Ace-Garageguy

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Wow.

"A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse"

In my wicked misspent youth, my very good fake Rolex got me as much action as the real ones got the guys who shelled out the big bucks. Guess nobody ever told the other side about the 'sweep second hand' thing back then. "A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse"

Offisher, I washn't drivin', honesht; I wash jush shleepin' here at the red light.

Cynicism is not the same as recognizing and facing reality.

Lotsa people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

My front porch was overrun with big garden spiders this year, more than I've ever even seen in one place. Every morning I'd go out and get a new web in the face. I guess they were eating the paper wasps and yellowjackets that built nests out there too. Good spiders. Eat all you want. Though I removed the wasp and YJ nests, there were still plenty of skeeters to feast on. Several much cooler days and 2 nights of 40-degree F temps, spiders all gone. Probably just moved indoors.

As noted earlier, very nice work close-fitting the roll cage. Really liking the recessed taillights too.

A few builders on this forum have used his parts. Prices seem downright cheap considering the apparent level of quality, and shipping's not bad either. I'm gonna have to try a set of wire wheels, mo debinately.

I betcha you can change the oil on this thing in a couple hours max, with normal hand tools.

Cool project. Chilly even. Should be fun.

Very interesting build. I had a couple kits of these, but they may be gone forever. Always liked the looks, but really wished somebody had kitted the old 'parrot nose' Dodges in this scale too.

Morning's irk: newscaster talking heads who don't know words. "Deference" and "antimony" aren't hard, folks. C'mon man. WORDS ARE YOUR JOB, AND IT'S NOT LIKE YOU DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH TO AFFORD DICTIONARIES...which are free online these days anyway, ya know?

Probably just as well that I don't do YT videos, eh?

Only reason I recognized the thing is because I used to avidly follow every independent one-off built, imagining that one day I'd join the ranks of low-volume series-produced car manufacturers. One-day-at-a-time procrastination and some stupid life choices put an end to that, and it's getting a little late at this point. Still, I always thought this was a very attractive car and I'm glad it survived. Three prototypes were built, two like the car above, and a third with 'updated' styling including a little Merc C-111 influence, below.

Detergent oil will make your nice clean clothes not squeak when you walk, right?

I just use real automotive self-etching primer on everything metal. Duplicolor or SEM or Transtar, usually green 'cause it looks like zinc chromate. Big can will last about forever. Make sure your metal is clean. Adhesion to bare metal can be iffy. Wiping whatever it is with vinegar can sometimes enhance adhesion. Scuff-sanding is good too.

Don't eat your seed corn.

"Always blame somebody else"...the mantra of the weak.

With the right parts and maybe some machine work, the cam can be used to drive a water pump as well, with it or the injection pump stacked out farther in front of the engine.

Haven't we been here before?

Had to look it up. Lovely, some of my favorite weather. Must be my Scottish roots showing.

It's Monday, and like Mike above, I didn't accomplish everything I set out to do over the weekend. But unlike in his case, it was primarily my creaky old lack of sufficient motivation.

Overnight low dropped from the mid-60s to 42. Forecast high today 71 and sunny. Rest of the week looks pretty much the same