One less twin on the road :’(

[gravitylover]

Originally Posted by alexes4

I appreciate your outlook on this humfrz. Trust me I’ve learned my lesson with this. And I defiantly know this car is not on rails now! Thanks for the welcome btw and happy to see senior members still active and helping us newer guys out.

Yep he is senior

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Exchange rate would help but shipping costs for something that size would be through the roof. Now if you cut it up into little pieces...

'I'm going to cut you into little pieces' - Syd Barrett

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by gravitylover

Yep he is senior



'I'm going to cut you into little pieces' - Syd Barrett

Are their any levels beyond senior?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by alexes4

Do tell


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Well, OK, if you insist.

Let me see, which one? I'll pick the most recent.

It was a fine spring weekday, when my daughter (just turned 16 and just got her drivers license) headed to HS, driving the car (a 1979 Chevrolet Caprice) that I had given to her for her 16th birthday. Yep, it was a 4 door tank, with new brakes and tires and a tape deck, that I installed for her so would drive the car.

A few minutes after she left, the door bell rang and there she stood in tears. I asked her what was wrong - she said "I just wrecked my car".

Sure enough, just down the street, while putting a new tape in the tape deck, she ran into the back of a parked car. I made her go up to that house, wake up the people and tell them what had happened, while I examined the car.

We returned to our house and retrieved a 8' length of 2"x4" and a crowbar and did enough body work to get the car back home.

The next day, after she calmed down, she asked "how are we going to fix the car"? I said to her - no, it's how are you going to fix the car.

That weekend I fired up my pickup truck, loaded her up, with a handful of tools, and off we went to this large junk yard out on the outskirts of town.

We pulled up and went inside the "office" and I made her do the talking, I just stood in the background. Now, understand, she was a fine looking 16 year old girl that was (still is fine looking) and shall we say, well endowed.

The two young men in the office scrambled to see which one was going to help this poor girl in distress. They escorted her (I followed at a distance) out into the junk yard and found a few wrecked 1979 Chevrolets. She knew what parts she needed (hood, right front fender, grill, and some trim pieces). The young man helped her remove the pieces and motioned for me to bring up my truck to load them up.

We got back to the "office" and she leaned over the counter and ask them how much did she owed them? The older one said "no charge, little miss, if you find out you need anything else, you just come back and see us".

OK, now, her car was off beside the garage and she proceeded to remove the damaged pieces and install the "new" ones - all by herself (using my tools). After the next weekend, she had it all fixed up - except for painting. I ran her up to the hardware store and she selected a few spray cans of paint that looked like they would match. She did the sanding, sprayed the primer and two coats of paint.

Good job, I said - she was proud -


THE END

(well, you did ask for it - )


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Are their any levels beyond senior?

Senile ??


humfrz

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by alexes4

I’ll try and give you guys the best synopsis, I was driving on this road and it’s known for its right turns and steep hills. My mistake was getting too close to the edge of the road resulting in me hitting the pothole. The reason I was so close was because the street is pretty narrow and I couldn’t see if another car was coming.


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a lot of us have stories

i've never named a car. but i call my current one 'Chance the Goldfish'. it is not the same car as the one in my sig

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/show...l=1#post711206

cars are entirely replaceable, it's just money and time!

[xPBx]

I had similar damage on my 86 but they repaired it and will finally after almost a month get it back tomorrow. The only thing i'm worried about is that it has been sitting on 1/4 of E85 the whole time.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by xPBx

I had similar damage on my 86 but they repaired it and will finally after almost a month get it back tomorrow. The only thing i'm worried about is that it has been sitting on 1/4 of E85 the whole time.

Congratulations on getting your car back!

It will be OK.

The alcohol will absorb (adsorb) any water from condensation in the tank. Then the engine, when fired up, will then burn off the mixture.

Feel better?





humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

a lot of us have stories

i've never named a car. but i call my current one 'Chance the Goldfish'. it is not the same car as the one in my sig

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/show...l=1#post711206

cars are entirely replaceable, it's just money and time!

