Rodent

My favorites start out, "Dear Costumer"

I like the Wisconsin plates with the cheddar cheese paint 🙂

Not saying any more other than I did get my order. I found Mark Twain Hobbies on FleaPay and they stock a lot of MCG stuff. They also have a website that I order from now to save them the FleaPayFees. That is how I order now. They are also halfway across the country instead of completely across the country, so I get my orders quicker than ordering direct.

All I can say is that I had something similar happen to me a few years ago. I refuse to buy directly from him now and will seek out an online hobby shop that has the fret(s) in stock when I need PE.

I have a Countdown series '66 coupe with ten spokes that I think may have come from an early Shelby kit. I need to find it and see how the wheels look.

I had one of the metal Sears Allstate service stations. It was one of my favorite toys.

Yeah..... My friend bought a '71 in 1979 that was an original Sacramento car (Turner Datsun) and in that short period of time in a very dry climate it had rust perforations around the rear window and windshield gaskets. Another friend had a '76 280Z that he bought in 1979 when he lived in Santa Barbara. The salt air was enough that the cowl and hatch area were perforated even after moving to Sacramento in 1980. I helped him replace some of the metal and he did a respray in the garage. It turned out very nice. Pretty sure most of these cars didn't outlast their original owner's loan in road salt states.

2016 Mazda3 S Grand Touring 6MT. Purchased new, now has 122k miles. Racing Beat springs, Koni Special Active struts/shocks. Centric pads and rotors. Second set of Michelin Pilot Sports. Serious hoot for an econobox that flirts with 40mpg on highway trips and averages 32-33 mpg in combined driving. Rear Konis were already installed when I took the picture of the struts and rear springs on the garage floor.

FIFY

Still not grasping why you need to transport a MGP car on a trailer. The MGP near me turned into a shopping center a LONG time ago.

Bag your own groceries they say, and you will save mucho dinero.

The coast can be cool and foggy even (especially) in the summer, but go inland a bit and it gets a lot hotter quickly. I am about 300 miles north of Alan in the central valley and it's 99 degrees now. 85 miles away, San Francisco is 65 degrees.

Something in this room smells, and since I am alone, it must be me.

farting in spacesuits

I bought these in the mid 1980s IIRC. Sold the car in 2001, so my mind is a little fuzzy about the details. I bought them from a local Mustang parts store. They were on the owner's '68 GT 350 convertible that was originally delivered with a supercharger. I was told they were early reproductions. He scored a set of genuine N.O.S. original wheels that went on the GT 350 so he offloaded these to me. Sorry I neglected to dust this photo before I scanned it.....

other than hippos

essence of hippo

I bought a garbage disposal last year and saved ~$50 over Lowe's or Home Depot. We were redoing the kitchen and were going to replace it anyway. I don't have my eye on anything this year.

Thanks Bill. I was hoping you would chime in.

Ladies and Gentlemen, What color was the flat metal plate between the engine and bellhousing painted on a 4-speed 426 Hemi? Or for that matter, any 1960s MOPAR engine? Engine color, black, not painted, etc.? I realize that most of it isn't visible, but a little of it is behind the oil pan. TIA

Or were you referring to this one?

of Chrome Things

It was great to meet you and I am glad to see how well you and Dave took to each other. That front clip and decklid you scored are awesome. Can't believe that sheet metal sitting outside for 70 years survived so well.

I have been communicating with forum member RSchnell for a while (I know what the "R" stands for!) and I finally met him today and we hung out for a while. Really nice guy. "That's nice", you say, but I live in California and "R" lives in Florida. Where and why did we hang out? Watch the 1:1 project car thread for more information 🙂 I will let him post the pics.

where's the Narcan?