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Jack

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Your user name
« on: May 14, 2021, 05:26:42 PM »
Long time ago, I've started a post to see the meaning behind user names. Not sure if it's fun anymore especially with so many that use their real name (me included) but post up and let us know the meaning behind your user name.




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Re: Your user name
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2021, 05:59:59 PM »
Well, I have a Formula and a TA. Ya, not much though in that...
79 Trans am low buck LS swapped
79 Formula 301 (Work in progress)
67 RS Camaro (waiting it's turn)
69 Dodge charger on late model charger chassis
49 Ford F1 on a 2003 Chevy ZR2 Chassis (current project)
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2021, 07:34:01 PM »
My name and 1989
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Jack

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2021, 07:40:17 PM »
Bday?




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Re: Your user name
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2021, 09:45:45 PM »
aussieta
australian trans am
1978 Y84 W72 WS6
A Camaro looks like it could kick your ass.
A Trans Am looks like it's coming over to do it

Re: Your user name
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2021, 09:58:29 PM »
Chris Ritter. You figure it out.  :D
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2021, 10:05:19 PM »
My first name.  :)
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2021, 10:22:08 PM »
The other thing I drive..
Jim
:)
1979 Trans Am- Heritage Brown -W72 (Pontiac 400) -4Speed-WS6
1972 LeMans Convertible
1977 Trans Am
1972 Firebird
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2021, 05:39:57 AM »
When I joined I had my 76/455 ta SD are my initials.
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2021, 05:48:30 AM »
Proud owner of a 76 Trans am, the one in my avatar.  :)

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2021, 06:14:11 AM »
Bday?

Yes, of all the days to ask this question, it’s actually today haha
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2021, 06:22:20 AM »
Bday?

Yes, of all the days to ask this question, it’s actually today haha

Lol happy 32nd birthday.




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Jack

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2021, 06:24:17 AM »
When I joined I had my 76/455 ta SD are my initials.

You got me with that one as if you remember I thought you had one of one 75 455 SD.




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Re: Your user name
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2021, 08:48:56 AM »
My Previous TA’s were a 73, 75, 78 and a 82. My 5th purchased February of 2020 is a 1980.
1980 T/A with a Pontiac 461

Gone but not forgotten;
1973 T/A 455
1975 T/A 400
1978 T/A W72
1982 T/A cross fire injected

Two wheel toys;
2014 Harley Ultra Classic Limited
2013 Honda CB1100
2010 Yamaha Vmax
1982 Yamaha Seca 750

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2021, 10:26:41 AM »
My middle name is Larry and I'm a little uncivilized.
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Calgary, AB
1977 4 speed W72

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2021, 12:04:31 PM »
Happy Birthday Jon  :grin:
Finished!
77 T/A - I will Call this one DONE!
79 TATA 4sp-Next Project?
79 TATA - Lost to Fire!
86 Grand Prix - Sold
85 T/A - Sold
85 Fiero - Sold
82 Firebird - Sold
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2021, 01:23:04 PM »
Bday?

Yes, of all the days to ask this question, it’s actually today haha

Lol happy 32nd birthday.
Happy Birthday Jon  :grin:

Thanks guys!
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2021, 02:50:52 AM »
Mumbles is my CB handle. 

Citizens Band Radios got to be popular among a few friends when I was in high school.  (This would have been the mid-90s.)  About the same time I was awarded a part in the school play.  It was called "Night of the Living Beauty Pageant" and my character's name was "Mumbles".  Once I got my very own Uniden CB Radio installed in my parent's '79 Chevy Cheyenne, I had to pick cool code name and that's what I went with.

When I started joining a few forums it seemed like a simple decision to carry over this moniker as my online callout.  :)

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2021, 07:44:45 AM »
Happy belated birthday Jonathan!
2001 Miata LS 5-speed

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2021, 11:06:11 AM »
Back in 09 my Dad and I bought a 72 bird that was an ambitious project to say the least. At the time I couldn't think of a user name, so that's what I came up with.

