OT: I hate chain wallets

[Byron Crump]

Well, I spent about two hours working on a foot and a half long scratch THAT WILL NOT COME OUT on my nice black car that I am pretty sure was made by a chain wallet. I caught a guy years ago that scratched a buddies car pretty deep at Goodguys with one and ever since I have never understood supposed car guys with them walking around cars at a show...it is a accident waiting to happen. I think I saw the two goobs that did it because they were acting really funny around my car and they both had super long dork chains with stuff hanging from them...ah well, I guess the big freaking scratch will make my car cooler now or something http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Why do you guys like those fasion things anyways...man I am bummed http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

Anybody got some suggestions for me on getting it out I might not have thought of...I need to get some clear coat compound but should I do it by hand just over the scratch or what?

[Elrod]

Shit man! I'm sorry to hear that your car got scratched. Not cool.

[Smokin Joe]

I had one of those back in the 70's. Then one day the wallet came out of my pocket, blew back and hooked my belt to the spokes of the back wheel on the pan...

Stupid friggin chain rubbed all the paint off the frame by the seat too but it was just a rat bike old pan so who cared back then. Price of being cool I guess.

[Bass]

Is it all the way through the clear into the basecoat?

That sucks. You know what Phil and Lefty always say.

[JimC]

A few years back, I was walking through a small car show in Joplin,Mo.
Roger Amos had his 1958 Thunderbire convertible there.
As i was walking by his car, there was a big woman, not fat, just big, with a wad of keys hanging from a long chain fastened to a belt loop.
She was looking at Roger's 'Bird and the keys were dancing along the paint.
Roger was sitting a few cars away at Brad Ryan's car visiting.
I found him and told him about the keys on his paint.
I will always remember what Roger said.
He said, "That's the risk we take when we show our cars in public. Not everyone appreciates what it takes to get an old car into shape".
The remark I hate most is "It's just an old car".

Jim

[abe lugo]

Sometime the copper rivets on levi's do just the trick too! Hey it your hell bent about people with chains make sure not to go to that viva las vegas show, everyone and their mother has wallet chains, including FASTSPORTY!
I personally don't get the whole wallet chain thing,
it can catch on anything, scratch anything.
If your a hardcore Death Trap Rodder with no floor on your rod, you can get that chain draggin look!

[Django]

I wanted to be like FASTSPORTY too, so I got myself a chain wallet. He will be proud next time he sees me. I'm not too skilled in scratch avoidance yet, so hopefully there won't be any mishaps when I go over to his parent's house this week and steal his Dad's bike http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[saltflataddict]

tuck the chian in your pocket, thats just out of respect man..I do it every time I am around cars.. Its not fashion, its not wanting to loose my wallet for the 3rd time.

[Revhead]

Damn that sucks. I'm sorry to hear it. I got a chain wallet but I'm careful as hell with it and I take it off and stuff it in my pocket when i'm riding in someones car cause I'm scared it will snag something. I don't know about the fashion part of it, but I'd lose the damn thing all the time if it wasn't chained to me.

[junk runner jr]

I have always felt that the guys who feel the need to run a chain drive wallet must be hanging around with the wrong crowd. I would find new friends to run with if I was paranoid they were gonne steel my wallet.

[Spitfire1776]

I have one, but it helps keeping my funds mine if you know what I mean. It has saved me from losing my wallet a number of times, both on bike and off. But at the same token I tend to keep the chain tucked in the pocket, so as to not give away my ninja stealth.:) The jingle gets to you after a while, anywho.....

There is a good compound used in a lot of body shops (I can't recall the name to save my life right now at all). But it heats up slow, so you could use a small buffer with out fear of burning. Works great, I've used it on a few cars I've done in the past with excellent results. Looks Pepto Bismol, maybe a cool body shop could give you heads up on it.....

