hook Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Pfeil said: Those are step rails. Boy oh boy am I glad I've been educated! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 10 hours ago, hook said: That's easy. Just look at some of these monstrous pick up trucks of today. 3 hours ago, Pfeil said: Those are step rails. My 2001 Ford Expedition has actual running boards! I didn't even think of that one when I answered my 1915 model T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV Puleo Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 12/9/2021 at 3:45 PM, Restorer32 said: And what exactly is the difference between macadam and tarmac? The terms are used interchangeably now but the original "macadam" was invented in the late 18th century by a gentleman name MacAdam and consisted of crushed stones bound with tar or bitumen. Tarmac is, as far as I know, all a tar based product. I have a real macadam surface on my driveway but the number of contractors that still do it is apparently very small. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? dave s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CChinn Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Only way to get Federal funding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 4 hours ago, hook said: Boy oh boy am I glad I've been educated! Just depends on the manufacture. Educated. Assist Step Rails - Nissan (999T6W4100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 11 hours ago, JACK M said: I guess I don't know. I have never paid money to listen to a radio. You paid by listening to the ads on the radio or television. That's how advertising works. A company gives money to the station in the hopes people listen and buy what they are selling. Other radio and TV is paid by people sending money in to support religious programming. Other countries have radio and TV tax, as the media is owned by the government. As in most things in life, follow the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) . Edited December 13, 2021 by Frank DuVal double post (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowMe Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) When was the last time I saw a running broad. Just the other day. Thank God for poor spelling checkers😂 Edited December 13, 2021 by ShowMe (see edit history) 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Why does Heaven have a gate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hook Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, Restorer32 said: Why does Heaven have a gate? It was a make work program. Done to give St Peter a job. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3makes Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Be Careful Mr. Hook. One of the moderators will think you're being political! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 On 12/11/2021 at 6:45 PM, Frank DuVal said: TINSTAAFL you know! This is what I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hook Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 hour ago, 3makes said: Be Careful Mr. Hook. One of the moderators will think you're being political! Oh no.......it was sent with the most sincere bi-partisan meaning. haha Mr. B. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Jack, TINSTAAFL is There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Someone else on here had it as a signature, maybe Padgett. Seemed appropriate to the discussion about media and how it seems to be free, but really isn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Nerf bars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Jack Bennett said: “if you keep your engine in the bonnet”, and “your bonnet is in the boot” Yep, says the Corvair and VW Beetle owner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hook Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 11 hours ago, Jack Bennett said: Nice try. But, every set of “running boards”” I have ever seen, and, believe me, I have seen more than a few, really were not long enough to “run” on. Most of them didn’t even invite a good walk. And, so far as a person “running” to catch a speeding car, and ending the chase by “jumping” on the boards while running, well, maybe they should be called “jumping” boards then. And even at that, what may have began as a good idea may have turned bad if the car is a coupe, like my 23 DB Roadster, or a car built with suicide doors. And, I am positively certain that, if they could “run”, the boards on both my 1927 WK A70 or DB Roadster, would have scurried away from the car early on in the beginning of their 40+ years of idle captivity while awaiting their discovery, recovery and restoration.🙄. OK Jack, going on your statement about running boards you included the same misnomer. Have you ever seen a door commit "suicide" ? I haven't. I've seen them murdered by someone opening them when they shouldn't have. But I never saw one commit suicide. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 "Truck" was the term used for the load in a wagon or boat, it changed in the early 20th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trini Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Yes, the engine is under the bonnet and we store things in the boot. Gasoline is petrol and the thing around the wheel is a tyre. The topless car is a roadster and sometimes refered to as a ragtop. Take your pick. Not against the law. Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 13 hours ago, Jack Bennett said: Sorry, the photo of the truck “running boards” didn’t open with your post. What are the little(?) plates and hook looking things? Porsche 356 Nerf Bars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 So, my new Ram has "Power Deployed Running boards" And they sure are handy when climbing up into the beast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter J.Heizmann Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Jalopy Whippersnapper Whatchamacallit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 23 Skidoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 On 12/9/2021 at 3:47 PM, Buick35 said: I think asteroids and hemorrhoids are also mixed up Only if you're implying an innuendo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hook Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/9/2021 at 3:47 PM, Buick35 said: I think asteroids and hemorrhoids are also mixed up Yes, those are mixed up but, one word that isn't mixed up when speaking of hemorrhoids is "flare up"!