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Topic: Alex Gets Kudo's On Vintage-Mustang
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mellowyellow
Gearhead Posts: 8198
From: So. Fl.
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-26-2006 02:46 PM
 
Another 65er, Tracy Blkfd posted about ALex and his 10 second 65!! Quite lengthy with discussion of his engine in detail. 
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65darkhorse
Gearhead Posts: 1282
From: east coast
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 05-26-2006 03:06 PM
mellow - its the same guy that posts here as BLACKFORD.http://www.mustangsandmore.com/cgi-bin/ubbmisc.cgi?action=getbio&UserName=blackford http://www.mustangsandmore.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/012006.html
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65darkhorse
Gearhead Posts: 1282
From: east coast
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 05-26-2006 03:11 PM
http://forums.vintage-mustang.com/showtopic.php?tid/1427969/
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bob6364
Gearhead Posts: 447
From: griswold,ct usa MCA#59447
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 05-26-2006 05:37 PM
Heh that t-5 guy is a idiot...he said,"single purpose drag cars are a thing of the past"Anyone that says "I'm respected" prolly isn't.
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68 Coop
Gearhead Posts: 5847
From: Mesquite, NV. 89027
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 05-26-2006 07:37 PM
What a dork.
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Mark Ugrich
Gearhead Posts: 351
From: Waukesha, Wisconsin,U.S.A.
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-26-2006 10:46 PM
The last that I heard, they ain't giving away national event records.You have to earn them.I'm sure Alex has paid his dues to get where he is.The fact that he's willing to share what he's learned speaks volumes of his character.
If that other guy can drive his car to the track, set a national elapsed time record and then drive his car home, I'll be the first one to shake his hand.
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sigtauenus
Gearhead Posts: 3969
From: Va Beach
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 05-27-2006 02:08 AM
Perfect example of why I left V-M 6 years ago when it was a post-to board and not even a real forum yet. Too many idiots over there.You just can't argue with guys like that, easier to just walk away from them.
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68 Coop
Gearhead Posts: 5847
From: Mesquite, NV. 89027
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 05-27-2006 08:27 AM
I ventured, for a minute, to those other Mustang sites, but nothing compared to the friendly and knowledgeable information I found/find here. I consider you guys VERY good friends that I would help in any way possible, and that says a lot about me, I don't usually give a **** about other peoples problems. Better them than me, except I like to help the good people here, and have, and will again if possible. Thanks for the minute  . ------------------
William
The easiest way to find something lost, is to buy a replacement. 68 Coupe
289
C4
3:55's/Trac-Lok
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 27681
From: Hampton Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 05-27-2006 11:32 AM
Some people run for records,
some just run their mouths  one of those two will earn you respect. If you have ever met Alex in person you will find him comfortable to be around,fun and very knowledgeable on the subjects he speaks.
Sam
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n2oMike
Gearhead Posts: 3058
From: Spencer, WV
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-27-2006 01:03 PM
Now THAT needs posted over at VM. ------------------
Mike Burch
66 mustang real street
302 4-speed 289 heads
10.63 @ 129.3
http://www.geocities.com/carbedstangs/cmml_mburch.html
http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/healey/367
http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/moi-display.cgi?220
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Stan
Gearhead Posts: 162
From: Castro Valley, CA
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 05-27-2006 01:17 PM
I just had to pipe in here. Please don't take this as a flame on anyone here. I've been a member here and at VMF for a long time and I think we all agree that we love our Mustangs. Why cut down another forum just because we don't agree with a post? I've received good information from here as well as VMF. Let's not have the mentality of "All Indians walk in a single file. . .at least the one I saw did."
Stan
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my6T65.0
Journeyman Posts: 26
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Apr 2006
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posted 05-27-2006 03:26 PM
Just to clear something up, Alex's nickname is NOT Doc and he DOESN'T live in AZ? I think the VMFers have him confused with some complete idiot real-estate broker from AZ. ------------------
66 Mustang Coupe 289/3spd (5.0/T5 and lots more in the works)
On a budget so tight it's not funny
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silverblueBP
Journeyman Posts: 44
From: Bend, Oregon
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 05-27-2006 03:37 PM
I'm confused here, why all the fuss over people on other forums giving kudos to Alex?
