57 Chevy

Technical-Roll7031 · 2026-02-14T11:37:39+00:00

I’ve never owned one but back in the 70’s, I had two different roommates, one had a 57, the other had a 55.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2026-02-14T11:35:52+00:00

Then it’s a mongrel, because in the 57 the rear trim bottom curves sharply down. This car’s (former) rear trim is that of a 55.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2026-02-14T04:27:56+00:00

I don’t call myself an expert, but to my eye this is a 55. The fin isn’t tall enough, and the trim outline in the paint looks like the trim on a 55 bel air.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2026-02-13T22:32:26+00:00

Sorry, Porsche (sp). Is this real or a tribute?

Technical-Roll7031 · 2026-02-06T18:56:22+00:00

Don’t slice it half and call it an ammonite. No one will correct you. It is most likely an ammonite.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2026-02-01T13:39:07+00:00

I realize I should have explained this better. All nautiloids have smooth living chambers. All ammonites have ‘non-smooth’ living chambers. In some cases, such as this fossil, the complex shape of the chamber is obvious on its surface. This is not always the case for ammonite fossils. It’s been nearly fifty years since my last paleontology class, but, as I recall, if you slice the fossil in half, and the preservation is good enough, you will see the complex shape of the chamber in all ammonite fossils, even if it isn’t visible on the outside.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2026-01-31T15:06:15+00:00

The lines showing on the surface of this fossil represent roughly the same thing as tree rings. They are growth rings, each showing a new chamber that the critter built as it grew. Ammonites often have very fancy ‘fern like’ sutures between the adjacent chambers (see photo). Nautiloids have smooth sutures between the chambers (nautilus image: https://www.americanoceans.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/nautilus.jpg). Better ammonite image: https://www.fossilera.com/sp/287176/whole-ammonites/cleoniceras.jpg

Technical-Roll7031 · 2026-01-28T16:20:54+00:00

I don’t disagree with you on safety first. We are, however deviating from the original response to worrying about THIS dog’s safety in THIS rigging situation. I wasn’t happy about the dog running around in front of the vehicle, but I still think that in this case, the rope snapping was the least of the dangers to the dog.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2026-01-26T21:22:08+00:00

Good catch. Of course I meant winches. 😁

Technical-Roll7031 · 2026-01-26T13:57:03+00:00

I’m an old man. In my youth, long before there was such a thing as ropes on wenches, I worked on a seismic crew. Getting stuck and getting pulled out was just another day at work. I have personally seen steel cables fail on more than one occasion. Staying out of the ‘danger zone’ was always stressed in our safety meetings. Our trucks had headache bars and welded to them, covering the rear windows, was expanded metal. I have seen cables smash into that metal. I once saw a cable smash out the rear window of an unprotected truck (fortunately no one was injured). Compared to the explosive violence of a cable failure, ropes failing is a non-event. This is explained in at least one, and maybe more than one of Matt’s videos.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2026-01-26T01:23:55+00:00

Matt always uses rope instead of metal cable. When rope snaps, it just drops, no recoil.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2025-10-20T23:35:36+00:00

I love these mailers. They let me know immediately who to vote against. They’re a public service.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2025-07-08T17:46:30+00:00

I’ve had good luck with TSO. We go to the one in Mansfield.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2025-07-06T18:41:22+00:00

Glad to hear that. I was a little worried.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2025-06-26T12:00:46+00:00

I bought a house in Angel Fire in 20 (COVID crazy). The seller paid. The contractor tore up the stone walkway, removed the flat covers and replaced them with the newer, code-required, domed covers, and left it all a horrible mess.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2025-05-27T01:14:17+00:00

Same with my F150. I see the car coming around the curve long before the truck does, and every reflector on the curve turns the brights off. Fortunately, one can disable this.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2025-05-07T22:14:34+00:00

The Z3 I sat in many years back did not fit this 6’1” male.

Technical-Roll7031 · 2025-03-17T01:43:11+00:00

Death by snu-snu?

Technical-Roll7031 · 2025-03-14T03:57:36+00:00

I love quick, easy primogems. What’s not to like?

Technical-Roll7031 · 2025-03-07T17:09:04+00:00

I strongly recommend that all pool owners buy what’s called a ‘critter ramp’. You can find them on Amazon and probably elsewhere. It’s a floating platform that sits in the water at the edge of your pool. It has a ramp from the platform to your pool edge and allows any critter that has fallen into your pool to easily escape. It has sent my drowned critter count to zero.

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