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RICH MUISE · 2013-12-25 08:57

Merry Christmas everyone. It's gonna be quiet here for a few hours..my wife and neice were up til 2 baking and getting the turkey ready. Most of the snow melted of yesterday, so no white Christmas, but that's ok.
Jim...yeah, I had that problem when I moved from Mass to Socal...just doesn't seem like Christmas when it's so warm. Even 20 years later..just didn't feel right.
Thankfully gonna be warmer today...high 40's. I've got to work on a neighbors car a little to try and get it driveable for her. It's been in my driveway for 3 days, but too darn cold to work out there. For the second time in 2 months, a hit and run driver (problem when there's a bar 2 blocks away) took out her back tailight. This time they pushed the fender in a few inches. sheetmetal there looks like an accordian..gonna pull it out enough to get a tailight mounted. She's on disability, works occational part time jobs.
Anyway, kinda sad but funny....for months I've been watching her drive off super slow..like idle speed. I just thought maybe her eyesight was bad, and that's the way she drove. Nope, when I pulled her car into my driveway so I could work on it for her, it took me 20 minutes to get the car warmed up enough so that the motor would stay running...but won't run faster than idle. If you step on the gas it sputters and dies. No power steering..looked in the reservoir..bone dry..hasn't had fluid in there for years. Both battery cables so loose you can pull them off by hand.It's a 94 Lincoln town car (4.6 sohc). I aint no mechanic, not sure if I'll be able to do much more for her than get her a tailight, but as bad as that car is, I'm not sure I'm doing her any favors..just ain't safe.

Zapato · 2013-12-26 12:06

WooHoo! Looks lie my Mk2 Continental is finally sold. Accepted an offer couple days back, he's putting half down and we still have to talk about time for the rest etc.... Money all goes into my 57 fund and we gain some much needed free space in the garage. I'm stoked.

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410ranchero · 2013-12-26 20:48

Send some of that garage space my way! Where is brush praire? I'm from Moses Lake, but I havent lived there in years.

Zapato · 2013-12-26 21:03

just south of Battleground or northeast of Vancouver, sorry but my wife will finally after 35 years of marriage be able to park her car out of the weather. I believe she's due and deserves the luxury.

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RICH MUISE · 2013-12-27 20:19

Had my morning coffee in Santa fe this morning, then on to Alburquerque, and back home by 3. Didn't accomplish much except get the need for a road trip out of my system for a few weeks. I did find a new "must-see" for travelers on I 40 thru New Mexico. At the exit closest to Texas, there is a truck stop I've passed a dozen times and never stopped at. They advertise a free car museum, I was figuring just a tourist trap to get you to stop...wrong! Nice little museum. The owner is into mostly 50's stuff, Ford or GM. They had 26 cars on display, aside from the room being crammed with 50's memorabilia...all museum quality, and all really desirable models. Just to mention a few...How about a '59 Fuel Injected Corvette with 1.7 miles on it. Not a typo..less than 2 miles. The owner of the museum bought two identical ones new, put one in storage and drove the wheels off the 2nd. A turquoise '58 Chev convertible with Continental kit and a tri power 348! A '56 Crown Vic with every factory option including the sun roof and Cont. kit. A '56 Ford Convertible with Cont kit..black with black and white interior. 1942 Harley Davidson flathead,'58 Ford retractable, and my favorite (sorry guys)...a 55 Pontiac convertible w/ Cont. kit. Turquoise and white.
Anyways..if anyone is traveling down I40 thru NM, well worth the stop Name is Russell's Truck Stop, in Ennis(sp?) exit 369. Not too far up I40 in Santa Rosa is another museum I stopped at last year..mostly customs and hot rods. There is a '57 Ranchwagon project car still outside there. Lots of stuff missing, and "some" rust