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Maybe we should send an expedition to Uranus to study this question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 "Monkey Seats" This Packard for sale on Facebook says that it has monkey seats. You guys ever heard of jump seats being called "monkey seats? Marketplace - 1925 Packard “Eight” 7 pass. Touring Sedan long wheel base Sedan | Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 On 12/14/2021 at 1:33 PM, JACK M said: So, my new Ram has "Power Deployed Running boards" And they sure are handy when climbing up into the beast. Until the logic board controlling them loses its logic. The factory ones on my 08 F150 are tucked too close to the body to be much use. The non-OE ones on the 93 stick out far enough to be shin-busters. There are still a lot of macadam roads in rural Vajenya. Pour a base of tar or asphalt, pour gravel on the tar, then use a hot roller to compact and bind it. Makes a good secondary road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim65 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Always wondered why we call back storage compartment ‘’boot’ your American trunk makes more sense , while I prefer bonnet to your American hood 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Back when I was getting my degree in mechanical engineering we used “foot-pounds” for torque (or “inch-pounds” if the value was small). I see that also in the 1930s automotive literature I have. Now every description I see for modern cars uses “pound-feet” which just sounds weird to me. Same number as it doesn’t mater if you do (ft * lbs) or (lbs * ft), the number is the same. Just the name has been changed. I have heard that it is to use the same order as the metric folks that use newton-meters but I suspect it is probably just to annoy old codgers like me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 47 minutes ago, ply33 said: "pound-feet”...Just the name has been changed. Don't disparage yourself, Mr. Plymouth! Human thoughts and opinions are variable. "Foot-pounds" are common terminology even today, though, in my branch of engineering. And to tie in further to our automotive topic, 1 horsepower = 550 ft-lbs/second, as you likely know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV Puleo Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 6 hours ago, Pilgrim65 said: Always wondered why we call back storage compartment ‘’boot’ your American trunk makes more sense , while I prefer bonnet to your American hood 😁 Because it was called the "boot" on horse-drawn carriages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 1 hour ago, JV Puleo said: Because it was called the "boot" on horse-drawn carriages. Which then leads to the question why was it called a “boot” on horse drawn carriages? My knowledge of carriages is pretty limited. When I see a period piece movie or show or vintage photo with people riding in carriages there usually isn’t an obvious storage area in the back. But we all know how accurate TV and movies are regarding period cars so I suppose that same lack of attention to detail holds for carriages. The few carriages I have seen in museums didn’t seem to have a dedicated storage area. About the only ones I can think of that had a storage compartment in the rear (other than buckboards which I don’t think were considered carriages) were the Concord stages (also not, I think, officially a carriage). Were things different in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV Puleo Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 I also don't know much about carriage types. I know English carriages were different but by how much and at what times I'm not knowledgeable. My answer comes from having read a lot of 18th century English books, including travelogues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 15 hours ago, Pilgrim65 said: Always wondered why we call back storage compartment ‘’boot’ your American trunk makes more sense , while I prefer bonnet to your American hood 😁 A Google Image search for "bonnet" revealed mostly head wear: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3macboys Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Hudsy Wudsy said: A Google Image search for "bonnet" revealed mostly head wear: Precisely, head wear for the engine. I truly have no idea of the English origins for the names but I think of them as bonnet - engine cover, drop head, dropping the cover over your head. Wings - kind of makes of makes sense when you look at original fenders - they do look like wings on the early cars. Probably completely wrong in the original meanings but my way of translating the terms to Canadian Edited December 26, 2021 by 3macboys (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 13 hours ago, Hudsy Wudsy said: A Google Image search for "bonnet" revealed mostly head wear: Add some "boots" made of paper or scrap cloth and watch Chat put on a show! Our critters must love us, as much indignity as we heap on them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 England and America, 2 countries separated by a common language. Not my quote. Churchill? I watch a number of British TV shows and all are Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 5:10 AM, Restorer32 said: Why does Heaven have a gate? To make you think you can get in. St. Peter is standing there with his hand behind his back holding a needle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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