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I also have State Farm. They allow you to suspend the policy for up to 6 months out of the year. It works similar to the "storage policies"...
Guessing the mods deleted my original - thanks for updating/saving. Had I been thinking a little faster I would have attempted to photoshop it on...
I'm sure someone will eventually call offering an extended warranty...
"Mercury Blues" - Steve Miller Band (and others) "Roll On Down The Highway" - BTO ("...454's coming over the hill...")
We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things go downhill. Never criticize someone without walking a mile in their shoes. That way, when you...
I fixed the problem by putting the lid down every time. Eventually the whole family started doing the same - now EVERYBODY has to lift something...
[ATTACH] I've had this since 1980 or so. According to the serial number tag it's a 1955 Vendo V-110 unit. I got it from a local real estate...
My tag line is from a sign hanging in a shop in my home town, I think it was the late 60's when I first read it. It was still hanging in the same...
What's the cutoff date for considering a server "traditional" so we can discuss it?:D Seems to be faster.
"Oooohhhh, sweet mystery of life, at last I've found you..."
I was 9 or 10 when I first learned on my uncle's "'60" John Deere - with a hand clutch. When I turned 12, I got to ride my cousin's Cushman...
Actually I think 325w was referring to the resistor (rheostat) built into the switch that controls the brightness of the dash lights. You might...
Like this? No, the wheels aren't permanent, they were on the truck when I bought it. I haven't figured out exactly what the truck wants to be...
Voted. 283 SBC in the '57 Chevy and a 327 SBC in the '65 Chevelle; the '60 panel truck has the original 235 L6. Picked the Chevy 6 Cly. 'cuz...
... when everything's still stiff and limber, but it's all traded places. ... when you suffer from CRAFT, the advanced form of CRS. ... what was...
Enjoy the beach and time away from the office. Regardless of the pandemonium, I'm sure you'll figure out some kind of distraction to help keep...
Might be easier to take a 5/8" or 3/4" bolt, grind down the sides to fit where the allen wrench was stripped out and weld that in the plug. Not...
Not really parts-counter related, but here it is anway. At the John Deere dealership I worked at, antifreeze was stored in a 55 gallon barrel in...
I really like deadlines. In particular, the whooshing sound they make as they pass my ears.
Back in the day of being a John Deere mechanic, we used to joke that if you needed a trouble light you were in trouble. All we had back then was...
Beeno, you are indeed a funny guy. A rin is an obsolete unit of Japanese currency equal to 1⁄1000 yen. Fell out of use after WWII. Not...
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds? Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime? Have you ever imagined a world with no...
The city fathers generally frown on keeping livestock within city limits here, but... HAMB friendly: '57 Chevy 210 moredoor, '60 Chevy C10...
Life's little mysteries... makes my head hurt... Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive? Why are...
Car and Driver ran an article on them back in the '70s - don't recall the author. The most memorable line from it - "It was a case of wrong car,...
With the engine not running and the switch on, you should have battery voltage on the "battery" terminal where you have the wire connected...
My dad had a '64 4-door. Don't remember how many miles I spent in the compartment behind the back seat, but I do remember knocking out some loose...
My first car - 1950 Chevy 2 door "Town Sedan". Bone stock: 216, 3 on the tree. Not sure if I got brownie points for having my arm out the window...
A Crane Blazer camshaft that went into the 283 in my '50 Chevy (fall of 1980). I also commandeered the quadrajet and cast iron 4-barrel manifold...
Yup - the 283 I had in my '50 Chevy regularly saw the top side of 5000 rpm.
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