does anyone know this truck

[pacrat]

I'm looking for info on this truck, maybe a buld thread if possible, Thanks.

 

[Rat'l Trap]

Not the same truck, but maybe they are related. Note the checkered flag paint on each.

 

[Motorhead]

Spelling isn't that guy's strong suit, is it?

 

[lowphat53]

WOW, that thing is not attractve at all! I gotta go clean my keyboard...

 

[Tim...Ok]

I guess it's all in what you like.. and yeah, his spelling cracked me up

 

[bob w]

pacrat, That pic was taken at the Gopher State Timing Assn. car show in St. Paul, MN 2 or 3 years ago. I took pics of it (which I lost in a computer crash) and there is an interesting story about it. Unfortunately I forgot the story!
I do know it was a real drag race truck and looked the way it is pictured. It was found and "restored" to its original race condition as you see it.

 

[nefareous]

I like the rear wheels..anyone know what they are?

 

[pacrat]

thanks guys

thanks to all replies, BobW, thanks for the info, i considered that it may have been an actual drag truck but wasnt sure, i have a 51 f6 thinking of doing it up much like this truck with a few changes.

 

[pacrat]

more pics

here are a couple more shots of the truck.

 

[Torch]

not too bad

The second one makes the first one look pretty damn good!

 

[Sam_Fear]

The second one makes the first one look pretty damn good!

"Nothing says drink Dr. Pepper like a Mr. Pibb."

 

[Ol Blue]

pacrat, That pic was taken at the Gopher State Timing Assn. car show in St. Paul, MN 2 or 3 years ago. I took pics of it (which I lost in a computer crash) and there is an interesting story about it. Unfortunately I forgot the story!
I do know it was a real drag race truck and looked the way it is pictured. It was found and "restored" to its original race condition as you see it.

Does this mean it's "traditional"?

 

[Torch]

"The second one makes the first one look pretty damn good!";"Nothing says drink Dr. Pepper like a Mr. Pibb."

By Jove Sherlock what have you discovered?

That is Ironic... I don't know what it is called but putting those two things together...there has to be a name for it...
Any English or Literature experts out there?

 

[cycledog]

By Jove Sherlock what have you discovered?

That is Ironic... I don't know what it is called but putting those two things together...there has to be a name for it...
Any English or Literature experts out there?

HMMMMM...Mixed Metaphor or Double Antandre.....that is a conundrum.


I think ironic is if you were to choke to death on a life saver.

 

[bob w]

A similie is used to compare things using "like" or "as". A metaphor does not use "like" or "as".

The statement is akin to "post hoc ergo propter hoc", but not quite. That's the best I can do considering I'm an idiot.[dr

 

[Sam_Fear]

HMMMMM...Mixed Metaphor or Double Antandre.....that is a conundrum.

A.
The statement is akin to "post hoc ergo propter hoc", but not quite. [dr

Did I surf onto the wrong forum???.... [S

 

[Torch]

HMMMMM...Mixed Metaphor or Double Antandre.....that is a conundrum.


I think ironic is if you were to choke to death on a life saver.

Mixed Metaphor = "If we can hit that bullseye then the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... Checkmate."

A double entendre is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first (more obvious) meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué, inappropriate, or ironic.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a double entendre as especially being used to "convey an indelicate meaning". It is often used to express potentially offensive opinions without the risks of explicitly doing so.

A double entendre may exploit puns to convey the second meaning. Double entendres tend to rely more on multiple meanings of words, or different interpretations of the same primary meaning; they often exploit ambiguity and may be used to introduce it deliberately in a text.
Sometimes using a homophone (i.e. a different spelling that yields the same pronunciation) can sometimes be used as a pun as well as a "double entendre" of the subject.

I think the coupling of "the first one makes the other one look better" with "Nothing says drink Dr Pepper like a can of Mr Pibb" would kinda fit double entendre...not literally but in the way it is presented...even more deeply ironic than literally ironic.

Don't confuse homophone with bananaphone... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csf15kwNn6I&feature=related

"bananas are like the opposite of traffic lights...
Green means Stop!~don't eat that banana yet!
Yellow means GO... go ahead and eat that banana...


Red... where the hell did you get that banana?"- Mitch Hedberg