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57burb
Posted 2009-09-09 10:32 AM (#188178 - in reply to #188149)
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I can't see them very well, they kind of look like master cylinder pistons.


They're Chrysler Hemi spark plug tubes!

I was going to get a surfboard or two for the car, but my stepdad said "There's no surfing in Texas - you need some skis!" and gave me an old pair of wooden skis his dad had bought in the early 50s to put on the car. I put them in different places but liked the tips poking out of the back best. I was looking for something with rubber insulators to keep the boards from vibrating and found an old set of them. I cleaned them up, flattened the bases in a vise and mounted them to the tailgate. They work perfectly. Every so often someone will recognize them and I'll offer them a free Dr Pepper out of the cooler.

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57burb
Posted 2009-09-09 10:34 AM (#188179 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: DFW, TX		Kenny, thank you very much for the generous offer. I will get with a shipper to get it. I even have some paint that will match the rest of the car! Not sure if you noticed, but the wagon has a hood this year... no one yet has noticed that it was painted separate from the rest of the car.
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FURY
Posted 2009-09-10 4:40 PM (#188349 - in reply to #188132)
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....or about $120 each for THE correct Goodyear Custom Super Cushion tire, like your car was built for on the assembly line....made in USA.... from Kelsey Tires.
Glenn.


Show me where, Glenn. I'd gladly buy them for that price.

I'm just using a round figure based on price/tax/shipping. But $120 is still a good deal cheaper than I paid and I do need another set for the Chrysler. Going to run bias plys on it, but not in the stock sizes. Thanks.


My mistake. My how time flies before you know it. I guess I should check on prices before quoting what I paid about 7 years ago now, and with the cost of oil going up so has everything that is made from oil. Prices on the correct Goodyear Custom Super Cushion is now $160 a piece, not $120, sorry about that. Still a lot of good tire for the money though.
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59CRL
Posted 2009-09-10 5:13 PM (#188350 - in reply to #188349)
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Balanced my front tires today and went for a drive, looks like the steering gear box needs to be
replaced, tightening the bolt to take out play in the steering wheel just made the front end jumpy.
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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-10 5:40 PM (#188354 - in reply to #188350)
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Location: bishop, ca		Greg, you should make a post, over on the 'Steering' message board, so that we-all can discuss your possibly
overhauling that P/S gearbox (supposedly not difficult to do) locally, or by yourself, versus your sending it out to a
commercial over-hauler (like Lares Corp or Steer & Gear) to get that repair work done by/at a dedicated facility.







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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2009-09-10 7:12 PM (#188369 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Netherlands		Finished the installation of the keyless entry/remote door & trunk opener-system in the '57 Chrysler tonight.
Seems to work allright now again, except for the pass.side door, which won't seem to unlock unless you press slightly on the outside when pushing the remote-button.
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57burb
Posted 2009-09-11 10:21 AM (#188465 - in reply to #188369)
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Location: DFW, TX		Herman, your passenger door may be slightly out of adjustment and too tight for the electric solenoid to unlock the mechanism.
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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2009-09-11 6:53 PM (#188526 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Netherlands		I rechecked the door today but it's not out of adjustment any worse then the driversside. I think I'll have to weld a strip of iron to the inside door-opener mechanism to increase the leverage somewhat the solenoid makes.

Also found out why the headlights didn't work on the car. Turned out the ridiculous location of the plug/wiring at the outside of the car of the high-beam switch was the culprit. The plug barely held itself to the switch, so I bent the switch-contacts slightly and sprayed some contact-cleaner on everything reconnected the wiringplug again. Feels more secure now as in 'gravity won't pull it loose anymore'.
Only thing left to do is putting back the front benchseat again in the car and bleed the brakes, and make a few testruns down the street. If succesfull I can make an appointment at the local DMV overhere, so the car can be licensed and driven.
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Posted 2009-09-11 7:15 PM (#188530 - in reply to #165059)
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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2009-09-11 8:20 PM (#188538 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Netherlands		The older the car, the easier the DMV-check gets. It's mainly a safety check for properly working brakingsystem, worn balljoints, brakehoses and general technical state of the car.
The only thing we have usually have to do is to replace the Sealed beam headlights with units that have a better light-image across the road. Also it's customary to 'temporary' stick some red reflectors on the bumper somewhere just to please the guy at the DMV. Although not really mandory I believe but they sometimes find the original taillights don't provide enough lighting at night so they need to reflect light coming from traffic behind you better.

