[Shiny]

Originally Posted by Will

It was a busy evening for the birds and the bees in the old apple tree.

Nice! Always like your photos, thanks for posting.

[455firebird1969]

Originally Posted by Shiny

Nice! Always like your photos, thanks for posting.

I agree, excellent photography from Will.

[Will]

Originally Posted by Murf

Yesterday morning



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Yeesh! Looks like our weather from two weeks ago made it to you. With any luck, you'll get our weather that immediately followed it - a record breaking streak of days in the 70s.

Originally Posted by Shiny

Nice! Always like your photos, thanks for posting.

Originally Posted by 455firebird1969

I agree, excellent photography from Will.

Thanks gentlemen, I appreciate your words. It was kinda crazy how many birds showed up in my apple tree last night, and I'd decided to eat dinner on the deck next to it and brought my camera out with me just in case.

[Greg Reid]

That first bird is a House Finch. I have a pair that nests in my carport every year. They are excellent 'singers'. The other is a Black Capped Chickadee...or Carolina Chickadee depending on where you live, north or south. The third one I can't make out. The last one is a Pine Warbler I believe. Kind of a bird observer here...Very nice photos!

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by 455firebird1969

I can’t take much credit for the thought that went into this build. The Jeep guys have been building similar engines for decades, using the Mopar 4.0 that replaced the AMC 258.

I've thought about putting this sort of engine in a mid-60s Rambler American - with such a light little car, it could be fun.

[Shiny]

Bouy anchors to be accurate but surprised me to see these at a pier in California last week. I don't think the bouys were going to drift!

[FirebirdHank]

I have heard of some engines referred to as "boat anchors" but I thought they were just kidding.

[Greg Reid]

Wonder if there are any RAIVs out there.

[455dan]

Jeepster I played around with a few years back

72 30 over 455 turbo 400 and dana 20 also installed GM power steering with a tilt column.
I Painted it in GM /Pontiac Flame Red

[Will]

Originally Posted by 455dan

Jeepster I played around with a few years back

72 30 over 455 turbo 400 and dana 20 also installed GM power steering with a tilt column.
I Painted it in GM /Pontiac Flame Red

A Jeep with a 455? Well played sir, well played!

[455dan]

Thanks Will

It was a blast to drive, I also made the T 400 a floor shift using a Buick Gran Sport console but don't have a pic of that. Would have been even neater with a His and Hers , which I guess could have been ordered on Hurst Jeepsters with the Buick 225 T 400 combo
Even with it being a Mild pump gas Pontiac 455, it was pretty quick and responsive with the stock 3.73 gears and a weight of ~2800lb including driver.

That is one I miss.

[455firebird1969]

Originally Posted by Shiny

Bouy anchors to be accurate but surprised me to see these at a pier in California last week. I don't think the bouys were going to drift!

That reminds me of something I encountered in GTMO back in the nineties when I deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. We were housed and worked on the leeward side of the base, adjacent to the airfield. On our days off, we did a lot of snorkeling. There were three beaches we could walk to, and snorkel. They were 1 thru 3, and 1 was an easy or beginner type on beach. 3 required the most skill, and it was probably more suited for diving. One of the beaches you had to swim through a hole in the corral underwater to get out to the deep water. It was kinda scary the first time I did it, but it was part of the deal. One of the beaches had a buoy in deep water, and it was the beginning of a dive route, and it was about 30’ deep. With only snorkel gear, we were unable to get to the bottom where the dive trail started. I could get down maybe 15-20’ and I could see what was anchoring the buoy.

This is the part your picture that reminds me of GTMO. The anchor was a complete axle assembly. I tried to identify what axle or was, it looked like a Dana, but I couldn’t get close enough to see it for sure.

I’ll try to find a picture from that deployment, it was during the same timeframe when the Waco Siege occurred, in April 1993.

[Carl S]

Today

[Tellyshavilli]

Trying to hide towards the top of trees. Took pic last year at our pond behind the house

[salem1912]

Originally Posted by Tellyshavilli

Trying to hide towards the top of trees. Took pic last year at our pond behind the house

Doing a good job of it.

[Shiny]

Originally Posted by salem1912

Doing a good job of it.

Yes... and seems out of place up in a tree

[Tellyshavilli]

Originally Posted by Shiny

Yes... and seems out of place up in a tree

It’s the first time I’ve seen one up in a tree , usually they’re just hanging around by the water , they spook pretty easy to

[JimFB400HO]

When I saw that I thought that for every one of those there was once someone who walked into a dealership anticipating the purchase and all the joy of their shiny new vehicle. There has to be the lyrics for a country song in there somewhere.

[400 4spd.]

This is being delivered to the owner soon, so today I took it for a short test drive. I’m impressed with the car’s handling and power.

[455firebird1969]

Big Ugly Brewery.