Recent content by swannyone

Thanks for the Buick information link in #51 Neighbor. That was my Dad that drove the last Buick off the assembly line in Flint. The 1st time through they had the hood and decklid off the car so all the workers could sign them if they chose to. Then they put the hood and decklid on it put it...

I've also been looking for some of these if anyone has a resonably source.

I mounted mine near the ceiling, like this.

Found a nut had been installed on an intake valve stem before being installed in the cylinder head. This was on a new chevy truck in the mid 80's. It made a very strange valvetrain noise.

Picked this up a today.

Pic taken today in Denmark, South Carolina

The latest addition to my collection

I'm familiar with a couple old Shell brand stations here in Michigan that had that wedge shape on the front that continued above the roof line and had the clam shell on either side. Maybe it's possible that other brands used this , though I've only seen them branded as Shell here.

I picked this up yesterday

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Ain't that the truth. Plus, I'll need all that lighting when I get around to doing the body work on the 65.

All but 6 of the 8 foot lights I got for free from a contractor when they replaced all of the light fixtures in a commercial building. I have enough 4 foot fluorescent tubes and ballasts to last me 4 lifetimes.

Here's a couple shots of the Sunoco sign at night. Here's a few of the truck from around 1991. And now my next truck project.

Here's the backhoe work from July 2003. I raised the driveway about 5 feet at the lowest point to bring it up level with the barn and front yard. I'd run the backhoe starting at 6am till my dad would show up after he got out of work. He'd then run it till dark while I was running the conduit and...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Building a set of attic type stairs from 2x12's & 2x10's. I want something I can comfortably travel up and down carrying a load.