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Didn't lose the job from the Battery episode. I think it was more killing the Boss's new El Dorado Cadillac by hitting it with a stand-up style...
I set the battery down as fast as the forklift will go. The body has 4 or 5 holes burned right through it. It looks like a war zone derelict now....
I get the battery off the pavement and inch forward with the fork truck. The swing is slight, but there. I get to the back of the Ford. I start...
We commence the winch operation. The winch does a good job, yanks the forklift off the highcenter and back onto the highway. Highway Patrol shows...
I've highcentered the forklift. I chug, I back up, I chug, I burn rubber with the front drive wheels. This &^%*er isn't going to budge. I've...
Finally, in the slow moving traffic, here comes TJ in the yellow International 22 ft. truck. He gets there at 10:30 a.m., I've been out here for 2...
Soon, another police cruiser shows up, parks behind the first, and the officer get out, walks over and has a talk with the first officer. Second...
First house I reach, nobody answers. Second house, lady peers through the curtains of the picture window, won't open the door. Third house, nobody...
Suddenly, a car cuts across the front of the Ford from the right hand lane, barely missing my front end, headed for the left hand turn lane. I...
This is a story from a buddy. It's long, but it's worth it. The year is 1973. After high school, I worked several years at a motorcycle shop. I...
Mine :p Nice score Wheeldog!
I bought the Eastwood lead free kit. My wife has a doctorate in biochemistry and has objections to real lead....
....you know, it never occured to me that's likely a factory seam. I have to do the other side, too. [ATTACH]
I, uh, almost forgot that channel isn't stock, and the whole rear foot of the car had been grafted on. It's welded in place-any reason I can't...
The 60 Desoto tail lights are gorgeous, but the housing is definitely different.
Someone put tail lights from a '60 in place of the back up lights. I think I might love it. Anyone know if they interchange? [IMG]
That stripper won't work until you tip it.
I can't tell you that, but I can tell you it's worth about $400.
I've replaced springs with high density foam and been happy with it.
Not if I do 'em! :p
Maybe something should go behind the patch panel to prevent rust? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And this should probably get filled before the rear wheel...
Cleaned it up a bit. Bill Hines I ain't. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I doubt I can get lead in those voids without ruining the rest of it.
I like that chopper bicycle.
Pulled most of it out with a stud gun and a slide hammer, then some lead free lead. Needs a bit more love, but better. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
What's the paint brand/colour name?
Really guys? Really? Almost twenty years after the old man has been gone....and now I find out why he called me a shoemaker. Dammit. o_O
As far as I know, you can buy trim clips for about anything out there. Bresco seems to cater to the classic car market....
I would let the expert do what they thought would look best. Like if Gene WInfield offered to paint my car...I'd just let him go crazy. What's...
Hear me out..... I agree it needs something, and I think panel striping is the way to go.
A video of the three other doors and the body lines. I think this may be as good as it gets. Honestly, she's never looked better. [MEDIA] I...
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