I don't see where anyone's flaming him, to the contrary, it sounded like they were all impressed....as should be!!
As far as "Doc" the money MANAGER, he just had a pile of $$ and can pretty much do what he wanted! What's wrong with that?------------------
Mark
1966 Mustang 2+2
Details here: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/667160
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mellowyellow
Gearhead Posts: 8198
From: So. Fl.
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-27-2006 06:40 PM
I don't either. Saw the post on V-M and to be honest don't know a good ET from a mediocre one and don't know anything about racing classes, etc. Do know that Alex is a good guy so I posted it here in good spirit. Don't care if someone likes V-M or not but was surprised to see the flaming. Bob Dooley, the webmaster of V-M, like Steve and Alex, is a good person who also has a real job. Like Steve, he tries to have a good site. We are fortunate to have dedicated people like them, trying to have the best for us. Not being a mechanical whiz have several bookmarks from M&M and V-M both. BOTH of these sites are ACES UP and have some differences in philosophy but all is cool for me. Have even got info on Stangnet but a glitch in password has prevented me from getting back on after staying off for over a year. A guy there said I should get Firefox and have. Have yet to go there-not important. When J.Smart made the boo-boo about K code vins on blocks, "toured" Boss, Hipo sites and do not care to return. Go on M&M and V-M every day and see a number of people who do the same. Great places to be on and would not care to be in a postiton to make a choice. Don't categorize friends like that so..........
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bob6364
Gearhead Posts: 447
From: griswold,ct usa MCA#59447
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 05-27-2006 06:53 PM
Ah yeah I didn't mean to start anything I read on VM quite abit just never post,my ah Comment was toward 1 poster there that basically in My opinion doesn't say anything useful and I pretty much skip over his posting,not sure why i didn't this time.
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 05-27-2006 07:00 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Stan:
I just had to pipe in here. Please don't take this as a flame on anyone here. I've been a member here and at VMF for a long time and I think we all agree that we love our Mustangs. Why cut down another forum just because we don't agree with a post? I've received good information from here as well as VMF. Let's not have the mentality of "All Indians walk in a single file. . .at least the one I saw did."
Stan
I agree with Stan. They seem like a good board and you can't blame the board if you don't agree with one of the posters. ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '70 Mustang Convertible - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150 XL
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blackford
Journeyman Posts: 76
From: Corona, Ca
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 05-29-2006 10:37 AM
VMF really is a top notch forum. I've meet several good friends personally as a result of that site. Every site gets boneheads...it's gonna happen. VMF doesn't tolerate it. What makes it good is a core of very helpful and knowledgable folks. I have been a member there for 5 years or so. It was invaluable in helping me to restomod my car.That bonehead response that guy made was just plain wierd. Trying to compare a full race car staying within SS/LA rules (moneymaker's) to some low 11 second street driven car probably with a bunch of aftermarket parts is like comparing apples to sour grapes...and his car was slower! Some people just can't be impressed. One thing that I am a major advocate of is that "bigger isn't always better". A lot of folks nowadays just automatically jump on the aftermarket bandwagon and say to use this big head or use that big head when there is soooo much more to it than just head selection. So, when I saw that Moneymaker is using ported 289 heads to break records, run in the 10s, and make power at very high rpms, I sit up and take notice. I could probably find a lot of guys who would say that he needs AFR 205s to accomplish what he did...nope!
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Tracy Blackford
'65 "Black" ford FB, 331 with H beam 289 rods, KB322s, fully prepped 351w heads, 282S cam, T5z, 3.50 9" posi. Many Suspension and handling mods. 4.5 year restomod project completed in June '04. 335 SAE RWHP @ 6400.
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