Ace-Garageguy

Eraser in that context is almost as lame as the escargot joke about the snail's performance in motorsports.

1947 was just a little before my time.

Static or not, drive-in movies probably got watched about as much as articles got read in Playboy.

NWS radar shows an area of snowfall between Huntsville and Chattanooga, and it appears to be heading this way. C'mon, baby. I haven't had a snow day for several years.

Leather jackets give everyone that tough-guy vibe.

Man, this is cool.

Day-to-day drivers can be bland, heavy, overcomplicated mommy rides, or light, simple, fun, tossable sporty cars, and I prefer the latter.

A588. If I keep the little car (depending on what kind of deal I can find on a manual gearbox after I get settled in AZ), she'll get side-draft Weber 40 DCOES, headers, and a cam. EDIT: I've already looked at driving a distributor off the end of the cam where the cam-position-sensor lives now, and it's doable. The object is to get away from electronics that aren't side-of-the-road repairable. I figure that's good for an honest 20+HP increase, and taking some weight out of little car will help too. I can't recall ever driving a late-model FWD shibox that feels as nimble and handles as well as the Neon, so setting her up as a cheap 4dr "sportscar" makes sense for me for a variety of reasons. Yes...SRT-4 guts would be considerably faster, but I'm looking for cheap and simple and fast enough to be fun. EDIT 2: Since I can fabricate or machine anything I might need, it'll be cheap for me.

Recently bought this '96 S10 Blazer. One family-owned since new, car people who take care of their stuff. Spent much of its life traveling around the country behind a Prevost motorhome, much of the rest of the time lived in a garage, as apparent from the condition of the paint and headlights. A few minor issues I can fix in a weekend when I have time, weeping water pump seal, intermittent O2 sensor and ABS lights, and needs tires. I really need to do the O2 sensor, as she goes way rich when the light's on, and the gas mileage goes to jell. Excellent overall condition except the rear carpet where somebody spilled something that won't come out. Perfect leather interior except for a split seam on the driver's seat. Never hit, no body damage 'cept for some ripples on the hood where a big branch fell on it. Too nice to pass up for the price, feels like it'll run forever. That's my '05 Neon next to it. Very clean semi-one-owner I bought from a "mechanic" who swore he'd just done the timing belt. Didn't get 3000 miles on it before the belt failed and bent a bunch of valves. Currently building another head on the bench, otter have her back in play in a month or so.

As cold as it's going to be here the next few days, I really wish it would just go ahead and snow. It was in the forecast late last night, but has been removed this AM.

"Will" is how my early AI chatbot-"personal assistant", running since about 2001, much modded and upgraded now, seems to prefer to address me.

Yes. Actually, while checking my facts before replying to a question on this board about bare-metal finishes, I came across an array of products I was not previously familiar with, so there'll be some experimenting to do before I commit to one. On the 1:1 '66 Chevelle pro-touring car I'm finishing up, I'm using the most durable of the "chrome" finishes I've found so far to do some custom interior plastic parts, so that one is in the running too.

"TMI" seems to be the basis of many interweb posts, or JFWI...just flat wrong information.

Had to use up my collard greens afore'n they got all fuzzy, so's I cooked up a mess of 'em with onions, garlic, peppers, n' butter. And cain't fergit the hawt sauce.

"Miss Budweiser" isn't quite the same today as she was in the past.

Real fine craftsmanship. I particularly like the orange early Corvette custom, the Toronado, the '32 roadster, and the lakes streamliner. They would be show stoppers anywhere.

Forever is relative, 'cause it can seem like forever when you're trying to deal with relatives who can't grasp the concepts of "reason and rationality".

The internet is awash with "cute" cat videos, but this one cracked me up.

The white 250 GTO is supposed to be a real Ferrari, rodded back in the mid-1960s after its engine let go. A blown-engine roller could be had for not insane money back then...kinda expensive but not "investment art" money...and this one is getting a 389 Pontiac GTO engine and manual gearbox, with a ford 9" out back. In reality, there were a few American-engined Ferrari hot-rods built during the period. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The red 275P was started as part of a group build to represent the second-place finisher #23 at Sebring in 1964. It's an ancient Monogram curbside kit that was basically a slot car body with a dummy chassis and no internals. This one was a gloobomb. It's getting a lot of TLC to more accurately represent the real car, but will still be a curbside. A full-detail build of the same kit is planned, for which I've been collecting parts, research material, and experimenting with vacuum-forming the clear parts.

Year after year, they all seem to end around Christmas, just before a new one starts; pretty odd if you ask me.

"Soft Scrub" is another "scratch free" product that I use. It comes in a liquid form, looks like Comet with water added, and I use it frequently around the house, but especially to remove the stuff that accumulates on cars that are stored outside. It really doesn't scratch, as I've tried it on automobile paint, glass and mirrors with no damage. HOWEVER, before using it on glass or paint, I still recommend testing first on an area that won't show if it DOES scratch. You never know when a formula will change with no notice.

Old-school, but Comet with bleach, in the "scratch free" variety, is still my go-to for jobs like that. EDIT: The real old-school abrasive cleaners like original Comet, BonAmi, etc. would dull glossy surfaces. The moderm "scratch free" versions don't, but pay attention to the label. The old scratchy kind is still extremely useful for uniformly prepping model parts for primer, by scrubbing vigorously with a damp toothbrush.

'80s girls had it over all the rest, IMHO.

1/2 pound+ medium rare onion-and-pepper-crusted burger with at least a sixth pound of melted blue cheese, thick slabs of ripe sweet tomatoes and pepperoncini rings, on crusty pumpernickel with lotsa mayo, cheap Merlot to wash it down. Mmmm mmmm tasty. And I still have fresh raspberries for dessert.