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The Rotary Eagle has landed in Calgary and warmed its way into my dad's heart enough that it's earned one night in my parent's garage. Special thanks to Slungblade, Master of Towing.
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1500quidporsche posted:The Rotary Eagle has landed in Calgary and warmed its way into my dad's heart enough that it's earned one night in my parent's garage.
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The plan is that it'll probably be moved to the street tomorrow and I'll start work on it next weekend. But the fact that she earned one night is a positive sign that I may get some assistance on this one.
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1500quidporsche posted:The Rotary Eagle has landed in Calgary and warmed its way into my dad's heart enough that it's earned one night in my parent's garage. My pleasure man, post pics. I'm fuckin beat though.
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Jan 24, 2016 05:39
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Sorry I wasn't in town to assist in loading. Glad that you guys made it back safely.
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1500quidporsche posted:The Rotary Eagle has landed in Calgary and warmed its way into my dad's heart enough that it's earned one night in my parent's garage. Awesome!
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Forgot to take pictures at my parent's last night. Here she is all loaded up:   Most of the issues seem related to the interior. While the pop up headlights work, the backlighting on the instrument panel does not. That's probably going to be the first thing I take a stab at after fixing the brakes and slapping those bushings in.
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That's awesome man. You should consolidate your history on it and start a project thread on that for those that don't troll the Alberta forum. Granted it's (hopefully) not going to be a huge project, but I'd read it.
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slidebite posted:That's awesome man. You should consolidate your history on it and start a project thread on that for those that don't troll the Alberta forum. Granted it's (hopefully) not going to be a huge project, but I'd read it. Yeah, please post a thread. Once I have more time, I'll dig out my wiperless hatch for you. I'll also post up the part numbers for the two companies who make louvers.
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slidebite posted:Granted it's (hopefully) not going to be a huge project, but I'd read it. As much as I love the insane build or restoration threads I also love the smaller ones that actually come to a conclusion
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1500quidporsche posted:Forgot to take pictures at my parent's last night. Here she is all loaded up: Here's a couple I took to supplement. gently caress am I ever glad I bought this truck, it's perfect for things like this.   Man, I really hope this is how you're supposed to do it. I have no idea. It worked I guess.  Here it is in Red Deer, ~halfway home and 90% covered in road ooze. 
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As requested, I've made a little thread. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3761517 McTinkerson and Slungblade if you don't mind I may quote your posts in there with the majority of the pictures.
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1500quidporsche posted:As requested, I've made a little thread. gently caress yeah man, go for it. You want the high res originals? I can email them to you.
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Either or would work. I wouldn't mind the originals anyways because I would like to kind of document this one's journey as opposed to all my previous cars where they just get to a point where suddenly they aren't a pile of hot garbage. Also holy hell I just noticed the camber on the passenger rear tire from your last photo.
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1500quidporsche posted:Either or would work. I wouldn't mind the originals anyways because I would like to kind of document this one's journey as opposed to all my previous cars where they just get to a point where suddenly they aren't a pile of hot garbage. Ehh, keep in mind we had it strapped down pretty good. There was a lot of tension in that system.
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Your truck is awesome Slung. It's legitimately the workhorse of our dumb projects.
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I have forgotten the details about Slung's truck. Is it the 2500? It looks like Chevy's answer to the 2007 F150 4x4 I drove in the summer as our work truck (I *should* be able to get re-aquainted with Cheryl this summer), but after that earlier discussion of the stupidity of the 1/2 / 3/4 / full-ton truck naming convention I'm guessing the 2500 / 250 level is more appropriate for towing (as pictured) and the 1500 / 150 is more comfortable for taking a crew and a light load back and forth to the worksite. We're not allowed to tow anything with a university-owned vehicle in any case 
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Yeah, it's a 3/4 ton 2500hd. 6.0L with a 4L80E and 4x4. 220ish thousand km.
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You missed the six speed by half a year. I finally got my $2100 Regal Auctions truck in good enough shape to actually do something useful: Towing my Regal Auctions trailer!  I'm about $800 into trailer repairs but so far so good. Brakes, shocks, trailer plug, furnace guts and a new top on one slide. Trailers are way cheaper to fix than cars.
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Hey you YYC area guys with a trailer: http://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/calgary/need-gone-asap-750-1994-cadillac-sts/1135671126?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
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slidebite posted:Hey you YYC area guys with a trailer: I'll call Saul.
