Cardinal Grammeter

On 2/21/2026 at 12:24 PM, carterb said:

An American Werewolf In London

 

 

I remember that emblem above the gas door - I had a B210 that I put 136 hours (I kept a log since knew epic project) of oxy-acetylene welding into - where I achieved my best mastery of managing gas sheet metal welding distortion.

2 hours ago, carterb said:

Bumblebee

 

 

Orange Z & Brown B210?

59 minutes ago, datzenmike said:

Early air cleaners has a summer/winter lever on the snorkel for selecting outside air or air warmed by the radiator. In cold weather this helped vaporize the fuel droplets and prevent carburetor icing. This later switched to a vacuum operated servo in the snorkel that mixed outside air and air heated by the hot exhaust. This was regulated by a thermostatic valve inside the air filter cartridge. Still later, probably with the L20B, a hot idle compensator was added that opened an air bleed to the intake manifold to reduce over rich idle conditions from extreme under hood temperatures. Later again, with the Z series carburetor engines, a one way reed valve on the side of the air filter used vacuum and pressure exhaust pulses to draw air into the exhaust manifold, called the AIS for air injection system which replaced the belt driven air pumps. The one way valve blocked the pressure pulses, but the vacuum drew in oxygen rich air and mixed with the hot exhaust so the catalytic converter could now burn any unburnt hydrocarbons.

 

Every one of these systems was totally benign to engine running and performance, and except for the AIS, increased drive ability and mileage.  

I acquired a bunch of different air cleaners that would fit my 74 620 not knowing which was proper.  I'm pretty sure I have the right one installed.  Now in process of downsizing.  It bothers me that parts are dwindling for these cars.  Of course this has no bearing on customs.

34 minutes ago, DARIN 510 said:

Anything 1976 and older are exempt from bi-annual smog. That’s why those years of vehicle are more expensive. It used to be anything 25 years and older but Schwarzenegger stopped that.

CA does not pollution test vehicles >25 years old?  Wow.  I would have never thought.

That means an OE rusty air cleaner isn't worth much.

Guess that means For Free on CL or FB.  (I'm 45 East of Pittsburgh)

 

Vietnam peace talks bogged down, Nixon for first time ordered max b52 heavy bombing - first time in war.  

They caved.

Last Resort about the nuclear sub mutiny during coup is USA pilot was epic awesome.

You need to be just crazy enough to negotiate from strength.

Like bluffing in cards.

All this terrorism crap going on for decades, world is Neville Chamberlain.

Video of Imam saying if Hezbollah would have done to Saudi Arabia what they did on Oct 7th, Iran would be destroyed. 

I thought there would be a market for California owners needing to pass CARB.

Can anyone imagine what it was like 150 years ago?

How did girls not get pregnant?

Now, we've achieved our goals:  birth rates are plummeting.

There is no fix for this.

1 hour ago, tr8er said:

Iran, or as it was Persia was noted for the first charter of human rights.  This covered religious freedom, racial equality, and other human rights awarded the people.  They are also noted as the origin of Algebra.  Along with massive medical advancement and Isolation of Alcohol.  Their art is just incredibly timeless.  

 

No culture is best forgotten.  Even the worst cultures must not be forgotten.  The idea of paving over a historic culture to build hotels and GAPs is perhaps the worst position one could take.  

 

We can agree that the Cancer is best removed.  

Islam did have that Golden Age.  But it died, a tragedy of epic proportion.  Then scholars argue theories why it died.  Here's Tyson's:  

I thought I saw the side of a red one in the Dark Angel pilot.  but it wasn't.

.....

EDIT:  So I went back and Google Pic search and found it was a 720!

Appears @ 8:22 in the Pilot for Dark Angel

6 hours ago, frankendat said:

I realize this is immaterial to the overwhelming majority on Ratsun, but I have learned that Idaho Attorney General interprets the law regarding carrying concealed weapons to include knives. I love Idaho. 

I seem to recall ID tried to bring charges against feds for Ruby Ridge.

1 hour ago, Thomas Perkins said:

Trump will find him a place to stay.

 

I'm thinking girl.  But what do I know  LOL  I'm 73 so obvious don't know Jack.

On 2/23/2026 at 10:44 PM, a.d._510_n_ok said:

 

"Fled the United States."  That means this person is a fool.  Either a criminal or delusional.  

35 minutes ago, datzenmike said:

 I have my own killing field. Surprisingly there aren't that many bodies at rest. You have to be quite the disruptive asshole to join that exclusive club and be there. I had one guy want to close his account and  have all his posts erased. I told him they belonged to Ratsun.net and to just leave and stop posting. Instead he wanted to be banned or something, death by cop? After weeks of argumentative BS back and forth I think I changed his password. I do have one in limbo pending a 7 day time out. Nuts are entertaining but aggravating dicks are given more than enough chances. 

Some forum owners are notorious for banning people.  Josh at 67-72 Chevy Truck Forum is legendary.  ChatGPT will tell you itself!  I once commented (not argued) charging money to post classifieds did not help the hobby and that was it for me.  I had a 69 C20 CST Custom Camper 396 w/AC Longhorn bed  - the holy grail of those trucks that I was selling at that time.  That was maybe 15 years ago.  I'm tempted to send him an email and say, "Hey, are you still a dick?"