[30roadster]

I was at a local car show a couple of years ago and an unsupervised kid jumped into a guys 32 coupe and started playing with the steering wheel and making burn-out noises.....the guy freaked out and was WAY ugly to the kid......at the roundup - one of the So-Cal guys had a sign by his roadster that read something like " cars are like
other guys wives - you can look but you better not touch" I thought the sign was sort of shitty.....I don't know what the answer is - people are going to be inconsiderate and thoughtless whether they mean to be or not....makes you understand keeping them in primer...sorry about your car - that really sucks!

[2tall2beahotrodder]

Oh man, i have so many horror stories of non car people and the shit shows around here...

One hot day back last summer, there was a decent size show, about 10 minutes from my house. Its located on a main street of a BUSY town. Since theres never enough room , most of us park in this one big parking lot..
Well this parking lot, holds alot of cars, and enough room for the tiny kids(has a 20 by 100 lot with grass and shit)

We get at the show around 5 ish.. and by 6 the parking lot is FILLED, and some venders packed up with food, kid toys, and a live band
Well it turned out to be a decent show, but by 8 the band seemed to get ALOT of attention..
The bad luck was we parked only a few feet from the stage. With the LOUD music(major headache) and the people touching the car it was crazy. Untill this FAT ass lady walks over.. I mean FAT!(easy 400 lbs) she strolls over the car with her hand rubbing the whole side of our freshly painted primer..
Then she gets the nerve to sit on our front passenger fender!!!!!!!!!!!Who the fuck sits on some ones car.. specailly at a car show ! We walk over and start yelling at her, to get off.. She doesnt move one bit!!!

After about 2 minutes of her BS.. (ingoring us) He junped in the car..Turn on the engine with out pipes, and start reving up.. She still doesnt move! We told her, one last chance before we hit the pedal...
By that time everyone made a clearing for us. We hit the car in low made a tiny burn out and "gradually" released the brake...

You shoulda seen this fat ass broud in the air http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif She was stunded that we ment business... the crowd was laughn like you wouldnt belive. We left making a 100 foot burn out, with the chick on her fat ass, imbarrised for life..



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[JimC]

We have a HAMBER who will go unnamed unless he says different, that has a sighn in his back window "It is alright to touch this truck".

Jim

[bigron]

i "taimed" my wallet years ago and took the chain off!! ha! ha!

[LIMEY]

Are you pulling my chain! sorry to hear about the scratch that really is a case of big chain & little brain!
i have a chain.....not a bigun just one to keep my wallet where i put it, but as said before anyone with any kind of respect would tuck it in or hold on to it when near someones wheels. That kind of respect should come natural to gearheads knowing what goes into our rides.

[metalshapes]

Jim, I dont know Roger Amos but I wish I could be as calm as him. ( although I am getting better with age )
I never actually had to punch somebody in the face over something like that, but I came really close a couple of times.
And not always about my car either, sometimes it was a Buddy's car, and I knew how much the thing ment to him.
And its not just chains, rivets and handbags.
Some of them will start to open doors and hoods, and get pissed off when you say something about it...
Why do people like that go to a carshow anyway?

[flt-blk]

Sorry to hear about the Merc.

If you have ever been around Merc50 and any of his cars
they are immaculate and very well kept. His "Perfect"
black Merc has remained in exceptional condition for many
years, it's a shame to hear of someones carelessness.

I guess I expect a little more from fellow car enthusiasts
than sitting on a strangers fender and fondling cars.

I watched half a dozen people I didn't know digging into my
cooler at the Kontinental club this weekend, not to mention
the pawing of my car and a pickup bed full of other peoples
garbage before the night was through.

I guess I should lower my expectations, that way I won't be
so dissapointed

TZ

[Tman]

I always tell the guys with the CHAIN DRIVE WALLETS that mines belt drive and runs quieter http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[67Imp.Wagon]

Why clear coat compound? You said the car did'nt even have clear on it.I would just get some of the regular 3M compound and try just buffing it by hand. Then go with a buffer on it if you have too.Just depends on how deep the scratch is. You can follow up with some lighter glaze or polishing compound to take out any swirls after that.Just don't buff through it.

Mark probably has all kinds of stuff at his shop to try on it.

