I got a 6 cylinder in my 71 Chevelle.I guess, there was a reason, I kept that old 307 block.
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Thanks. I would like to stop by, but I think we will be pressing our travel limits.
A friend and I are headed to Mesquite to pick up a Porsche 911 engine/transaxle for him that he is going to stuff into a Karmann Ghia. After that, we are stopping by Summit to pick up some parts for my '33 Roadster build and then we are headed back home on the same day. Should make for a 12+ hour day with the loading, etc.
If the offer is still good, I would like to stop by maybe next time I head North and have a little more time.
Thanks again.
John
A friend and I are headed to Mesquite to pick up a Porsche 911 engine/transaxle for him that he is going to stuff into a Karmann Ghia. After that, we are stopping by Summit to pick up some parts for my '33 Roadster build and then we are headed back home on the same day. Should make for a 12+ hour day with the loading, etc.
If the offer is still good, I would like to stop by maybe next time I head North and have a little more time.
Thanks again.
John
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Wow we have an economist on staff. I am impressed and recommend a separate thread for those insites. Very good words. I know that there is a whole luxurious community north of Miami that folks have referred to as sort of Russian owned. I can’t think of the name but will try to find it
Robert
Robert
They just announced gas in London went to 8.00 a gallonEurope and the United States are still buying gas from Russia. Their interest rates went from 6.5% to 21% today.
We've got to keep the Greenies happy here and buy oil there. Also executive orders from over a year ago about oil have consequences. Look them up.
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Monkeywrench
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Putin is lucky that our greenies are on his side. Anything to buy oil somewhere else instead of producing it here. Blind eye to the consequences. The electric dream has them hypnotized. It will happen, just not on their time schedule.
91 unleaded non-ethanol $4.19 a gallon…. Southeastern Wisconsin…..
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What the Greenies don't understand is that the environmental impact is the same whether you pump it in the US or overseas. It would be much better for the US economy if we went back to pumping it here instead of buying it from Russia or the Gulf oil countries.
Listening to oil experts, one said if Russian oil is stopped due to war, that takes 4-6 million barrels a day out, an Iran deal may add 1 million a day, but take a year to ramp up, after a deal is made and if a deal is made. He thinks we see $150 a barrel oil this year.
Another expert said short term we’ll see some price increases over $4 a gallon, but that will kill demand. He thinks oil could go back to $44 due to demand destruction.
Both these experts are older American men with lots of oil experience.
I think since the Covid shutdown kept us all from traveling and burning gas or jet fuel, the next year is wide open for travel for many people tired of being cooped up. For the old car crowd, drag racing and car shows, flea markets, etc, they are going to be very welcome. For the non old car crowd, I’m thinking they will be traveling big time too. Instead of buying boats, renovating homes, buying old cars, you name it.
Question- if gas goes over $4 a gallon, will that keep you from traveling this year?
Another expert said short term we’ll see some price increases over $4 a gallon, but that will kill demand. He thinks oil could go back to $44 due to demand destruction.
Both these experts are older American men with lots of oil experience.
I think since the Covid shutdown kept us all from traveling and burning gas or jet fuel, the next year is wide open for travel for many people tired of being cooped up. For the old car crowd, drag racing and car shows, flea markets, etc, they are going to be very welcome. For the non old car crowd, I’m thinking they will be traveling big time too. Instead of buying boats, renovating homes, buying old cars, you name it.
Question- if gas goes over $4 a gallon, will that keep you from traveling this year?
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Last year I spent around 950.00 on fuel going to the Iowa race and Drag42! The same miles this year at 4.00 a gal. Will cost around 1,250.00 so no it won’t stop me from traveling to race. Reg. gas here now is 3.59 and diesel is 3.99!!!
It won't keep me from traveling at all. I like to look at it like the weather. Sometimes its nice (low price) sometimes its not (higher prices) but either way stuff needs done. There are millions of people that get nothing done anywhere outside because the weather changes. Some of us just put the appropriate clothing on and keep going. Complaining about gas prices is no different then complaining about the weather. Unless you control it then you are simply complaining. It is important to remind our elected officials to pressure oil companies to step up production. The current administration should have told the U.S. oil companies to step up production 3 months ago. Those companies are now saying they will bump up production now but they need the general public to freak out for awhile so they make knee jerk reactions to gas prices. The oil companies are playing most of the public like a fiddle. Make billions in pure profits every year and the public continues to cry at elected officials like they are the ones holding back production.
Before anyone cries about that last fact. Keep in mind the oil companies openly admit they specifically slowed production to keep the cost of oil up. It would be very very easy to hold oil companies responsible by the general public but the public would rather choose a party and their ideals (either way) and pretend like those officials slowed the production down to keep prices high. Don't like it? Then you don't like how free markets work. All hail the free market!
Just wait for the price of grain to go up! If you follow the Ukraine war closely you will find grain is going to prove as important if not more important than oil. 
Before anyone cries about that last fact. Keep in mind the oil companies openly admit they specifically slowed production to keep the cost of oil up. It would be very very easy to hold oil companies responsible by the general public but the public would rather choose a party and their ideals (either way) and pretend like those officials slowed the production down to keep prices high. Don't like it? Then you don't like how free markets work. All hail the free market!
Just wait for the price of grain to go up! If you follow the Ukraine war closely you will find grain is going to prove as important if not more important than oil.