Aw, Phil, I think you just think I'm pretty. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I've been the beneficiary of a lot of real good advice over the years from the older and more experienced brothers of the trench, and I feel it's my duty and privelege to pass it on to my younger or less experienced brothers (and sisters).

Here's to Roger the Dodger, a&p mechanic and the best diagnostician I've ever met, who taught me tons as a snot nosed cocky hot rodder with more imagination than sense. He helped me plan and build the 301 destroked supercharged SBC that I and a partner toured N Al, TN, MS, and GA, teaching the local boys not to bet on drag races with the boys from the Shoals in the five five two door post Chevy 210 with the acid dipped body and slicks. We beat everthing we ran, including 427 Corvette, Hemi Dodges, and a slew of 396 Chevelles. And to Mack, the grizzled old machinist who taught me to measure twice and cut once, and what "blueprinting" a motor means. And many, many more over the years, including parts countermen and