3 minutes ago, datzenmike said:

 

After almost 19 years on Ratsun, unfortunately I get to deal with nuts everyday too. I feel like a squirrel. 

Where did you hide the bodies?      LOL arf arf I make funny

Immigration is a BIG PROBLEM now because Assimilation does not happen anymore because of social media.

In the past, immigrants were surrounded by "Americans" face-to-face.  They had no option other than integrate/assimilate.

Now, you can live in the fake reality of social media thus eliminating integration/assimilation.  

This now extends beyond immigrants and the new generation is not assimilating - they are living in their screen realities.

This combined with contraception has destroyed reproduction which was inevitable before these technologies - no matter how hard you tried NOT to get the girl pregnant.  

Boy meets girl, 

Boy kisses girl,

Babies!

We are so fucked....  (or is it no-fucked?)

11 hours ago, ratpatrol66 said:

On a side note I own an Israeli Galil. Just humble bragging

I was at a FL gun show during the Clinton Crime Bill hysteria and a guy had a Galil he carried in to sell.  It was >$2000 back then - buy was bitching ATF agents were mingling in the crowd.   Looked like a "HK" quality variant of the AK.  Yes I wanted it.

Another guy had a BIG suitcase with a folding stock HK .308 with ALL the attachments.  I think it was a HK91 (I seem to recall there were 2 variants of the full size).  He wanted either $3000 or $3500.  There must have been a dozen attachments for it.  Probably should have bot it but I would have just looked at it and now, being 73, it would be something to sell off.  Yes, I wanted this one too.

2 hours ago, mtngoat said:

I've rarely seen a political section on any non political forum.... which didn't result in issues between members. Isn't Datsun enough? 

I think most sites prohibit politics - but then you have Weber -v- Hitachi,  Custom -v- Original and Wheels - issues I am sensitive to.  I am all for the Guns and Airplane Porn threads which were unexpected and most welcome. 

We totally screwed the Kurds in Desert Storm.  We promised them support then gave Saddam ability to fly helicopters he used to put them down.

They should have been given their country back, Kurdistan which was the northern tip of Iraq.

Old maps of the area showed a desert where Iraq was created - a "lake of sand" where the surrounding countries had no borders.  

Still, the powers that be refused to reinstate Kurdistan.

24 minutes ago, Jesse C. said:

 

Sure, why not. LOL! 

 

Douglas F-4D. Ford, Skyray

 

Why am I thinking of an Elephant Seal???

29 minutes ago, J-Luis said:

Tomcat loaded onto USS Enterprise CVN-80... I mean CVN-65.

When you see how large pieces of heavy steel behave like.... rubber, it's mind boggling that a structure as big as an aircraft carrier can be built.  And I'm a 72 year old retired structural engineer.  It's like religion, you have to believe the calculations!  They allow you to do things...  unimaginable!

46 minutes ago, paradime said:

 

Man, I NEEDED that!  I totally forgot about her!   If she composed and arranged this, she is at the highest level of music creativity/genius.   (have to post on my Facebook page - Primus and Prokofiev make a little space.)

RE:  The Destruction of America

The Big Problem was that when this country was founded, Christianity was everywhere.

People had Christian values.

And so Free Speech among religious Christians made sense - especially when a lot came here to escape religion persecution.

Religion, eh?

But now The Young are running wild since they are not religious - their undeveloped brains are gullible, delusional, ignorant, naive, etc., and exhibit Dunning Kruger, etc. which are seduced by the internet which corrupts the real world they experience directly.

Societal structure is being destroyed by chaos, groups of people that incompatible creeds, honors, ethics, etc. - no longer Christianity in common. 

Dare to imagine what the world will be like when

in <100 years, Christianity will be dead and 

in <200 years, Islam will be dead.

EDIT:  I recently put 1 + 1 together:

If you look at religions on the planet, the older ones convert into the newer ones.

Christianity spread all over.

But the newest religion is Islam which start around 500 AD.

Islam has spread all over - changing some Christian states into Islam.

And then Muhammad said he is the last prophet which I thought was rather arrogant.

So what

But wait:  Islam is going to be the last religion - can you imagine a new religion sweeping over the earth after the internet has transformed reality?

...what was it that Mu said????   He was going to be the last prophet???

Holly Shit, I'll bet he is right.

Did this guy foresee the end of religion and saw how to be the Last Man Standing?

On 8/12/2025 at 8:42 PM, J-Luis said:

The Internet says the first flight was in 1950, so the jet age doomed it.

A2D top speed in 1950: 500 mph. MiG-15 top speed in 1948: 669 mph. 

Also, the A2D that Jesse C. described in El Cajon appears to be the last one, only one left. 

Wonder if any Plane Guys dreamt of this at the Reno Air Races

On 9/13/2025 at 9:07 PM, a.d._510_n_ok said:

yo dawg! I heard you liked.....

Wow, just like German where they create new words by stringing them together.  Submarine is das Unterseeboot

2 hours ago, J-Luis said:

XR-8 Kellett

So many funny things come to mine, but.... how 'bout named "The Bug"?