Funny enough, we sold that car after a few months of ownership to a somewhat local guy. I haven't owned another 72 since, but have/had 70s, 71s, and 73s. lol
70 Trans Am RAIII 4 Speed #'s matching
71 Trans Am LS Swapped



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Re: Your user name
« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2021, 01:22:34 PM »
Jon,

Also wishing you a belated happy birthday!
1980 T/A with a Pontiac 461

Gone but not forgotten;
1973 T/A 455
1975 T/A 400
1978 T/A W72
1982 T/A cross fire injected

Two wheel toys;
2014 Harley Ultra Classic Limited
2013 Honda CB1100
2010 Yamaha Vmax
1982 Yamaha Seca 750

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #21 on: May 16, 2021, 01:26:13 PM »
Jon,

Also wishing you a belated happy birthday!
Happy belated birthday Jonathan!

Thanks guys!

Time to start another trip around the sun haha

Jon
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #22 on: May 16, 2021, 02:58:19 PM »
Well, I live in Kentucky, and used to have a beard and long hair- especially long around Colorado camping trip time.  Someone said I looked like a Yeti in the mountains, and it stuck.  BTW- this picture was taken in 2004... long before Duck Dynasty was thought of.  So before it gets mentioned (again)- I did not copy Willie Robertson.  DD started in 2012.  If anything- he copied me  :lol: 

I'm in the center, in case anyone had any doubt.

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #23 on: May 16, 2021, 06:53:56 PM »
Wow, you look scary, even from here!
79 Trans am low buck LS swapped
79 Formula 301 (Work in progress)
67 RS Camaro (waiting it's turn)
69 Dodge charger on late model charger chassis
49 Ford F1 on a 2003 Chevy ZR2 Chassis (current project)
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #24 on: May 16, 2021, 07:13:54 PM »
Here is the reason behind my screen name.
Been racing this one since the mid- 90s in some form or another.
T&T / Street Class / Pro Eliminator.
It is the most favorite thing I have.



Here is a video taken by my cousin yesterday.
He did take it holding my phone in the wide format mode, but please excuse the segment where the turf is featured.
This was a make-up / solo pass due to having a problem with the water pump in the qualifying time shot.
I knocked the wire for the water pump switch out of the fuse panel messing with troubleshooting a problem with the tail lights which you need running at night, so I had to miss taking a pass with everyone else.
The car ran a 11.237 on a 11.23 dial but I fouled due to the quick tree you sometimes get when you solo.
A routine pass may have netted some qualifying points, but alas.

You will have to click on the link.

https://i.imgur.com/pB1st8O.mp4

The track is Island Dragway in Great Meadows, NJ.

Thanks
JT

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #25 on: May 16, 2021, 08:45:41 PM »
Used to play military flight sims back in the early days, Raven was my callsign and it stuck.
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #26 on: May 17, 2021, 12:57:24 AM »
One day I was messing with ideas to put on a vanity plate for the 73.

Had ideas like

NASTY 73
NAS T 73

Never did get a special plate for the car but when it came time to join forums like this one, I figured why not try one of the ideas.

Since I’m Canadian it’s not a T/A it’s s a T/EH.

I use to share my name and family details in my profile, but a bunch of people in my company have lost their jobs from a post or video they made in social media. So all you get from me anymore is I live in Alberta Canada.
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #27 on: May 17, 2021, 05:28:19 AM »
I bought my 73 TA new in 73 and have moved it all around the country. It was my honeymoon car, we took it to Daytona Beach.
I also am a gun collector using the same handle. When my buddies ask me what the TA stands for, they always get a kick
out of that. When I bought it, I was really wanting the SD option, got talked out of it by the salesman and my father. I've been
collecting SD stuff all these years to finally clone the car with an SD engine, it's in the shop now.

In the last decade or so, so many really good Pontiac engine parts have become available, it didn't make since to do a correct resto. on it since
it's a non numbers car, it has given me the opportunity to use modern parts and save the real stuff for the pureist.
I am still going to use the correct 73 cast SD iron block and heads to keep the SD theme intact. I'm hoping it will become a legacy car passed down to my youngest
son, who also has my 3 grandsons. They call it a race car :-)
I also own a numbers 74 SD car as well that I plan on getting back on the road soon as well.

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #28 on: May 17, 2021, 06:06:38 AM »
This was my vanity plate although not to smartest if I got pulled over   iTllFLY.   

