Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Why is everybody so F%^&ing Stupid?!!!

If you saw the Puppet Comedy "Team America" your laughing right now. The Kim Jong Il Puppet screams at his cabinet "Why is everybody so F^&*ing stupid?!!"  I feel that way when trying to buy and sell musclecars. I'm trying to sell my Hurst / Olds. It has a ZZ4 Chevy crate engine in it with less than 5,000 miles on it. It needs a new vynil top and the swivel seats recovered. But it's straight and rust-free, runs like a scalded cat, and everything including the tach and the 8-track tape player works. I'm also including the original numbers-matching 455 Olds engine and BOP bolt-pattern TH400 tranny. And I'm only asking $6,500 for it. Think-the virgin one of 1,097 ever made 442 / H / O body is worth five grand if it's worth a nickel. The ZZ4 crate engine is worth $5,200 according to Summitt Racing. And your getting the original engine and tranny too. That's a screaming deal for anyone who wants a 442 or maybe has a Camaro or Corvette they need a motor for too. You should hear the moronic comments I've gotten from some people. "Gee, the paint is kind of faded." "The seats need to be recovered."  Yeah!!!!  If it was a frame-off resto ready for the cover of Musclecar Review or the Concours show circuit I'd be asking 25 grand for it instead 6 you moron!!!  Here's a couple more of my personal favorites. A friend of mine called on a '68 Chevelle that was for sale. He asked what engine it had. "It's a small-block" the guy on the phone sneered. "Ok, is it a  307, 327 or 350?" "How should I know?" "It's your car."  "What transmission does it have?" "An automatic." "Is it a Turbo 350 or a Powerglide?" "What does that mean?"  "Is it a two-speed or a three speed?"  "I SAID it's an automatic!!" "Are you stupid?"  "Apparently so, for trying to deal with an asshole like you."  Click.  Another good one was a friend who called on a 1972 Olds 442. "Is it a W30?"  "I think so." "Either it is or it isn't" "How would I tell? Does it have an aluminum intake manifold and Ram Air ducting to the hood?" "I don't know." "But it is a 455?" "No it's a 350." "Then it can't be a W30," "Why not?" "Because the W30 package is only available with a 455." "Maybe it's a W31." "No, because the W31 350 was only available in F85 and Base Cutlass models from 1968-70." "It was never an option on the 442."  "Maybe it's a W32." A W32 is a 455." "Where are you getting these option codes.?" I read about them in a magazine." "And their on the build sheet for your car?"  "No." "Ok, thanks we'll call back."  "Don't wait too long, this car won't last." "Don't think anybody's fighting with machetes for a 442 with a 350." "We'll chance it."  "Your loss."  These people aren't only ignorant, their arrogant and flippant. Like Ron White says-"You can't fix stupid."  Mastermind 

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