@TidalFlats@glasspusher@AlterNewt@Biff52@edwilk So long ago. Makes me wonder about my life's journey from the polo fields of Oakbrook to a (mercifully brief) career as a tire buster at the downtown May D&F tire center in Denver.
@12thRITS@glasspusher@AlterNewt@Biff52@edwilk
I've seen a lot of road, been and done many things:some great, some fun, some weird and frankly stupid. Never had fun mounting tires, even with those machines.
@12thRITS@AlterNewt@glasspusher@Biff52@edwilk
Hand stripping the remaining latex floor paint off the 10' X 25' poured concrete breezeway slab and prep sanding it for epoxy with one of these:
@12thRITS@TidalFlats@AlterNewt@Biff52@edwilk my family had two pintos- strangely, the inline 4 cylinder engines were made by vw. They were more reliable and easier to maintain than the gm cars we had
@glasspusher@TidalFlats@AlterNewt@Biff52@edwilk My brother had one of the Suzuki Samurais of the top Consumer Reports got to roll over. His never did. Reminds me of the unintended exhilaration problem that almost snuffed Audi in this country.
@glasspusher@TidalFlats@12thRITS@AlterNewt@Biff52@edwilk
I did an engine swap on my 1970 Peugeot 504. I didn't have a cherry picker, so a rope hoist attached to my garage roof trusses had to do. Final mating with the transmission? Deadlift while standing over the engine bay. Oh to be young again.
@TidalFlats@glasspusher@12thRITS@AlterNewt@Biff52@edwilk Never did more than oil and spark plugs before that. I did the removal with a Chilton's manual, a crescent wrench, a vise grip, and two screwdrivers. I used colored twist ties to mark what was attached to what. Again, to be young again, invincible, and immortal.
@12thRITS@TidalFlats@glasspusher@AlterNewt@Biff52@edwilk
😂 Believe me, I was worried, too. I wound up putting three 2x4s across four trusses to spread the weight. It worked fine. The fun came when I had to move the engineless chassis out of the garage to hoist the engine up, and return it when the engine was ready. You see, the garage was at the top of a hill, and I only had one hoist. So, my friend's pickup was used to push the car back up the hill.
@edwilk@ColesStreetPothole@glasspusher@AlterNewt@12thRITS@Biff52
OK, so I was headed up the Parkway in Jane's mom's old '75 Chevy wagon, for the night sampling shift at the nuke plant when it caught fire right before the Barnegat toll plaza.
Engine sputtering, car jerking with black smoke coming out of the grill, I pulled up to the guy in the Change lane. On fire. "Hey I'm on fire here" I think I said. He made me pay the toll. While on fire. I did and a Statey came and put it out.
@edwilk@ColesStreetPothole@glasspusher@AlterNewt@12thRITS@Biff52
Car was a goner, of course, so towed off to the junkyard it went.
Luckily I found a '69 Chevy II for $100. Great car- straight 6, 3 on the tree, 300,000 Miles. Burned gas oil and antifreeze but never quit.
I bet it's still pulling a trailer in a farmer's field somewhere.
had a car catch fire when I was driving. my passenger almost jumped out of the car. I pulled over and we put it out (rug/hole in the floor/exhaust pipe) was able to douse it and complete the trip
hey P.C.,
Was just reading about "Nam Pia Moc Chau - Unique Thai specialty". Do you know it? Initially sounds kinda disturbing, but probably no worse than other entrail/internal organ dishes around the world.
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