Dont let it get you down. We can always touch it up with some of that thick ass black paint he had over there. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

We can also get you some nice 80's graphics down the side and cover it up as a second option. If your lucky Flt-Blk may have a little R. Magenta left over just for the project. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Flt-Blk I see your on line. Call me.

[du$ty]

chain wallets are ok...but ones hanging down to your knees swing mosh dancing next to such a nice car sucks.when you gave me a ride back in the 32...i was so scared to even move around in it.like cussing in front of someones grandma.so lets find out who did it...and murder them.sorry dude.id hate to see your car turn into a Rat Rod like everyone else in your club.seriously.sorry bro.

[Buick59]

You said "You guys like to wear them" thats a rather asumptive statement. I never wear the damm things.....I hate them.

MIke

[PEDDRO]

If it's not a fashion thing, then why not use a thin rope?

[Anderson]

First of all...a beating is in order...

Second of all...if it were Vaugn's Rivi or Lee Pratt's '58, people would have been a LOT more careful around it. Why can't EVERY car at a show get that kind of respect? People are assholes.

[Kinky6]

"You may be a redneck, if both your dog and your wallet are on a chain." - Jeff Foxworthy.


Years ago, I worked with an electrician who had been in the Seabees, stationed in the Phillipines. He said that you had to assume someone would try to pickpocket you when you went into town. he and his buddies would have a local tailor modify their jeans with a zipper under a two-button flap on the wallet pocket. Never lost his wallet.

[old beet]

No chain but never lost my wallet, just lucky fer all these years?...........OLDBEET

[ESnacky6]

Wallet chains are actually Rockerbilly anal beads....


people suck...FTW...

[Byron Crump]

"You said "You guys like to wear them" thats a rather asumptive statement. I never wear the damm things.....I hate them."


It was directecd at those who do...format of email being in conversation tone and all...if you catch my meaning http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I still hate the damn things...and I will never know what really happend...but Im working on fixing it the best I can but anyone who knows me knows how bumed I am. Maybe it is time to two tone the car or something...paint the top half white or something...photoshop op for someone? The scratch runs from the inside of the trim to the edge of the door and past the door several more inches heading to the back of the car all above the trim...stands out in the light really bad.

[lil mike]

I've worn a chain for years and work in a Boyd Coddington style shop with more candy colors on it than a candy store. I have still yet to stratch a car other than my own (it's suede). If I'm looking in side a car/truck I always got a mind on where my chain is, shorter is better in this case. Put it in your pocket or keep a hand on it when walking next to on leaning over a nice car period!!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I keep all my money in a neat little pocket on the side of my shoes!

[296 V8]

Sorry to here about the damage to the car. Last week I was wishing I had a wallet with at least a zipper when two of my charge cards fell out at the gas station. It was lucky for me someone nice found them and called home depot. Thay got a hold of me and I got my shit back. On your paint try 1000 grit and rub.Good luck

[Mai Ki-Ki]

I still contend that ricky racer's Ute looks 100% better (and it was sweet before) after the "cover up" flames went on to disguise the keyed side panels..

So here an idea....Mettallic black flames with subtle edging...hiding the scratches and not changing the overall "darkness of the car".

Sucks thou...my chain is never out at car shows....my car is one thing..but someone elses....

Cheers
MAIKI

[Mai Ki-Ki]

Maybe paint that panel Black (with pearl) with a white/cream pinstripe line continuing the trim line back over following the curved rear panel disguising a join between the two...

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[Roothawg]

My guess is someone with either a chain wallet that leaned up against your car for the "photo op" or one of those dinner plate Texas belt buckles looking in the windows.

I cringe when I see little kids wearing their soccer or baseball cleats at car shows......I have seen em jump up on black fiberglass smoothie running boards. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[Anderson]

Methinks a mild chop is now in order... (also, the pic was better quality on my comp...oh well)

[drgnwgn289]

That really sucks, I'm sorry it happened to one of the 2 cleanest cars in texas (both yours). However I think you're preaching to the choir. You can be pretty sure that anybody who has ever built or put an extensive ammount of work into a car would know better....but I guess there's always an exception.
Sorry man
Jake

[A32Flathead]

I wear one, has saved me losing my wallet more than a coupla times, BUT....at shows, or round other peoples cars....chain is tucked well into the pocket.

