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High octane

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  1. I have my Testors bottle paint stored in my "hobby drawer" with labels on the caps so I know what color I'm taking out of the bunch. I've seen a guy pick up 14 bottles of paint before he found the color he was lookin' for, and that's why I label the tops of the caps.
  2. No I'm not, but I do get yo Geneva/St. Charles area now and then.
  3. Yeah I figured that, however I really don't have any other solution.
  4. I've had both knees replaced and so I've been there and done that. For you however I would have the doc give you a knee evaluation (X-rays) and if the knees are not bone on bone, perhaps the doc can give you cortisone shots to buy you some time for awhile. That what I did until one knee got so bad it had to be replaced, and the other one was replaced three years later. I have had the operations done in January so I can recover during the winter months and then enjoy the spring and summer with my new knee. I realize that everyone is not the same and neither are their needs or conditions. Go from there, and good luck.
  5. If you're lookin' for the fittings near the bottom/ports of the manifold I think that they can be scratch built fairly easily.
  6. I think that Charlie over at Pro Tech carries something you can use, check out his website.
  7. Time for a knee replacement, or no?
  8. I like the FWD cars because they "pull" the car through the snow which helps a lot. I've been driving for over 50 years and I've never had any need for 4 wheel drive vehicles as they plow the snow where I live. I'm glad I got posi in my truck as I needed it this past winter to get out of my snow filled driveway in which the snow plows added a big heap in the apron.
  9. Wanted to attend a car gathering this morning, however with the temps on the cold side and breezy I guess I'll wait 'til next Saturday.
  10. Wow I haven't heard that name in a long while. I remember seeing Jack Smith and his decals at Toledo back in the early 2000's. I would check on the rocketfin listings under Top End Decals.
  11. In many parts of the world,, there is NO room for big cars. Go to Hawaii, or some of the Caribbean Islands and you'll see what I mean. Also in China the population is so large there's no room for big cars there either.
  12. Yes i saw that new Ranger at the Chicago Auto Show this year, and it does like a foreign make. I'll stick with my F-150.
  13. Yes today's cars and trucks have a LOT of useless "tech" bells and whistles as I've owned my truck for two years now and still don't know how to operate everything, and not really interested either. Cars of the 60's had 10 or 15 knobs, levers, and buttons and seemed to work just fine as a means of transportation.
  14. I've never had a Heller kit if I recall and didn't plan on getting any either. Some guys have hundreds or thousands of kits in their stash and are worried 'bout this company going broke or that company going broke. Reminds me of "chicken little."
  15. I usually wipe the top edge of the bottle with a brush soaked in thinner, and then wipe the edge with a napkin/paper towel to rid the paint on top before putting the cap back on. It usually works good for me
  16. Huh? I thought that EVERY day was Mopar Day, at least for me.
  17. Wow, that 440 looks like it has seen much better days. Good luck with it.
  18. My wife owns a Taurus and loves it, she'll be keepin' it for awhile as it's already six years old and only 60+thousand miles on the odometer.
  19. There are a lot of KIA's (know it all)s in this world and we just have to get used to it.
  20. I hafta agree with you on that, as we have a number of club members who don't "wash" their grilles and it doesn't look right.
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