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[saudoso]

It's really not fair to compare the two. Even if I didn't agree with what Mac had say and he was being a prick, it was pretty obvious he was an intelligent, well read person. PII on the other hand was a boastful, self-righteous, loud-mouthed imbecile that ultimately had nothing to bring to any discussion.

I'm not comparing their wits, just stating that they would cross horns ad nauseum.

[Tony Matthews]

I'm not comparing their wits, just stating that they would cross horns ad nauseum.

No they wouldn't. Yes they would. No they wouldn't. Yes...

[275 GTB-4]

Maybe Magwaaaar was really Barry! and we didn't heed his sage advice??? Shyte!!

[Magoo]

Maybe Magwaaaar was really Barry! and we didn't heed his sage advice??? Shyte!!

Eve of Destruction was written not by Barry McGuire, interestingly enough, but by P.F. Sloan. If the lyrics seem corny or sophomoric, he can be forgiven as he was barely 18 when he wrote them. Interesting, enigmatic musician... a tangential member of the Wrecking Crew, the famous LA session musicians. The guitar lick on the front of California Dreamin' is his, and that's him singing the falsetto harmony on Little Old Lady from Pasadena. He was also a house songwriter for Screen Gems and Dunhill; with partner Steve Barri he wrote a number of hit singles for The Turtles, Herman's Hermits, and the Grass Roots. Wrote the Johnny Rivers song, Secret Agent Man. From there he was another music industry casualty...Jimmy Webb wrote a song about him called... P.F. Sloan. McGuire wrote a couple of charting singles but you could never guess what they are.

[gruntguru]

Eve of Destruction was written not by Barry McGuire, interestingly enough, but by P.F. Sloan. If the lyrics seem corny or sophomoric, he can be forgiven as he was barely 18 when he wrote them. Interesting, enigmatic musician... a tangential member of the Wrecking Crew, the famous LA session musicians. The guitar lick on the front of California Dreamin' is his, and that's him singing the falsetto harmony on Little Old Lady from Pasadena. He was also a house songwriter for Screen Gems and Dunhill; with partner Steve Barri he wrote a number of hit singles for The Turtles, Herman's Hermits, and the Grass Roots. Wrote the Johnny Rivers song, Secret Agent Man. From there he was another music industry casualty...Jimmy Webb wrote a song about him called... P.F. Sloan. McGuire wrote a couple of charting singles but you could never guess what they are.

Please tell us Barry. We won't think you're vain.

[275 GTB-4]

Eve of Destruction was written not by Barry McGuire, interestingly enough, but by P.F. Sloan. If the lyrics seem corny or sophomoric, he can be forgiven as he was barely 18 when he wrote them. Interesting, enigmatic musician... a tangential member of the Wrecking Crew, the famous LA session musicians. The guitar lick on the front of California Dreamin' is his, and that's him singing the falsetto harmony on Little Old Lady from Pasadena. He was also a house songwriter for Screen Gems and Dunhill; with partner Steve Barri he wrote a number of hit singles for The Turtles, Herman's Hermits, and the Grass Roots. Wrote the Johnny Rivers song, Secret Agent Man. From there he was another music industry casualty...Jimmy Webb wrote a song about him called... P.F. Sloan. McGuire wrote a couple of charting singles but you could never guess what they are.

Thats nice to know....but was he an engine building guru like McGuire?

[Canuck]

I though McGuire was the physical interface between all of Detroit's history and the rest of the world. I've not yet come across anyone with the vast historical knowledge of all things Big-3 he seems to posses.

[Magoo]

Thats nice to know....but was he an engine building guru like McGuire?

Barry was into sports cars at one time, but then he became what I believe you folks call a God botherer, switched to Christian pop music and moved down under somewhere. So you could look him up.

[Catalina Park]

...but then he became what I believe you folks call a God botherer, switched to Christian pop music and moved down under somewhere.

Thanks for the warning.

[johnny yuma]

...Barry McGuire lives in NZ,but appeared on a music quiz type show in Australia recently called"Spicks and Specks" . No, they are not racial/disabled slurs, "Spicks and Specks" was the first Australian hit by the Bee Gees (who were born Poms but lived in Brisbane) when aged 15,15 and 18 in the mid sixties before they went worldwide.

[275 GTB-4]

I though McGuire was the physical interface between all of Detroit's history and the rest of the world. I've not yet come across anyone with the vast historical knowledge of all things Big-3 he seems to posses.

Con-ferking-ker on that one Canuck However, I think his reach went way past De-troit to Indianapolis and a bunch of other automotive hotspots like California.

