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Waaaaaayyyyyy back when most of you young fellers were still little guys
I classified modified cars at Cecil County Dragway. There was a fellow
who ran a 55 Chevy in the E Modified Production class, E/MP. It had a 348
with a 409 crank for about 375 C.I.s. The car never really ran that great
but he kept coming back every week so I got to know the car real well.
Back then the same car without a front bumper, at the same
weight, ran D Gas class, D/G. Well, the car shows up one weekend
without the front bumper and a Moon fuel take in the hole where the grill
was last week. So he rolls on the scale and I weight it. 55 Chevys with a
"W" block weigh between 3500 and 3600 pounds all day long. This car
suddenly weighs over 4,000 lbs. He wants to run H Gas!! :shock:

I had noticed earlier that the stock gas tank hadn't been removed so I
crawl under it and find a petcock on the front of the tank, open it and
water starts running out. :lol:

So I close it and send him to the back of
the pits to drain the tank, all the while wondering how he got over 400 lbs
of water in a 18 gal tank!

The guy come back and gets on the scale
again and the car still weighs close to 4,000. :evil:

The only place that
much weight can be is under the back seat so I ask him to take the it out.
He says "If you want it out, take it out yourself!"

I said "Okay!" Well
I reach under the seat on the drivers side and release it from the hook, go
to the passenger side and release it from the hook and jerk it up. The
seat didn't move!! I almost wack my head on the on the drive shaft tunnel.
I call one of the Stock inspector guys over and we wrestle the
damnnnnnnnnn seat out. There was two man hole covers on the floor
under the seat one in the springs of the bottom of the seat and two in the
springs of the back of the seat. SO now the car weighs under 3500 lbs
and fall just above the B/G weight break in the bottom of A Gas. :lol:

He went home for the weekend.........

Author:	Keith Seymore [ Jul Wed 16, 2008 8:29 am ]
Post subject:	Famous again....
Yep. That's MY hometown... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_missing_manhole_covers

Author:	bbnova [ Jul Wed 16, 2008 8:36 am ]
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I just read that myself....

Author:	kickin_astro [ Jul Wed 16, 2008 9:12 am ]
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These scrap dealers are as much to blame as the guy stealing them. Same with Cat. Convertors. If a guy brings in a brand new convertor for scrap, wouldn't that throw a red flag??? Same with a man hole cover. They should get thrown in jail as quick as the guy that stole it....

Author:	RICK MILLER [ Jul Wed 16, 2008 9:19 am ]
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One of the techs here almost rode his bike into the manhole yesterday because someone stole the cover.

Author:	Keith Seymore [ Jul Wed 16, 2008 10:55 am ]
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kickin_astro wrote: These scrap dealers are as much to blame as the guy stealing them. Same with Cat. Convertors. If a guy brings in a brand new convertor for scrap, wouldn't that throw a red flag??? Same with a man hole cover. They should get thrown in jail as quick as the guy that stole it.... I absolutely agree. K

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Author:	bfnjz52 [ Jul Wed 16, 2008 1:38 pm ]
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Waaaaaayyyyyy back when most of you young fellers were still little guys I classified modified cars at Cecil County Dragway. There was a fellow who ran a 55 Chevy in the E Modified Production class, E/MP. It had a 348 with a 409 crank for about 375 C.I.s. The car never really ran that great but he kept coming back every week so I got to know the car real well. Back then the same car without a front bumper, at the same weight, ran D Gas class, D/G. Well, the car shows up one weekend without the front bumper and a Moon fuel take in the hole where the grill was last week. So he rolls on the scale and I weight it. 55 Chevys with a "W" block weigh between 3500 and 3600 pounds all day long. This car suddenly weighs over 4,000 lbs. He wants to run H Gas!! I had noticed earlier that the stock gas tank hadn't been removed so I crawl under it and find a petcock on the front of the tank, open it and water starts running out. So I close it and send him to the back of the pits to drain the tank, all the while wondering how he got over 400 lbs of water in a 18 gal tank! The guy come back and gets on the scale again and the car still weighs close to 4,000. The only place that much weight can be is under the back seat so I ask him to take the it out. He says "If you want it out, take it out yourself!" I said "Okay!" Well I reach under the seat on the drivers side and release it from the hook, go to the passenger side and release it from the hook and jerk it up. The seat didn't move!! I almost wack my head on the on the drive shaft tunnel. I call one of the Stock inspector guys over and we wrestle the damnnnnnnnnn seat out. There was two man hole covers on the floor under the seat one in the springs of the bottom of the seat and two in the springs of the back of the seat. SO now the car weighs under 3500 lbs and fall just above the B/G weight break in the bottom of A Gas. He went home for the weekend.........

Author:	RICK MILLER [ Jul Wed 16, 2008 1:56 pm ]
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WOW Dick, I thought you gunna highjack this thread and start talking about drag racing

Author:	underdog [ Jul Wed 16, 2008 2:48 pm ]
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What's a man hole cover? I heard they are getting $6 a piece for them

Author:	bbnova [ Jul Wed 16, 2008 3:02 pm ]
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bfnjz52 wrote: Waaaaaayyyyyy back when most of you young fellers were still little guys I classified modified cars at Cecil County Dragway. There was a fellow who ran a 55 Chevy in the E Modified Production class, E/MP. It had a 348 with a 409 crank for about 375 C.I.s. The car never really ran that great but he kept coming back every week so I got to know the car real well. Back then the same car without a front bumper, at the same weight, ran D Gas class, D/G. Well, the car shows up one weekend without the front bumper and a Moon fuel take in the hole where the grill was last week. So he rolls on the scale and I weight it. 55 Chevys with a "W" block weigh between 3500 and 3600 pounds all day long. This car suddenly weighs over 4,000 lbs. He wants to run H Gas!! I had noticed earlier that the stock gas tank hadn't been removed so I crawl under it and find a petcock on the front of the tank, open it and water starts running out. So I close it and send him to the back of the pits to drain the tank, all the while wondering how he got over 400 lbs of water in a 18 gal tank! The guy come back and gets on the scale again and the car still weighs close to 4,000. The only place that much weight can be is under the back seat so I ask him to take the it out. He says "If you want it out, take it out yourself!" I said "Okay!" Well I reach under the seat on the drivers side and release it from the hook, go to the passenger side and release it from the hook and jerk it up. The seat didn't move!! I almost wack my head on the on the drive shaft tunnel. I call one of the Stock inspector guys over and we wrestle the damnnnnnnnnn seat out. There was two man hole covers on the floor under the seat one in the springs of the bottom of the seat and two in the springs of the back of the seat. SO now the car weighs under 3500 lbs and fall just above the B/G weight break in the bottom of A Gas. He went home for the weekend.........

Author:	Keith Seymore [ Jul Wed 16, 2008 3:08 pm ]
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Reminds me of the Ramchargers, and the time we asked them to pull the "spare tire" out. Took three guys to do it....(...it was full of cement).

Author:	Keith Seymore [ Jul Wed 16, 2008 3:10 pm ]
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Or my dear own father, who used to weigh in for B/Stock (or B/MP) with: a) Full tank of fuel b) Slicks in the trunk c) Tool box in the trunk d) Tow bar installed e) Tow bar safety chains installed (logging chains) f) Me (ie, 40 lbs) standing on the scale.

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