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Ace-Garageguy

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  1. Definitely a big win for mindless panic over well-informed and reasoned behavior on the part of the majority. Why am I not at all surprised? Latest twist: the parking lot outside my local Publix was littered with hundreds of disposable gloves. Reminded me of a run of Coney Island whitefish.
  2. Not at all. The self-driving car craze is as mindlessly monkey-see, monkey-do idiotic as the panic hoarding of toilet paper. There are not, unfortunately, very many people with whatever it takes to stand up and say a stupid idea is a stupid idea. And the herd instinct seems to be getting stronger with the decline of general intelligence and testosterone.
  3. Good job, sir. I started cutting way back in about '95. Finally quit for good, with some other lifestyle changes, around a decade later. It's a powerful addition. I smell a cig these days and really REALLY want one, but so far, I'm clean. One day at a time...
  4. Almost certainly cut down from a '39 or '40 Ford hood, narrowed.
  5. Glad it's working for you. Soldering is a great technique to have in your bag of tricks. Just a note about terminology..."braised" is a cooking term meaning lightly fried, then stewed. When talking about joining metal, it's "brazed", but it's different from soldering. Brazing is done at a higher temperature, most often on steel or other ferrous metals, using brass as the filler material (though several other alloys can be used depending on the base metal being joined). Brazing was widely used on European racing car tubular chassis structures at one time, as the lower temperature (lower than welding) doesn't embrittle the metal adjacent to it, but produces a very strong joint if the parts are closely fitted. Some folks get upset with me when I try to clarify things technical. I hope you'll take the information I present in the spirit it's offered...a sincere desire to help further understanding and accuracy. PS: Is that magnets you're using on a sheet of steel for your fixture? Very nice, if so. Great idea.
  6. Wait...so there's TWO sections for taxis? That doesn't seem fair.
  7. I agree completely. But it's always been politics that's prevented compulsory effective driver training. Legislating personal responsibility is a very VERY hard sell.
  8. Lots more deadly than coronavirus, eh? Maybe putting fifty rolls of toilet paper in the trunk would help...
  9. Yeah, but the grossly-fat-is-beautiful culture has much the same effect. When dangerously overweight is promoted as "healthy" and accepted as a "lifestyle choice" and dressed up in phrases like "self acceptance" and "body positivity", the whole society's health suffers...and medical costs soar for those of us who choose to not look like hippos too. And if you want to talk about contagion...The CDC estimates that so far this season there have been at least 22,000 deaths, 36 million flu illnesses, 370,000 hospitalizations. The 2019-2020 influenza outbreak is moderate to low in overall severity, but hospitalization rates are high among children and young adults.
  10. Soldering additional parts to a model in close proximity to previously soldered parts has always been a problem. Solder of different melting points is one solution. They are available. Another solution is using various kinds of heat-sinks to control heat spread. A wet paste of chopped asbestos was used when I was young, though it's probably not the best solution in light of what we now know about its toxicity. Alligator clips work, or even wet paper towels. Becoming very proficient with your soldering technique also helps, and properly tinning parts prior to soldering, then using a soldering iron or gun that has sufficient heat to make a quick job of each joint.
  11. I just got in from a cross-country flight. Half the plane was empty, but one Asian-looking girl was wearing a mask. Now I have the sniffles. I guess I'm infected and going to die. But before I do, I'm going to the store to buy every roll of toilet paper they have, and then come home, set my hair on fire, and run in circles. From what I can tell on the interdwerbs, that seems to be the correct strategy. PS: Anyone who read this comment should go was his hands now. Can't be too careful.
  12. I didn't know there was a section for stuffed animals.
  13. Interesting that the coronavirus hysteria is affecting everything, but that the NIH estimates around 300,000 deaths are caused each year in the USA alone by obesity, and people continue to shovel down calories like there's going to be no food tomorrow. Exercising some self-discipline would save a lot more lives than running in circles terrified about some bug, and buying up all the toilet paper. Oh...sorry. That would require a little rational thought. Never mind. https://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/oehp/obesity/mortality.htm
  14. One of the best tutorials I've ever seen. This is the kind of hands-on how-to article the best of the printed mags used to publish, for both models and 1:1 cars. Thanks.
  15. Great looking work, as always. Those air intake tubes came out looking very real. Nice technique.
  16. Coming together nicely.
  17. Big ol' Chrysler's looking good, Rob.
  18. Interesting. I like the concept of a one-off "special" built from a wreck. It has good lines with no roof and your added fairing.
  19. Yeah, I guess. But I'd rather get splattered doing something than commit slow suicide siting in my very safe padded room eating chips and drinking beer until my heart exploded.
  20. ...or maybe gut her, lighten her, hang some Webers on the engine, lower her, flare the fenders, and have a fun track car or drift car. I just hate to see one die, and with the manual box, she's a natural.
  21. Man, that's wicked. Best laugh I've had in a long time. Seriously though, I kinda have to hand it to the guy for having man-sized nads. He went out doing something he thought was important, and was willing to risk his life for it. There just aren't very many people around these days who are wired that way.
  22. Man, that sucks. I haven't lost one to flooding, but had a few uninsured losses from other causes. Hope you're adequately compensated. Any chance of retaining the salvage on it and cleaning her out? I've seen a few brought back over the years. A lot of work, but if you really love the car, it's possible.
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