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floyd066 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 347 Location: Ocean Park, Washington | Ok we're off and running. | ||
uncltank |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 380 Location: Kennewick Wa | You win... | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | So, ... as the sucking progresses, a success in actually getting water back in the house (yes, I CAN take a hot shower tonight !), I guess this means the suckiness is waning for the moment. Only had one leak, where I forgot to sweat a fitting, and a few drips at valves to tighten up, so that went pretty well. Took me a couple hours to pack all the tools and BS out and clean all the mess up. If the weather is better, I may take the T out for a spin just to "take a break". I can get back to the wall repairs and other suckitude after a few days of slacking .... | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Just as an update, I am UN-sucking my life by spending evenings organizing the shop and preparing to bring the Plaza home. It is overwhelming, but when an area is finally clear and everything put away, it is a happy feeling. | ||
Rabbit_B |
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Member Posts: 5 Location: Columbia River Gorge | Gee...nice to know that my region "Sucks"! Never-the-less, can anyone recommend a good local northwest restoration shop for the interior...specifically the front seat. Looks like a previous owner was rather "hefty" and must have worked in a dirty location, since the driver's seat is pretty much imbedded oily black and sunken to a new low. | ||
ABloch |
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Expert Posts: 1476 Location: Pacific Northwest | What's your budget Rabbit B? You could do it yourself, y'know? The shop I am thinking of is over here on the wet side of the mountains. I can get you a number if you'd like. Drue | ||
Rabbit_B |
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Member Posts: 5 Location: Columbia River Gorge | Yes, please. I'm not sure yet how much to budget...just got the car last week and starting to identity things to fix. Rabbit | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Glenn Vaughn has an exceptional upholstery shop in Post Falls. His shop rate was $51hr, which is pretty good too. His reputation is for first class work is stellar. I will be speaking with them soon and can get a POC, of you like. | ||
firedome |
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Expert Posts: 3155 Location: NY & VT | Is the Plaza done or coming home to finish? Vaughn & Hill were the best in the business, imagine that Vaughn's work can't be beat, especially at those non-CA rates! Hot showers are good! Surprised you didn't use PEX, that stuff is great - fast to install, cheaper, and bulletproof. We have in our VT place only 30 miles from Canada and it's totally impervious to freezing, it just expands when it does without splitting like to old plastic stuff. Had it 8 yrs now and never have had a problem when the water goes on in the Spring. IMO it's one product that actually lives up to it's reputation. Good stuff! Edited by firedome 2015-09-22 9:38 AM | ||
mstrug |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 6500 Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth) | floyd066 - 2015-09-05 9:32 PM Ok we're off and running. Move. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Plaza coming home for paint. I will take it back to Vaughn's guys for upholstery. Pex is great for certain apps. I harbor a pretty deep concern for fire, and PEX gets a "fail" for fire. Copper can go to something like 4000ยบ with water in it before it will fail. Running water makes it even more resilient. Copper has other good working qualities that PEX lacks, such as thermal retention and stiffness. PEX only bends so far and is a whole bunch "unruly" in making neat and tidy runs. To most, this is no big deal. To this anal retentive carpenter, it is "a mess" !!! | ||
floyd066 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 347 Location: Ocean Park, Washington | Any good body shops in the Portland/Vancouver area? | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | We're back to sucking .... | ||
Swept57 |
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Expert Posts: 1622 Location: Seville, OH | Doctor DeSoto - 2015-11-05 10:25 PM We're back to sucking .... (Sucking.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Sucking.jpg (102KB - 614 downloads) | ||
59 in Calif |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1102 Location: Hayward, Calif | OK Guys ! Now I have a good reason to express my feelings about all you guys that think this region sucks ! I purposely posted a bunch of pics on the my Dodge project and only got 2 comments from region members. So where is all the comment participation, good or bad, from all you ' region sucks' members ??????? I'm not trying to start a *issing match here, but complaining without participation doesn't seem fair. Jerry | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Jerry - 1. 59 Dodges suck. 2. 2 door sedans suck. 3. All these mods you're doing suck. Embrace the suckiness !!! | ||
