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southpier

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  1. don't use popsicle sticks
  2. it be like dat sometimes
  3. pin it together with a piece of .020" brass rod. leave a little extra and bend it over 90 degrees so you can push-me pull-you it in and out.
  4. interesting photoessay on Deadly Curves.blogspot for October 3 & 13
  5. wrap some sandpaper around 3 or 4 slicks of the size you want a go to it.
  6. the old man may just be busting your chops. he probably will not show next time either.
  7. shape a strip of styrene to the profile of the hinge. slice them baloney style, but get twice as many as you need hinges. then cut halves but with enough past the pivot point to shape the hinge knuckle. then in plan view, cut male & female joints (think tongue & groove joint) and slip the pairs together. then drill each pair for a pin (brass rod .010" - ???). assemble, test operate, and then do final shaping keeping the halves paired so you know they'll work after install. might want to make them a little oversize and shape down in elevation, plan, & section after they're together and consider some type (.010" again?) of mechanical attachment to the body & operating panel for strength in addition to glue.
  8. why do da flocking go so far back - or is it seen from the rear winnder?
  9. just say "no"
  10. I'm confused
  11. wow!
  12. my .... 2"x4"s have gotten much thinner
  13. are you sure the firing order is correct? I think #3 & #8 are reversed ....
  14. how did we go from cylinder firing order to ... oh, never mind ... some things are better left unknown
  15. I'm stealing this idea
  16. I echo everyone else's accolades, but cannot for the life of me figure out what the two things are on the hood just above the Chevrolet emblem.
  17. good weekend to get things ready for a winter building season.
  18. is there a kit needed to complete this model, or is it all in the R&M packages?
  19. I learned to drive Mom's Chrysler with the push button shift. and Dad's Falcon with the 3 on the tree.
  20. Mary-jane Beolophsky used to do a good job fogging up the windows. you may know her as Audrey Farber ....
  21. unless they're for custom bezels, ask in the "wanted" section and someone might have the lenses you need. don't get cheaper'n that.
  22. interesting, and shows how "car lore" can get confusing. in his book Merchants of Speed, Paul Smith shows this car in the first chapter "Ansen Automotive" (pg 13). evidently it was campaigned under two different liveries also, with the Ansen #201 showing up in R&C image #P120778.
  23. never used either to strip, just wash 'n' clean. purple power to strip - has never let me down.
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