10thumbs Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Dan, excellent pics and thank you for posting. Moreover, even though you're recovering from a really dangerous infliction, it's good you get off your butt and let that good dog go about his ways. He deserves as good as life can give him, and by golly he looks like he's loving it. Yes, if you avoid it, no city is a good thing. There is nothing I can think of at this time that could draw me to a big city. I'm a small town type. Your wilder outlook, where you live, is probably the best choice if you know to survive. Respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 pack Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Today I got an old Briggs and Stratton flathead single cylinder running. I am super happy because the person I bought it off said that it was seized and won’t run. All I did was pull the head off clean the piston, head, valves, put a new spark plug in and poure some fuel down the carb and it fired up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 48 minutes ago, 426 pack said: Today I got an old Briggs and Stratton flathead single cylinder running. I am super happy because the person I bought it off said that it was seized and won’t run. All I did was pull the head off clean the piston, head, valves, put a new spark plug in and poure some fuel down the carb and it fired up. EXCELLENT. You reminded me of me when I got my first "dead" engine started. It's a great feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 pack Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said: EXCELLENT. You reminded me of me when I got my first "dead" engine started. It's a great feeling. It shure does feel awesome to here the engine run. next one I have to get running will be my 440. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Wow, that 440 looks like it has seen much better days. Good luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I was finally able to get into the garage and clear the detritus of winter off of the workbench. I can build again! Somewhere not the kitchen table! i don't have to pack up every day when I'm done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 pack Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 12 hours ago, High octane said: Wow, that 440 looks like it has seen much better days. Good luck with it. Thanks I will need all the luck I can get. The car it is in (78 Newyorker) was last registered in 2001 and the person I bought it off of had it running 2 years ago. The only problem is the ignition isn’t sending power to the starter so all I should have to do bypass the ignition (Hotwire it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1 model citizen Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 1:27 AM, dieseldawg142 said: road was quite wet and mucky from the high water run-off, had to ford three creeks, and the road seemed to have gotten a little narrower, but no challenge for the crew... It must have been hard to "ford" the creeks in a Chevy If it was me I would "dodge" them all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragcrazy Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 First really nice day to fire up the smoker I did a turkey breast and roasted veggies both in there with some nice hickory chunks! vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Great ! Now I'm hungry ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Geez Vince, that's not fair. I almost put a post in the "Irked" thread about seeing pictures of your feast. All kidding aside, I hope it was as good as the pictures look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragcrazy Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 4 hours ago, cobraman said: Great ! Now I'm hungry ! 1 hour ago, Jim N said: Geez Vince, that's not fair. I almost put a post in the "Irked" thread about seeing pictures of your feast. All kidding aside, I hope it was as good as the pictures look. Sorry Ray! And yes it was Jim might have been even better than it looked! Thinking about a piece of salmon I have in the freezer! Lol vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 pack Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Yesterday I got over one of my fears of driving over a bridge (I’m 17 and just got my drivers license last year) and spent the hole day driving. I also got two transaxle for my race mower for free from the guy the puts on the lawnmower races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTrucker Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Our next to the oldest grandson became Pvt. Michael Alan Holt yesterday! Combat Engineer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTrucker Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On 4/26/2018 at 9:07 AM, iamsuperdan said: I was finally able to get into the garage and clear the detritus of winter off of the workbench. I can build again! Somewhere not the kitchen table! i don't have to pack up every day when I'm done! Dan! You build kit guitars??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnslow Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Just leaving to go to Bubba Raceway for some Saturday night dirt track racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I have been collecting Cobra"s for over 20 years. Last week I found a Cobra model kit on ebay that I have never seen. I put out a bid and was sure I would get sniped but after the week I was the only bidder and won . Very pleased to find and win a Cobra model I have never seen in all my years of looking. Pics when it arrives. Add another to the collection ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Didn't please me, per say, did make me LOL though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Joe Handley said: Didn't please me, per say, did make me LOL though! Very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Got a laugh out of this too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 5 hours ago, Joe Handley said: Didn't please me, per say, did make me LOL though! Keeping each other in business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 3 hours ago, High octane said: Very good! I take it you're near Bloomingale then Nick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 No I'm not, but I do get yo Geneva/St. Charles area now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/28/2018 at 9:28 AM, OldTrucker said: Dan! You build kit guitars??? I've done a couple of kits, but I mainly buy cheap guitars on EBay, or Kijiji, or at garage sales, or wherever, then bring them back to life. Strip them to the wood, repair the body, repaint, new hardware and electronics, refret if necessary, etc. I like to refer to it as guitar restomodding! I do it mainly for my own stuff, but I've done a couple of consignments for friends and referrals. On the bench right now are a late 80s BC Rich ST-III, an early 90s BC Rich ST Rave, late 80s BC Rich Warlock, mid-90s Squier Stagemaster, and a headless than I'm building from scratch, modeled after a Steinberger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Spent almost the entire weekend outside. Feels good to have the nice weather finally back, and to get the short and flipflops back on!. Didn't get any bench time in, but that's okay every now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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