the song 'Ballad of Thunder Road ' sung by the star of the movie for which it was the theme! Not uncommon except this is the one and only song ever recorded, for publication, sung by Robert Mitchum!

http://thefif...rsWeDrove.htm

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Any kind you could want-click on the link

http://www.bi....com/cars.htm

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Once again, i dont know what it is about Texans and their ability to be put into situations where they can tell stories like this, but again, i gotta wonder if this story was originally told by 1 of our beloved Motortopians. :D


Warning - If you can read this whole story without laughing out loud, then you need to develop a sense of humor.



Note: Please take time to read this slowly. If you pay attention to the first two judges, the reaction of the third judge is even better.



For those of you who have lived in Texas, you know how true this is. They actually have a chili cook-off about the time Halloween comes around. It takes up a major portion of a parking lot at the San Antonio city park.



The notes are from an inexperienced chili taster named Frank, who was visiting from Springfield, IL.



Frank: "Recently, I was honored to be selected as a judge at a chili cooking contest. The original person called in sick at the last moment and I happened to be standing there at the judge's table asking for directions to the Coors Light truck, when the call came in. I was assured by the other two judges (native Texans) that the chili wouldn't be all that spicy and, besides, they told me I could have free beer during the tasting, so I accepted." Here are the scorecards from the advent: (Frank is Judge #3)



Chili # 1 Eddie's Maniac Monster Chili...
Judge # 1 -- A little too heavy on the tomato. Amusing kick.
Judge # 2-- Nice, smooth tomato flavor. Very mild.
Judge # 3 -- (Frank) What the hell is this stuff?! You could remove dried paint from your driveway. Took me two beers to put out the flames. I hope that's the worst one. These Texans are crazy!



Chili # 2 Austin's Afterburner Chili...
Judge # 1 -- Smoky, with a hint of pork. Slight jalapeno tang.
Judge # 2-- Exciting BBQ flavor; needs more peppers to be taken seriously.
Judge # 3 -- Keep this out of the reach of children. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to taste besides pain. I had to wave off two people who wanted to give me the Heimlich maneuver. They had to rush in more beer when they saw the look on my face.



Chili # 3 Ronny's Famous Burn Down the Barn Chili...
Judge # 1 -- Excellent firehouse chili. Great kick.
Needs more beans. Judge # 2 -- A beanless chili, a bit salty, good use of peppers.
Judge # 3 -- Call the EPA. I've located a uranium spill. My nose feels like I have been snorting Drano. Everyone knows the routine by now. Get me more beer before I ignite. Barmaid pounded me on the back, now my backbone is in the front part of my chest. I'm getting sh*t faced from all of the beer...



Chili # 4 Dave's Black Magic...
Judge # 1 -- Black bean chili with almost no spice. Disappointing.
Judge # 2 ---- Hint of lime in the black beans. Good side dish for fish, or other mild foods; not much of a chili.
Judge # 3 -- I felt something scraping across my tongue, but was unable to taste it. Is it possible to burn out taste buds? Sally, the barmaid, was standing behind me with fresh refills. That 300-lb. woman is starting to look HOT...just like this nuclear waste I'm eating! Is chili an aphrodisiac?



Chili # 5 Lisa's Legal Lip Remover...
Judge # 1 -- Meaty, strong chili. Cayenne peppers freshly ground, adding considerable kick. Very impressive.
Judge # 2 -- Chili using shredded beef, could use more tomato. Must admit the cayenne peppers make a strong statement.
Judge # 3 -- My ears are ringing, sweat is pouring off my forehead, and I can no longer focus my eyes. I ripped ass and four people behind me needed paramedics. The contestant seemed offended when I told her that her chili had given me brain damage. Sally saved my tongue from bleeding by pouring beer directly on it from the pitcher. I wonder if I'm burning my lips off. It really pisses me off that the other judges asked me to stop screaming. Screw those rednecks.



Chili # 6 Pam's Very Vegetarian Variety...
Judge # 1 -- Thin, yet bold vegetarian variety chili. Good balance of spices and peppers.
Judge # 2 -- The best yet. Aggressive use of peppers, onions, and garlic. Superb.
Judge # 3 -- My intestines are now a straight pipe filled with gaseous, sulphuric flames. I sh*t myself when I farted and I'm worried it will eat through the chair! No one seems inclined to stand behind me anymore. I need to wipe my ass with a snow cone.



Chili # 7 Carla's Screaming Sensation Chili...
Judge # 1 -- A mediocre chili with too much reliance on canned peppers.
Judge # 2 -- Ho-hum; tastes as if the chef literally threw in a can of chili peppers at the last moment. **I should take note that I am worried about Judge #3. He appears to be in a bit of distress, as he is cursing uncontrollably.
Judge # 3 -- You could put a grenade in my mouth, pull the pin, and I wouldn't feel a thing. I've lost sight in one eye, and the world sounds like it is made of rushing water. My shirt is covered with chili, which slid unnoticed out of my mouth. My pants are full of lava to match my shirt. At least during the autopsy, they'll know what killed me. I've decided to stop breathing; it's too painful. Screw it; I'm not getting any oxygen anyway. If I need air, I'll just suck it in through the 4-inch hole in my stomach.