Polybun |
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Temporarily suspended to cool off Posts: 316 | my 1960 sucks even more! | ||
59 in Calif |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1102 Location: Hayward, Calif | Obviously I totally missed the humor in all this suck stuff. Guess I was taking all this too seriously. I like a good laugh as much as anyone else, and Doc you are a very funny guy. Personally, I don't think much of a 59 Dodge either, but the wife wanted this car so I was given the task of 'fixing' it for her. I didn't have the heart to tell her this car should be crushed so I accepted the challenge. The body was the only thing that was 59 Dodge so I took it all apart started back up from scratch. And it's a good retirement project ! So,,,,,laugh on,,, guys. Jerry | ||
Polybun |
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Temporarily suspended to cool off Posts: 316 | I dunno, I like the '59. It has it's appeal. They look angry, agressive, very masculine. Furthmore, you still have the things that make any mopar of this era a joy to drive. I would be seen in one, proudly so. A wife that wants a '59 dodge... She just wants a super handsome, super masculine car! Pretty special lady to want a '59. I sure wouldn't complain, not too loudly anyway. As long as she keeps the beer flowing and back rubs coming, keep working. Happy wife, happy life. | ||
Swept57 |
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Expert Posts: 1622 Location: Seville, OH | Here is the sucky 2-door sedan I just bought. It sucks so bad it won't even show on post. Edited by Swept57 2015-11-09 6:19 AM Attachments ---------------- image.jpeg (371KB - 634 downloads) | ||
Polybun |
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Temporarily suspended to cool off Posts: 316 | oh yeah that thing sucks big time. Probaby ought to just put a free sign on it and push itup to the road... In an unrelated note, where do you live? Totally not going to drag that thing home. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Let me tell you what "sucky" means to me .... It's 1977-8 and my friend Wayne is dragging home all these old, sh!tty convertibles he's finding around the area. One is a 60 Invicta, and I am so out of touch and a lunatic dreamer that I think this thing is cool and trade him some junk for it. I was, right then and there, committing myself to a life of suckitude. And for the next 15 years, I was told by the multitudes just what an abject loser I was, based on the car they saw me driving. From dates who refused to be seen in it, to the police who singled both my brother and me out to harass. Owning, or even having an interest in old cars like ours is the final word in what determines scum. Just because the world now thinks our pastel painted garbage scows are cool changes nothing. We are all losers. We all suck. The sooner we accept these facts, the sooner we can just laugh at the world and their "latest fashions". | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Ha! You guys suck! | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Well, there you have it, guys. Even the Grand Poobah of the Rocky Mountain Region says we suck. Like a badge of Honor, I'll wear it ! Thanks, Poob. | ||
Swept57 |
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Expert Posts: 1622 Location: Seville, OH | Lancer Mike - 2015-11-08 10:07 PM Ha! You guys suck! :laugh: You shouldn't have come here Mike. You are now infected and you will take suckiness back to your region. | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | If you haven't noticed, I am the only guy posting in my region anymore! No one can suffer the missives of the Poob. This is right up there with the Disappearing Terds thread. I forgot to add: You guys suck so bad I want to join this region! | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I don't think we could take the suckiness of TWO 58 DeSoto ragtop owners in the same region ! | ||
Swept57 |
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Expert Posts: 1622 Location: Seville, OH | Indeed, that, combined with my trio of sucky 2-door sedans, would be super suckiness. | ||
ABloch |
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Expert Posts: 1476 Location: Pacific Northwest | I'd just like to point out a non sucky thing about our region. We don't have to put our cars away for the winter. Now if they would quit preemtively salting the roads I would drive a lot more. With all the transplants moving up here its difficult enough for them to drive in the rain let alone snow. So to protect them they now salt everything, just in case. Pfft sucky! | ||
Swept57 |
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Expert Posts: 1622 Location: Seville, OH | Well yes Andrew, I think we all would agree that salt is probably the most sucky thing where old cars are concerned. I was born and raised in Cleveland and I am all too familiar with salt. It sucks!!! | ||
