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The mid-aughts, right before the recession in 2008 saw an absolutely comical bubble in collector car prices. It wasn’t completely even across all segments, but US domestic muscle car-era cars were particularly effected.
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LobsterboyX posted:Got a package... been waiting a while for this package...  This is EXTREMELY my poo poo. That’s loving incredible. I won’t ask what it cost, but I am going to ask how long it took you to track the thing down after you got the first sniff.
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The squibs would have been installed in the pylon carrying the tank, to shear the pylon and tank off the airplane when commanded. Do you have a manufacturer part number or NSN number for it? It should have a dataplate somewhere.
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You’re going to do the needful and tow the lakester with the Century, right? Right?
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Mar 20, 2021 02:41
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Mar 23, 2021 14:12
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Midjack posted:We did these in Boy Scouts but stuck a sausage link in there and called them "glory holes" because we were a crass troop and it's the height of comedy when you're 14. Ya no, this is still funny at 38. 
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Apr 20, 2021 14:27
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chrisgt posted:6v starters on 12v tend to engage the bendix so hard that they break parts and completely destroy things. It will definitely engage though. At least once. Possibly more.
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Cabovers are loving tits, but I don’t see a link to a thread. What’s wrong with my Awful app?
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Jul 10, 2021 02:17
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LobsterboyX posted:speaking of buying... I went to an estate sale this weekend and got this cool old bowling ball tackle box Holy poo poo, this is identical to my dad’s childhood tackle box that we still own, except for the latch.
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LobsterboyX posted:speaking of aluminum - got this rarity too - this is very special and its being sent to me from texas Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Your Douglas connection come through again? LobsterboyX posted:…also roof rack adds quite a bit of room for sheet goods and other stuff: “Other Stuff.”
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Sep 9, 2021 19:57
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 I'd like to have your luck and circle of friends for just one afternoon.
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Nov 21, 2021 16:03
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Those old Westinghouse motors are essentially immortal as long as you don't mis-wire them, and the pump itself is rebuildable. Solid find!
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Dec 2, 2021 14:16
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So did you get just blades, or the hubs too?
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Apr 6, 2022 00:54
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I fully endorse slamming the kiddie car. 
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Apr 9, 2022 00:10
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So immediately after contemplating a move to Sarasota, I thought of LobsterboyX… It’s certainly commitment to a theme. And what the hell else are you going to do with a snail-shell house.
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LobsterboyX posted:I just explained to her that I just loved that stuff and I didn't really know where it came from and "dont take this the wrong way, but this reminds me of PeeWees playhouse." LA is fuckin wild.
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May 3, 2022 11:03
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RIP Lobsterboy’s wallet
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May 14, 2022 02:50
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my turn in the barrel posted:Didn't get numbers but I think the price is in the free as in beer range. This thread is just fuckin full of people leading a much more charmed life than I am, ain’t it? 
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LA Noire was so good to have both the IP and it’s underlying technology completely abandoned.
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LobsterboyX posted:I've told you guys about my LA Noir involvement, no? I think it was linked elsewhere and it’s what brought me to your thread. Still fuckin rules. 
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LobsterboyX posted:also, i found this weird thing... anyone know what it says? Ancient curse was not how I expected this thread to end, tbh.
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PainterofCrap posted:I bought a wireless Bluetooth DEPSTECH brand off of Az for $50 to borescope a Honda JDM engine. Haven’t tried it against a rotating assembly. It’s now $31. The biggest issue with the cheap Chinese borescopes on Amazon is the software frequently falls off the AppStore or is entirely in mandarin with a new update, etc etc. I’ve never had one fail, but I’ve thrown three of them away because their software isn’t kept current.
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Aug 3, 2022 13:45
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joat mon posted:The word for today (and this thread) is the Sanskrit word mudita. It's the feeling of joy at another's happiness or good fortune. 
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Aug 5, 2022 14:49
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Ah yes. Black tie and evening gowns, everything polished to a show-car shine, and a 2600 dripping oil on everything. Truly majestic.
