Ace-Garageguy

Hey man, don't feel bad. Looking at espo's post above, I momentarily forgot entirely where I was too.

Pretty sure that was another thread. The opening line here was: "What would you have in your perfect world?"

Pretty much.

You, sir, are a very lucky man. You've already won way more than any lottery could possibly give you.

In a perfect world I'd live here... ...happily married to her... ...with these in the garage... ...and a nice little fabrication shop to build things in... If you're going to dream, dream big.

I hope it snows enough in the part of the Rockies that forms the watershed for the Colorado River to have significant Spring melt. Lake Mead and other reservoirs out West are getting scary low. 2015 But hey, global warming is a myth. Remember that when your taps run dry.

I call my old truck Fred.

That's a Hallock windshield in your photo, actually. The DuVall in the Phantom Vickie kit is the right width for Revell's '29 body, but the top of the cowl will require significant rework. Start by filing off the original mounting ridge, and continue fitting from there.

Here's a video walkaround of a '64 Ramchargers Dodge 330. Whole lotta visual info here.

Yes.

It's "awl changed". Or is it "all changed"? Very confusing, to say the least. No wonder so many cars never seem to have it done down here.

An open letter from J. Frank Simian, Chairman of United Chimpanzees for Progress, Inc. On behalf of trained chimps everywhere, please...we're having entirely too much negative comparison between our caring and competent workforce and the human generation-snowflake hires that staff many service and retail establishments worldwide. Chimpanzees are intelligent, cooperative and capable of understanding human language and problem-solving on their own. Clearly, these are characteristics not always in evidence when many human workers are encountered. UCfP sees the comparisons between chimps and humans that place the chimp in an inferior and unflattering light as being very unfair. Please stop. J.F. Simian Chairman, UCfP, Inc.

N-E-S-T-L-E-S...Nesslees makes the very best...chock...lett. My mind is a repository of completely useless information, but this also shows the power of advertising jingles to stick with you.

In many parts of the USA, "mayonnaise" and "marinate" are pronounced identically, something along the lines of "marron-aze". I need to get off the computer and go work on my own Por-shuh now.

I can't begin to count the times I've heard it pronounced wor-ches-ter-shur-shire over here. Of course, many of my countrymen pronounce Dordogne as door-dog-nee too.

I've heard a lot of English fellers say "Porsh" over the years, but I figgered it was just a little lingering animosity towards the Germans.

I'll have to take your word for it. My ad-blocker kills all of that carp...14 items on that page alone. It's pretty smart. Oh...the stuff that's not advertising something useless? Mostly moronic, like most of the similar stuff out there in cyberland. Some kernals of truth, but it takes a functioning mind capable of critical thinking (no longer considered a necessity, apparently) to winnow the wheat from the chaff. And for anyone thinking this is just some disgruntled old SOB writing an op-ed piece (and didn't bother to read all the way down) here's a link to an 8th grade exam from 1912. How many of YOU can answer ALL the questions? (I couldn't). http://www.bullittcountyhistory.com/bchistory/schoolexam1912.html

Way beyond "impressive". This is next-level stuff. Truly a pleasure to see work like this being done.

Yeah, I get it. And if it's Por-shuh or Poesch or Porsh, most anybody in the States will get what you're talking about. I've heard "Lamboriginie" and "Jagwire" too (let's not forget "Chebbolay") and I knew what the guy meant...but that isn't going to make ME talk like that.

OK...this isn't "making fun" of anyone. It's not bashing the US, or Americans or anything at all other than ignorance-by-choice. We, as a nation, need to collectively smarten-up. People ARE getting more and more out-of-touch with how the world works, and what was common knowledge in the past (and I don't mean obscure ancient and currently irrelevant trivia) is not so widely known today. There are simple things about science, geography, history and math that you NEED to know to make wise decisions when it comes time to vote or choose medical providers or make purchases or engage intelligently in myriad other activities. Food for thought. Dumb & Dumber - Scientific Proof That People Are Getting 'Stupider'http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-25/dumb-dumber-scientific-proof-people-are-getting-stupider

A fair segment of the English population I've encountered have relatively little use for "h". But to speak that way over here, unless you're a transplanted old Cockney, is pretty phony. But my only point is that "Porsche" is a German word and proper name, and it doesn't hurt anyone to give it a little respect and pronounce it in a way the men who built the damm car would recognize. And you do not have to agree with me.

What about ignorance bashing? I love this country and have the scars to prove it. If I want to criticize some of it's current shortcomings, I believe I still have that right.

Yeah, well, that's pretty symptomatic of Americans' general ignorance of the rest of the world, and the we're-the-center-of-the-known-universe mentality. Of the many people I know, almost without exception the ones who have ever traveled outside the US much (and who can speak at least one other language...rare in the US but common in just about every other reasonably well-developed and educated country) know enough to at least try to pronounce foreign words as the other-language-speakers do, without having to dumb everything down to "Americanize" it. But I guess in your view, that makes anyone who bothers to learn another language and pronounce the words right a "pretentious douchnozzle" too. Of course, most Americans are far from proficient speakers of their OWN language, so I suppose it's understandable that getting words form OTHER languages right is just way too much to ask. And by the way...to a large number of "American" speakers, it's a Poesh.

Oh baby...I like this a lot. I'm one of the pedantic mean old SOBs who think if something's gonna be tagged as a "gasser" (not gasser-style or gasser-esque or gasser-like or gasser-inspired), it damm well ought to be a historically-accurate class-legal scale model of a gasser...at least as far as the major identifiers of stance, crank-centerline height and 10% allowable engine setback go. I have nothing against anyone who wants to build the other "gasser-influenced" stuff (though I think the way-nose-high look is idiotic) but please don't call them "gassers". Rant over. Love your model, the extra effort you put in to make it right, and especially those firewall-clearing custom headers and cleanly-fabricated front suspension.