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Man Vista print is pissing me off. Made up a banner for Carlisle and cant check out!
 
There is just something about the side profile on those. No way can I afford one now.
For sure! She makes all kind of subtle hints when we see one then she looks at the price! They have really went up in value the last few years. I think they have great lines. I raced a Pontiac in my early years. I fought the typical header leaks on inboard exhaust ports to the point that I made a set of three pipe headers using a larger tube for center and they worked great. I would be working on it at track or wherever with the hood up and some one always would comment. Man that is one fast V6! Idiots! 8 bright yellow spark plug wires right out in front!
 
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Spent the last few minutes signing into outlook,someone tried to sign in to my account.
Had to change password. What a nuisance.
 
Thinking maybe it was so old and brittle he was afraid to ship it. Wouldn't want that.

That is a problem with them for sure.
All cleared out now, but old owner of the local yard had let me in the 'stash trailers' before he sold out. Amoung them was an old school bus. Had boxes/piles of washer and overflow bottles. Touching them was about like poking balloons with a pin.

Been looking on tempest NOS site. Geez love it!!
? Ive been on tempest, is there a special NOS area. Or just putting NOS in the search?

View attachment 1715300516 Morning coffee mob, my hound is on day two of post surgery. I think she may be playing me a bit! Hah! They found staff in three places in her knee. A result of previous surgery. She was running across snow and foot fell thru the hard pack and stayed in place body went other way. Staff samples sent out for analysis then custom antibiotics to fight specific strain. Argh!
I think you need to fluff her pillow. :poke:
Holley hates crunchy snow. Our temps were up and down this past week. So, in the afternoon she could just walk through. In the morning she would try to walk gently and kept falling through the crust

Nice!

Good Morning
 
The other day was pretty funny with the snow with ice on it. Let Harley out to pee, she got in position and starts sliding. Pretty funny she was freaked out!
 
Buying another set of bumper guards. He said he probably will ship Tuesday, so wont likely see them till at least end of next week. Tough to tell condition of stuff in photos, but I think they will be good enough to run with the rechromed bumper. If not, I could get them rechromed later. Definitely way better than mine.
Buying full set off a Sport, so fronts are not going to fit, but backs are what I need. The rubber cushions are same all around, so between all the ones I have I can pick best sets to assemble and sell off the rest.
Did find another pair. Just a little too far gone inside to rebuild. Would have been fine to use as-is if my bumper wasn't rechromed.
Really nice looking drivers.
 
The other day was pretty funny with the snow with ice on it. Let Harley out to pee, she got in position and starts sliding. Pretty funny she was freaked out!
Holley was ready to drop a deuce and her foot went through and shifted her balance. Gives me a look like :wtf:, this is :bs_flag:LOL
 
Snow with a crust of ice like that always reminds of how that stopped an a raid to capture Gen. Washington at Morristown.
With the Hudson River, New York harbor and the Arthur Kill frozen by January 1780, attacks on outpost and other targets were already common. So its not too surprising some of Brits thought a deep raid could be pulled off. Maybe, it could have been, but the weather didn't cooperate. The horse's fetlocks were getting cut by the ice crust and they had to give it up.
 
Buying another set of bumper guards. He said he probably will ship Tuesday, so wont likely see them till at least end of next week. Tough to tell condition of stuff in photos, but I think they will be good enough to run with the rechromed bumper. If not, I could get them rechromed later. Definitely way better than mine.
Buying full set off a Sport, so fronts are not going to fit, but backs are what I need. The rubber cushions are same all around, so between all the ones I have I can pick best sets to assemble and sell off the rest.
Did find another pair. Just a little too far gone inside to rebuild. Would have been fine to use as-is if my bumper wasn't rechromed.

Really nice looking drivers.
If you want when you have the old ones off bring them up we can zinc plate the imperfections to see how they look after polished. Works pretty well.
 
Buying another set of bumper guards. He said he probably will ship Tuesday, so wont likely see them till at least end of next week. Tough to tell condition of stuff in photos, but I think they will be good enough to run with the rechromed bumper. If not, I could get them rechromed later. Definitely way better than mine.
Buying full set off a Sport, so fronts are not going to fit, but backs are what I need. The rubber cushions are same all around, so between all the ones I have I can pick best sets to assemble and sell off the rest.
Did find another pair. Just a little too far gone inside to rebuild. Would have been fine to use as-is if my bumper wasn't rechromed.

Really nice looking drivers.
You're going to be the expert on bumperettes!
 
If you want when you have the old ones off bring them up we can zinc plate the imperfections to see how they look after polished. Works pretty well.
Most of them actually look great outside. It's the insides that rot away. I wonder what vinegar would do to chrome? Would be nice if I could drop them in a soak bucket to clean the insides.
 
Tape them up and blast the insides. Did that on the pop they all catch salt. Muriatic acid works well but will take the chrome off you have to be careful not to get it on it.
 
Most of them actually look great outside. It's the insides that rot away. I wonder what vinegar would do to chrome? Would be nice if I could drop them in a soak bucket to clean the insides.
How about vapor rust? That does work really well no ide on chrome if it will affect it.
 
Buying another set of bumper guards. He said he probably will ship Tuesday, so wont likely see them till at least end of next week. Tough to tell condition of stuff in photos, but I think they will be good enough to run with the rechromed bumper. If not, I could get them rechromed later. Definitely way better than mine.
Buying full set off a Sport, so fronts are not going to fit, but backs are what I need. The rubber cushions are same all around, so between all the ones I have I can pick best sets to assemble and sell off the rest.
Did find another pair. Just a little too far gone inside to rebuild. Would have been fine to use as-is if my bumper wasn't rechromed.

Really nice looking drivers.
Morning guys. I saw you were interested in that set for sale. They looked pretty nice.
 
You're going to be the expert on bumperettes!
For 73 to 76 anyway. I think I have them pretty well figured out. A lot of misconceptions about what interchanges for sure. I can tell most from a picture now. Not that it matters for mine, but I found some labeled as 76 that look similar but apparently only used one bolt.
Still a few differences I would like to iron out just for fun. LOL
 
How about vapor rust? That does work really well no ide on chrome if it will affect it.
Don't know. I have had good results with that stuff when its fresh but loses strength too quick for what it costs. For heavy rust vinegar is way better. Just don't want to risk the chrome. I could try on one of my old ones. Problem is I already painted the insides so would need to strip that out first. Or maybe I can find some other old chrome here to test. Maybe an old door handle. Not sure though are they regular steel underneath - that rusts?
 
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