Boys (or Girls) and Their Toys

By the way.. that last pic is 13,000 SHP!!!

 

Wow, my desk job sucks.

Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing. Very impressive to see the sendoff of a hero.

 

Coolbeans! 302 or 289?
I raced a few of those. Quick stock ride.
used to drive a Germany import from Mercury. Came with a 4 banger yanked it and dropped in a Boss 302 built by McClaren that was probably in the 600 HP range, car weighed in at 1800 lbs.
Crazy fast car. Scared myself so bad with it I yanked the engine back out and scraped it after almost twisting the front end off the car because of the torque at over 100 miles an hour in the 1/4 mile.

no pics in digital though.
grew up in Detroit and worked for the Big Three building displays for auto shows all over the world. Lots of motor heads in Detroit.

 

Absolutely awesome woody..great pics....

 

Scotty that is a beautiful car...did you buy it kinda like "joe dirt" bought his hemi cuda?...off some poor unsuspecting lil ol lady?

 

to answer your question @Woody Chain,
I was just there visiting a friend for about a week. I did enjoy the dirty shame, glad to hear it's making a comeback. Was the golden nugget attached to the mercantile?

 

The Nugget was a bar in Sylvanite, this picture was taken by us as we helped put out the fire as it burned down this Winter.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sylvanite montana&espv=2&biw=1327&bih=715&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=5K0XVLuzJYOsjAKW-oGwCw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=sylvanite mine montana
Dirty Shame is also a bar, but up in The Yaak. Across the street is the Merc and Tavern.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sylvanite montana&espv=2&biw=1327&bih=715&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=5K0XVLuzJYOsjAKW-oGwCw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=Yaak montana

 

I think they flew his remains back home to wherever in California he was from.
Here is the report.
Incident Name: Cedar Fire
Date: 10/29/03, 1300 hrs
Personnel: Steven Liss Rucker
Age: 38
Agency/Organization: Novato Fire Protection District
Position: Engineer

Summary: Engineer Steve Rucker and the members of his engine company E-6162 were assigned through a statewide mutual aid system to the Cedar Fire near San Diego. They were assigned to defend a home in a hilly area near Santa Ysabel that was threatened by wind-driven fire spread. Upon their arrival at the home, the crew cleared some brush and decided that the location was defendable. The crew burned out areas of grass 140 feet downhill from the house and made other preparations for the approach of the fire, including laddering the house and stretching hoselines. About 20 minutes after arriving at the house, the crew observed an increase in the fire activity below them. Communications with others in the area were inadequate. Pushed by wind, the main fire unexpectedly made a one-half mile run directly at Engineer Rucker and his crew in less than 2 minutes. Fire conditions worsened within seconds and the Captain observed flame lengths of 40-50 feet. The fire bent over their position in spite of the 140' "Black" they had created. The firefighters retreated to a more shielded position behind the engine. Due to the increasing intense heat, however, the Captain ordered his crew to abandon their position behind the engine and seek shelter in the house, as they had planned.

The firefighters, facing severe thermal exposure, ran for the shelter of the rear of the house. Two firefighters arrived safely to the interior of the house. They then heard a radio call from their Captain indicating that a firefighter was down. The firefighters left the house and began to retrace their steps back toward the engine and their other two crewmates. They encountered the Captain, who told them that Engineer Rucker was down and needed their help. Due to intense heat, the firefighters and the Captain were unable to go to the aid of Engineer Rucker. They retreated again into the house, but within minutes, were forced to evacuate to the engine as the house burned. Engineer Rucker could not be rescued and died of burn injuries. The Captain received severe burn injuries and was hospitalized for 28 days.

The Cedar Fire eventually consumed 280,278 acres and destroyed 2,232 structures, 22 commercial buildings, and 566 outbuildings. Thirteen civilians were killed as a result of the fire and there were 107 injuries. (Adapted from the USFA Memorial Database)

 

Love Rotties. Mine was Gertrude, lost her a few years ago to cancer, one of the best dogs ever, totally nuts like me.
We would go camping and she would jump back and forth over a roaring bond fire catching the hot embers with her mouth. By the end of the nite her whiskers were all burnt and her lips swollen but she was happy as a lark.
She would run up behind kids on skateboards and knock them off and take off riding it down the road with her two front feet pushing with her back feet.
Installed a invisble fence to keep her in the yard. Came home one day and she was laying on the boundry where the fence is buried, she had the collar on and I had turned it up all the way. Thought I had electrocuted her and stopped her heart. Everytime the collar would shocker her her feet would twitch back and forth. I thought to myself great, killed the dog, dummy. Just then she jumped up knocked me down and started kissing me, she had been sleeping ontop of the electric underground fence..........crazy dog.

 

Woody, post #16, was the last engine in that strike team #4674? I couldn't tell if it was #4574 or #4674.
If it was #4674- my boys. Monterey/San Benito- Battalion 4, Bradley station.
If so, 66 was Bear valley and 64 was Lockwood if I remember right.

 

Cars are a great topic except most of us had cool cars long before we had smart phones and digital cameras. So who has pics?

I drove a 70 440 6 Pack Cuda Convertible in high school. White with red interior.
When I met my wife Annette, she was driving a 71 340 Challenger convertible and it was off to the races from that day forward for us. After 35 yrs were still together.
She drives a supercharged Tundra now. She is one of the fastest drivers I know.
One of our daughters found this picture when we were moving in June and somehow posted it on Facebook.
Shows us in our younger days. Long hair and short shorts
The rest of the pictures show what my car looked like.

 

Looks like a 74 to me, hard to tell.

 

It's the first two numbers I can't quite make out. 45 or 46. If they're 46, I spent a lot of time behind the wheel of that engines predecessor. And the 4664 engine was out of Parkfield, not Lockwood. 4694 was Lockwood. We had 4674 and 4684 out of Bradley.
Sorry, seeing those numbers has the 'ol blood flowing again.