(Photo by Joe Grippo) – There are some days at the strip that fly by and everything goes as smooth as glass. Then there are the other days, like the one these guys in the photo below are having that suck beyond all measurable means. The old saying, “A bad day at the track is better than a good day at work,” only goes so far. When just about every tool you own, the center section of the rear end, busted trans, the spare trans, the driveshaft, and other pieces of the car are strewn about like debris, that day at work looks pretty damned good. It takes a special breed of human to spend their waking hours wrenching on a race car like this. It is a sickness that most of us gearheads share and that we really can’t describe to people outside of our gasoline fueled cult.
This photo is begging for a good caption! What is happening? What are these guys saying to one another? Is there a blatant Ford joke here that isn’t beaten to death? You tell us!
Caption this photo!
I thought this car had a warrenty, why are we doing this shit?
I knew I shouldn’t have said I could change the drivers rear caliper without removing the wheel first.
I wonder what the poor people are doing.
Built Ford Tough.
Ah, Ha! I found it! I knew you guys had to have a hidden power adder. No way you could have run that quick with a Ford motor.
yep,thats it the dingle arm actuator is plugged to the turbo flux capacitor
Well THERE’S your problem!
11 Captions:
11. “I told you not to let Lohnes dyno the car . . . .”
10. “I think you’re taking this between rounds clean-up a little too far.”
9. “But the hose-clamp transmission mount worked when Freiburger tried it.”
8. “If you say real hot rods have three pedals again, I’m gonna split your wig with this driveshaft.”
7. “That’s the last time we’re buying a transmission out of the trunk of some guy’s car.”
6. “You still think that low-gear burnout was a good idea.”
5. “Proof positive that you have no idea how to rebuild a transmission.”
4. “I guess you picked the wrong time to replace the AFT with STP”
3. “Maybe we went a couple of pounds too low on the rear tire pressures.”
2. “No Dude, they haven’t used Type F transmission fluid for about twenty years.”
2. “At least you could wear a hair net if you go under the car . . . .”
1. Sure, Brian. You can borrow our transmission and driveshaft if he brings it back in one piece.”
9. “But the hose-clamp transmission mount worked when Freiburger tried it.”
We have a winner!
Oops!
1. “Sure, Brian can borrow our transmission and driveshaft if he brings it back in one piece.”
Leakers
time for a man to drive, let’s get that girl-o-matic out of there.
“The wheels on the ‘Stang go round and round, round and round…”