Wollfen
Old Man with a Hat
I've sat in a car with a tornado going by, one of only a few times I have ever been scared in my life.
1971 Plymouth Sport Fury GT Brogham & U code Super Comando
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You guys are absolutely right to be afraid of those mother great storms, anyone not afraid has to be plain crazy. Up here in the frozen north we have many jokes and crazy stories about the cold, but no fear. We dress for the weather and all is well. The only people at risk are drunks and little children which everyone watches out for.
Off the coast line, hurricanes are really strong storms. They do spoan tornadoes, but usually smaller ones. I pretty much go with the idea that if a tornado is going to hit you all you can do is hope/pray... no basements for much of FL... a storm cellar would be a water reservoir and you would need scuba gear and have to watch for gators and snakes.
The danger areas are really when your in the storm surge zones by the coast. West coast of FL you have a concern if you're on the wrong side of I75... but It takes a BIG storm to become a problem... they are on the news. Stan, I bet your 1,000,000 times more likely to get struck by lightning than a tornado where you are. At least lightning rod systems are available.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Can't tell you how many dollars in electrical items have gotton fried.
And yes, I have a Duke Power surge protector at the meter...
Wow, I have UPS protection on all my computers, but they are very rarely triggered with any power fluctuations. Maybe once a year for a minute or two. Realistically, I statistically don't need any line protection, but being an Engineer makes me worry about what might happen if I don't.
Living in bad weather belts has to effect how people live their day to day lives; always under the deep down fear that something really bad is just over the horizon. Much like, I suppose, the "live for today because tomorrow may never come" attitude that was so universally felt during the Cold War. As a student, I was very aware of Nuclear Winter and the fear generated when I looked up to see the B52 Stratofortress contrails heading north. I vowed I would never live or raise a family under those conditions and picked Calgary for it's isolation from all weather and geological worries. The only downside, my kids tend to discount potential problems, one lives in Vancouver with it's earthquake and tsunami vulnerability and another lives in Kelowna where big forest fires are always a worry. I probably worry too much, I'm cold war damaged goods.
CanCritter
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..SCORED>>>>FINALLY..... found my NOS rear wheel well moldings...f...ing aye....took 3 years but found the buggers...my hunt for parts is almost over....thank gawd....chair dancein..
Fratzog
Old Man with a Hat
Congratulations. I know how hard they are to find...SCORED>>>>FINALLY..... found my NOS rear wheel well moldings...f...ing aye....took 3 years but found the buggers...my hunt for parts is almost over....thank gawd....chair dancein..
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
You seem a tad excited about this.... 
Don't want the specifics (we all have tricks we need to keep close to the vest), just the generalities. How did they fall into your lap?
Don't want the specifics (we all have tricks we need to keep close to the vest), just the generalities. How did they fall into your lap?
CanCritter
Senior Member
You seem a tad excited about this....
Don't want the specifics (we all have tricks we need to keep close to the vest), just the generalities. How did they fall into your lap?
perseverance ,research, dumb luck and a little help from folks here...never say die...when their on the car and fit right then will celebrate...never assume
CanCritter
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have a few pics for folks...having small issue receiving pics so am missing some of the finishing pics re the hood and trunk lid or as Paul likes to refer to them as the football field and the soccer field...the longboarding he must be doin to those two acreages is probably driving him batty lm shure
know Pauls spent alota time making the hood and trunk lid flat as glass...is a whole lota stokes in those two hoods...
to make Paul feel a tad better is alota strokes for me to sometimes...well most of the time realy....
know Pauls spent alota time making the hood and trunk lid flat as glass...is a whole lota stokes in those two hoods...
to make Paul feel a tad better is alota strokes for me to sometimes...well most of the time realy....
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
You're trading one laid rock for one of Paul's strokes.
CanCritter
Senior Member
couple phone pics of Pauls soccer field as he calls it...flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat being key word here...Pauls put alota time and effort into these two pieces...trunk lid
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Wollfen
Old Man with a Hat
Nice work as he has done all along, I know what it is like to rub back acreage of flat. I personally am tired of it. I don't know how old Paul is but I can say this, kudos to the man for still doing stuff like this.couple phone pics of Pauls soccer field as he calls it...flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat being key word here...Pauls put alota time into these two pieces...trunk lid
Soccer field is starting to look like a swimming pool... I am really loving his work.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
When it hits the road, it will be a day in mourning. The factory didn't make their Show Cars to that degree of perfection.
Yes, get a lot of pics before you drive it, because once you do, it'll never look that good again.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
In his free time, Paul polishes the lenses they use in astronomical observatories...
But you have to drive it... Besides... do you own a coffee table big enough to keep her on?
CanCritter
Senior Member
no.....but l think l now have a trunk a coffee table will fit in
Great updates critter.
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