Ace-Garageguy

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"There ought to be a law!!!" is one of the universal calls of the wild Karen.

I tried it exactly once. Looked like I was going to ruin a decent paint job and quit.

"These are the times that try men's souls."

Agreed.

Yup, sure is. Duh...

Very nice. I'll take the gray Bronco and the double-cab Bug bus.

Nice haul there...

Looks great...especially considering that there are those who insist the '57 Bird is a horrible, unbuildable kit even just OOB.

Never had the Marx garage, but I did have a significant other who disposed of a running BMW 700 coupe, a perfectly good '60 Corvair 4-dr with a trunk full of packaged AMP electrical connectors, and an early Karmann Ghia, all for scrap prices, and who couldn't be bothered paying the $25 monthly to keep my storage unit full of vintage 1:1 Porsche, VW, and Corvair parts, large tools including a Sun distributor machine, car mags, and boxes and boxes of model car stuff...even though I was sending her money to keep everything together for me. When I came back from overseas and tried to get straight answers from her...well, let's just say that was the end of the relationship.

Games some women play trying to make me jealous just make me disgusted, after which I walk away.

Easy mistake to make. I just ordered one for a project car, so it's fresh in my mind.

SANDEN Several different part numbers for different applications with different pulleys, mounts and fitting locations.

Species of cats interbreeding can make for some interesting kitties.

It's a common design for both aftermarket and OEM. I've seen lots in various kits. Somebody here can certainly recommend at least one. It's Sanden, by the way. https://sandenaftermarket.com/our-products/

"Racing improves the breed", so it is said.

Time is a funny thing, sometimes seeming to race by and sometimes seeming to drag.

Not gonna make the grid. Oh well. Won't be the first time...

Stable your horses securely, lest they're stolen away in the night by marauding Huns.

A woman I had some interest in came into my house, looked around, and asked "what do you do with all these books?" That's when I knew she wasn't the one for me. Lucky she never made it as far as the model room. She probably would have run away screaming.

Song dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty, went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, and ruled from 960 to 1279...just a little before my time.

Today it was pretty stupid out, but the forecast is for it to be stupider over the weekend.

Jaw all day long instead of working, and you won't accomplish much.

"Gleened" is correctly spelled "gleaned".

Back at the dawn of time, any track day at Road Atlanta was sure to have at least one Porsche 911 stuffed backwards into a guard rail by a doctor. Not picking on doctors per se, but just because you were smart enough to graduate from med school and go on to make a lot of money, you're not automatically talented or skilled enough to drive seriously fast without practice and/or training...especially in something as unforgiving as an earlyish 911. But at least it was a controlled environment, with lotsa safety equipment and medical help should it be required, and the only person your stupidity would endanger was yourself.