Cars made before 1960 have recently been excluded from yearly DMV-checks, so the first DMV-test is the only one the car will ever get overhere now.
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2009-09-12 12:26 AM (#188557 - in reply to #188538)
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1960ny
Posted 2009-09-12 8:11 AM (#188570 - in reply to #165059)
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57plymouth
Posted 2009-09-12 10:52 AM (#188577 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Blythewood, SC		I fixed the corrosion on the headlight switch, now I have tail lights again. Not afraid to drive it after dark. Likely to got o a cruise night today.
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wizard
Posted 2009-09-22 4:02 PM (#189769 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island		Well, I didn't do so much with the car lately, mostly little things for to improve the overall function. I'm in the middle of to clean out, move equipment and repaint the garage for better space so that I can work on the car this winter. During long and dull hotel evenings, I work on my translate project of the '60 Chrysler Shop Manual to Swedish.
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59CRL
Posted 2009-09-22 4:35 PM (#189771 - in reply to #189769)
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I got 2 NOS headlight bezels off of ebay and put them on..... also bought a box of shamwow's.... lol.... it rained
at sundays show just a little bit and I had 2 small shamwows which worked great but needed the bigger ones


New headlight Bezels
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59CRL
Posted 2009-09-26 5:33 PM (#190299 - in reply to #189771)
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Due to rain the shows were canceled today but there are some tomorrow, that gave me the chance to do some long needed maintenance work...

I totally rebuilt the driver side rear brakes.... rebuilt the wheel cylinder and honed it, had the drum turned, new springs all around, the shoes were new from last year, one of the adjusting cams was frozen and of course in the back position so my shoe was 1/2" or more from the drum.... I got it loosened up with Liquid Wrench (Someone stole my PB Blast) Threw it all back together and bled.... now I can really feel the front brakes more than the back....
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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-26 6:24 PM (#190309 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: bishop, ca		It is amazing how much derision our car's drum brake systems get, when all that they may really need is a little repair
and adjustment.

I have been touting Firm Feel company's carbon-metallic brake linings for the Lockheed Centerplane brakes, but, because
those linings are bonded onto the brake shoes, the assemblies need to be sent to Firm Feel, for that work.

The fading which our car's brakes exhibited was due as much, or more, to their composition, as to the fact that they had
to live within close-fitting 14" wheels.





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59CRL
Posted 2009-09-26 6:40 PM (#190314 - in reply to #190309)
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d500neil - 2009-09-26 6:24 PM

It is amazing how much derision our car's drum brake systems get, when all that they may really need is a little repair
and adjustment.

I have been touting Firm Feel company's carbon-metallic brake linings for the Lockheed Centerplane brakes, but, because
those linings are bonded onto the brake shoes, the assemblies need to be sent to Firm Feel, for that work.

The fading which our car's brakes exhibited was due as much, or more, to their composition, as to the fact that they had
to live within close-fitting 14" wheels.







I like drum brakes, when they work. Had a 51 Buick and they worked like a charm... but the platform 3 total contact design is the worst, causing all kinds of pulling problems, thats why everyone is changing the fronts out to discs.... the
back work fine, one wheel cylinder per drum works fine, not 2....
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ronbo97
Posted 2009-09-26 7:41 PM (#190321 - in reply to #190314)
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Location: Connecticut		The 12 x 2 1/2" Chrysler drum brakes on my 58 Plymouth, along with the power assist, stop the car just fine. The 11 x 2" non-power brakes that originally came on the Plymouth did not stop the car well. They were undersized. If I didn't have the larger brakes available to me, I may have gone with the discs, just for safety's sake. I have no problem with the dual wheel cylinders up front, BTW.
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d500neil
Posted 2009-09-26 7:47 PM (#190322 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: bishop, ca		Ron, please go get a spare set of the big dog brake shoes and send them to Firm Feel--worst/best case scenario is that
you can do a side-by-side evaluation of them, upon their arrival.

If you like (love) the carbon-metallics' effect, you can sell your OEM shoes to someone, for them to do the same upgrades,
which each subsequent person paying-it-forwards to the next person, in line.

