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Just sneaking into the picture.

I didn't think divorce case lawyers were allowed to advertise back them.

It is unbelievable to watch them do everything the hard way. And they do use sewing scissors in the yard. My wife was shocked when I taught her how to shine my shoes. She grew up thinking you had to rub them hard because it a thing strong men did. We restored a large area of overgrown perennial beds. After watching the toil in the soil I just pulled my pick up over and cut out blocks of sod. Then flipped them over on the tailgate and picked out the bulbs. Well, that is frowned upon be real gardeners.

Gee, I'd hate to give up my resistance band base. (It is a '62 Electra anyway).

I am figuring this out from what I saw last time I went, stayed in a motel and walked over to the field. One space for the four door truck, one space for the 28' camping trailer, one space for the tent shelter for the barbecue and generator, and one space for the Model A Ford grille shell with left from fender or like kind. The Chocolate Field, only exit was the end of the row.

National Bearing New cups and cones for MoPar rear ends. Check your numbers. $48 includes shipping to the continental United States. National numbers: HM803149 25520

Update: I do have that 8th washer if that is what's holding up the purchase.

It would have hardly been noticed at $99.

I would call that "a good intention". Here is some of my project. With two Snap On fender covers you can tell it is serious stuff.

I drove from western New York to the Buick centennial nationals in Flint in 2003 with Rainex. We came through Hamilton, Ont. in heavy traffic in the rain. I am pretty fussy about a lot of things on the car but it is a job dealing with those cam wiper guides and getting the cowl cover off. And so disheartening to get it all back together to watch two swipes. If I sell the car at some point I will probably fix them. It will be more important to the buyer than to me. Besides, the Rainex drives my wife nuts. She sits there and gawks at every raindrop wondering how I can see. I just focus ahead in the distance not noticing them. If she only knew the other things I treat like that.

A trip to the next town over for lunch is about a 15 mile trip the way I go. Everything that needs to work on a 100 or 1,000 mile trip comes into play on that trip. The last time I felt the need to carry tools and parts was when I drove my '71 Ford to the Buick Nationals in 1977 and we included a trip to the Ford museum in Dearborn. I guess I shed the final insecurities of my 20s and turned 30 in '78. I do know people who run the risk of adapting themself to what one might call deferred maintenance. They tend to do reactionary repairs.

Walt and others with fragile literature to scan, check your local library history/genealogy section for a touchless scanner. Even small libraries have digital optic scanners that compensate for page curvature and other editable features. I live in the "literary district" of our village, that means across the street from the library. Someone started that district thing here. We have a great scanner that is around 10 years old. Works great.

The biggest problem with AI is that humans are designing it. Anything outside the programmer's personal experience does not exist.

I haven't had a filter in my glass bowl in over a decade. Nothing to filter out. I am not really a big believer in filters for collector car usage anyway. I change the oil frequently, lubricate frequently, and always use Tier 1 fuel. I heard all the corn licker gasoline stories and thought it might be my problem. After 8 years my carb looked like this when I took the air horn off..

I ran a service department for a heating and air conditioning company. I would get a service ticket with 6 hours of labor and no parts. My standard comment was "So this was a "Laying of the hands repair". Hope springs eternal.

The wipers on my '60 Electra didn't work when I got it in 2002. That year I took the motor out, checked everything, and put fresh lube on the park assembly. After putting it back together they made two swipes and parked. Haven't budged since. 30,000 miles of Rainex, good stuff. The guys don't check them for the annual inspection. Many years ago I told them I didn't want my wipers dragged across my dry windshield. I allowed that we could bring the priest up to sprinkle the glass with holy water but scheduling was difficult.

yeah, I never heard of that one before. Your engine has declared a cease-fire, translates the "regroup and rearm". Now that, I have heard of. It'll git cha.

Last time I interacted with AI was the day I asked WebChatGPT to create a classified ad for two old garden hoes I thought someone might want. WebChat, grammar check, and spell check ain't been around since. People thought Spock had to resort to PI to attack a computer, but that was Leonard reading a script. I do this stuff without writers.

Those mid-80s GM cars had a VIN 3 and VIN C 3.8 engine available. Lots of different parts. I bought my '86 Park Ave convertible with a bad engine and explored a lot of options, even bought a '95 SC Riviera donor car that did not make the cut. Mine was a VIN 3 and I found a reman long block for it. Even then there were gasket differences where the oil passage in the timing chain cover blocked an oil passage. If you find a mid-80s car worth the time do a rebuild on the original, dot all the T's and cross all the i's. Don't fall for the false economy of a 20 year old 140,000 mine engine. My car is a good performer, well balanced and drives well. It takes attention to detail when repairs are done because of things GM did. Make assumptions and you will get bit. I seem to remember a $150 motor mount in there too. A big hairball to choke down if one is used to buying SBC parts.

I have had good luck with pitted diecast using files and picks to dig out the gray crumbly stuff. I like to use the Hapich Simi-Chrome for polishing. Once the boogers are cleaned as well as possible I wipe it down with lacquer thinner to remove the polish and give it a coat of clear. When I wear my dastardly flippers hat I can make money at it. Quite some time ago I bought this little sweetheart for $50, lots of diecast on the sides. Cleaned up nice.

I needed '64 radio knobs. I did an Ebay search which came up with the usual Ebay fodder. I set the search up to notify me and had then in short order. The same thing works well for MOOG chassis part numbers. I set that up for each MOOG replacement part for my '48 Packard and pieced together the whole kit for under $250. It is a good feature.

Linearity does not exist in reality. And in theoretical mathematics it is found on a slope.

Team Buick can help you out: https://www.teambuick.com/reference/library/60_chassis/index.php

I would be all open to that!

That is a 50 year old car and you can compare the mileage over that time to the amount of time it may have set idle in an unconditioned space. There could be up to a quart of condensed water to churn around with the oil every time it is driven. Rear end and transmission lubricant are almost universally overlooked when recommissioning a long term stored car. The '71 Riviera has an easy to remove cover on the rear end. Probably not a bad idea to dump it now and refill to remove what may be contaminated. At least you can get a peek inside. All these aged cars need attention to their condensation traps. I like to give a drain, 30 miles drive, drain, 30 mile drive, then a drain and refill on a car with an unknown lubrication and storage history. On the cost, there are six 50 year old bearings counting the pinion, third member, and axles. Averaging $50 is probably a little low but there is $300. Spending an 8 hour day at $100 per hour gets it up to $1100 and that is on the low end. There can be a little extra for "training" if they are stretching their limited experience on the job. Then you allow for one call back on the job. The rearend could be fine but the customer might whine. And you pretty much have it. Getting an old car fixed today is a lot like getting a foreign car fixed in the 1960s. The take away: flush those lubricants on the new acquisition. The level could be supported by water.