[Tom Vaught]

I have 3 quick stories:

1) Worked at a Montgomery Wards in In Kalamazoo, Michigan as a summer job between college semesters. Guy comes in, wanted a "Radiator Hose for a Volkswagen", I see his buddies outside. Go into the back and get a cheap hose for a foreign car. Sell it to the guy for 2 bucks, and send him out the door with the hose. Should have seen the look on his buddies faces. (;>)

2) Donavan, because the Traditional Pontiac engine started out as a much smaller engine (a 287 cubic inch engine with the same external block dimensions) and grew from there over the years to the 455 cubic inch engine size, most people say there is no "small block"/"big block engine" as the basic engine has been BOTH over the years.

There are some exceptions to any rule. Pontiac did make a 301 engine and a 303 engine, and a 366 engine which were "different". Chevrolet also made a 366 cubic inch TRUCK "Big Block" engine. As was said talking about Big Block vs Small Block is more of a Chebby thing. There were other small engine sizes but you get the point.

3) My favorite auto parts story involves Marty Palbykin and his daughter, Mary. Marty was running his Twin Turbo GTO at the time. Marty, his daughter, and I go into an auto parts store to buy a simple part for the car, a gasket or something like that.

So the counter guy (who is about the same age as Marty's daughter) starts bragging about his buddies 9 second Chevelle. Marty's daughter waits until he is done and then simply says, "My dad has run 7.40s with his Twin Turbo GTO". And we walk out of the store. Don't think the guy believe a word that she said.

Tom Vaught