This protocol allows each person NOT to have his car be immobilized, while he waits for the carbon-metallics to be returned from
F-F. ,and, if a person has a problem with one set of shoes, he has a fall-back set to use.





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MOPAR-TO-YA
Posted 2009-09-27 1:17 AM (#190349 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: cornpatch county, Southwest IOA		I don't quite understand why so many people have a problem with stock brakes.. My 56 Chrysler had set for thirty years and everything was unusable. I had a local shop. re-line the shoes, turn the drums, and arch the shoes to the drum. Cost- barely over $100. I installed all new wheel brake cylinders and installed all new brake lines. And a rebuilt master cyl. silicone brake fluid. The only problem I have had is with Borg Warner stop light swtches , I think I have cured that with a NOS switch . Stock power brake cannister that I haven't done anything too, and I don't have any problem stopping-couldn't expect it to stop any better..............................MO
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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2009-09-27 6:37 AM (#190371 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Netherlands		I went to play outside with the '60 NewYorker yesterday.
Believe me when I say although the stock drums work pretty good on this car, they are no-match for the 500cubic inches eagerly motivating the car to go forward...
I dunno what it is with todays tires either but whenever I have the NY out they seem to want to squeel everytime the lights turn green...

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60 Plymouth
Posted 2009-09-27 7:29 AM (#190373 - in reply to #190371)
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Location: Building incorrect cars since 2000!!		I sanded and sanded some more and then I will move on to buffing and some more buffing

There is some reason drum brakes were done away with........... oh thats right they don't work as good a disc

Big block your car must be scared of green lights and just wants to get away from them
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narleycharlie
Posted 2009-09-28 12:10 PM (#190465 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Slidell La.		Installed airshocks on the rear of my 59 Ply this weekend . In need of new springs , but this is a cheap temporary solution . Kanter wanted something stupid , like 179.00 for a set , got them from rockauto for 59.00 and that was for Monroe s . Rockauto is great , got them in 2 days . With my new tires I bought a few months back , didn t want them to get cut up on the sidewalls .

Got to drive the car this weekend with the new radiator . Speedometer still not working , but cruising at 3k rpm is about 75 mph and is running at 170deg . Pushed it hard a few times , 4500 rpms, about oh , over 100+ , for a little ways , went to 190 deg and dropped back to 170 when I backed off . Very happy with the new rad and airshox .

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wbower3
Posted 2009-09-28 4:08 PM (#190501 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Heaven Above (Formerly Oklahoma City,OK)		Got a replacement fan pully from Big M today. Bead-blasted it, hung it up and painted it. Now I can get my A/C compressor and 1 wire alternator and start fabricating the mounting brackets on the 270 Hemi in the '55. May even get the engine to start and run sometime this year.

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1959Dodge
Posted 2009-09-28 4:18 PM (#190505 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-09-28 9:59 PM (#190554 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Slidell La.		Say Gary , fixed the typo , don t be a hater .





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wizard
Posted 2009-10-03 9:57 AM (#191043 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-10-03 12:50 PM (#191058 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden		Hi wizard
Looks good with the "new" passenger rearview mirror, nice crome.
and
Have you polished lacquer?, reflecting the fine

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ronbo97
Posted 2009-10-03 3:06 PM (#191070 - in reply to #191058)
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For my 58 Plymouth, sandblasted and did some minor welding on an original rectangular 55-8 battery holddown (1612968). Next step is Bill Hirsh Miracle Paint (I like this stuff better than POR-15), topcoating with semi-gloss black and install.

In 59, they went with the central angled rod variety, with is available as a repro. The 55-8 is hard to find, as they were made from thin 20 gauge metal and rusted out easily.

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Posted 2009-10-03 3:11 PM (#191071 - in reply to #191058)
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This will get about 2/3 of the walls, with a third pour required to finish the job. Then I get to put some pipe in order and pour the floors. I will probably stand walls before I do the floors to make the baest use of what remaining weather I have before the snows come. I can always do the floors after the building is sealed up.



