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I just read an article online that advanced auto parts is closing 700 stores nationwide. I wonder if that is because more people are going to other places, or is it because newer cars with everything computerized can no longer be worked on by the average person. As the older cars that we CAN...

Next week we are going to take the body off the rotisserie and put it on the frame. So we have to get the cut and buff done this week. We use the 3M three-step polish compound method. This is after step one.

We went there in March 2015. It was a very big show, and it was a very good show. I don’t think it lasted very long after that. I just wondered what happened.

I ordered some powder coating powder a while, back, and the bags came with zip ties wrapped around them. I was getting ready to cut the zip ties, when I noticed there was a little tab on them. I pushed on the tab, and sure enough, the zip tie came undone. You can reuse these zip ties as often as...

Pretty basic question. Does anybody know if these Byrna non-lethal gas pellet guns are legal in Canada? They do not shoot bullets, they shoot round pellets that have something similar to tear gas in them. Thanks

In the past, I have always preferred summer because everything I like to do is outside. Working on cars, bodywork, rust repair, painting, yard work, etc. I never had a problem with the heat. The last few summers, I have gotten more susceptible to the heat. For the first time in years, I am...

So many of my friends on this forum have enjoyed pictures of the progress on my friend’s 56 Studebaker, I thought I would post these pictures. After five or six years of bodywork, rust repair, we are finally getting it painted. The fenders doors, hood and decklid and other big parts are all...

We just finished watching “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”. It absolutely sucked!!! And what’s weird is that we really liked the Mad Max: Fury Road movie.

One of my regular powder coating customers brought me a piece of yard art a few weeks ago ago. It was all welded together, all painted black, and pretty rusty. he wanted me to make it look nice and a couple different colors. I cut it into several parts so that I could power coat, different...

August has been unseasonably cool here. Highs in the high 70s and lower 80s, and 60s at night. The water in our pool is so cold we can’t even get in it. Very strange for this time of year. Plus, by the middle of August, we usually have the grass starting to get a little brown as it goes into...

I have been helping my friend Mark restore his 56 Studebaker Power Hawk for about five years now. It takes a while when you can only work a few hours here and a few hours there, but he’s retired now. We finally got some color on it. The car is totally ready to paint. We were going to paint the...

I went to Walmart today to get some 10 W 30 synthetic oil for the Barracuda. They have every oil viscosity you can imagine, except for 10 W 30. There were a few empty spots on the shelf, I might try another Walmart. I might wind up going with 5 W30. I’m not an oil expert, do you think that would...

My friend Mark was mowing his yard with his big riding mower yesterday, his cell phone fell out of his pocket, he did not notice, and he ran over it with his mower. Miraculously, the phone is not injured. All that happened was the blade caught the corner of the cover and destroyed it. That is...

I had to switch pharmacies a while back. My new pharmacy is at a grocery store chain called HyVee. It is the best service I have ever gotten from any pharmacy ever. They bend over backwards to help you out. My last Pharmacy stopped taking TRICARE (retired military medical), so I had to find a...

I used to sell a lot of things on Craig's List. Then, aver the past few years, it has gotten more difficult. Years ago, most items I listed sold within a few days. People called me, we chatted, they came and they bought. Then I started getting more and more scam attempts. I continued selling on...

I just want to throw this out there. I see dozens if not hundreds of for sale threads per week on this form where you don’t know what is actually for sale. For instance, the title will be “hood for sale”, or “fender for sale”, or “bumper for sale”. Why not add more detail and say something like...

We just had a bad thunderstorm pass right overhead. Look at the beautiful rainbow that was left behind. Wednesday morning, at about 3:00 AM, a really bad thunderstorm passed directly overhead, and we had a lot of wind damage. My neighborhood was the most affected area in town. We only lost one...

I went to the nicest car show on Father’s Day. It was given by the church of a good friend of mine. There were no trophies, but there were a few door prizes. The church also cooked hotdogs for everybody and had sodas and potato chips. I had a dozen (or more) people come up to me, shake my hand...

Over the past several years, I have tried Comet, Soft Scrub, Bleach and several products that claimed they would clean the white letters on my tires. Today, almost out of desperation, I tried some Black Magic Bleche-White Tire Cleaner. I got it at O'Reilly's Auto Parts for only $7.50. It worked...

I have a 69 barracuda with hood mounted turn signals. I am having a heck of a time finding bulbs for them. There are no bulbs in them now, so I don't even know what they look like. They are quite small. Can anybody help me? Thanks, Mike

I saw this Tesla truck charging at a McDonald’s on the highway. Can you say ugly? If you like them, I apologize.

My friend Mark is having the 327 for his 67 Camaro completely rebuilt by a local reputable performance-oriented machine shop. We took the engine there on Tuesday. The shop is beautiful. I was very impressed. When the shop owner was going over the options with Mark, he added that if he did do a...

I am working on a GMC Jimmy tailgate for a powder coating customer. It is really rusty. I was cutting out a patch piece from some 16 gauge sheet metal, and the 3” cutting disk tool got away from me a bit. It sliced right through the heavy leather glove and wound up barely grazing my skin. Just...

I have a 6’ wood privacy fence around my back yard. It contains a gate that is about 5’ wide. I have had to rebuild that gate at least five times. I frame it with treated 2x4s, attach it to the 4x4 treated post with heavy hinges and then attach about ten 6’ x 5.5” x 5/8” treated pickets to it...

I rarely make posts on this forum with my cell phone. I much prefer using my laptop. But often when I do try to make a post with my cell phone, I get an error message that says “oops, something happened. Try again “. Sometimes, I cannot add pictures on my cell phone also. I wonder if anybody...

I was looking for something for my 69 Barracuda today, and I came across the statistic stating that the 273 was an available engine for the 68 Barracuda. I thought the last year for the 273 was 67. I am no expert, but does anybody out there know for sure.

I helped my friend Mark, do a rotisserie restoration on a 67 Mustang several years ago. I did the paint job. I was out of his house, helping him with something today said let’s take the Mustang for a cruise. It is a great little car. It has a 289 V8, three speed on the floor, power steering and...

I just saw a commercial for a Chevy truck that advertised hands-free driving and hands-free towing. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I don’t like it. I don’t like the idea of some guy coming towards me on a 2 Lane highway driving 60 miles

I am helping a friend restore a 67 Camaro. We are currently building the 327 for it. We are building it up to about 350 hp, and he is buying a Holly sniper FI unit for it. He has an engine run stand. We have run several engines on that run stand, but I have never touched an aftermarket fuel...

Evidently McDonald’s has had a 1970 Barracuda very nicely fixed up, and they call it the Burgercuda. It’s a national marketing scheme. If you see the Burgercuda, evidently you contact McDonald’s somehow and get a free hamburger. The young guy on the left, pronounced it as a Plie (like two ply...