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Anybody wanting a mint 1980s Mercedes station wagon should keep their eyes peeled because the one at my building is currently on the back of an AMA truck, and I'm assuming that given the number of children the woman has that there's no way she's going to be able to afford to fix that thing unless she's some sort of Bosch Jetronic wizard.
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1500quidporsche posted:unless she's some sort of Bosch Jetronic wizard. You called?
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Holee poo poo the reserve prices on Regal Auctions consignment cars tonight. $10,000 reserve for a US-market Audi A3 FWD with body damage and 96,000 miles on the odometer. $12,200 reserve for a 2008 X3! $10,500 reserve on a 2008 Chevy 1500 extended cab! $5,500 reserve on a '09 Mazda5 auto with body damage! If you're putting your car in at Regal Auctions and expecting to get retail prices or better out of an auction I've got news for you! I want to be a fly on the wall during at least one of the conversations where the winning bidder on that X3 is $3,800.
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When I was looking at trucks last year I went to a regal auction and I don't recall seeing a single vehicle meet reserve. I'd love to know what percentage of those sell versus going right back to the dealership's used lot.
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Speaking of auctions, the old lady's brother in law is the main decision maker for the used section of a major dealership. He let me take a peak at the inter-dealership auction across canada. I don't know what it's called, but THAT is where all the gems are hiding.
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jonathan posted:Speaking of auctions, the old lady's brother in law is the main decision maker for the used section of a major dealership. He let me take a peak at the inter-dealership auction across canada. I don't know what it's called, but THAT is where all the gems are hiding. Doesn't surprise me. I was talking to a coworker who has friend-of-the-family connections into all number of sketchy Polish flip shops and they get some incredible deals at the dealer-only auctions. I would not mind getting me some of that.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Doesn't surprise me. I was talking to a coworker who has friend-of-the-family connections into all number of sketchy Polish flip shops and they get some incredible deals at the dealer-only auctions. Yeah, a guy I work with has family connections to it as well, and he's looking for a new SUV. He's shown me a few of the cherry picked ones and sweet Jesus that's where all the nice cars are.
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Yes, that sounds like something I need in on. Maybe if I changed my name to MrChipski and take up chain smoking as a hobby they will let me in...
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They made it a lot harder to get a dealer's license. the big auction in alberta is adesa and they're pretty tight lipped about everything. US money is loving us uuuuuuuup. $1.40 for $1 is like cheating. A new car market of 30,000,000 people feeding a used car market of 300,000,000 means they can basically buy as many vehicles as they can haul down there. There's going to be a huge gap in used vehicles, primarily pickup trucks. In 3 years, our used market is probably going to be tons of 00-08s, and absolutely nothing else. It's like cash for clunkers only taking the good used cars away instead of the lovely ones.
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Powershift posted:They made it a lot harder to get a dealer's license. the big auction in alberta is adesa and they're pretty tight lipped about everything. I'll assume adesa is what the brother in law uses, what I do remember is the mobile app is loving slick!
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+12, sunny, a little breezy but nothing crazy. Enough time to bring it out of hibernation and put on about 30k before dinner
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an insane Lethbridger posted:a little breezy but nothing crazy. All things are relative...
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LOL true, but I think it really was only 30Kph or something. Lethbridge wind story. Few years ago, my wifes best friends dad had a 911 that he got in a not so serious accident with. Since it was his crisis toy, he paid extra to get the whole car painted on not just the panels and a blend. Something like a $10K paint job or some drat thing. Anyhow, the day the car was ready and he went downtown to the bodyshop to pick it up. Drove back home (westside, otherside of the river) and as he was making it up the west side hill a massive gust hit him, I think he said around 120Kph. Considering he would been doing at least 80, if not 100, he probably had the equiv of a 200K+ blast. Completely sandblasted/pitted the gently caress out of his freshly painted Porsche. Even cracked his windshield with rocks it picked up. He didn't even go home, just turned around at the top of the hill and drove it back to the body shop.
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Hey did one of you guys wind up buying that Mazda Cosmo my buddy was selling? Some guy from the US bought it, which seems odd considering it was only posted on local Kijiji. I figured an AI'er might have saw the post and scooped it.
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There's a lot of US guys cruising local 'jeej because they want that sweet, sweet 40% discount.
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slidebite posted:+12, sunny, a little breezy but nothing crazy. Enough time to bring it out of hibernation and put on about 30k before dinner People were looking at me funny for the shorts and sandals.
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