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47 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

They seem to be a pretty good sized outfit with some skills.

I'm friends with one of the mechanics and the machinist for the shop. I have known both of them before the shop even opened. 

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1 hour ago, maddmaxx said:

Did they try to sell you a condo too?

There's several condos around here that are for the race guys. I can show you several private garages that just have cars stored so the owner can fly up in their private jets and go racing for the weekend. 

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A friend of mine who did the tubing bending for my sidecar this is his shop

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He builds all his own frames and a lot frames for other people and yes all the cars in this photo are his. The motorcycle in the photo is one of my old dirt bikes. 

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4 minutes ago, BR46 said:

A friend of mine who did the tubing bending for my sidecar this is his shop

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He builds all his own frames and a lot frames for other people and yes all the cars in this photo are his. The motorcycle in the photo is one of my old dirt bikes. 

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What you don't see in this photo is behind me is the race hauler that is inside the building. 

This is how he travels to the races 

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It makes my little class c motorhome and trailer look small. 

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2 hours ago, BR46 said:

What you don't see in this photo is behind me is the race hauler that is inside the building. 

This is how he travels to the races 

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It makes my little class c motorhome and trailer look small. 

Hell, all we had with the funny car was and old Ford ramp truck and we slept in the cab......or in the summer under the race car.

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9 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

Hell, all we had with the funny car was and old Ford ramp truck and we slept in the cab......or in the summer under the race car.

Greg Ray had a triple axle gooseneck Featherlight with a nice work area inside and a small living quarters.  You could get on top to watch the races.  Held his F2000 car.  We pulled it with a Ford F350 with a PowerStroke diesel.  I remember doing 80 heading back to Dallas from College Station with that rig.

Looked a lot like this

Car Hauler - Race Trailers with Living Quarters | MO Great Dane trailers

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1 hour ago, jsharr said:

I remember doing 80 heading back to Dallas from College Station with that rig.

I had this rig over 100 mph for a short period of time. 

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I don't plan on doing that again......I like to keep it under 70 

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2 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

He can't buy it.  There's no place for the monkey.

Wouldn't be cool if all racing needed another person to help them turn or if a NASCAR driver dragged a knee in the turn. 

Here is my friend Paul with a new monkey. The monkey was in the wrong position and when he tried to correct it it was too late. 

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7 hours ago, BR46 said:

Wouldn't be cool if all racing needed another person to help them turn or if a NASCAR driver dragged a knee in the turn. 

Here is my friend Paul with a new monkey. The monkey was in the wrong position and when he tried to correct it it was too late. 

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Sonofabitch!!! OMG, gruesome.

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2 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said:

Were you eating crackers? :scratchhead:

The Throttle Stop dose a Saturday morning gathering called coffee and cars. One of the employees left the door open and I don't see any signs saying that we couldn't enter so Wo46 and I went to see what was hiding in the back. 

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14 minutes ago, BR46 said:

The Throttle Stop dose a Saturday morning gathering called coffee and cars. One of the employees left the door open and I don't see any signs saying that we couldn't enter so Wo46 and I went to see what was hiding in the back. 

I had a similar experience at a second hand shop as a kid. The grouchy old proprietor threw me oot of the back room. :D  It had more interesting stuffs than the main room!

 

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1 hour ago, BR46 said:

The Throttle Stop dose a Saturday morning gathering called coffee and cars. One of the employees left the door open and I don't see any signs saying that we couldn't enter so Wo46 and I went to see what was hiding in the back. 

Note to @maddmaxx.  If BR46 ever visits you, be sure to keep the door to the secret lab closed and locked.  

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