Motivational Poster Thread (warning content)

North Dakota Air National Guard.

 

I seem to remember fitting N50-15's inside the rear fenders and having front tires that could actually contribute to steering and braking, even in the snow.

 

When I got sent out west to Mare Island, Ca. for US Navy tech school from my ship drydocked in Charleston, SC, in 1984, I drove my 1975 Firebird. Got to driving the hilly country in and around San Fran and had trouble with wheel hop. I put on some Centerline wheels with L60/15s on back and G60/15s on front along with air shocks and slapper bars in back. I had already removed all the defunct airconditioning gear saving about eighty pounds uo front. No more wheel hop, and boy could that 'Bird fly! Surprised I only ever got one speeding ticket, and that was in Baton Rouge, La. Leaving the main gate of Mare Island almost daily I'd shift my autotrans manually (old trick I learned in my '68 AMC AMX with Shift Command trans earlier) and I'd go blasting up the onramp to the Interstate and be hitting 95 in second gear, shift to third about the time I merged with traffic. The Marine gate guards were said to search every fourth car coming in the gate. I felt like painting a number "4" on my car's side, they searched me everytime! I know they saw me blasting up that on ramp.