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When I was a kid growing up in New York in the late 50's, it was a really cool time. The airwaves were full of doo-wop, the street corners had singing groups practicing their sweet harmonies, the neighborhoods were full of friendly people and shopkeepers who knew you by name and the streets were full of cars destined to become classics. How cool is that? And so my love affair with the automobile had begun.

I can remember playing dodge ball one day right after the '57 Chevy's were introduced. Well, one of those beauties came by in bright red with a white top and me and my friends thought, "Wow, look at those fins!" Little did we know what we were in store for in 1959 when Cadillac came out with the hugest fins ever! We sure were careful not to fall into one of those while playing stick ball in the street. Ouch!

Tail fins and 1950's cars just go hand in hand. Just about everybody seemed to have them. Chevy's and Cadillacs like I already mentioned. Fords had a small one but it was still there. Plymouth, and Chrysler Imperials had them. In 1959 we saw Chevy come out with that big bat wing, which was squared off a bit for '60 and by '61 the era of fins was gone. While it lasted though, we sure had some fabulous designs out of Detroit. Giant fins and lots of shiny chrome. A combination still sought after today.

So back in the old neighborhood, I remember a guy around the block from me who had a '57 Ford retractible hardtop. Me and the gang stood around wide-eyed as the hardtop slid smoothly into the trunk. Amazing! One minute a hardtop and the next minute a convertible.

During our frequent and intense stickball games or a good game of "flies up" (remember that one? Take a Spaulding "pinkie" and slam it to the ground right in front of the wall to a neighbor's house letting it hit against the wall and pop into the air where a bunch of guys were eagerly waiting to catch it and record the out), we'd watch with envy as the older teens, the kids we thought were already "men" cruise by with cars from the "40's and early 50's all souped up and burning rubber to impress us children - and the girls of course. And I gotta tell ya, impressed we were. We envied those guys in the cars with the cruiser skirts, continental kits, lake pipes and Cherry Bomb mufflers. Those lucky guys behind the wheel of a Chevy Belair or a Ford Crestliner or if you were really lucky - a flamed and custom Merc. I couldn't drive one so I built plastic models from Revell and Monogram of all the cars I loved and continued to dream about. I even wanted to do my hair in a DA and pompadour but my Mom didn't like the look. And now there's just not enough hair left to achieve the look even if I still wanted it.

Yep, those sure were the days. You could buy a Model A for a couple of hundred bucks or less - and not a total beater either. Heck, some were still being used as daily drivers. And cars from the late 30's and 40's, well they were all over the place. A lot still running and functioning as the family car and you could buy one for, by today's standard, what would amount to grand theft auto - a real steal!

In my mind's eye I can still go back in time and look out the front window of our apartment. Hey look, up the street is my classmate's Grandfather's '40 Ford maroon coupe parked there. And look across the street - there's another neighbor's '48 Buick, all black and shiny. Down the street I can see a two toned '55 Dodge and two houses up from where I lived, my friend's father had a '57 Cadillac Eldorado Biaritz - a beautiful blue with a brushed metallic roof.

Up and down the street they came - the Fords, Chevy's, Buicks, Pontiacs, De Soto's, Chryslers, Plymouths, Mercs and more. A car show every day. And now, those beautiful works of art have given way to just the memories along with the Toyotas and Nissans and Hondas now cruising the streets. Fortunately, we've got a great and thriving car show culture keeping things alive and I attend as many as I can along with beautiful diecast models to display, admire and dream about. Even my son became a car nut owning a '57 Chevy, a '67 Camaro and a '51 Ford pick-up. I guess I brought him up right. My collection of diecast is at 35 plus and growing making it possible to own all the cars I could never afford, helping to keep those childhood dreams alive.

But if I could hop in a time machine, I know right where I'd go. It would be back to those days of tail fins and chrome, pompadours and drive-ins, drug store soda fountains, Peggy Sue, American Bandstand and my new transistor radio playing "In The Still of the Night". What a great time to be alive. Ike was our President and the world was good - at least for us kids. Well, let me grab that comb out of my back pocket, dab on a little Brylcreem and work on that DA, put the top down on my Chevy and go pick up my best girl Rosie and head to the drive-in. See ya there.

For more information and purchase of diecast models and more, visit http://www.rovinrodsandclassics.com

Vinny Rubeo - car nut and owner of http://www.rovinrodsandclassics.com - Diecast, Doowop and Elvis Too

Corning Police Department

The following information is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol.ViolenceA fight was reported Friday night at the Shell Station, with three men reportedly battering one man. The victim, taken to St. Elizabeth Community hospital by friends, reportedly declined to give police any details or names and no arrests were made. Collisions- Keith Gore, 21, Red Bluff, was reportedly run off the road by a passing car Thursday afternoon on northbound Interstate 5 south of Bowman Road, sending Gore and fellow Red Bluff resident Angela Snyder, 19, and their 2007 Chevrolet Silverado pickup into the grass-and-dirt median.Gore had reportedly been driving in the passing lane when a second driver in a Toyota Rav 4 passed him in the slow lane and cut in front, sending Gore swerving. Both complained of neck pain, with Gore reportedly suffering from additional pain in his head and Snyder of pain in the shoulder. Both declined medical attention.

The vehicle sustained major damage to the entire right side.

Cole Miller, Redding, 18, reportedly rear-ended Daniel Peters, Cottonwood, 50, Thursday afternoon on northbound Interstate 5, north of Sunset Hills Drive. Miller, driving a 1990 Chevrolet pickup, was behind Peters' 1999 Chevrolet pickup in the slow lane, when Peters slowed down and Miller's vehicle struck the other pickup.

