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Recent content by XS22J8R

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    Curious for Opinions Here - What Percentage of Project Cars Actually Get Completed?

    I have done one ground up restoration project, that I originally estimated would take 3 years to complete. I had the car together and running about 16 years later, and maybe another 2 years before I had some issues fixed, and detailed it enough to enter in OE judging. 3 shops and close to 3...
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    Maybe things aren't so bad after all?

    Thinking about education, I mentioned going to community college for a couple years taking pre engineering classes. Full time, 15 hours a semester, my books cost more than tuition. I don’t recall now exactly what my costs were, but probably around $500 a semester for tuition and books. I...
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    Look what followed me home

    Very cool! I work for the current iteration of International trucks, Navistar, and enjoy seeing historical International vehicles. The company started amassing vintage trucks around 15 years ago for a planned museum, but that ended when the company had a financial crisis in 2012. However they...
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    Maybe things aren't so bad after all?

    I started out the 80s in my late teens making $10.20 an hour + an additional .40/c hour after 7 pm working part time as a stock boy at the local grocery store while taking pre- engineering courses at a community college. I had plenty of money to buy cars and guitars and amps, and concert...
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    Fire Truck Friday

    That’s very cool. But where does he keep them all? I have a tough time with the logistics of just 6 cars.
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    City Finally Gets 473rd Vape Shop It So Desperately Needed

    It's really something looking around an area I've lived my whole life and seeing several malls even in fairly affluent areas all but empty, strip malls all over with more than half the storefronts vacant, and recently I have even been seeing some office buildings getting torn down. Other than...
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    Anyone here interested / going to the NHOA meet in May location is Indianapolis Indiana

    I own nothing with a hemi despite the fact that has been an aspiration since I was a teenager. But I was wondering something, is the show restricted to stock original hemi cars or is anything with a first or second gen hemi welcome? Some local friends have hemi clones and a prostreet type...
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    Dynamat or ?

    I put mass backed carpet in one of my cars with nothing else on the floor, and really pleased with the results.
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    Who Likes Aircraft ?

    I've always thought the Cutlass was one of the goofiest looking planes ever to serve in our military. There's been some oddball experimentals but as far as ones that actually served in operational units, the F7U Cutlass ranks up there if not at the top.
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    City Finally Gets 473rd Vape Shop It So Desperately Needed

    I forgot to mention tattoo parlors. That is yet another healthy industry in Illinois. Get stoned, get a tat, if you have any of your assistance check still left, head off to the casino! Like living in paradise.
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    City Finally Gets 473rd Vape Shop It So Desperately Needed

    Same here in the sinking ship state of Illinois. Vape shops and marijuana shops are among the few industries that are going strong. Add to that list a few casinos, most everything else is boarding up their buildings and moving to Texas, Florida or South Carolina.
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    Cool miniature Mr. Norms Grand Spaulding Dodge dealership on eBay

    I finally broke down and ordered one of these from Larry Weiner around a month ago. Larry worked with YCID to create this replica. He included a cool packet of Mr Norms items with the model purchase including vintage PR pictures of race cars, blank Mr Norms invoices and a Mr Norm business...
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    Where to attach end of winch for 69 coronet?

    The one I have now is a X-2 by Superwinch. I bought the trailer from an estate so I got no instructions on how it hooks up or works.
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    Where to attach end of winch for 69 coronet?

    My trailer has a 3500# winch in it I’ve never used but would like to try. A friend of mine said 3500# is pretty marginal and I should get a 5000#. Is that correct? I was sort of surprised looking at YouTube I couldn’t find what I considered a really good video of winching a nice vintage car in...
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