Sorry to hear about the damage tho, it sucks. Hope you get it sorted soon.

Dave

[Byron Crump]

Well, worked on it some more and it is getting better...I guess. The small scratches all around the main one are mostly gone but a really thin long one just wont go away...if I drag my finger nail over it I can feel it catch is so I think that I am screwed on getting it out any more...at this point I think it might only really show in the direct sunlight kinda thing, but I know it is around still and it will drive me nuts. It is a short drive and I am a pussy about such things, and my THEM! bro Phil is right...you just can't have anything nice. Ah well, I need to suck it up like a cowboy and be done with the bitching...but so much for my "showcar" days, I won't be able to cut it in the "serious" show circuit now http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Psychobilly Boi]

hey man,

we call em wallet chains... but nomenclature aside, i use one every day with my keys on one end and my wallet on the other. its stopped my wallet getting stolen at least once and me loosing my keys a gazillion times.

EVERYTIME i go near a car, i tuck the chain in my pocket. same if im sitting in somones car as the balls can leave marks on vinyl. its not a chain wallet issue its a respect issue.

danny

[Elrod]

[ QUOTE ]
...but so much for my "showcar" days, I won't be able to cut it in the "serious" show circuit now http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[/ QUOTE ]It's ok Merc... 18 years of keeping that car THAT nice... You've had one hell of a good run!

I guess you are going to sell it now and get that cabriolet? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[Byron Crump]

[ QUOTE ]
its not a chain wallet issue its a respect issue.

danny

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Yeah, but guys like you that are respectfull and cool are seen as "cool" by the knobs who then in turn go get the wallets so they too can be "cool" like you who are "cool" and they don't have any respect or "cool" and are tools and fools and not "cool" and then they mess stuff up and that is un "cool." http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif (get it?)

[Byron Crump]

[quoteI guess you are going to sell it now and get that cabriolet? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Naw, but I have to admit that little tick in the back of my head keeps saying "paint it, paint it" and it is not bad enuff for that...but I am the anal type.

As for that cabro...I don't know about a cabro but I think I have proven that I will never be able to make it as a primer guy...if I can't polish it I have no use for it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Lefty]

Well, you can't have nothing nice. But in your case thats not true. All your stuff is better than new.


I'm not a big fan of the wallets either. I'd need a logging chain for my George Castanza wallet.

If the color is scratched that sucks. Why not try dragging some black into the scratch with a touch up brush a la Bass.
Let it dry overnight,then lightly sand with some ultra fine paper and buff. The low place in the scratch will retain the brushed in paint.

Sorry to hear it and good luck.

[Psychobilly Boi]

hey merc50,

i want to agree with you but i dont know what the hell your saying! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

i think i kinda know what you mean. i wore a wallet chain long time before they started popping up everywhere, not to be cool but to stop pricks stealing my wallet.

look man it comes down to the same old shit on this board - its not what people dress like, what they drive, what style of music they listen to, its whether they are a car person or not. a car person will tuck his chain. a non car person wont.

you can dress a non car person in cotton wool and he'll still find a way to fuck your car! ahaha

danny



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[ QUOTE ]
its not a chain wallet issue its a respect issue.

we should settle this by flailing the culprits with some chain. anchor chain.

danny

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Yeah, but guys like you that are respectfull and cool are seen as "cool" by the knobs who then in turn go get the wallets so they too can be "cool" like you who are "cool" and they don't have any respect or "cool" and are tools and fools and not "cool" and then they mess stuff up and that is un "cool." http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif (get it?)

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[deuce]

m50, drag a thin line of single stage black with hardner in it, let cure, lightly sand with 1500 till level, buff as needed. no mo scratch.

