Introductions

[derivation]

welcome and graduations on your new child. Got some cigars for having a kid, huh? Hmmm...

[597]

Welcome from Maryland.

[chefchris]

Welcome from MS

[CoventryCat86]

Welcome Chad!

[nhcigarfan]

welcome

[SkinnyDan]

Welcome from Central Georgia

[SideWinder]

Welcome from Indianapolis!

[mills]

Welcome, and...

welcome and graduations on your new child. Got some cigars for having a kid, huh? Hmmm...

Maybe I'll have to try that. (Although buying the smokes myself is probably a lot cheaper.)

[chadth]

Thanks everyone for the welcome.

-Chad

[Shelby07]

Welcome - what kind of old cars do you like?

[chadth]

Welcome - what kind of old cars do you like?

For anything 60s and up, I am a big mopar fan. Anything older, I love em all. I have a '74 Cuda that I have been "restoring" for 8 years. In reality, I have replaced a bunch of suspension and then put it on hold due to priorities. The tranny needs rebuilding and the trunk pans need to be replace, but other then that, its in good condition. It sat in a old woman's garage for 20 years so all the seals are cracked.

I also had a Plymouth Fury III and my first car was a '74 Dodge Dart Swinger. I would love to get the Cuda restored then a get a nice convertable boat, something like a '62 Lincoln Continental or another, older, Fury.

It looks like you have a nice newer Shelby. I am not the biggest Ford fan but I have to admit those things look nice. How do they handle? Any other cars you have stashed?

I also noticed you retired from the InfoSec space. May I ask what you were doing prior to retiring?

-Chad

[sprangalang]

Welcome to the board!

[Shelby07]

For anything 60s and up, I am a big mopar fan. Anything older, I love em all. I have a '74 Cuda that I have been "restoring" for 8 years. In reality, I have replaced a bunch of suspension and then put it on hold due to priorities. The tranny needs rebuilding and the trunk pans need to be replace, but other then that, its in good condition. It sat in a old woman's garage for 20 years so all the seals are cracked.

I also had a Plymouth Fury III and my first car was a '74 Dodge Dart Swinger. I would love to get the Cuda restored then a get a nice convertable boat, something like a '62 Lincoln Continental or another, older, Fury.

It looks like you have a nice newer Shelby. I am not the biggest Ford fan but I have to admit those things look nice. How do they handle? Any other cars you have stashed?

I also noticed you retired from the InfoSec space. May I ask what you were doing prior to retiring?

-Chad

I love the old Mopars. My first brand new car from the dealer was a '71 Challenger with a 440 slap shift. Before that I had bought a '68 Charger from a buddy with the 383 4V. Fun cars but basically big motors on frames that neither handled nor stopped very well. I think the new technology is heads above anything from the 60's or early '70's. My last "fun" car (before this GT500) was a '68 Roadrunner. I must admit, tho, that my favorite cars over the years have been the Shelby's and HiPo Fords. Had plenty of GM cars along with a few english cars that were fun, Jaguars, Austin Healeys, Sunbeam, etc., but they took a lot of weekend time "spinning a spanner" and I got real good at adjusting the old Weber side drafts by listening through a hose (some of you may know what that means.) I had a couple of bumper stickers, one that read "The parts falling off this car are of the finest British quality" and another "Hail Lucas, Prince of Darkness!" And the garage always had a pan on the floor.

The GT500 is a great handling car, although it can go sideways very easily. The big heavy 5.4L engine does cause the car to plow a bit, but it is extremely well mannered with more of the '70's feel than european cars.

As for my IT life, for most of my career I was a UNIX admin/system programmer, tech manager with Bell Labs. Man, that seems like a long time ago. I started getting involved with UNIX in the late 70's. Working at the Labs was great as I could just pick up the phone and talk with people like Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Fred Grammp or Bob Morris. That was just about the time Berkeley was getting ahold of the operating system. Of course before that it was Cobol, Fortran and AL.

Anyway, that's it in a nutshell. Aren't you glad you asked?

[slcraiders]

Welcome to Cigarsmokers!

[chadth]

Anyway, that's it in a nutshell. Aren't you glad you asked?

I am glad I asked, it is a nice way to get to know people, especially those interested in similar things.

I bought the '74 cuda so I didn't feel bad modifying it from stock. I had/have big plans on updating the technology, namely putting in a fuel injection system, replacing the 904 3 speed with either a 727 or something more aggressive from B&M or similar. When I first got it, I put in a Holley DP and a new intake but have always had problems with getting the carb tuned. I think the Holley's were a little more hype then performance.

I have been doing Information Security for 10 years now and started out in the Unix world, namely Digital. Bell Labs did and still does have some impressive people. I believe one of our founders has had an opportunity to meet and talk with Dennis and the feedback was that he was a "smart and interesting guy". He definitely has an impressive track record.

I took fortran in school and am glad I forget most of it.

-Chad