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bulldogmack58

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  1. Very impressive machinery! But I still like "old school" where you hook up two, three, four or more units, more often than not just as many makes and configurations and the skill of the drivers working as a team, that's knowledge!!! Don't get me wrong, I understand where these people are coming from with what they're doing but that's what makes a good operator you come across a situation and find a solution! Mick ;)

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  2. yep as I say glad you blokes do it and do it well in Australia we seem to run a muck at different times of the year as our winter is when your summer is I reckon the biggest weekend and a long weekend at that is Easter oh boy does Australia run a muck then last good weather before winter our big city's get deserted everyone goes camping any where with water around it turns into tent city oh my head is getting sore just thinking about it all in the name of being an Aussie :twothumbsup:

    Paul

    Paul, you should come see what Easter is like in my game, f___ing tourists! It's worse than Christmas!!! :o

  3. G'DAY PAUL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TOO GET OUT BEFORE BUT I STARTED RAMBLING AS USUAL! IF I REALLY WANT SOMETHING, I'LL WAIT AND SEE FOR A BIT BUT IF IT GETS TOO HIGH I'LL JUST WALK AWAY. IF IT STAYS IN WHAT I THINK IS A FAIR RANGE I'LL HAVE A GO, I DON'T MIND PAYING WHAT AN ITEM IS WORTH IN THE MARKET. THAT'S ONLY FAIR AND IF I GET A BARGAIN THAT'S GOOD, I'M NOT LIKE SOME THAT WANT TOO HAGGLE OVER EVERY DEAL, MICK :P

    P.S. BUT YEAH, I'VE BEEN A SNIPER ON EBAY

  4. I DON'T THINK IT MAKES MUCH DIFFERENCE! IF IT'S SOMETHING MANY ARE AFTER IT WILL GO THAT WAY! I'VE FOUND IT WORSE WHEN YOU GET TRIGGER HAPPY CLOWNS ON THERE BIDDING CONTINUOUSLY BECAUSE THEY WANT TOO BE THE HIGHEST BIDDER! TOO GET SOMETHING I REALLY WANTED I'VE GONE TOO THE TROUBLE OF GETTING A SELLERS MOBILE NUMBER BY ASKING FOR MORE INFO, RANG HIM AND SAID IF YOU PULL THE LISTING NOW I'LL PAY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING! HE AGREED AND WE DID THE DEAL! ALTHOUGH HE WASN'T FAR AWAY AND I WAS WAVING CASH UNDER HIS NOSE! THAT, MAKES A DIFFERENCE! MICK :whistling:

  5. IT'S JUST A THOUGHT, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S INTO TRUCK PULLIN' I'D RECKON THEY'D GIVE A GOOD GUIDE! I CAN'T SEE HOW A BIGGER EXHAUST WOULDN'T HELP! JUST HOW MUCH BIGGER WOULD BE THE QUESTION AS I'M SURE THERE WOULD BE AN OPTIMUM SIZE VS OUTPUT OF EACH ENGINE DEPENDING ON WHAT'S BEEN DONE TOO IT! I'M JUST THINKING THAT TOO BIG MAY BE NOT GOOD JUST LIKE TOO SMALL CAN BE ALSO! MY TWO BOB'S WORTH, MICK :rolleyes:

  6. I CAN MAYBE SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS SUBJECT! MY FIRST FULLTIME JOB WAS IN SPAREPARTS AT OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER! NOW, I'M IN AUS SO SOME THINGS ARE DIFFERENT HERE TO THE US BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINDSOR AND CLEVELAND V8'S. LONG STORY SHORT, IT WAS CONSIDERED GOSPEL THAT AN ''XY FALCON'' AN AUS MODEL, WAS NEVER, EVER PRODUCED WITH A WINDSOR V8 EVER! A MATE OF MINE BOUGHT A ''ONE OWNER'' XY WAGON AND THE AT TIME AND AS I LOOKED IT OVER I SAID TO HIM THAT'S A WINDSOR NOT A CLEVELAND, THINKING AT THE TIME THE ORIGINAL OWNER REPOWERED IT AT SOME TIME! ANYWAY MY FRIEND ENQUIRED INTO IT AND WAS TOLD THAT SHE'S ALL ORIGINAL, I SAID BULLSHIT! MANY YEARS LATER IT CAME TOO LIGHT THAT FORD HAD DONE A RUN OF XY'S ALL WAGONS, ALL THE SAME COLOUR, OPTIONS, EVERYTHING TOO RUN OUT THE EXISTING SUPPLY OF WINDSOR V8 MOTORS BUT THEY WERE NEVER SHOWN AS A PRODUCTION MODEL IN PARTS BOOKS. SO MY POINT BEING, THAT EVEN NO MATTER HOW WELL YOU THINK YOU KNOW SOMETHING, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW !!! :whistling:

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