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    Car guy stories only.

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    Isn't there a forum for motor heads?

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    This is my newest acquisition, over at Mike's. He needed money and wanted me to loan him money so I ax'd him what he had for collateral. This '07 XJ6 with 120k miles on it. I know the original owner; he drives a lot and routinely puts 350k on these. This was his wife's car. Only a few simple mechanical things wrong on it and he had the parts to fix it. I drove it and confirmed. $3000 including the parts and repairs.

    The big problem with it was the paint. Looks like she's been driving (rubbing) past a holly bush for years on the driver's side. So I hired him to repaint it. Here it is all primed, block sanded and ready for a shoot. Color, clear and reactants were $1200. Labor $1900, so far.
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    The 'Bird at a local Cruise-in.
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    I passed this lovely old gal on the way to an invite-only cruise in at the local air strip, held during an air show. Thousands from the public there. My car was a big hit. The owner of the Jag lives in my town.
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    Same show, a one owner '70 Mustang. All original, including the paint which was nearly immaculate.
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    Last time I drove back from Florida I murdered thousands of innocent bugs with the front of my Porsche.
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    I took my classic on a ride in the county one spring morning on the way to a remote project. The fields were so lovely I had to stop and take a photo.
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    Big 'ol Caddy that someone with more money than brains is having Mike restore. A large tree had fallen on the car and crushed the roof into the interior. Mike had to locate a donor and weld in a new roof. Would have been easier just to swap the VIN, but the owner insisted...
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    When I swapped a modern transmission into the 'Bird the old driveshaft was too short, so brought it to a local shop to have it re-tubed. Looks like someone made a mistake; they gave me this work of art instead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    The 'Bird at a local Cruise-in.
    Beautiful
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

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    Found a pic of my daughter's car. I bought this for her when she was 16 and that was 9 years ago. It's a five speed manual gearbox and a SOHC V6 made in Cologne, Germany. It had 100k miles on it and the poor bastard that owned it couldn't make his last loan payment. It had a long list of issues which we systematically discovered and fixed. I found inexpensive "take off" parts from new GTs and installed new springs, roll bars, bushings, and exhaust. When she graduated college my gift to her was to pay 1/2 of a new paint job. Mike did the job and it cost $4000. The stripes are paint and you can't feel a ridge. The clear coat cost over $400/ gallon. That was four years ago and it still looks great.

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    Notice the headlights? She was complaining that she couldn't see at night so I custom fitted HID projector lamps in new aftermarket housings. The illuminate down-road as well as my '12 Jeep and since they are xenon arc, have a precise beam so there is no glare to oncoming traffic.
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    Legendary comic strip.
    ...and a great Rod Stewart tune.

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    This is what a xenon arc bulb looks like. There is no filament. The light source is an electric arc, or plasma, arcing between the two electrodes within a nobel (inert) gas contained inside the tiny glass bulb. Variations in light color are achieved by small amounts of impurities in the gas.


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