joe_padavano

Hey, all.

Just wanted to let you know that I've not forgotten you. I've been on vacation in the south of France and just got internet access today. Just dropping you a line to say hi and I'll be back next week. Take care.

jensenracing77

you know you should not post things like that on the net. by the way, where do you live

Aceshigh

So that was you ??
J/K .....get off the internet and enjoy the vaca.

lshlsh2

Hope you are having fun. I guess I will save my hard questions for next week.
Can you drop a 455 in a citroen 2cv?
Larry

Bluevista

The south of France.
Oh brother....
I'm going to start telling people I live in the North of Ohio.

That pic gives a whole new meaning to the term "Over the shoulder boulder holder".


Does the "south" of France have rougenecks with the aforementioned Citroens painted like The Le General Lee driving around eating zee Kentucky fried frog legs??
They tried to do a French version of the Dukes of Hazzard but every time the Sheriff chased down the Dukes the second they saw him in they would immediately stop and surrender.

Jamesbo

Blue, I'll meet cha in Northen Virginia at Joe's barn. I'm pulling a trailer behind my Vista for the parts run of the century.

Bluevista

Hope Willard Scott doesn't beat us to it.
I need that wagon engine for my Land Rover.

D Appeldorn

hope you can talk the france language.

They are rigid as it coms on talking foreign language.
try drive a citroen c5, xantia, DS with oil suspension rear.

you could drive 30 miles ove a bump and not feel it

Jamesbo

Last time I was there the fella at Hertz gave me an Alfa Sedan. I'm sure his job has since been terminated.

D Appeldorn

A Alfa romeo

arodenhiser

Too late, my uHauls already left.

Adam

rocketraider

What's scary is how much the guy in the supersize jockstrap resembles Joe P...

Must be the hair...

jensenracing77

hay now! i was here first, i got dibs on the cool intakes
not that i have a use for them.

citcapp

Better take a car hauler and a 18 wheeler, for those of you who have been here awhile tracking some of Joe's purchases that may not even be enough equipment

442much

You mean the guy in the "banana hamack".

Bluevista

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

citcapp

Ha! you AKA Redgoat should talk

arodenhiser

Hey I bet the Silhouette could use the Jetfire turbo setup he has been hiding from us. I am assuming you have the 3400 in that. The 3400 in my '03 Grand Am GT is treating me nicely at just under 100K.

Adam

jensenracing77

doing great. other than i had to change the intake gasket about 30,000 miles ago. not an easy job in a van.

arodenhiser

The vans are a pain, not so bad in the G Am. I just did mine about 10K ago. My other G Am, a 2002 lasted until amost 170K before externally leaking coolant. That is almost unheard of. A lot of people bash the 3400 but I put over 170K, I bought it with 34K, on my first one before a undercoating fire took it away from me and my "new car" is now at 100K and I did it at 90K, I bought it at 86K knowing it was starting to seep. Not to bad.

Adam

442much

LOL! Damn, that picture is going to haunt me forever....

jensenracing77

just after i changed the gasket they came out with the new steal one that will never go bad again. wish my old one would have held out a little longer.

coltsneckbob

What is the price of gas over there nowadays??

ELY442

Joe is not enjoying his vacation. He just enjoy the airport's full body pat down, LOL!!!

Jaybird

I get it now... Joe's been gone... No wonder no one has answered my question.

Jaybird

Yellowstatue

It's "People who live in glass houses should not stow thrones"

joe_padavano

Yeah, and paybacks are hell, Glenn...

Funny, that's how I got the cars TO Virginia from SoCal (and there were only seven cars then).



And Adam has the shortest drive.

Regular was running about 1.45 Euros per liter (about $7.25 a gallon )

I got one in Amsterdam, actually.

Right now we're stuck in Lyon, waiting for our flight back to Amsterdam. For those not following the international news, Europe was hit by abnormally cold weather all week (yeah, just my luck). Amsterdam is snowed in, so we're at least four hours late and will likely miss our connection back to DC. It's an adventure.

Oh, and be aware that we have live-in help on the farm watching the house. I just hope my wife didn't pay him to LET people carry off car parts...

Jamesbo

I kinda figgered Learch was back home mucking stalls.

olds style

Take me away to Marseille.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIIZhWCtKHw


"Gimme the sound of the roll'n dice....give me a whiskey, don't think twice... Deal me the card that takes my blues away..."

lshlsh2

Joe talked to your wife. She let me haul away your olds for a half dozen thoroughbreds I got from a friend.
Larry

D Appeldorn

nice weather

You could have asked about it,

And i would tell it is cold weather over here

only place in europe with a decent temp is in Greece.

Rest of europe is cold or it is snowing.

I live aboute 3 hours from amsterdam, and today it is the first day it is 34,7F
(1.5`Celcius) and snow and ice are melting.
Tonight it gone freeze again

car_designer

Hope you're enjoying your vacation.

joe_padavano

Yeah, here's our rental car in Pont St. Esprit (about 30 min from Avignon and about 10 miles from our house).



First time they've had snow in the area for 50 years. No plows, no sand or salt on the roads, and no drivers experienced in driving in snow.

You can guess how much fun that drive home was in the dark.

Just to make you all jealous, our house is the one with the grey shutters, to the upper right of center in this photo.



Our flight to Amsterdam was delayed 4 hours by the weather so we missed our connection. Had to spend the night at the airport hotel, then got sent back to Paris early Sunday for a flight back to Washington. It's good to be home.

D Appeldorn

I'm 2 weeks working on my olds becouse the weather.

aliensatemybuick

My Dad used to tell that joke, only in his version, the punchline was "people who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones"). Here's the approximate text to how Dad used to tell it:

http://www.badpuns.com/jokes.php?sec...gy&name=throne

He also told the "yellow statue / hello, is that you" joke as well. Ah, the old classics...

I'd love to see a BBO powered Citroen, by the way!

arodenhiser

I thought you were joking. I now know you were not

Adam

joe_padavano

OK, truth be told, I'm trying to market that outfit to frequent flyers to help getting through airport security.

citcapp

I think the outfit is a great idea. You can walk right through while the TSA agents are throwing up their cookies

arodenhiser

Truth be told I am glad you came to get the parts/manual. I see the "name" everywhere's on here and 442.com. It is just really nice to put a face to name. The 442 hat was the first thing I noticed when I opened the door. I don't think I could have confused you with anyone else. Of course I can alway happily say I met, spoke with, and shook THE Joe Padavano's hand.

Thanks for everything you do for us

Adam

bil

Nice house,Joe! I was down there 2 years ago,in Arles.Nice place,the bullfights and horse shows were in town,and Gypsies. The rest of the crew got to drinking with them,what a time! One of the nicest areas i went to. ---bil