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PainterofCrap posted:RIP Frantic Fred. The cohort of wrenching rodders is thinning. Termite tenting is super common in the south, and I guess California as well. It’s really heavy duty anti-termite fumigation, basically. Takes a day or three.
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PainterofCrap posted:Termite treatments in the Northeast tend to be the drill the foundation/inject poison/seal the hole/poison the perimeter soil variety. If you cut off their water supply, they die. Different climate, different termite species, and VASTLY different construction. Where I live, most homes are stucco’ed cinderblock exterior walls on a concrete slab, with wood roofs and ceilings, and in older construction, wood interior framing.
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Dec 17, 2022 19:54
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Only Lobsterboy would end up with a fuckin prototype Miller banger head. This fuckin guy, goddamn.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Nailhead swap for maximum hotrod cred. Megasquirt EFI twin-turbo nailhead swap.
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LobsterboyX posted:now I need to make the decision to either get the overhead going... or...... That’s esoteric enough that I’m unclear on what it is. Kinda looks like a blow-through box, but I’m just honestly at a loss. As always: 
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Mar 22, 2023 18:33
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I would absolutely bring all the rums transcontinental for a tikiwrench evening in LBX’s garage. Gawddamn.
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Lock wire suggestion: try the first couple by hand. It sucks to do a ton of wiring by hand, but it’s helpful to really get a literal feel for what you’re doing. Once you understand how to tighten the spiral exactly where you want it by hand, the pliers are there so you can go fast and look cool doing it. Also, despite the similarities, doing a triple adds a few complexities that you don’t need when you’re starting out. Just do pairs until you have a good handle on the basics. (In aviation, we never wire more than three fasteners together.) Also, they make different size pliers for a reason. In automotive uses you can probably use .032 wire and medium pliers for everything, so don’t get a gently caress-off huge pair intended for .041 wire, and then try to use them to do .020 copper breakaway wire…
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Do yourself a favor; Get this printed and framed. Goddamn that’s a good shot. 
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My NHDA shirt and sticker arrived, and the Mrs hates them. Mission: Accomplished. 
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PainterofCrap posted:The SS United States, which has been parked at Pier 82 since 1996. Someone's paying $60K a month to slip it there.  United States is powered by steam turbines, not GTs. Fuckin’ thing did over 38kts in trials. Just amazingly fast.
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beep-beep car is go posted:So it's basically a fancy troop transport? She is first and foremost a troop transport, including warship-style compartmented engine rooms and increased compartmentalization generally.
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Holy poo poo originals are like $4-500 each. Corvette people are dumb. C1 people are extra special dumb. You should totally do repros and make bank selling them to people emptying their 401k to pretend it’s 1962 again. Bonus points if you put “Reproeger” where the original logo went.
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I replaced my water heater last year. loving thing had an inspection sticker from 1985.
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LobsterboyX posted:
Keese Engineering was rolled into Shannon Luminous Materials sometime between 1912 when John Shannon joined Keese, and 1939 when Shannon Luminous Materials was founded. SLM didn’t go out of business until 2021. Source Pretty sure that fixture is pre-war. Also found this because time is obviously a flat circle where all paths lead back to LobsterBoy’s garage: quote:Several years later, while driving one afternoon in Culver City, California, Pop Shannon noticed men working in an open field on an airplane. Curious, he pulled over and began chatting with them. The day progressed into night and Pop Shannon suggested that they could use some of his lights that he had stored in his car. When he returned with the high-power lamps, the men started back to work and continued through the night. On of the men was named Donald Douglas, and his helpers were working on their first contract airplane. This relationship allowed Shannon to provide lighting and engineering to Douglas Aircraft Company for many years thereafter. If the story isn’t completely apocryphal, that would be the Douglas DT.
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 This loving rules, and so do you.
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LobsterboyX posted:
In other news, congrats on the cat. That’s how they notify their new owners
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