[Byron Crump]

Damn Lefty, your alive!

The scratch is hairline now...through the clear to the paint but did not break through the paint...it aint the kind of scracth fillig would work for...at this point 99% of the people won't see it (I hope), hell...I can already hear people saying "your worried about that" but I have several hours of hand polishing in it now.

Now, where the hell were you this weekend?

Psycho Boi...yeah, I ment that non car types copy what they think is cool and screw stuff up. Must be that language barrier man...don't you guys speak that Queens/Kings English stuff http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Knobs are knuckleheads.

[Byron Crump]

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m50, drag a thin line of single stage black with hardner in it, let cure, lightly sand with 1500 till level, buff as needed. no mo scratch.

[/ QUOTE ]

That won't work for a hairline will it? It looks like a spider web or something on the door now and if I drag my nail across it hangs on it...I don't think it would fill would it?

[Psychobilly Boi]

hey merc,

damn english fuckups. yeah i totaly know what you mean now... and its so true. its the pretenders and the imitators that are usualy the ones causing the problem.

danny

[ QUOTE ]
Damn Lefty, your alive!

The scratch is hairline now...through the clear to the paint but did not break through the paint...it aint the kind of scracth fillig would work for...at this point 99% of the people won't see it (I hope), hell...I can already hear people saying "your worried about that" but I have several hours of hand polishing in it now.

Now, where the hell were you this weekend?

Psycho Boi...yeah, I ment that non car types copy what they think is cool and screw stuff up. Must be that language barrier man...don't you guys speak that Queens/Kings English stuff http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Knobs are knuckleheads.

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[Revhead]

[ QUOTE ]
As for that cabro...I don't know about a cabro but I think I have proven that I will never be able to make it as a primer guy...if I can't polish it I have no use for it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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But the beauty of primer is that if some jackass runs his chain across it, you whip out the can and viola! C'est Fini.

[deuce]

i had thought i read there was no clear on the car, so change that to drag a thin line of clear with hardner. however if you are almost happy with it, it might be best left alone. think of it as a souvenir of a good time, just as i cherish every one of the chips i've touched up on the green car. they were earned the old fashioned way... foot on the floor, screamin' down the road.

[Byron Crump]

Hey deuce, I got it...now is the time to paint that big ol fifties style name in the spot with the scratch I always wanted..."The Wanderer" or "Mr. Blue" or "Beauty School Drop Out" or something...what do you think?

[deuce]

m50, i try not to think, it makes my head hurt. how about just a pumpkin face on the diff? (ha-ha now where did that come from?) i hear it's the latest "thing". get 'em while they're hot.

[67Imp.Wagon]

I'm still bumming for ya. But maybe this will help you out. I can give my sister a call and see if I can get you one of these.It helps me get through the hard times. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Byron Crump]

[ QUOTE ]
m50, i try not to think, it makes my head hurt. how about just a pumpkin face on the diff? (ha-ha now where did that come from?) i hear it's the latest "thing". get 'em while they're hot.

[/ QUOTE ]

Hey man, don't dis the punk pumpkin...he is a bad mother with a bad attitude. BTW, only one person at the Round Up noticed him and that guy was cracking up!

[Byron Crump]

He also asked who did it...hee hee

[Kaucher]

OT: I love the chrome strip, it makes it look like you fadded the fenders away http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif. I had to look twice. Not many kustom Mercs have fad aways any more.KK

[Kojack]

I tuck it in... I'd hate to be the asshole that fucked up a nice paintjob. I honestly have it for the reason that I always wash my goddamn wallet, soaking all my cards and money... haven't since I got a short chain for it.

[burndup]

Theres no valid defense for disrespect.

Good wallets, tho, leather, only cost 6-8 bucks, last a long time. Just lose the chain and keep 'em in your front pocket... you save yourself from fuckin up your back that way.

Anybody who rides a scooter and lets that chain hang down is just nuts.

