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<blockquote data-quote="hotrodpc" data-source="post: 3390" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>I was a street racer in Los Angeles in my younger days, the late 80's. I was a Muncie 4 speed guy, but with horsepower, speed shifting and side stepping clutches you tend to break alot of axles and driveshafts. This old man, father of a great friend of mine, kept telling me to go Auto, I always said hell no. Being that my ride to work was my race truck... One Friday night I broke my Muncie 4 speed. Called up the old man, he said stop and get me a 12 pack of Burgie and come over. When I got there, there was a Th350 on the trans building table. He sat on his ass, got drunk and told me how to build a Th350. I installed it in the truck Saturday morning and that was that. Been automatic every since. Then his own truck had a Th400 go out. He bought the beer that time and told me to come over. He sat on his ass, got drunk and told me how to build a Th400. Then he wanted to disect a 700r4 for the first, so I sat on my ass got drunk, and watched him build a 700r4. 700r4s weren't real common yet, so it was a learning experience for him too. The next 700r4 he did, we both got drunk and built it for a his buddies Jaguar that was converted to a SBC400 and 700r4. I pretty much ran with it after that and started building transmissions for many of the street racers. I'd go Friday and Saturday night to the races, get a core or 2 from the guys, then the following Friday and Saturday, deliver their transmissions, get paid, and pick up another one. Occasionally, had a build during the week if a guy broke his. So yeah, it was great side money back then. Then when I was laid off work as a union carpentar, I'd collect unemployment and build engines and transmissions for side money and actually made more money being unemployed. Of course that only 1-2 months at a time, once of twice a year depending on how big the jobs where that I worked for my full time job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hotrodpc, post: 3390, member: 27"] I was a street racer in Los Angeles in my younger days, the late 80's. I was a Muncie 4 speed guy, but with horsepower, speed shifting and side stepping clutches you tend to break alot of axles and driveshafts. This old man, father of a great friend of mine, kept telling me to go Auto, I always said hell no. Being that my ride to work was my race truck... One Friday night I broke my Muncie 4 speed. Called up the old man, he said stop and get me a 12 pack of Burgie and come over. When I got there, there was a Th350 on the trans building table. He sat on his ass, got drunk and told me how to build a Th350. I installed it in the truck Saturday morning and that was that. Been automatic every since. Then his own truck had a Th400 go out. He bought the beer that time and told me to come over. He sat on his ass, got drunk and told me how to build a Th400. Then he wanted to disect a 700r4 for the first, so I sat on my ass got drunk, and watched him build a 700r4. 700r4s weren't real common yet, so it was a learning experience for him too. The next 700r4 he did, we both got drunk and built it for a his buddies Jaguar that was converted to a SBC400 and 700r4. I pretty much ran with it after that and started building transmissions for many of the street racers. I'd go Friday and Saturday night to the races, get a core or 2 from the guys, then the following Friday and Saturday, deliver their transmissions, get paid, and pick up another one. Occasionally, had a build during the week if a guy broke his. So yeah, it was great side money back then. Then when I was laid off work as a union carpentar, I'd collect unemployment and build engines and transmissions for side money and actually made more money being unemployed. Of course that only 1-2 months at a time, once of twice a year depending on how big the jobs where that I worked for my full time job. [/QUOTE]
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