Where the hell is he...on vacation and ignoring the world ???

[Magoo]

Where the hell is he...on vacation and ignoring the world ???

Yep, I hear he dropped out of the Dylan tour and is chilling in his new villa. He picked up a place really cheap in Abbottabad. Needs a little work, some holes patched up here and there, but I understand it's quite roomy.

[Canuck]

And very private.

[cheapracer]

He picked up a place really cheap in Abbottabad. Needs a little work, some holes patched up here and there, but I understand it's quite roomy.

Got to watch out for red ants, bees, wasps and other sorts of stingers in that area.

Also be aware of the old paint, I hear theres been some high levels of lead poisoning recently.

[Ian G]

Also be aware of the old paint, I hear theres been some high levels of lead poisoning recently.

Also some guy from the Paki. Govt. turns up every Month asking for "Rent" money.

[johnny yuma]

Maguire will probably get that dud chopper working and create a new Liberation Front.

[Ian G]

I've heard he's set up his own Co. over there,"Effigy's-R-Us",to cash in on the latest wave of anti Western protests.

[cheapracer]

Found him! ..

[Magoo]

Yep, that's him. I recognized him immediately by the large sandwich he is carrying. Personally, I'm glad he's gone. He was a horrible card cheat, never fooled anyone for a moment, and those incredibly vulgar Armenian folk tunes he was always singing... nasty bugger all 'round, really. Avoid absinthe drinkers, that's the lesson here.

[gruntguru]

Found him! ..

i though we were looking for McGuire - not Wally.

[RDV]

JY-Maguire will probably get that dud chopper working and create a new Liberation Front.

...no,no, that's MacGyver

[Magoo]

...no,no, that's MacGyver

By all accounts, our friend is equally cunning and resourceful as the the television character, but mainly at dodging creditors and swindling elderly women.

[Tony Matthews]

and swindling elderly women.

And no doubt bamboozling younger ones...

[johnny yuma]

And no doubt bamboozling younger ones...

...They love a good bamboozling.. ! ..well they used to anyway...

[Magoo]

And no doubt bamboozling younger ones...

They say he killed a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy. She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to him. He can't help it if he's lucky...

[cheapracer]

She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to him. He can't help it if he's lucky...

And this is still an on going investigation, heart attacks at 28 are rare and McGuire has several chemist's patents to his name ....

[johnny yuma]

They say he killed a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy. She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to him. He can't help it if he's lucky...

down the highway,round the tracks,down the road on Ecstasy
he couldn't believe after all those years,she didn't know him any better than that !
........ sweeet laydee...

oh magoo you've done it again !

Edited by johnny yuma, 12 May 2011 - 05:25.

[Tony Matthews]

It's a clever disguise, but - which one is he?

[johnny yuma]

It's a clever disguise, but - which one is he?

well one is mcguire,one is magoo,the last one is reserve !

[cheapracer]

down the highway,round the tracks,down the road on Ecstasy.....

Oh, that one went over the top of me

[Tony Matthews]

well one is mcguire,one is magoo,the last one is reserve !

You should always carry a spare, and make sure it's pumped up.

[Magoo]

It's a clever disguise, but - which one is he?

I don't know, but watch out for the youngest one, Phyllis. She was Sam Giancana's girlfriend.

[Magoo]

oh magoo you've done it again !

Pfft. There was a wicked messenger from Eli he did come, with a mind that multiplied the smallest matter.

[cheapracer]

You should always carry a spare, and make sure it's pumped up.

I do but she keeps going down on me.

Oh wait, wrong forum ...

[275 GTB-4]

I think I have found him!! This competition has McGuire stamped all over it!

2011 International Engine of the Year Award results
By Brett Davis | May 19th, 2011 Tweet 3 Comments


It’s that time of year again. A panel of 76 renowned motoring journalists from 36 different countries – including 3 from Australia – have come up with results for the 2011 International Engine of the Year Awards.

Taking the Best New Engine, Green Engine and Sub 1.0-litre category awards was Fiat’s new 875cc TwinAir two-cylinder engine. The engine is not available in the Australian market. It is available in three different tunes: 50kW, 60kW and 78kW. It lowest average fuel consumption rating is 4.1L/100km. Matt Davis, one of the panelists, said about the engine,


see the link

http://www.caradvice...-award-results/

Edited by 275 GTB-4, 19 May 2011 - 11:45.

[Magoo]

He is known to attend such events when the catering is acceptable.

[275 GTB-4]

He is known to attend such events when the catering is acceptable.