RICH MUISE · 2013-12-27 20:23

forgot to mention, the attendant at Russell's said the owner had over 200 Museum quality cars, and they swap out 8 or 10 of them every 5 or 6 weeks. Did I mention it was a free museum? They take donations, a sign indicating all donations went to a feed hungry children organization, and since they opened the museum in '08(?), they had been able to pass along donations totaling over 168,000. impressed the heck out of me.
They've got a website:http://www.russellsttc.com/NewMuseum.html

petew · 2013-12-28 08:36

Just found this thread. Seems like we are all creatures of habit, for me it's breakfast at the computer every morning. I do my research and check my favorite sites prior to heading out to the garage.
I'm a retired police sgt. and I enjoy this structured life I now lead, lots of time in the garage just me my projects and the xm radio.
Most of my 57 is in my attic second floor waiting for the necessary attention . Today I'm going to bring the front suspension down and start on that. Kind of nice to have the stuff more or less out of sight. Gives me the chance to concentrate on one thing at a time without feeling overwhelmed .
Beautiful morning here in North Carolina , being originally from Connecticut it's nice to not be looking at snow on the ground or salt on the roads. Should I need a part during the day I can jump in one of my old cars and have a nice ride. Anyway glad I found this thread have a nice day all.

Pete

RICH MUISE · 2013-12-28 09:00

Morning guys....glad you found the thread Pete. Having stuff stored out of the way until you can get to it is nice. I did that, and had storage shelves in my workroom to put the stuff on after it was restored/rebuilt. I kept alot of stuff stored outside for years in big trash cans with locking lids. I was going to say big plastic trash cans, but I guess that's a given any more...do they even still sell metal trash cans?

Frankenstein57 · 2013-12-28 09:00

Speaking of winter, we have a two day break from it, supposed to hit 39 today! I think I'll put the 58 in the corner, and pull the 57 out to the work area. Maybe that will motivate me to work on it. Supposed to go below zero next week, I'm on call Yippeeee! Big game on Sunday, packers actually have a shot at the division with a win, Rodgers is back under center. If they win, we get San Fran or a dome team at home in January, could get interesting.......

RICH MUISE · 2013-12-28 09:14

It's been an interesting last few weeks...for sure no runaway leaders...even with my Broncos. It just seems like with them, you don't know what team is gonna show up..the unbeatable one or the mediochre one. Not sure if I'll get to see the Broncos on Sunday....it kills me they charge 40 bucks to watch one game because they're broadcasting a different free game for your area. I've got nfl "rewind"...can watch any game after it's been played as long as there are no other nfl games being broadcast that day....which means sometimes I have to wait til Tuesday to see a game that was played on Sunday.

electricalan · 2013-12-28 12:52

Dont forget about the seahawks guys even though they went to sleep last week.I dont think I could find time during the week.Thank god I get it on the big screen on sunday.

RICH MUISE · 2013-12-28 15:40

Living in Texas and being a Denver fan means if the Cowboys or Texans are playing at the same time, and both being broadcast by CBS or whoever, the local teams get the priority showing and I don't get to watch live. Fortunatly tommorrow the Texans play at 1, the Broncos at 4:30, and the Cowboys at 8:30, so I may get to watch the Broncos live.

Frankenstein57 · 2013-12-28 18:34

The Packer / Bear game was a noon er, but they moved it to the afternoon slot due to playoff implications. I don't believe we can beat the Seahawks right now, but I would like to see a home playoff game in January.

hotroddonnie · 2013-12-29 06:55

Morning gentlemen! This message is for Petew (Peter), just wondering what 57 you have, and the other old ride or rides. Having all your parts in the attic is how I built my 57, only I went downstairs for my parts. HRD

petew · 2013-12-29 08:55

Morning everyone, Donnie seems that i have always had more attic space then basement space and here in NC I have no basement at all ! My 57 is a Country Sedan Wagon that I purchased from California. My other cars are a 1956 Merc , 1955 Tbird, 1963 VW Bug , 1966 Corvette and a 1927 Ford hot rod. The 27 ford is a steel car (former 4dr tub cut and welded back together as a 2dr) and is powered by a modified model A flathead 4 cylinder. How about you , what do you have in your garage ?

Pete

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