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I hear guys say stuff like "it's chipped & faded, this car needs paint" NEEDS paint? NO! , a car does not NEED any paint at all! Or "this car needs an interior" -------- Nope. As long as there's some kind of seating for the driver it doesn't. Aesthetic things are WANTS. I know the...

Yes, The long rows of perfect, gleaming rides at car shows bore me. I'm instinctively drawn to the crap piles. I can relate to them and they remind me of the good times I had in my broke youth. When muscle cars were what you drove BECAUSE you were broke youth. When I had my crummy first car...

A buddy & I were in his very old house in Palo Alto. We were alone there. We were around 11 years old. Suddenly we both looked at each other, scared. Something felt weird. Then slow knocking sounds came from inside the walls! Strange rhythmic knocking, like departed spirits trying to be heard...

I've had a ton of fun in some really crappy cars. And less fun in some really nice ones. Case in point: The 305 powered 1926 Dodge Brothers Coupe I got for cheap. Ratty, leaky, too loud (zoomies) and broke a lot. Drove & handled like a lawn tractor. Fixed the throttle linkage with barbed...

Yes, VD. Sex with farm animals is risky.

Btw, One of my kid's friends (another piercings & combat boots chick) is very active with a group of engineers who do well & water projects for small villages in Central America. One of the many goals is improving their lives enough to lessen the desire to trek to, and seek refuge in, the US...

My wife, daughter & I went to the UK, France & Italy a few months ago. My daughter is 16 and this was her first time in Europe. We hit London, Paris, Nice, Florence, Rome, & Sicily. Now keep in mind that my kid has pink (or blue or green) hair, a nose-ring and wears black T Shirts with punk...

Ya know, I never saw Ben Franklin's body either. Maybe Ben faked his death and is now running a pizza joint in Brooklyn. I do not doubt that Hamza is dead. Plus I'm guessing that his death was NOT the work of the US, unless it was done in an illegal action. I say this because Trump had...

re: The driveway hide. A buddy of mine was trying to outrun the police on a Kawasaki AR50. It's like the Honda MB5. A 50cc "motorcycle" with a clutch & real transmission. Anyhow, he got ahead enough in the turns to ride up a random driveway & park behind an RV. However, the house's...

Twice. Once I flew by a parked cop at night, in my Datsun 510. His interior light was on so he was probably eating or writing reports. I was doing about 80 on HWY 1 in Carmel Ca. I just kept going because I had a huge lead. I peeled off onto a side street and backed up somebody's long driveway...

Btw, I've had plenty of Old Iron before so I can guess what the general "driving experience" will be like. However, I have NOT had a hopped up Hemi in a mid size car! So the one thing I am dying to do is to get in this thing, point it in a safe direction, and FLOOR IT!!! THAT is what I am...

Thanks for asking, 66 Sat. No, Nothing to report. They have not gotten to it yet. The shop was a 3 Guy operation but they have lost one man. They hired on a replacement but she's young and does not have the years of experience so she's only doing small stuff. So they are backed up...

Yes, The pandas strolled in from China on the yet-unestablished Silk Road. Presumably carrying armloads of bamboo provisions the journey & the cruise. But that is no epic journey compared to what the pair of Koalas had to do. Once landed on Mt Ararat in modern-day Turkey they had to make their...

On the Great Flood: Note how there is no mention of any aquatic life kept on the ark, in fresh or salt water tanks. Because a flooded world, due to rain, would result in a brackish water condition. Only a few species of fish/aquatic animals could survive in that salty, muddy soup. So most...

California should be #1 or close to it. That they chose a place where there's freezing temperatures, snow & salt is a giant joke. Here in San Diego there is no smog testing on 1975 & earlier cars. There's also no Safety Inspection. And the cops generally do not give a poop about older...

Yep, G for Grimes. Elon is an incredibly busy guy. Probably can only see her for a few minutes a month anyhow. But I have far more important things to worry about than Elon Musk's girlfriend. Like choosing a weight of motor oil.

"When doctors & morticians meet, they wink" ------------ Mark Twain.

Thanks, Man. Will do.

Sorry, I have no more info to post yet. The car is behind the gate at my shop & Harold won't be back to work until Monday. Plus I don't know where my place is in the conga line of work he has lined up. But per my experience with him he'll at least get it up on the lift sometime during the...

I was thinking about that "dog's breakfast" comment. It's not that at all. Nor is it Gordon Ramsy's breakfast of Eggs Benedict on seared polenta either. It's a working man's breakfast: Bacon & eggs. Honest fare, no pretense.