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I use either SEM self-etch (grey) or Duplicolor epoxy (greyish green).
Need some help with my TIG technique here. Please. Trying to butt weld small (1 1/2" and 1 1/4") .065 6061 tubing. Pretty sure the...
Shared on FB, and keeping an eye out in the TN Valley. I guess this is why we can't have nice things. Good luck Dave, I hope you get it back.
Nobody ever told me this, but that was what I figured.
All reet. Hey ho, it's sooo bitchin. Baskerville, as in Hounds of The. I miss Basketcase.
When garage bombers spit out a low number like $1200, or even $1800, it makes me wonder if they are including ALL the materials and consumables....
I'm taking a break until about September. It's been close to or over 100 here for the last week, supposed to get worse this weekend and next...
Will Handzel's 10K model A roadster. IIRC it was on the cover of R&C back in the early or mid 90's. First I was like LOL whut. Then I figured...
Black Sabbath works for me. Don't laugh.
Learned how to drive, if you want to call it that, on a John Deere Model 40. Plowing fields and bush hogging at my grandfather's place. After...
Oh damn, people. Let that man have his rest, he earned it.
I have one of these. Works really well, but there is a learning curve to making it do what you want. NOS sells a little bender for making...
I worked for VW for 5 years (you gotta start somewhere). Most of the work we did was warranty, because the service writers were wimps and...
If bitching about the world going to hell isn't a traditional topic, then I don't know what is.
I have most of my ASE certs, but i had to get a defense gig to make any money. Turning wrenches at a dealership just wasn't worth it to me. Lot...
I'm nearly 50, never married, no kids. So I got nobody to pass anything on to anyway. But I did talk one of my younger co-workers into...
This And this And this needs to be quoted again because we probably all need to remember it. I know I do after buying a couple dozen shit...
This funeral home in Mabelton GA used to have a mid-60's Cadillac hearse. Yellow with a black vinyl roof. I tried to buy the car for several...
This happened to me. The realization was kinda harsh. Had me in a bad mood for about 4 or 5 years. Far as I know, the trues have always been...
Used to be a '55 Chevy 2dr hardtop sitting behind an old house (Hwy 78 near Lithia Springs, GA). Been there so long it had sunk down to almost...
Like the other guys said - One, It takes a real long time for straight enamel to dry enough to wet sand. Like anywhere from a couple days to a...
I will paypal Bob Bleed $20 for gas money to go do donuts in or around the Smithsonian. As long as Evel gets it on video. Who's with me?
I've got that issue, somewhere. Black Hillman panel, with a blown BBC. Owned and / or built by the brother of somebody at Pete 'n Jakes, IIRC.
Was familiar with his work in CARtoons, and then later in VW Trends. Didn't know he freelanced for Hustler until just a couple years ago....
My old place in ATL had a drive-under garage at the back of the house. Regular garage door, kind of a low ceiling. You've all seen that kind of...
What made Deal's art (for me) were all the little details and in-jokes he used - like huge tires with white letters that spelled out "HI...
Baileyton will be open for 2012. http://www.baileytondragstrip.com/
Gave myself a hernia trying to move an 80gal air compressor, by myself, on a rainy day. I could tell the whole story, but after reading about...
One of my neighbors has an old Kart like the ones in the video. Couple weekends ago they had it out ripping around the block. Made me laugh...
The amount seems to be a different every time, but the most they have ever charged is about $150 USD I will see if they have an email contact...
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