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Joe Handley

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  1. It all in the eye of the beholder, or beer holder......judging by what some people think is a good idea, no matter what era the subject. You wouldn't need to go crazy with swapped out lighs, adding un-needed lights, adding skirts (which frankly haven't looked good or right on new vehicles since the late 60's-mid 70's), painting over or adding extra, tack on chrome, etc. For example: First gen Chrysler LHS, mild drop if not a set of air bags, shave most of the badging and door handles, swap in the chromed New Yorker grill, then find a complimentary wheels of a reasonable size (maybe even stock sized!) That simple cleaning up of the car could make it a nice cruiser. Same with the Buick Lucerne, not a whole lot of work, basically the same as outlined for the LHS and would likely result in the same, clean cruiser look.
  2. Google Maps are just as bad at times, I was lookingnforna gas station one night a few years back and it sent me to the middle of a residential neihborHOOD. Then a couple weeks back, I went to get directions from that station and a competitor that is across the street to the nursing facility Mom is currently in and thenone station was shown about 5 miles away like it was 3 years before and the other station was about 2-3 miles on the other direction....... Then I was looking for a third station between where Mom is and home, and according to Google Maps, that one was in a location that there is no place for a gas station?! I'm still not sure if that station ever existed!
  3. I figure those paddles are there to reinforce the tires as well as make sure they stay secure on the tires.
  4. A kinda beat up '37 Chevy pick up and a very clean early 60's Pontiac convertable......same body style as the upcoming Moebius kit.
  5. Iy sounded like seemed cool about it, not sure about the paying fans though.
  6. I hear Garth Books was supposed to putting on a couple of shows in Tampa that had to be canceled because of the game.
  7. My sinuses, they've started to drain again and I'm coughing as though I smoked for 30 years.......... Although, since the Ebola scare is over, I don't have to worry that some paranoid idiot might try to get me quarentined for having that.......or worse!
  8. Depending on how that road is, something more reasonable than only 50mph.
  9. The wounds on Mom's legs have improved even more than they were when I visited her last Monday!
  10. That's why I always carried an extra key in my wallet!
  11. Oooooohhhhh, that poor little motor!
  12. I was topping off the 200 tonight and heard this racket coming from the road, looked up to see multiple Porsches, GT-Rs, a couple Lambos, some sort of Mercedes, and that new Lexus RC coupe all running in a pack?!
  13. Lol, Tom.
  14. May not have been so high prior to the involvment of his friend Al Cahol..........and we all remember how peer pressure can be.
  15. My sister and her boyfriend were there for the concert, but nobody knew anything happened until the CFD showed up and asked the band to delay the show until they figured out there was no saving him, then had to cancel the show...........the last show of the tour and in their "home town" with their own families on hand.
  16. Harry, did you hear about the Hanover Park resident that died at the Chevelle concert at the Aragon Ball Room? Apparently he and a couple buddies got up on the catwalk above the stage to watch the show. His buddies turned around to find him missing and somebody found him stuck on the Aragon's pipe organ!
  17. Reason they were there, is that the were effective on the race track and since there had to at least 500 production street vehicles, Chrysler sold 500 Chargers with more street friendly versions as to be legal for NASCAR use.
  18. Weren't the French still using the Ford Flathead in some of their military vehicles until the 80's too?
  19. I think there are a lot more cars getting air in from below the front bumper for at least cooling, and combustion for some,
  20. Been one in the lot at my store a couple times today, nothing fancy, but still looked good! Where did you shoot that at, the buildings look like one of the strip malls in Branson, MO.
  21. I was just at the Jewel/Osco Mom and I used to work at and just realized that based on how they did things we she left, they should have been closed nearly an hour before I started typing this, so I asked one of the ladies that Mom worked with (I had left by the time she started) what was going on, and apparently now they only close for Christmas! Those working still at least get time and a half (hourly pay+50% of that), but the store is open it's typical hours......so much for getting to spend holidays with your family..........
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