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #29 on: May 17, 2021, 06:12:19 AM »
Wow, you look scary, even from here!
x2, LOL
Finished!
77 T/A - I will Call this one DONE!
79 TATA 4sp-Next Project?
79 TATA - Lost to Fire!
86 Grand Prix - Sold
85 T/A - Sold
85 Fiero - Sold
82 Firebird - Sold
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'39-BSA Gold Star
'49-Triumph 350
'52-Ariel Red Hunter
'66-BSA Lightning
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #30 on: May 17, 2021, 06:30:54 AM »
TAC was the first forum, social media, etc. that I ventured into. When I registered and was asked for a user name I was caught by surprise, I had no idea what a user name was. I thought it was mandatory to use something other than your real name so I had to come up with something on the fly, and something I presumably would not forget. I figured a combination of my 2 passions, my motorcycle is a Roadking, and my car is a 1977 model. Hence the user name. btw, Most of you already know but my real name is Kerry. I also use TAKerry on a couple of other sites.
Finished!
77 T/A - I will Call this one DONE!
79 TATA 4sp-Next Project?
79 TATA - Lost to Fire!
86 Grand Prix - Sold
85 T/A - Sold
85 Fiero - Sold
82 Firebird - Sold
'38-CZ 250
'39-BSA Gold Star
'49-Triumph 350
'52-Ariel Red Hunter
'66-BSA Lightning
'01-HD RoadKing

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #31 on: May 17, 2021, 09:15:04 AM »
When Ebay was fairly new, I decided to sell some excess firebird parts on ebay.  This was in the 1990's.  It went so well I changed my ebay username to firebirdparts and that's that.

I was very interested to see RamblerRacer's Spirit.  You just never see those anywhere.
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1978 Redbird 305
1979 Redbird 301 4-speed
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Re: Your user name
« Reply #32 on: May 17, 2021, 09:38:22 AM »
My name's Ryan, and in HS people called me ryeguy. Graduated in 2006, and somewhere along the way ryeguy2006 was taken, so I did the logical thing and added an "a" haha. Started off using that name on AIM (AOL Instant Messanger) before I had a cell phone haha.

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #33 on: May 17, 2021, 02:41:28 PM »
I'm not very smart, or have an imagination. :(
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« Reply #34 on: May 17, 2021, 03:26:47 PM »
My name's Ryan, and in HS people called me ryeguy. Graduated in 2006, and somewhere along the way ryeguy2006 was taken, so I did the logical thing and added an "a" haha. Started off using that name on AIM (AOL Instant Messanger) before I had a cell phone haha.

We have the same nickname
70 Trans Am RAIII 4 Speed #'s matching
71 Trans Am LS Swapped



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Re: Your user name
« Reply #35 on: May 18, 2021, 06:35:09 AM »
I was watching a documentary on the SR-71 Blackbird.  Well, you can guess the rest.

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« Reply #36 on: May 18, 2021, 06:49:31 AM »
Mine is a bit of a story!

Back in 1999, I was in college, and at that time I started getting into computer gaming. Siting in one of my classes, my professor was explaining something about the converging points (Taking Police Foundations, not sure how it was related) and called it a nexus. This was the first time I heard the word, and used it as my gaming name. Slowly, as time went on, there were more people using "Nexus" so if it is already taken, I will use "Nexus_wfo" which my late cousin suggested. Luckily for most of the car sites I'm registered too, I'm the only Nexus
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« Reply #37 on: May 18, 2021, 07:07:19 AM »
Mine means Crazy, I have to be insane to be working on my project.
Stay Shalomy

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Re: Your user name
« Reply #38 on: May 18, 2021, 07:54:06 AM »
rkellerjr - had to think of something because the names I wanted to use were taken so...

Rich KELLER JR - rkellerjr

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« Reply #39 on: May 18, 2021, 10:36:40 PM »
Because of the three GM muscle cars I own:
'77 Trans Am
'87 Monte Carlo SS
'89 Iroc-Z
1977 Trans Am stroked 400 (468)
1989 Iroc-Z28 5.7 TPI 90K original miles
1987 Monte Carlo SS LS 2/4L65e
1997 Silverado 5.7 Z71 Single Cab, Short box (daily driver)

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« Reply #39 on: May 18, 2021, 10:36:40 PM »
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