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I'm working on getting my manual lock system built on my "Cheap, beat, rusty, dissembled and parts missing" 4 post lift I picked up last December and was wondering if anyone would be willing to grab a few measurements for me off your lift. Took me almost 2 months to get the 3/8 and 1/2 round...

Over our Canadian Thanksgiving weekend I finally had a chance to take my Mother In-Law out for a cruise in the Coronet....I'd promised her back around Mothers day that I would but weather, work, holidays and schedules never aligned to make it happen. Beautiful day for October and...

Finally got the 4 post lift I picked up last December cleaned, repaired, modified and assembled last week and it's going up/down! But I still need some ramps and to fabricate the safety lock release mechanism system, would appreciate some pics of the release mechanisms on your lifts to draw...

Guess I've been a bad influence on my soon to be Son-in-Law since he's been around me and my 1984/93 1st gen cummins W350 crewcab. He decided recently that he wanted a 1st or maybe a 2nd gen Cummins truck so he has been trying to find one within his budget, and I have been looking as well...

Thinking of going to buckets/ buddy seat in my 68 T/C wagon and wondering what years and cars would I be looking at? I assume 66-68 across all the platforms would most likely be the same, but might be just the 67/68 with 66 being a slightly different animal? I have a C-body buddy seat and...

Well I finally got my 2 post lift installed in the shop...well that was about a month ago now. ;) It's a 9000lbs off shore unit but I only paid $1100 for it I think...that was almost 5 years ago now. Bought it before I even built the shop and was tarped up outside for several years, then once...

This is the one car I restored with virtually no expense spared. I sold it back around 2000/2001 when we had one young child and second on the way, so the car reluctantly went up for sale to pay off dept so we could afford our first home. Fast forward to around March 2020 when I was...

Well I've been searching for a 71 Superbee in F7 green and finally found one I am serious about purchasing. I would like to get an independent 3rd party to check the car out for me before I finalize the deal. Looking for someone in the Mobile Alabama area, either a long time member from FCBO...

Scavenged an old gun safe, it's about 10" deep, 21" wide by 56" tall, nice heavy duty metal but I can't think of what to use it for....add more shelves for storage, or cut it down and make it into something more useful? Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.

Was near the thrift store today so as always had to run in and see what treasures they might have. Well today was a very good day... Millers Falls Tools 3/8 electric drill, model 414. Works fine except the trigger is stuck on. Paid $15 Cdn for it!:bananadance: Now I have not been able...

Built this a few weeks ago, wanted it up before the snow starts to pile up so I had it ready to go when spring hits. It's 8' x 12' and other then the 4x4's for the base the rest is all scavenged lumber, even the plastic 6mil poly is left overs from the shop construction. Just have...

Woke up from my night shift this afternoon and my phone was ablaze...with messages to call my brother (who NEVER messages me) and my wife and other missed calls. Turns out at some point between Tuesday afternoon when I was texting with my Mom when she was waiting around at the hospital for some...

I picked up an old Craftsman radial arm saw for free a while back, had been left out in the elements for a number of years. I have been working on getting everything cleaned up and working as it should and have only one area I can not get working again. It's the arms left and right movement...

Was cutting some metal with the old Dewalt and a cut-off wheel, the blade caught and sent the grinder across the shop floor, smashing and banging along the way. Smashed the blade up so went to spin it off but the blade lock would no longer work, and now there is a bunch of resistance and a...

Had this sort of planned for a while, scavenged an old metal table and the metal/chrome base of an office chair from the waste transfer station and decided to combine the two into a tool tray I can roll around the shop. What I started with... used some scavenged old metal bed frame pieces to...

Cruising the local on-line buy/sell and found a couple things I wanted for my new shop. I now have room to start filling it with even more junk! :D Went to pick up a set of oxy/accet regulators and two lengths (25' and 50') of hose. Got talking to the guy and he tossed in a couple half full...

Since finishing the shop I'm now starting to moving into it slowly but would like some ideas and pictures of what you have done or found useful around the bench and wall, or just shelving, racking and storage ideas in general. I have a 12' long bench that's about 28" deep that I got free from a...

My eldest daughters boyfriend drives a rusty POS 96 Sonoma and delivers pizza so he needs his truck to run. Well being the helpful guy that I am, I'm constantly helping him keep the truck on the road. I spent 8 hours last night pulling his cat so we, or should I say I could replace the O2...

Hoping someone can toss out some ideas on what's wrong with her car....88 Aries with a 2.5L TBI and an auto. Cream puff with 83K original KM's. Car ran great for a couple weeks after my daughter finally got her license and insured it, then came out one morning and this started. First the...

Finally found one....thanks for all the help everyone...now the story.... My youngest daughter....16 now....loves old vintage stuff, fashion, decor etc and wanted an older car for her first vehicle. I found a 79 Mercury Zephyr we drove 10 hours round trip to go look at but it turned out to be...