Recent content by 1967ChevyRagtop

I need to replace my wooden exterior yard swing. Current one is oak and has given up. So I need suggestions on a replacement. Plastic. cedar. alum? Thanks, bg

Yes! Recently had new tires put on my 17" alum wheels at WM. One tire wouldn't seat up. The tech had given up. I've worked in this field for over 50yrs, but I didn't want to offer advice. Another tech came over and showed him how to re seat the tire.

Never happened w/o pics of daughter...

Half the fun is getting there.

Rescue the dogs, drag the owners behind a vehicle

Got Olympic?

In the '70s I worked at a Mazda shop. Rebuilt many 12a and 13b rotaries.Then Mazda started a recall, so we would remove and exchange for a factory rebuild. We put washers on the carb secondaries and hold em closed until @12k rpm and let em open, frequently picking up a front tire. Also used to...

Is that a 12A or 13B on your workbench?

Yeah, my '60s ROTC instructor said there was two types of 'nuclare fire (sic): friendly and enemy. Said you could hide in a ditch if it was just friendly. bg

T, as in Madam T. As in Wax Museum. She used to sit beneath the candles under the wrought iron yard table and get covered in wax.

Meschach and Abednego

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Followup, Well, the battery tested good. And the alternator hinky. So I got an alt., installed it last week (in 20F temps w/15mph winds *) and so far.... Gosh, don't want to jinx it *Which feels like -20 to my 71yo hands

Our mother crossed over at midnight after 6mos of surgical torture in a hospital 2hrs away from her home, so my brother and I waited at the Hospital for her local funeral home to arrive. At that point she had only hospital clothes. In reviewing her funeral coverage funeral vulture added $1200...

The older I get, the better Fla looks