Frank Odenthal
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Visited the machine shop today to look after my 383 engine block progress and found it in good company.
What are you working on today??
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sixpkrt
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Shuffled some of the cars around today before the rain started.
Nice toy collection sixpkrt!
carguy300
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Looks like a 1970 Dodge of some caliber! Cant tell from far away!
It looks like a 70 Coronet to me.
carguy300
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That’s what I’m thinking, R/T? Super Bee, 500, I’d take anyone!
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It's been off the road for 2 years for an engine rebuild with a bunch of help from @Xenon advice and techniques.
The grills still need to go in. Those original fragile pieces have been re-glued back together at least 5 times.
My girls bought the new grills for me last Christmas, which had recently started to be re-popped by Original Equipment Reproductions.
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carguy300
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That is REALLY a nice one! They were so different from the 69 and 71’s. Orange and black have always been favorite color combos. My brother had a 69 1/2 sixpak super bee that same color combo. Hope you hold on to it! Awesome car!
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I recently picked up a 68 Satellite that was being cloned to a RR. The car was in pieces and not all there.
There were 2 4-speed transmissions that came with the huge parts haul, with one of them being out of an '69 1/2 A12 Dodge Coronet.
My friend @71Polara383 posted the trans on a Faceplant site for A12 cars and shortly thereafter was contacted by the owner with the original car & engine. He was ecstatic the trans was found. It's getting shipped to him this week.
He sent the VIN to prove he had the car and this pic....
I'd trade my R/T + $$$ for that A12 car any day of the week.
There were 2 4-speed transmissions that came with the huge parts haul, with one of them being out of an '69 1/2 A12 Dodge Coronet.
My friend @71Polara383 posted the trans on a Faceplant site for A12 cars and shortly thereafter was contacted by the owner with the original car & engine. He was ecstatic the trans was found. It's getting shipped to him this week.
He sent the VIN to prove he had the car and this pic....
I'd trade my R/T + $$$ for that A12 car any day of the week.
carguy300
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Yes indeed!
Vaanth
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Restarting on this after its winter hiatus:
GOLDMYN
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1968 Polara sat in driveway modesto Ca 21 years. getting a new top installed, waiting on a few parts. the new top will be white
3175375
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I got the rest of the garden planted.
Yellow pear and cherry tomatoes, bush beans, radishes and onions are in the fenced area (20’ x 30’), and butternut squash, two types of pumpkins and some sweet corn are adjacent outside of the fence.
Yellow pear and cherry tomatoes, bush beans, radishes and onions are in the fenced area (20’ x 30’), and butternut squash, two types of pumpkins and some sweet corn are adjacent outside of the fence.
Vaanth
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Not C-body, nor A, nor B, nor D, nor even E, but I washed my Challengers
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After repairing drive/transaxle pulley and brackets damage which resulted from the transaxle pulley hub fracturing plus a cross member which happened to come loose, and general wear on the bracketing, I also replaced well worn blades and a broken deck belt on my riding mower. The belt broke while checking out the other repairs. Unrelated, just a compounded issue. I used the belt opportunity to swap the blades.
The front mower got the repairs today. Both are dirty, but they get washed between most jobs and waxed once each season. I've had the front mower since 2001. It's an MTD Yard Machines 20hp V-twin with a 46" deck. The other, backup mower, is from 2008. It's an MTD Bolens 17.5hp with a 38" deck. Both MTD, but they have different chassis, deck layout, etc. I actually customized the Bolens front end to look more like the Yard Machines. I painted the wheels to match better than the basic white/gray. They get heavy workouts, often beyond their design intent. I have about 9 acres to cut, plus about two miles of walking trails in about 30 acres of forest that I keep trimmed after I've cleared them. The trails are lined with logs and big limbs as I clear them. For some cutting I also have a 1965 International Cub Lo-Boy with a flail mower that I work hard as well.
The front mower got the repairs today. Both are dirty, but they get washed between most jobs and waxed once each season. I've had the front mower since 2001. It's an MTD Yard Machines 20hp V-twin with a 46" deck. The other, backup mower, is from 2008. It's an MTD Bolens 17.5hp with a 38" deck. Both MTD, but they have different chassis, deck layout, etc. I actually customized the Bolens front end to look more like the Yard Machines. I painted the wheels to match better than the basic white/gray. They get heavy workouts, often beyond their design intent. I have about 9 acres to cut, plus about two miles of walking trails in about 30 acres of forest that I keep trimmed after I've cleared them. The trails are lined with logs and big limbs as I clear them. For some cutting I also have a 1965 International Cub Lo-Boy with a flail mower that I work hard as well.
carguy300
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Sounds like my kind of neighborhood!
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I took down a tree growing at a severe angle. I've been watching it for years, hoping that it would start growing vertically when it found a spot toward the sun among the other trees, but it didn't. Growth and the angle of lean seems to have accelerated in the last two years, so it was concerning. There were two vehicles under it, but I moved them. I'm not an arborist, but I set up some rigging to control the fall and got it down. Although I have a nice, pre-EPA meddling, gas Stihl 290 chainsaw, I took it down and sectioned it up with a battery powered 8-ft pole saw. I also took down a couple of smaller pines. I will get the stumps with the Stihl.
No vehicles were harmed in the felling of this tree.
No vehicles were harmed in the felling of this tree.
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I raised the flag pole and got the 4th solar powered lamp post installed today. The other 3 are along our 0.2 mile long driveway.
Next is to get the burms shaped near these items and get a fiber barrier, river rock and plants.
The lower ‘flag’ is a Norwegian Vimpel that is used year round without providing the Norwegian government mandated lighting…
Next is to get the burms shaped near these items and get a fiber barrier, river rock and plants.
The lower ‘flag’ is a Norwegian Vimpel that is used year round without providing the Norwegian government mandated lighting…
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I was chasing a plugged fuel breather on my Honda ST1300. I cleared a plugged hole, but I'm not sure it is what I was chasing.
Installed a Retro Sound Bluetooth head unit in my 73 Newport. I've put one of these is just about ever classic car I've had. It's a clean OEM looking Bluetooth radio, I don't spend the money on the high-end unit with XM and such, I just want Bluetooth so I can listen to what I want to hear.
They don't list one for the Fuselage C-bodies, but the one for a Fuselage B-body will work with some minor tweaking.
They don't list one for the Fuselage C-bodies, but the one for a Fuselage B-body will work with some minor tweaking.
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