Coolant,,,,,waterless Engine Cooling

[Plymouthy Adams]

we also talking a bit less pressure than the modern EFI fuel systems in these old hoopies

[dezeldoc]

Dang Tim way to knock the old guys on here!  

 

 these old hoopies

[Niel Hoback]

yeah, and I don't particularly care to be called a "hoopie" either.   Crackpot, maybe, but not hoopie.

[Plymouthy Adams]

hoopie is slang for a car, as in jalopy, bucket of bolts etc.....but then I have never lived in Indiana...  lol (beats being called late for supper)

[Desotodav]

I had never heard of a 'hoopie' Tim so I looked it up... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoopie .

Very interesting! You American guys talk funny! 

 

Desotodav

[Don Coatney]

I had never heard of a 'hoopie' Tim so I looked it up... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoopie .

Very interesting! You American guys talk funny! 

 

Desotodav

I was in Sidney in 1967 on R&R from Vietnam. I thought I would join in the local talk and I called some guy a bloke. Biggest mistake I made. I about got my a$$ kicked. You Ozzies talk funny

[Don Jordan]

Interesting - I too was in Sydney in '68. Was walking down the street and saw a sign that said "no standing" so I kept on walking. Was later told that meant no parking. Also walking down the footpath (side walk) people walk on the wrong side. I loved Sydney. Just like San Francisco. But I guess this is a little OT. sorry.

[T120]

I was in Sidney in 1967 on R&R from Vietnam. I thought I would join in the local talk and I called some guy a bloke. Biggest mistake I made. I about got my a$$ kicked. You Ozzies talk funny

I don't think the term,"bloke" would be taken as being offensive - did you accompany it with some adjectives?...or maybe with your American accent they mistook what you were saying...

Edited March 28, 2013 by Ralph D25cpe

[Plymouthy Adams]

with the replies I got above I decided to go look the term up.....I see modern slang has placed a new twist to an old word....never in my life have I ever associated the word with anything but an old car..I grew up in an era and locale where the word was always used when referring to the old heap....I am afraid to look up the use of "old heap" at this time..but I did and it still has main definition of any older car one yet drives.  guess I surely dated myself with this one.

[Merle Coggins]

with the replies I got above I decided to go look the term up.....I see modern slang has placed a new twist to an old word....never in my life have I ever associated the word with anything but an old car..I grew up in an era and locale where the word was always used when referring to the old heap....I am afraid to look up the use of "old heap" at this time..but I did and it still has main definition of any older car one yet drives.  guess I surely dated myself with this one.

 

Around here we call 'em "Hoopdies", which matches the urban dictionary. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoopdie

Apparently the "d" went missing my the time it got down south.

Edited March 28, 2013 by Merle Coggins

[Plymouthy Adams]

put the D back into it and the folks here in the south would want to pronounce it as two words..and everyone would then be asking if the guy was one of the Louisiana "Hoop" or from the Carolina's

Edited March 28, 2013 by Plymouthy Adams

[55 Fargo]

This head gettin swapped "Er What".. just don't call anyone a "Bag of Hammers", or "Smart like Tractor'....

[Plymouthy Adams]

how about a sack of hair Paul...

[Robert Horne]

It has been since the summer of 2013 that I flushed out my Coupe's engine several times,

and added new coolant, without adding any water.         The engine temperature has ran

the same winters, and summers, although I have not had the Coupe out in 90's temperature

days for a good test, maybe this year.

   I have always changed my coolant every 2 or 3 years, and filter it to reuse in my junky vehicles.      

There is some usual rust in the old coolant.

I will see late this summer to see how the coolant looks, replace with new.....