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The closest one is a 20 mile trek. I was in there a few weeks ago, zero model cars. Only some odd planes and boats.

It looks like a swirl in the plastic ghosted. I would block sand it out and prime it again.

My Ivan is chipped, he refuses to wear a collar. The 2 I got for my girlfriend are chipped.

We had a good class going until the goon squad showed up. One night we had 62 cars signed in for 30 spots to start, so 1/2 the cars sat out.

Winchester is a tough place. My last year at Islip, we had all the Freeport bombers come race with us after that track closed. Every night was a crash fest.

Our Ivan was an abandoned feral, about 6 weeks old. Luckily he ate on his own right away. He checked out good at the vet.

The upper arms and ball joints are back on. Front brakes are to follow. Im taking a short break.

A couple of Ivan and one of Brie.

His gofunme was looking for $100k, it was over $115k when I threw my $40 in.

Water based white glue is good. Any excess comes off easily. I have also used Tamiya X22 plear paint, it holds pretty well.

Hydraulic clutches eliminated a z-bar that could pop out of position, if you have ever seen guys circling the track during yellow flags, this is why. They had to leave it in gear. A good shot to the side of the car could loosen one. Most used the slotted tab on the frame rail, ours was a solid welded washer so it had nowhere to go.

I have a gardening bench that I now use all the time. I can sit on it, rest a drink on it, lay tools on it. I use it also to get up off the ground. Or I grab a car bumper (old cars only...). I picked up a little work platform from HF. that is quite handy and helps me out. I'm just totally beat up from getting the yard and pool together. The new '66 Chevy pushed me over the edge. Other than that I'm in good shape and stay active as possible.

I got some very dense foam pads from work, thicker than gardening pads and they hold up. That follows me everywhere. I just took a muscle relaxer and an oxy. I'm not doing much today on the car. I'm having the last 2 tires mounted and have to get some brake parts.

I'm a hot mess today. Been working on my new '66 Belair by myself. My right knee is a white hot pain source... my lower back is a close 2nd. I will rest tomorrow.

Since I moved here in 1986, I have seen ONE chippie. The north shore they are all over. Maybe they don't cross the Expressway? I had 5 squirrels about a year ago. Then one got clipped by a car and another drowned in my pool. So 3 it was for a while. A few weeks ago I started seeing smaller ones... and mine are generally well fed. So I count... I had 6 of them out there.

Nah, they bolt in with lock nuts. The driver side was replaced at some point. The factory holes are smaller for rivets, which the air chisel makes short work of. Then the holes need to be opened to take a 5/16" bolt. I have probably done well over 100 of these when I was fixing cars for a living. I got in last night, sat down and fell asleep, went up to bed officially around 11. Today is 62 and cloudy. All I have to do is assemble the arm and put it back together. Oh yeah, the disc pads are shot... that will be Tuesday's fun. I'm also having the new front tires put on my wheels.

Passenger side is together. I was able to track down upper ball joints too. The 2nd side is all apart. One bushing the inner sleeve was frozen. The air chisel makes it easier.

I am shot. Messed up my knee somehow, truly the walking wounded. New control arm bushings are in, 1 side. Have to pick up upper ball joints after 1. Cut myself using the air chisel too....

What does it measure up as?

Rear brakes are adjusted, new rear tires and hubcaps are back on.

Fed Ex... can almost set my clocks by them.

Quite accurate. My brother had one around 1985. It was parked in front of his apartment and a drunk ran into it in the wee hours....

I use between .016" to .018" wire. Mostly blue, red, yellow and orange. I just got some from Ron Coon Resins in orange. Ebay you have to be careful. I got 2 boxes of what was supposed to be wire wrap wire, but it was close to .040".

This is Brie stretched out for a snooze

Shapers are still used. Die shops used them to rough things out, as they could run with minimal attention. I was a tool and die apprentice but mainly worked in regular machine shops. I did a lot of heat treating. I also programmed CNC mills for a while and set them up at a night gig I had for many years.