[du$ty]

gawd damn it....i bet the same guy put a chain wallet in my motor oil.cant have nothing nice! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[BELLM]

Wish I could afford a wallet, much less a chain. merc 50 I like Mai Ki-Ki subtle flame idea, looks cool.

Dusty, just JB weld those 2 pieces back in the block, put a new cam in , clean debris out of oilpan & make the Y block a 6 cylinder, instead of a 292 you got a 255. Might run a little rough but just tell people you got a radical cam. I know you could pull it off!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[BELLM]

flt-blk a pu bed is open season. My old stocker 98 Chev is a junk magnet. In addition to beer cans last time I parked around a crowd found a shitty diaper next dayin the trash people had left in the bed. At least they rolled it up first.

[drgnwgn289]

"Chain wallets don't scratch cars, people scratch cars"

[plmczy]

Merc50, sorry to hear about your merc. Like others have said some people have no respect at all. I never get that close to cars at a show, I do it out of respect for the owner, 'course that's probably why I miss alot of details. On your scratch, use a toothpick and fill it in, not level with the surface, build it up a little. Let it dry and go over(wet sand) with 1500 to 2000 grit paper. Then buff it out good. I took a course in Auto detailing and they said that anything you can catch with your finger nail you won't buff all the way out, so you will have to fill it in. I hope this helps you out. Now I have to decide wether to keep my chain or chuck it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif. later plmczy

[Rix2Six]

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tuck the chian in your pocket, thats just out of respect man..I do it every time I am around cars.. Its not fashion, its not wanting to loose my wallet for the 3rd time.

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Since I moved my wallet to my front pocket about 8 years ago, I've never lost it.

[LIMEY]

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Knobs are knuckleheads.

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Always wanted a knucklehead but so glad i ended up with a panhead, should hate to be riding around on a knobhead http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Back on the subject though, my old Chevy truck with old flat grey paint that i didn't have to worry about, just had some mindless twat run a permanent marker from front to back!!
It came off straight away with brake cleaner, but thats not the point it was intentional damage to my property & that fuckin winds me up.......just glad i didn't catch 'em red handed....i would be in serious trouble.

[Byron Crump]

Well, to make a long story short and avoid too much drama rama I had to come home last night around midnight from the hospital (daughter is in) to take care of the dog that cost me 2 grand while I was at the Round Up (another long story, daughters puppy that unknown to us ate a toy back around Halloween that she got "trick or treating" and that had vanished and had caused intestinal blockage in the dog because it ate it...and when ever my kid would wake up for a few mins she would ask about her dog so we can't let anything happen to it!)

I was staying awake by the phone due to problems with my kid (really low blood pressure and she could not stay awake for more than a few mins and was causing the doctors to worry..so of course I was in panic mode)and since I could not sleep waiting by the phone for updates I washed my stang off that got covered in antifreeze from a car in front of me on the highway that I guess let a hose go and then I worked on the merc until about 3:15 AM. (I freakng needed something to do rather than just sit around waiting for a call to see if I needed to come back or not)

I almost got the thing where it is next to impossible to see except in strong light at the right angle. The deepest thin lines of it will always be around but I can live with it now (I guess http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif).

I got the students watching a movie on Zimbabwe (and they are grossing out on the boiled worms and peanut butter meal the guy is getting to eat in a village right now) and about to pass out...but the good news is the scratch is gonna work out okay and the best news is the kid is okay now...man, what a night. My wife kept telling me not to come back up since she was getting better as the night went on but it was a "I wanted to anyway" kind of thing. From what my wife said it was like someone flipped a switch on my kid around 1:15 AM and she was wide awake (but in pain) and doing well...she should come home this morning.

Guess I am a true HAMB drama queen now...who ha!

[buzzard]

That is outstanding news!!! Makes the scratch seem like no biggie, don't it? Tell Little Miss Vicky that her Uncle Buzz is thinkin' about her. I can't wait to get up there and play Pollie Pockets with her. And see her drive her car.

Just spent about $1500 on Lulu in the last two weeks. And now she has to see a dermatologist. All for the pitbull that I never wanted in the first place.