Oh! THAT was UGLY!

So, what are you driving now?


humfrz

[xPBx]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Congratulations on getting your car back!

It will be OK.

The alcohol will absorb (adsorb) any water from condensation in the tank. Then the engine, when fired up, will then burn off the mixture.

Feel better?





humfrz

A whole month without it has been a nightmare. Been driving my wife's Camry lol.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by xPBx

A whole month without it has been a nightmare. Been driving my wife's Camry lol.

Oh, I hope you haven't got too used to the quiet ride -


humfrz

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by alexes4

Do tell


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Lift the hood and post pics. This appears EASILY fixable but I want to see the core support and unibody frame rails including the extensions.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, OK, if you insist.

Let me see, which one? I'll pick the most recent.

It was a fine spring weekday, when my daughter (just turned 16 and just got her drivers license) headed to HS, driving the car (a 1979 Chevrolet Caprice) that I had given to her for her 16th birthday. Yep, it was a 4 door tank, with new brakes and tires and a tape deck, that I installed for her so would drive the car.

A few minutes after she left, the door bell rang and there she stood in tears. I asked her what was wrong - she said "I just wrecked my car".

Sure enough, just down the street, while putting a new tape in the tape deck, she ran into the back of a parked car. I made her go up to that house, wake up the people and tell them what had happened, while I examined the car.

We returned to our house and retrieved a 8' length of 2"x4" and a crowbar and did enough body work to get the car back home.

The next day, after she calmed down, she asked "how are we going to fix the car"? I said to her - no, it's how are you going to fix the car.

That weekend I fired up my pickup truck, loaded her up, with a handful of tools, and off we went to this large junk yard out on the outskirts of town.

We pulled up and went inside the "office" and I made her do the talking, I just stood in the background. Now, understand, she was a fine looking 16 year old girl that was (still is fine looking) and shall we say, well endowed.

The two young men in the office scrambled to see which one was going to help this poor girl in distress. They escorted her (I followed at a distance) out into the junk yard and found a few wrecked 1979 Chevrolets. She knew what parts she needed (hood, right front fender, grill, and some trim pieces). The young man helped her remove the pieces and motioned for me to bring up my truck to load them up.

We got back to the "office" and she leaned over the counter and ask them how much did she owed them? The older one said "no charge, little miss, if you find out you need anything else, you just come back and see us".

OK, now, her car was off beside the garage and she proceeded to remove the damaged pieces and install the "new" ones - all by herself (using my tools). After the next weekend, she had it all fixed up - except for painting. I ran her up to the hardware store and she selected a few spray cans of paint that looked like they would match. She did the sanding, sprayed the primer and two coats of paint.

Good job, I said - she was proud -


THE END

(well, you did ask for it - )


humfrz

I'll take tits for 1000 Alex.

[suzyj]

You remind me of my dad humfrz. I remember shortly after a bought my first car (a ‘75 corolla), I was being oh-so-clever and changing my own oil. I put the car on chassis stands, got in underneath and pulled the sump plug to drain the oil into a pan, replaced the oil filter, then filled with fresh oil. Dad walked in just as the puddle of oil reached my feet (I’d forgotten to replace the sump plug). He was quite good about it, and went down the shops to buy kitty litter, degreaser and more oil while I did my best to mop up the mess with rags.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by suzyj

You remind me of my dad humfrz. I remember shortly after a bought my first car (a ‘75 corolla), I was being oh-so-clever and changing my own oil. I put the car on chassis stands, got in underneath and pulled the sump plug to drain the oil into a pan, replaced the oil filter, then filled with fresh oil. Dad walked in just as the puddle of oil reached my feet (I’d forgotten to replace the sump plug). He was quite good about it, and went down the shops to buy kitty litter, degreaser and more oil while I did my best to mop up the mess with rags.

I remember watching my dad do that with the 64 impala SS. It had a filter you just changed the inside element. He had the cover on sideways and oil covered the driveway. This was the 70's, we just hosed it into the rocks. Today there would probably be a hazmat team at the house and a $10,000 fine.