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plymouth
Posted 2009-10-03 3:39 PM (#191074 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-10-03 8:06 PM (#191104 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-10-12 4:47 PM (#192172 - in reply to #191104)
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Just got done installing the 10LB residual valve and new brake line for the rear brake.
Better brakes now....
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Posted 2009-10-12 5:33 PM (#192177 - in reply to #192172)
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Posted 2009-10-18 2:50 AM (#192920 - in reply to #192177)
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Assembled the trunk hinges then the trunk, and put the PLYMOUTH letters and the lock on it.
Took off the 2-bbl intake on my engine to see how the valley was doing ...
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Posted 2009-10-18 2:03 PM (#193002 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island		Just in from the garage! Mounted my "new" driver side rearview mirror and my door garnishes that came back from the chrome company!

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Posted 2009-10-18 2:36 PM (#193008 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden		Wow! it see very very good with new recromed garnishes upp at the door panel and nice mirrow.
I know Sport Fury 59 have orginal cromed garnishes, ho ather FL have it cromed garnishes orginal?

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wizard
Posted 2009-10-18 2:47 PM (#193010 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island		I really don't know Jocke, the Saratoga comes with the door garnishes in paint (standard?) and in chrome (optional? Canadian?). The '59 Sport Fury was one for sure and I bought my cores from a '60 De Soto which John has in his yard, so that could be another one with chrome as standard.
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Posted 2009-10-18 3:02 PM (#193015 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Yorba Linda, Ca		We went to the Fall Fling in Van Nuys Calif, was hot there, but so were the cars!! here are a few.
I took my 59 Dodge Vert and Aivar took his 60 Polara Vert.



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Posted 2009-10-19 1:51 AM (#193073 - in reply to #193010)
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Location: Parts Unknown		So much work and so little to show for it. After what seems like 100's and 100's of hours over the past two months, the footing trenches were cut, aligned, formed, steel set and tied, and concrete poured. Then the forms were stripped, wall steel was tied, and the monstrous job of forming walls began. Last Thursday I poured the forward 2/3's of the walls and this weekend I stripped and cleaned the forms and began backfilling the new foundation. When all this is done, I will have 2100 sq. feet of shop space to work on my FL cars all winter long so I can enjoy driving them all summer long.



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Posted 2009-10-19 1:25 PM (#193103 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island		I finally got the garage clean-up finished and parked the Chrysler for the winter. The garage is kind of too small, but after the moving of the lathe and the drill machine it's not too bad.



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Posted 2009-10-19 5:33 PM (#193126 - in reply to #193073)
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Posted 2009-10-19 8:06 PM (#193147 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-10-19 8:29 PM (#193157 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-10-19 8:44 PM (#193161 - in reply to #165059)
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Posted 2009-10-19 10:09 PM (#193167 - in reply to #165059)
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Location: Some Island called Prince Edward		I finally got started on the Dodge tonight. I pulled the plugs (no surprises!) and sprayed some oil in each cylinder. I drained the oil and installed a new filter. Tomorrow I'm on the hunt for new plugs. Any recommendations? The champions looked to have been there a very long time!

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Kenny J.
Posted 2009-10-19 10:10 PM (#193168 - in reply to #193157)
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Posted 2009-10-20 12:05 AM (#193194 - in reply to #193073)
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Doctor DeSoto - 2009-10-19 12:51 AM

So much work and so little to show for it. After what seems like 100's and 100's of hours over the past two months, the footing trenches were cut, aligned, formed, steel set and tied, and concrete poured. Then the forms were stripped, wall steel was tied, and the monstrous job of forming walls began. Last Thursday I poured the forward 2/3's of the walls and this weekend I stripped and cleaned the forms and began backfilling the new foundation. When all this is done, I will have 2100 sq. feet of shop space to work on my FL cars all winter long so I can enjoy driving them all summer long.
Doc- you probably don't need me to tell you this--but are you tamping-packing down the dirt as you back fill the walls? Around here you have to do that, or the dirt will settle and leave a gap under your new poured floor. Good luck on your labor intensive project! .......MO
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Posted 2009-10-20 12:11 AM (#193195 - in reply to #193168)
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Kenny J. - 2009-10-19 9:10 PM

Am deciding if I can get more money selling them, parting them out or scrapping them.

Times will be getting really tough for me very soon.

K.
Kenny, this sounds very serious--can you tell us, or is it to personal. For what it's worth- you have my concern..................MO
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