[Byron Crump]

Buzz, she no longer has the exhaust pipe in her throat so it is kinda scary still...you should give her a call this weekend http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Hot Rod To Hell]

WOW!!! Glad to hear everything working out for you!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Keep us posted on your daughter!

[Bass]

Great to hear she's doing better, Byron.

-Brian

[Byron Crump]

Thanks guys!

[krupanut]

Byron, glad to hear she's ok.
my thoughts and prayers are with y'all.

[du$ty]

MERC50....hope your kiddos better....sorry about you luck...i know how ya feel....and stopp usin' al those fance wurdz.itz konfusen.

[Deyomatic]

Glad she's doing OK, sounds like a real trooper.

[Byron Crump]

Deyo, where are you right now...still in Texas (where you should be living) or in AZ?

Thanks again for the kind works guys...when she heals up she will be back to tearing up the front yard in the Barbie electric jeep again or freaking out my neighbors driving the 32 around the hood in my lap (you should see the looks I get going up and down the block with her steering it...she does a great job too!)

[du$ty]

whens the kids birth day...i got the perfect gift...a chain wallet...what do ya think dad? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif aww come on buddy...im just kiddin

[Byron Crump]

Gee Dusty, great idea...if you were here right now I would give ya a big kick...I mean kiss! Luv ya man, your are the best! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I kinda gotta wonder how come they have not done a nice pink Barbie chain wallet with a kool purple plastic chain yet?

Hey, better yet...a Jesse James doll to beat up Ken and bang Barb...whoa, famous kustomizer and kar kulture dolls Barbie size...Barris bros, Ed, Jessie, Germ!, Ryan, Kartbreaker (with a t that has blow apart engine action!), Bass (with a chopper and bluebonnets!)...it could be a money maker folks!

[du$ty]

i bet that Kartbreaker doll would be ugly....but boy would it kick some ass ....oh yeah Byron...dont worry bout the ol'T.SHE'LL BE BACK.and she aint scared of chains....and just like a real lady...even have to drag her by one time to time. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[hankcash]

Why work on getting the scratch out, all you need to do is cover it up!!!
$59.99 on E-bay. Voila. Done.
Problem solved!

HC

[du$ty]

hahahah HEY HANK....he dont need to buy anymore of those...he has some hid in the closet!

[Deyomatic]

Yep, still in Texas, not sure when I'm going back yet, possibly Sunday or Monday. We'll see. All of OCP's big shit has been moved, just odds and ends at this point. I want to get back for the Marti Brom show in PHX on Tuesday.

[hankcash]

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hahahah HEY HANK....he dont need to buy anymore of those...he has some hid in the closet!

[/ QUOTE ]

No, Kart... these are dolls. Not like the real ones in his closet that he loured of the playground with candy....

HC

[Byron Crump]

You have violated my merc in a way that has never been done before...I kinda chuckle about it but at the same time even seeing one of those dolls next to may car (even in a fake picture) somehow makes me very uncomfortable...I need a shower http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif You evil evil men...oh, and those kids are all dead Kart and HC, I forgot to put air holes in the box again. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

[hankcash]

If that makes you sick... then the photo evidence of how the scratch got there is gonna make you ever sicker!!!!! (is that a word)
Sorry 50ford, but you are going down bitch!!!!

HC

[flt-blk]

That's so wrong! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Now I need a cold shower,er..uh..shower.
TZ

[praisethelowered]

Can I hear a few more "functional" arguments for wallet chains. . . they really make me laugh.

What's so humiliating about wearing something because you think it looks cool?

[plan9]

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Can I hear a few more "functional" arguments for wallet chains. . . they really make me laugh.

What's so humiliating about wearing something because you think it looks cool?

[/ QUOTE ]

i wear a chain wallet because Darby Crash wore one!!

i also wear it so i dont loose my keys

[67Imp.Wagon]

I was wondering today how everything went at the hospital. I was about to shoot you an email till I read this. I glad she's doing better and Kim will be glad to here the news.