Mar 22, 2008 11:47 am thats awesome
Just one of the fun things we do at my job...
Posted on Mar 22, 2008 11:45 am
Hue
Pinnipedal Czar (: 3=
Member Since: Apr 11, 2004
Yesterday, our GMs car started it's death-rattle on the way into work .(380,000 miles+) So, we decided to film it's demise just for fun .
The death of a 1994 Bonneville SSE...
s115.photobucket.com/albu...nt=CLIP0001.flv
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Mar 22, 2008 11:48 am I liked how it slowly pushes the dipstick out until the wrist-pin fell out of the bottom, and allowed another place for all that pressure to go .
Lot'sa scrap underneath, afterwards . : )
Hell, if we were able to do this every Saturday, I might be inclined to work more of them .
Mar 22, 2008 12:08 pm Wow.... I think I heard it crying a little just before it keeled. Sounded like someone poured some lead shot into the head.
Mar 22, 2008 12:43 pm Hahaha, funny stuff.
Mar 22, 2008 02:00 pm That car was a taxi cab for three years before we retired it due to it's age... he drove it for another three years before today . Very seldom do we actually get to put a car out of it's misery before it up and decides to die on its own .(Usually far away from the shop, incurring a hefty tow bill.) I think the most miles we got out of one of our cabs was around 650,000... a GM-307 . Upon it's retirement, we called GM to see if they wanted to purchase the beast... the mileage seemed impressive to us . Their reply was to call them back after it reached one million miles, rather than keep the beast around for another couple of years, we sold it to some kid for a couple of hundred bucks . I'll bet that thing is still on the road !
Mar 22, 2008 02:48 pm Just would of been funnier if you had a split screen showing the underside as the rod came flying out.
Still, that was pretty funny to see the puffs of smoke roll out of it as the oil ran out of the dip stick.
I was hoping that there would be one loud cluck, and the engine just stopped dead.
Funny stuff!
Mar 22, 2008 03:04 pm Whats the best mic on a 1994 Bonneville? lol
Mar 22, 2008 03:12 pm That is awesome! I've always wanted to do that. I have seen the results of it everyday at my job, a speed shop/machine shop but I've never had the pleasure of being the one to cause the destruction. Thanks for that video.
Mar 22, 2008 03:45 pm BH: Any LDC will do... they're not very picky . ; )
Yeah Rob, a splitscreen would've been the way to go, but I only had one camera to work with . heh Next time I'll be ready !
And yeah Diemusic, you can tell I got a kick out if it by the laughter towards the end... I have never been close enough when an engine blows to 'appreciate' it .
Mar 22, 2008 05:18 pm heh, good suff man.
just wanted to check in and say hey with everyone....i'm still around, and will be back up and running in a few weeks.....lots have changed in my world, i'm relatively sober, i met and live with a girl from O.C. Cali. (hard to find chicks like her here in middle tennessee!) and am putting my life together one piece at a time....next step is a 50 foot eithernet cable that'll get me online!
all the best
wyd
Mar 22, 2008 05:21 pm Dude, congrats and all!!!
Glad you stopped by, tons of stuff going on lately and tons of new peeps.
Hurry up and get back here, some of us miss ya.
Noize
Mar 23, 2008 01:51 am Rock !
Good to see y'a bud ! I was starting to worry a bit, there . Good to hear all is well, and even better than well... very good ! Yes... Good !!!
Mar 23, 2008 11:51 am Just checked the video out. Fun stuff for sure. Its even more fun when you have one tank at around 160 MPH going down the strip. Drove a buddies car to its death that way but no video in those days.
But ya, you should have pointed the camera under it after it croaked to show the parts all over.
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