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Re: [GMCnet] Trip report [message #322488 is a reply to message #322485]

Tue, 22 August 2017 12:35

James Hupy

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Good trip report, Bob. Also, about the Top Fuel Drags. Nothing at all ,
except maybe a Saturn 5 launch on a lunar mission will compare with a Top
Fuel Car.
Shakes the Ground, and you can feel it in your chest. Back in the early
60's, I had a NHRA dragster license and drove both singshot rail cars and
Competition Coupes and Sedans. Different era for sure, but until you have
been strapped into a slingshot dragster with the slicks so close you can
touch them with your elbows, and your family jewels perched directly over
the ring gear in a metal housing prone to failure, your knees and feet and
ankles perched right next to a flywheel and clutch assembly known to
explode with some degree of regularity, you don't know what a "rush" is.
But, as my family grew, my wife asked me a question. " Do you want to drag
race, or do you want to be married?" Your choice. I promised her that I
would quit, and to this day I have not been back to a drag race. That does
not mean that I did not want to. Nothing on earth I have ever done compares
to it. Addictive behavior to be sure. Again, great trip. Hope it is one of
many for you and Pam.
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Dan Wallace
wrote:

> Fantastic to hear a happy story.
>
> I bought the Grand Chief in March, and have working to get ready for
> camping whenever I can steal a few hours from life.
>
> Sometimes, I get discouraged about the whole thing, but when I hear a
> happy story, I get reinvigorated!
>
>
> Thank you!
>
> Dan "I only have about twenty-five things left to do" Wallace
> --
> Dan Wallace
> Detroit Metro
> 1974 Canyon Lands 260
> Headers, 3.55, 16"
> Floor plan 26-9
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		Trip report By: Bob S. on Tue, 22 August 2017 11:01
		Re: Trip report By: 77Royale on Tue, 22 August 2017 11:47
		Re: Trip report By: jhbridges on Tue, 22 August 2017 11:58
		Re: Trip report By: DetroitDan on Tue, 22 August 2017 12:04
		Re: [GMCnet] Trip report By: James Hupy on Tue, 22 August 2017 12:35
		Re: [GMCnet] Trip report By: johnd01 on Tue, 22 August 2017 12:06
		Re: [GMCnet] Trip report By: Gary Worobec on Tue, 22 August 2017 12:05
		Re: [GMCnet] Trip report By: Bob S. on Wed, 23 August 2017 08:35
		Re: [GMCnet] Trip report By: jimk on Wed, 23 August 2017 11:32
		Re: [GMCnet] Trip report By: Rollerg on Tue, 22 August 2017 12:59
		Re: [GMCnet] Trip report By: jimk on Tue, 22 August 2017 13:56
		Re: [GMCnet] Trip report By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 22 August 2017 17:03
		Re: [GMCnet] Trip report By: k2gkk on Tue, 22 August 2017 22:47
		Re: Trip report By: Scott Nutter on Wed, 23 August 2017 14:37
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		Re: [GMCnet] Trip report By: Guy Lopes on Wed, 23 August 2017 15:28
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