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I had one of the burnt piston and rods from Eddie Hills 4.99 pass (first Top Fuel driver to do so) and had him sign it while at BIR that same year. One day during a cleaning binge at home, I tossed it. I can only imagine what that piece would be worth today! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif
Rick

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Man when I think of all the junk I have thrown out the door, or was it a window?

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"You can't have everything; where would you keep it?"
Steven Wright

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Here's the "buildsheet":

https://www.yenko.net/photos/data/564...ildsheet_2.jpg

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Here's my best guess at deciphering what's written:

"Strickler's"

I.D. "D" 5/9/75

Cut Hubs 3.88 1.56 3.19
7 Clutch front 1.56 2.04
7 / int 1.31 1.31
8 / rear

New sprag in front
Used / / int
/ / / rear

Neutral Reverse

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Cool.. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif


And now we know the secret to Grumpy's success. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

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Does anyone know whatever happened to the fridge door that Ed "Big Daddy" Roth drew the original Rat Fink design on? I remember reading a story once about the origins of the Rat Fink character and the story went that Ed had sketched it on a refridgerator door, since it was the only large white surface he could find, and that it was originally duplicated from there. The door was pitched out but was supposedly later recovered by Ed after the character started to take off. With Ed's passing, who knows whos hands it may be in now. Sure would be a cool piece to have today.

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jeff, you planning on plugging that thing in, over there in london?

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Wilma, I'll take the cigarette butts. I'm planning on trying to get a genetic profile of the Grump from the cigarette butts in hopes of cloning him so I can have my own "in house Grump" to work on my cars!

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I'm planning on trying to get a genetic profile of the Grump from the cigarette butts in hopes of cloning him so I can have my own "in house Grump" to work on my cars!

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Careful, he'll want to toss all the rare stuff like dual-snorkel air cleaners, smog equipment, and exhaust manifolds in the garbage because that's what he did back in the day!