Shout-out to Ducati of Detroit

Dude, should have got a dell.

 

Hewlett-Packard FTW!

 

The local transmission shop turned me down for a $900 rebuild on my 86 Cutlass Supreme Bro-ham when I was 18!

 

Red velvet seats?

 

Nah, black on gray. Sweet car tho!

 

Bought a couple bikes from them about 10 years ago when I lived in the metro Detroit area. Great guys, super smooth transactions and a great team. Hope they are able to get this situated and move on.

 

In the late 80s an older dude in his late 60s that hung around the shop had one with the diesel. He was an Olds freak that had 442s in his youth and loved the Cutlass BroHam that he had but not the diesel part. He left all the diesel emblems on his and proceeded to build a bad assed high HP 70s 455 and stuck it in with a TH400. It was a cool sleeper… I doubt anyone mistook the lumpy idling gasser for diesel sounds but it was neat.

 

I have it on good authority that dropping a couple dozen 3/4” galvanized nuts into the oil pan when you reassemble it will closely approximate that comforting diesel rattle, at least for a few revolutions.

 

that’s where he messed up… didn’t use galvanized… the tinging rattle was never quite authentic sounding

he was an odd dude, who’s name was Dick, that always said “high dollar” to describe anything he liked… “this beer is high dollar”, always Pabst Blue Ribbon, this sandwich is good “high dollar”

So he was known as

“High Dollar Diesel Dick”

a moniker he wore with pride

 

Sounds like he needs his own parade.

 

https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/ducati-detroit-announces-new-ownership-new-management/

 

Hell....they got their own thread! https://forums.13x.com/index.php?threads/two-wera-racers-buy-a-ducati-store.387596/

 

It was a bit late to the party, by about 6 hours...