Ohhhhh so does he lean toward cuisine nouvelle or good old fashioned STEAK!!!!!

[johnny yuma]

Ohhhhh so does he lean toward cuisine nouvelle or good old fashioned STEAK!!!!!

I saw him years ago at the Bull and Bush stuffing the little freebie cheese squares into his greasy overalls and scuttling out to his ratty old Camaro where he lived.

[cheapracer]

Spotted this missing persons picture on a milk carton today ..

[Tony Matthews]

Oddly, McGuire looks younger in that portrait than in earlier photos - must be doing something right.

[johnny yuma]

Is that Walmsley,the Australian naturalist/eccentric who wore fur hats tailored from dead cats back in the 80s to publicise the damage escapee domestic cats do to native animal populations ? Nah guess not it's Maguire....

[Magoo]

I saw him years ago at the Bull and Bush stuffing the little freebie cheese squares into his greasy overalls and scuttling out to his ratty old Camaro where he lived.

That's him. Finally, a positive ID.

Meanwhile, for your dancing and singing pleasure... Will you give me a chord in G, Mr. Conductor?

[johnny yuma]

That's him. Finally, a positive ID.

Meanwhile, for your dancing and singing pleasure... Will you give me a chord in G, Mr. Conductor?

"She was a working girl,south of England way
but now he's hit the big time,in the USA
ba bum bum bum bum,Honey Pie
you are making me lazy....

[MattPete]

I always thought he was a weak sister...

[cheapracer]

Foud his Dad as well. Sadly the GM Vs FORD rift was never settled and they haven't spoken for 40 years....

[johnny yuma]

Foud his Dad as well. Sadly the GM Vs FORD rift was never settled and they haven't spoken for 40 years....

Would you care about a car argument if you were drinkin' the 'shine from that still
in the pickup..hot damn nic! nic! nic! . Could be that l'il T has a monster mill !

"get you a copper kettle
get you a copper coil
fill it with new made corn mash
and never more will you toil "

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by cheapracer
Oh, that one went over the top of me

Aren't you glad it wasn't a Bondi tram?

[275 GTB-4]

Come back Magwaarr! all is forgiven!!


2011 was the 18th year of Ward’s 10 Best Engines. The assessments embrace a wide range of engine criteria, including power and torque, refinement, sound quality and compatibility with application. As such, they are a good indicator of the direction engine design is following. Significantly, the judges do not use testing instruments.

Audi’s supercharged 3.0-litre V6, as fitted to S4, A6, A7 and Q7 models – and Porsche and Volkswagen hybrids – took out its third consecutive 10-best award with its ability to “quicken any pulse with a blip of the throttle.”

BMW’s 3.0-litre in-line turbo six, as fitted to the 335i Coupe, rated with its combining of traditional, sweet-sounding inline six-cylinder smoothness with remarkable efficiency, Wards gonged the engine because of its combination of ultra-strong performance and remarkable economy.

The Bavarian brand also featured in the top ten list with the 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo seen in applications as broad as the Z4 roadster and the 528i sedan. Treading where BMWs sixes once held sway, the high-tech turbo four performs and operates with exceptional smoothness, pretty much the same as the larger six-cylinder engines that preceded it.

Chrysler gained Wards attention with its 3.6-litre V6 as used across a broad range of Pentastar products including the Chrysler 300S, Jeep Wrangler, Chrysler group minivans and the Dodge Durango SUV. The engine was noted by Wards for its refinement, economy and power output.

Ford’s EcoBoost 2.0-litre four-cylinder (as seen in the Ford Falcon) made the list too, rating highly with its six-cylinder style power delivery and impressive fuel economy.

V8s ain’t dead either, at least as far as Wards is concerned, with Ford’s 5.0-litre Boss 302, which embraces all-alloy construction and variable camshaft timing to mix traditional muscle with the efficiency expected of a modern engine.

GM gained got a spot too, with its 2.0-litre turbo four-cylinder that delivers “exhilarating acceleration and astonishing refinement for its size.

Korean manufacturer Hyundai, with its impressive 1.6-litre Gamma four-cylinder engine (pictured), convinced Wards that the auto maker can deliver world-class small engines as well as the previously awarded Tau V8.

Mazda’s latest Skyactiv technology helped the Japanese company make the list, where it rated highly due to its “efficient and highly engaging” nature.

Nissan’s Infiniti hybrid rated with a system that is able to decouple the reciprocating engine and run in electric mode at speeds higher than 113km/h. Giving an average fuel reading of 7.8L/100km in Wards testing, the Nissan trumped “German luxury hybrid sedans that cost much more.