Chili # 8 Karen's Toenail Curling Chili...
Judge # 1 -- The perfect ending, this is a nice blend chili. Not too bold, but spicy enough to declare its existence.
Judge # 2 -- This final entry is a good, balanced chili. Neither mild, nor hot. Sorry to see that most of it was lost when Judge # 3 farted, passed out, fell over, and pulled the chili pot down on top of himself. Not sure if he's going to make it. Poor fella, wonder how he'd have reacted to really hot chili?

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andylynn67 has sunk to a new low. read what he had to say about 1962ChevyGuy in a comment in a current challenge:


andylynn67 Apr 20, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Hmmmm !! Big mouth gay guy(not that there is anything wrong with that LOL) or cool Porsche !!
Well this will be easy

OK, I know what I did to get him all hot and bothered at me: I dared to vote for a car in a challenge that he didn't like! HORRORS! How could I dare do stupid thing like that, vote for a very nice Honda CRX over a soon-to-be completed VW Bug that promised to be very nice itself once it was finished. I even commented that I liked the Bug, and if I had known that the points were going as badly against it as they were, that I would have sent a few votes it's way. Yes, voting was going very much against the Volkswagen, and it was going to be a very nice car once it was finished, but I wasn't the only one who preferred the Honda. For some reason known only to andylynn67, he singled me out for his diatribes. Perhaps it was because I like Corvairs. Since both Corvairs and VW Bugs are air-cooled, Andylynn67 just assumed that I voted for the Honda because it's owned by a friend of mine. He clearly didn't look at my friends list - if he had, he would have noticed that the VW owner was ALSO ON MY FRIENDS LIST!!! :lmao:

Anybody who knows "Chevy Guy" will tell you that he's as straight as they come. I don't want to come off as judgemental in this issue, but andylynn should at least get his facts "straight"! "Big Mouth"? I don't think I've ever seen him write a sentence of more that four words! I don't know what "Chevy Guy" could have possibly done or said to incur the hateful wrath of andylynn67, but whatever it was, it was bad enough for him to present blatant HATE SPEECH in a public forum for everybody to read. If it were up to me, this bad apple would be plucked from Motortopia and thrown in the compost heap where bad apples belong. This is supposed to be a fun, friendly website, and I don't think we need people like andylynn67 messing things up for those of us who are here for fun and friendship! If you agree with me, please let Motortopia know!

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A derelict drag car without engine or transmission has turned out to be one of the original six Pontiac Factory Super Duty Tempest coupes, and it fetched a surprising $226,521.63 when the 9-day eBay sale ended on November 9.

The seller bought the Harrison, Michigan car after the owner died, and bidding opened at a mere $500. Questions from buyers - there were 71 bids in all - determined that the car had plastic windows, a race track plaque on the dash and a heavy duty rear suspension with long rods to the front of the cabin.

Research indicates it appears to be the missing Stan Antlocer racer, which was the fastest car in its class in 1963. Midway through the sale, the seller turned down an offer of $160,000 because he was worried about negative feedback, and it looked like an expensive decision when bidding stalled at $95,000 with under seven minutes to go. But a furious rally began, and $125,000 later the gavel fell at more than $226,000.

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MY FATHER PURCHASED THIS SS FROM A BOUNTY HUNTER IN RURAL LOUISIANA, HE HAD RETIRED THERE FROM GEORGIA. HE TOLD MY FATHER OF HOW HE ENDED UP OWNING THIS CAR.
HE WAS GOING THROUGH FILES LOOKING FOR A CRIMINAL TO GO AFTER AND A PICTURE OF THIS CAR FELL OUT. HE DECIDED HE WOULD GO AFTER THIS BAD SS AND SEE WHAT ELSE WOULD TURN UP.
HE BEGAN A SEARCH FOR "BAD SS" HE CAPTURED THE CAR IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA AND ALSO CAPTURED ITS OWNER.
BACK THEN THE BAD SS WAS WORTH ABOUT $3000.00 AND HIS PART OF THE BOUNTY WAS $2,000.00 AND THE CRIMINAL OFFERED TO SIGN OVER THE TITLE IF HE WOULD LET HIM GO. HE BROUGHT THE "BAD SS" BACK TO GEORGIA. THIS WAS THE ONLY TIME HE EVER LET A CRIMINAL GO. BUT REMEMBER HE WENT AFTER THE "BAD SS" AND BROUGHT IT TO JUSTICE.

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