Mope R. Geezer |
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Expert Posts: 2100 Location: Idaho - where men are men and spuds are spuds | Hmmmmmmmmm. Did someone mention disappearing terds? One thing for sure- they don't suck. L L | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Hooray, Geezer! One thing is for sure, the Sewer sucks now. It used to be a fun place. | ||
floyd066 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 347 Location: Ocean Park, Washington | Looking for a paint and body in the Vancouver, Washington area for my 56 Windsor. Can anyone help? | ||
mstrug |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 6500 Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth) | Hey guys: There is a car there for sale you all may be interested in: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chrysler-Imperial-Crown-/272094303073?force... | ||
Polybun |
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Temporarily suspended to cool off Posts: 316 | Very cool, but out of my price range. I hope somebody fixes that car up though. Gigantic convertibles are cool. | ||
ttotired |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 8443 Location: Perth Australia | Maybe I should buy it The suburb of Perth I am in is Bellevue, so I am in Bellevue WA Maybe that will mean free freight? | ||
Polybun |
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Temporarily suspended to cool off Posts: 316 | yea I don't think that's... even with a lot of beer that's not gonna work. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Looks like we're back to sucking again ! | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | At last, the time has come to pull the tarps off the 2nd story deck of the shop and begin the final stage of the framing. Called this AM to special order some 18' 2x12. It rained like hell last night, making me reluctant to pull the tarps off until the last minute. Summer just deosn't want to come this year. With the 2nd floor and roof framed, I can put a permanent roof on and be "free" of this albatross. Free to work on finish work as I please, free to work on the cars, free to go hunting, or roadtripping, or ...... | ||
wayfarer |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 888 Location: Peoples Republic of Oregon | ..rain? move to the dry side...down here it was a balmy 92 yesterday.... As for those 18' 2x12 I sure hope that you use lots-o-blocking. Why not use an I-joist? | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | We finally got some dry, but had a good 15 minute squall again this AM. Yes, plenty of roller blocking. I love the squareness and straightness of engineered wood, but I am really trying to keep this place as "organic" looking as possible, and am using no OSB-type materials anywhere. Just looks too new. | ||
Chrysler Power |
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Member Posts: 45 Location: Vacaville,Ca or Harbor springs,Mi | Hmmm might get some rain this weekend. Woo Edited by Chrysler Power 2016-10-11 1:37 AM | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Oh yeah, .... it is sucking LARGE right now. | ||
Chrysler Power |
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Member Posts: 45 Location: Vacaville,Ca or Harbor springs,Mi | What do you call a potato with glasses.... a spectator, lol | ||
Swept57 |
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Expert Posts: 1622 Location: Seville, OH | Chrysler Power - 2016-10-24 1:03 AM What do you call a potato with glasses.... a spectator, lol Ba-da-boom! | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7807 Location: Williams California | Chrysler Power - 2016-10-23 10:03 PM What do you call a potato with glasses.... a spectator, lol I guess a potato shaped like a penis would be a Dictator? | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | A favorite side dish at many homes around S.F. ! | ||
Chrysler Power |
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Member Posts: 45 Location: Vacaville,Ca or Harbor springs,Mi | Hah , lol. I heard this dude has like 30 fin cars in the city all over in different garages. https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/5854807171.html | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7807 Location: Williams California | Chrysler Power - 2016-11-01 10:48 PM Hah , lol. I heard this dude has like 30 fin cars in the city all over in different garages. https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/5854807171.html That's Nick Nichols. He owns lots of desirable late fifties cars. He's a cab driver in SF and gets to see what cars are hidden away in garages when he drops folks off. That's how he found many of his cars some years back, Luke. | ||
Chrysler Power |
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Member Posts: 45 Location: Vacaville,Ca or Harbor springs,Mi | Oh cool man. Good job to have for that I guess! | ||
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