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Peters reportedly suffered pain to the neck and back, but did not seek immediate medical attention. Theft

- A big screen television was reported missing Friday evening on Johnson Street. A large window was reportedly found open at the residence.

- Checks were reported stolen Friday evening on Oak Street.

- A woman with a Chihuahua reportedly stole a bracelet Thursday afternoon at Crystal Art and Apparel. Odd

- A man reportedly still had an IV needle in his arm when he left St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Friday afternoon. He declined medical attention, opting to take out the needle on his own time.

- A man called police Friday afternoon on Luning Avenue to report his son had gotten paint on his bicycle. Arrests

- Ashley Renee Reynolds, 20, of Red Bluff was arrested Friday evening in the 1100 block of Main Street. Reynolds was booked on the charge of carrying a dirk or dagger and use or under influence of drugs. Bail was $12,500.

- Jeremy Steven Maurer, 33, of Manton was arrested Friday evening on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon, not firearm or force: great bodily injury likely. Bail was set at $35,000.

- Jason Dean Sweaney, 31, of Red Bluff was arrested about 3:10 a.m. Saturday at Baker Road and Walbridge Road during a traffic stop. A Deputy contacted Sweaney and saw a short barreled shotgun on the rear passenger floorboard. Sweaney was ordered out of the vehicle and detained for further investigation. He was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charge of possession of a short barreled shotgun, felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Bail was $30,000. Collisions

- A collision between a big rig and a Chevy Tahoe took place at 6 a.m. Saturday on northbound Interstate 5, north of Sourgrass Road. Jose Gonzalez, 27, of Portland, Ore. was driving north in the fast lane about 79 mph and Maria Luna, 42, of Los Angeles was driving north in the slow lane about 60 mph. Gonzalez made an unsafe lane change and collided with the rear of Luna's trailer on the big rig causing minor damage to the trailer and major damage to Gonzalez' Tahoe. No one was injured.

- A minor injury collision took place at 10:14 a.m. Sunday on Highway 36W and Monroe Street. Richard Lambdin, 76, of Red Bluff was driving east on 36W when while negotiating a sweeping right hand turn he saw a motorist merging from the south shoulder into his lane. Lambdin slowed to a near stop to avoid a collision with the motorcycle and was rear-ended by Roseann Scott, 65, of Red Bluff.

- Tiffany Eischen, 21, was treated for minor injuries at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital following a bicycle versus vehicle collision Sunday. Eischen was riding her bicycle east on the south sidewalk of Walnut Street approaching Washington Street about 5 mph when a blue Toyota sedan hit her. The driver left without speaking to her. Anyone with information is asked to contact Lt. Kyle Sanders at 527-3131. Fires

-An electrical-caused power pole fire took place at 8:48 p.m. Thursday on Stagecoach Road and Cardinal Road in the Rancho Tehama area.

- A vehicle fire took place at 4:04 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 5 near Finnell Avenue. Nothing further was available.

- A 2.5 acre vegetation fire at 3:02 p.m. Sunday did $1,500 damage to a power pole on Gyle Road near Paskenta Road. The cause was electrical. Violence

-An employee and several residents reported Friday around 10 p.m. there was a fight in the parking lot of the Shell station on Antelope Boulevard involving three men versus another man. The victim was taken by friends to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. The suspects were last seen walking across the street toward Motel 6.

- Three people were arrested Friday at Friendly Acres Mobile Home on Highway 99W after an anonymous caller reported a fight with one subject being armed with a baseball bat. Deputies contacted Janice Lynn Ferris, 49, of Red Bluff, who admitted to getting a sledge hammer from a nearby vehicle to be used as a weapon. Ferris also known was Janice Lynn Nichols and Janice Lynn Pedigo, was booked into jail on the charges of possession of a dangerous weapon. Bail was set at $10,000. Edouard Eugene Ouellette II, 35, of Red Bluff and Zachery Allen Ferris, 24, of Red Bluff were also arrested Friday evening at the same location. Zachery Ferris was booked into jail on the charges of probation violation with bail set at $2,500. Ouellette, also known as Edward Eugean Conrad, was booked into jail on the charge of obstructing or resisting a public officer. No bail was set.

- Officers were sent to a late reported assault and contacted a 15-year-old boy from Red Bluff who said he was attacked at Red Bluff High ed hardy jeansSchool about 2 p.m. Thursday. The boy said he was approached by a 17-year-old boy who attacked him, pulling out a knife and trying to cut the victim who received several minor cuts to his forearm. Wounds were superficial and didn't require medical attention. The suspect is described as 6-foot one inch tall and about 150 to 160 pounds. He has black, shoulder length, wavy hair and was last seen wearing black shorts and a gray shirt. The incident is still under investigation.

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Main cap swap on inline 235 Chevy motor. Can this be done without a line bore? And work?

The main caps, I have been told, are not the ones for the motor. My machinist says that 2 of them will work but the other two do not go with this motor. But I know that these are the ones that came out of the block. But when I toque them down they pinch the crank and then the crank don't turn at all.
My questions is can other main caps be swaped and put into the other motor in order to work? Of course without doing a line bore. I have all standard bearings and crank.
As of now I have swaped out caps and the crank turns very nicely. Next I will plastigauge the crank to check it.
Anyone know of swaping caps and making it work?

I'm not really familiar with the 235, but as a general rule, you can swap the caps but not without a line bore, you have to machine the whole top end. It's easier to just stroke it up and bore it over.

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