Ace-Garageguy

'69 Corvette on 17s Gennie survivor '36 Ford, all original driver (my Jag in the background). Chopped '49 Caddy custom. Jag Xk 150 drophead, and a real '37 Cord Nice Weber-equipped Cobra replica And a "kustom" '40 Merc, apparently (possibly) built from remains of the Barris-built Johnny Zaro Merc

This rolled in the other day to get revised door-poppers (anybody versed in "kustom" knows what they are). The car looked vaguely familiar, and then I noticed the Barris crests. I thinks to myself "self, if this is the car I think it is...holy cow!!". Well, I think it is. And like a lot of "kustoms", it's been around the block a few times, and has been rebuilt. But the provenance appears to be genuine. See the link below for more info...and notice the grille. MORE INFO HERE: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/recognize-this-40-merc-convertible.535016/

Kit cars sometimes outperform the real things.

Good looking work, especially all that carbon. I really appreciate builders who strive to get the technical details right.

That could just mean you have very smart rodent friends. I was getting them in the house again a few weeks back, PB-baited traps were useless; they'd just lick it off without springing the traps. I went to sausage that had always worked in the past, and they were knawing it off the pressure pads, again without springing the traps, as they were coming in from the sides. I next tried small pieces of hollow chicken bones packed with a PB/sausage mix, and got a couple catches when they tried to pull the bone off the pressure pads. Finally found the hot setup: glooing on pressure-pad extensions that stuck out laterally, so the little buggers would trip them if they came in from the sides. Bingo. What a great feeling of superiority, knowing I'm smarter than rats.

Thank you sir. PM incoming.

South-facing windows can provide impressive passive solar heating in winter.

How 'bout "leadership", globally, that's poorly grounded in reality?

Not really much of an issue here, as I only have two glasses and one cup in use, with everything else already packed to move. Under normal circumstances I store most cup/glass things upside-down, pots/pans right side up, nested to save space. Plates and bowls right-side up too. Golly gee whiz. Ain't social media wonderful, allowing me to share that with the world.

"Love" has nothing to do with a lot of things that get labeled with it.

Cool project. Just like building a drag or lakes car from mostly boneyard parts back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

Years may come and years may go, but stupid is forever.

Audit Shows Pentagon 'Lost' 61% of Its Assets: Chief Accountant Calls It 'Teachable Moment' Staggering incompetence. 2.275 TRILLION DOLLARS worth of stuff is just missing. Kinda makes the $10+ BILLION abandoned in Afghanistan look like pocket change.

"Evil" is not a word I associate with "work".

"One (bleeped) thing after another" describes many of my work days.

Group gropes never had much appeal for me.

Looks like an Alco Century 430. I've bought a lot of old HO scale locos in worse shape over the past few years. Let me know if you want it to have a good home where it'll get restored.

Hounds of hell are more manageable than rainbow-haired mutant techie dwerps with delusions of grandeur.

Been there, done that...

If you can afford that in my neck o' the woods, they'll be standing in line around the block, carrying "PICK ME!!!" placards.

My, how times have changed.

"Peace" can be an elusive goal if it's not sought within one's own soul first.

Garage and garage-related activities figure prominently in my life.