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If the bolt does not work, install a stud. Simple fix. Otherwise, count me as another McRobb guy.

Certainly some of the stuff is sold by Laysons but shipped from the manufacturer. Hence the shipping cost. They have a warehouse, but it is not Amazon-sized. But why don't you just ask Rick any questions you have? They are as close as a phone call.

I think the question most important to yourself is: After all this and in feeling you were wronged, do you still want to work for these people?

I have been there: When I returned my lemon Ram to the dealer a decade ago (after a long drawn-out process), I was DONE with new vehicles. I ended up buying TWO 70's 3/4T Chevy truck to daily drive. I figured between the two of them at least one would be up and running at any time, and I could...

I would probably say it was a 76 Volare Wagon factory 318 4-speed car. It had a swapped in 340 cam, eddy intake + 4bbl, cop wheels, 255/60/15's all around, and cop sway bar. I drove it everyday with gusto and put 50,000 miles on it for the grand total investment of ......$500. It never let me...

Any pre-lean slant 6 car/truck with 833 overdrive was and would be my choice. Both this engine an transmission have stellar service records. A 318 in lieu of slant 6 or 904 in lieu of 833 would be second-tier choices. Mid-late 70's will have hardened seat for unleaded gas. There is a huge range...

Just went to the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinville OR friday.... saw the Spruce Goose, an SR71, a Texan, 177 Stealth fighter, X-11 replica, and a wonderfully restored DC3 amongst many others, and something I did not expect that was super exciting: 1 of 9 (?) surviving ME262 jet...

I will never be able to settle for just one nice car because polishing, cleaning, and kicking tires are not where I get my kicks. I have to be racing, driving, and building stuff.

I used to drive my 69 RR 440-4speed car in the winter with big studded truck tires on the rear in the winter. They sure threw sparks good.

I just painted my 50's Coronet with Summit single stage this summer and I'm pretty happy with it. A gallon plus activator is around $150-170 bucks depending on color. I paid way more for the epoxy primer. With paint + primer + various stuff I got it done for around $1k in materials and around a...

I built a bunch of stick-framed condos and apartment buildings where the first floor was concrete parking and the rest framed. Nothing like walking the walls and laying out trusses 4 stories up. I don't think OSHA allows that kind of stuff anymore.... which is good. Helped a buddy contractor...

I also would try and find something else. But, if you wanna do it, you should separate the top and bottom by prying up the fold on the edge (carefully) with a chisel. This is a lot of work and you have to be very very careful or you will spend more time on this than you would imagine. I have...

I used to work as a Framer walking a 2 x 4 top plate with a 8 foot fall on one side, and 4 stories on the other. Now I get vertigo standing up.

Yup, this is the real world for contractors. Every contractor knows it.

And a bent one at that :lol: Back in the day the local Mopar yard here used to have hundreds of them. Fresh off cop cars, shiny and black, no rust....... $12.50 each.