Tundras live: Dumb Dad Jokes, Incorrect Opinions, Relationship Advice, and Parking Etiquette

Circling back...

You did finger the one guy of my crew who became a cop. Funny how things work.

 

I hated the LTD while I owned it, but I wish I had it back now. It had a 351 Windsor (the shitty 351), but a guy down the street from us had a '77 with a 460 and 12" wide tires tucked fully under the fenders. Quite a sleeper. It was a boat, but 3 in the front and 4 in the back - or me and a girl - fit comfortably...

 

My buddy and I dropped that same motor in his cougar. Even for the shitty version it had some balls when we'd cruise/race Longmont Main Street back in the day.

 

Growing up we had a 71 Ford Torino station wagon.
It had 351 Cleveland motor in it.
When Dad sold it 10 years later the buyer only wanted the motor..

 

In the early 1980s I had an inherited 1968 Buick Electra 225 with absolutely perfect interior cloth seats - you could not destroy those seats, truly made to last. Mechanically it had issues and drank the old 19 cent per gallon gas. I am six feet tall. I could lie down on the back seat and not touch either door. It too was called the boat.

 

Not necessarily related to winter but the wife and I have been staying up late since just before Christmas.

 

Usually the opposite, with the sun going down sooner

 

Nope. Rarely up past 8.

 

I always go to bed late. After Midnight is avg, often later though.

 

Actually the Windsor wasn’t the shitty one . They had the Cleveland , Windsor and Modified . The Modified was the shitty one .

 

The 351M had a longer stroke than the 351C and was not much worse than the Windsor compared to the 351C.

 

My grandfather had an LTD station wagon with the 351M and it was a dog but my uncle had a 351W and it wasn’t that bad at all .

 

The 351M only came with a 2 barrel offering which didn't help.

 

Very true

 

Of course imho the worst engine Ford ever put out was the 352 . Drank gas like a big block with the power of the 351M . lol

 

All the 70's smog engines were dogs. The 302 had less than 130 horses. Heck, a 74 Chevy 454 had less than 240 horses.

 

Oh I know that .

 

The 400 CI V8 in my dad's 74 Firebird made a whopping 190 hp.

He still liked it better than his 80 Firebird.

 

I was 18 when that 74 Firebird came out!

 

My dad had a white ‘69 Plymouth station wagon and like a lot of folks sold it about ten years later with the gas prices. I remember him coming home with this Renault which was a huge POS mistake.

When I bought my ‘13 Sequoia, he was giving me shit about the gas mileage, and I reminded him of his own gas guzzler and poor reliability choices. Through the looking glass, LOL