What's happened to the "old" timers?

sy1907

sy1907

SYCOTIC
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

Gotta agree with Hood here and the non-existance of ground breaking posts. I remember back when the romulator was the newest coolest thing on the planet! haha, that was a while ago. Still, some of us are much more knowledgable than we were back when, so that says something i guess for the effectiveness of the boards. And as for the bickering, i've made many life long friends over the internet and at nats so i can't complain.
 
sytyguy

sytyguy

Moderated User
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

smeagol said:
-the kung fu holy figure at the one nats event
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I remember "Jeezus" climbing that pole @ about 11:00 at night and swinging back and forth on it from the top. That pole was flexing several feet in each direction directly above 4-5 SyTys, and all I could think about was, "Do the pole companies do a durability test for that kind of stress?"

Then, he gets in the back of a Sy and does a Tony Jaa/Chuck Norris display with everyone watching. He had a pair of shorts that looked like a cross between Daisy Duke and Lou Ferrigno.

I'll dig up some pics of that joker today too.

Hood
 
JSM

JSM

Active member
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

That same weekend they were doing construction on the freeway above hotel. Where did those constrution adhesives go again? :rotf:
 
Maxtor

Maxtor

New member
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

sytyguy said:
I remember "Jeezus" climbing that pole @ about 11:00 at night and swinging back and forth on it from the top. That pole was flexing several feet in each direction directly above 4-5 SyTys, and all I could think about was, "Do the pole companies do a durability test for that kind of stress?"

Then, he gets in the back of a Sy and does a Tony Jaa/Chuck Norris display with everyone watching. He had a pair of shorts that looked like a cross between Daisy Duke and Lou Ferrigno.

I'll dig up some pics of that joker today too.

Hood
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After he finally DID go to sleep, someone told him that his truck was getting messed with (just to keep it going). I think that was when he ran down and put on the Chuck Norris num chuck show for us. Remember the brake torque that he did in his full size dodge? What a piece of work, and his wife was just as bad. Didn't he have an aspen blue Ty? Wonder what happened to that poor truck.
 
ghettosled

ghettosled

SYTY SUPERSTORE
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

someone please find a pic of hartman in his one piece spandex leotard.
 
SyTyJedi

SyTyJedi

Jedi Council
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

ghettosled said:
someone please find a pic of hartman in his one piece spandex leotard.
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I have a pic of him in something like that from '98. I'll have to find it and scan it.
 
SyTyJedi

SyTyJedi

Jedi Council
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

Maxtor said:
After he finally DID go to sleep, someone told him that his truck was getting messed with (just to keep it going). I think that was when he ran down and put on the Chuck Norris num chuck show for us. Remember the brake torque that he did in his full size dodge? What a piece of work, and his wife was just as bad. Didn't he have an aspen blue Ty? Wonder what happened to that poor truck.
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He had a red/grey that was pretty clean, but he rolled it within a year of the 2000 nats.
 
10secTy

10secTy

Sy-Ty builder and Tuner
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

Yes the good old days reading on the internet all night about these trucks. I think I joined the mailing list in 95 and have been following along ever since.

Nolan
 
blk00z28

blk00z28

Forced to by choice
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

ghettosled said:
someone please find a pic of hartman in his one piece spandex leotard.
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:rotf: Someone find that, I wanna die laughing. :lol:

Nice Hood. !! :lol:
 
Jimmy

Jimmy

Banned
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

IMO most of the "old timers" just pussed out and sold their shit.

F'em.

It was more exciting back then because things were unknown.Every newfound trick or bit of knowledge was held in higher regard because of the multiplicity of the advancement.
 
Flyin Ryan

Flyin Ryan

hated cuz he drives fords
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

damn I see even jesus was involved with sytys at one time huh
 
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Captain Morgan

Moderated User
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

Ive only read the 1st and 5th pages, being that I only caught this thread now and Im about to run out the door, but Peter H. is living in north Jersey now and doing very well for himself. He now owns 2 MKIV Supras, 1 Red 600+ HP daily driver and 1 RSP Widebody crazy HP show/race. He still lurks on here once and a while so I wont post anymore than that, if he wishes to share more he can do it himself ;)
 
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NCTyphoon

New member
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

Hey Holli !
I'm still here! I check the board maybe 2x / week, just to see what's going on/new. I still have my Ty & GN, am also heavily into keeping our "local" SyTY/GN/Turbo Regal group interested in their vehicles. You could join up too, we're Southeast GM Turbo Power6 (GM_TURBO6@yahoogroups.com) and we are a group local to N.C. & surrounding states(SC,VA, TN, GA). We have monthly meets, beach trips(Myrtle Beach), as well as a lot of impromptu gatherings. We're showing at Charlotte AutoFair next weekend. Other than trying to keep 2 turbo vehicles running at a time, I've spent the last 2 years nursing my left wrist, which got messed up pretty bad after I fell on ice, 2 surgeries later, still having problems with that. I wanted to go to the Nats last 2 years, but no way I could drive that far 1-handed. My son wants to go to Dukes of Hazzard festival in Nashville the last weekend in May, so we may be up your way then. I see Nicki online some, she and Pete hang out more with the S-Series group. Some of us old timers actually do still own our trucks!
 
HighPerformanceTrucks

HighPerformanceTrucks

Lift & Shift Specialist
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

I'm still hangin on by a thread!

Adam - SyTy class of 96

sytygirl said:
Just curious as to where all the "old" timers have went and hidden at. Been gone for awhile and just looking to see where everyone from the old days have gone to....Steve Nunley, Ivan Phipps, Peter Humblias, Chris P., Wanda Brooks, Cheryl, Pete and Nicki Gardepe, Guy Lavy, Brian Hartman, Sean Morris, and all the true syty gurus.
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George Blake

George Blake

DONATING MEMBER
Re: What's happened to the "old" timers?

Jeff was talking about the 3 bar stuff. Brought back some memories.
I was at a meet here in Ohio many years ago. Got to meet Todd Austinson. He was JUST making the 8-n-1 chips and had just gotten into the 3 bar calibrations. We all ate lunch, came out to find Todd's window of his Ty busted out and his laptop stolen....along with all the 3 bar info he had. I sent him my setup back so he could pull all the info off of it so he could get the original cals back. Frigging thief had no idea what he'd done. I remember sitting there with him and a couple other fellows for almost an hour while we waited on the police to show up while everyone else went to Jegs. I felt so bad for Todd. That sucked big time.
Yeah. I've been around a while. I remember the Ivan Phipps incident (fuel rails, personal incident, etc). I thought that would be the end of the list for sure. I'm really glad that was overcome.
As far as saying F'em to the old guys. I wouldn't say that. It set up a foundation. It has become less personal with BB but also opened it up to a larger group.
 
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