
TarheelRick
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Nice looking sled, really like the changes you have made and that color looks good on it. Need to get off my behind and finish my '50 Vert.
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Beautiful Mustang. My 2022 5.0 F-150 can get me into trouble, if I don't watch myself. The factory exhaust has a real deep throaty rumble which sounds so good especially when I am pulling my boat up an interstate on-ramp. BTW what is that color called, my F-150 is called 'Race Red'. I have heard the equivalent GM color is called 'Pull Me Over Red'.
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Although still recovering from total shoulder replacement surgery, had the opportunity to go to the local high school and watch a softball camp for the local middle school along with a few freshmen from the high school. Some of the high school team from last year were there assisting the coaches, a lot of them ran up to me and hugged me. It's always a good day when you get hugged by a pretty young girl. Looking forward to softball season next year.
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Not much of a Cuda fan, but this build has really caught my attention. That is one slick paint job and the mod top adds just enough contrast to grab your attention. Really like this build.
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Autoquiz 642 - Finished
TarheelRick replied to carsntrucks4you's topic in Real or Model? / Auto ID Quiz
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Beautiful build, hard to tell it is 15 years old.
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Very creative build. You really got the Winfield look with that fade paintjob. Also, like the custom touches to the grille. Great job.
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Going to be an interesting build. I have an affinity for long roofs.
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Couple of good-looking rails. Maybe it's just not visible, but I do not see a drag-chute on the Prudhomme car.
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'62 F-100 started in 1962
TarheelRick replied to espo's topic in Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
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Like the direction you are going with this one. I seem to remember seeing an article on a short-track Vette in Stock Car Racing magazine many years ago. Giving me some ideas for a body I have laying around.
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Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
TarheelRick replied to TarheelRick's topic in The Off-Topic Lounge
The way I understand it, I will be getting in-home therapy for awhile, then will switch to out-patient. Either way it is going to be a long painful process. -
Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
TarheelRick replied to TarheelRick's topic in The Off-Topic Lounge
No, I should have run it through them but sometimes they can get complicated with their approvals. -
Didn't really know what it is, but I had it done. Nerve block is working pretty well right now. The nurse told me once that ran out, I would know it. What they do is remove the ball from the top of the arm bone, the cup from the shoulder and reverse them so the ball is on the shoulder and the cup is on the arm bone. Supposed to be in a sling 4-6 weeks, then 40 days of restricted duty. Puts a real crimp in rebuilding my hobby room and my fishing.
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Beautiful FED, nice smooth looking paint work.
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Extremely nice-looking Ford. That color does look good on that car. Very well built.
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I am totally irked with hydrostatic drives. First issue was with a Craftsman mower, bought new in 2011, didn't start using it until late summer 2012. I had bumped a wall with the front tire, side bump not head-on, bent the steering rod. Ordered replacement, changed it and the mower would not back-up straight; the front tires would go in different directions. Fall of 2018 hooked up my leaf-vacuum, would not pull it, the hydro-static drive expired. It is a sealed unit so cannot be repaired, must be replaced. The cost was equivalent to 1/2 the mower. Parked it and bought a Simplicity. Second issue was a Simplicity lawn/garden tractor I acquired from my late uncle's estate. It was fairly old, the deck had rusted some, so my uncle had used it only as a garden tractor. Had some nice implements with it, which all worked off the hydrostatic drive. That drive also went out on me two years after I got it. Tried to find replacement, learned the manufacturer had been out of business for more than 20 years and there were no replacements available. Again, it being a sealed unit could not be repaired. Seems like a conspiracy of lawn/garden equipment manufacturers to sell more new units because it is so expensive to repair/replace those hydrostatic units. My replacement tractor, Massey-Ferguson compact is also hydrostatic drive - just waiting.
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What did you see on the road today?
TarheelRick replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Not exactly on the road but we had a local Memorial Day Cruise-In. Actually, a local merchant sponsors one every 4th Sunday during the warm months, sometimes up into early November. The Charger is my all-time favorite Dodge or any Chrysler product. The Chevy coupe's license said "AllSteel" I have a few more pictures, but these are my favorite. -
Not exactly model related, but since I will probably be doing any building on the dining table for the next few weeks following my surgery, I thought it would come in quite handy. I can put tools and supplies in the drawers and use the top area as a smaller work area when necessary. It is 12X6X6. Got it at Lowes for $19.98 - $17.98 with military discount.
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Definitely going to watch this build. The '65 Chevelle is my grail car I owned two of them in the late 60's early 70's; the first was a regular 283/3-speed Malibu. The second was a 283/4-speed SS, loved that car until I took out six fenceposts and correlated barbed wire one night while under the influence of adult beverages on a rainy road. I had never really paid that much attention to the differences in the fronts, that is really going to bother me when I decide to build my El Camino and station wagon and my two Revell Z-16 kits. Keep those updates coming.
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1940 Ice Cream Truck
TarheelRick replied to Nosferatu's topic in Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
"Cool" build. Well thought out details, it is "udderly" beautiful. OK, enough of the cheap puns. Really nice build. -
Some mighty fine looking '40s. The Tudor is a real beauty, the short tracker looks the part (I'll bet he is going looking for a red car with a mangled fender after the heat race), and that chop came out looking really nice. It still looks like a coupe; so many lay the back glass down way too much IMHO.