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Jeez, bake a quiche and watch some Canadian Curling while you are on a roll
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Looks better,
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The biggest thing to figure out when buying a new printer is just how much usage is it going to get (n estimated images per month). Most printers will give a duty cycle per month in their spec's.
If you're a printing fool, then the inkjet models will prove to be more expensive in the long run. This also goes is the unit is an all-in-one and you receive a lot of faxes. The cartridges are small and really don't last that long. If you're looking at a heavy usage, then the laser solution would be better. It'll cost you more in the front-end, but your per-image costs will be lower. If you're looking at a lot of photo printing, then the inkjet is the better choice. Other things to consider would be accessories for the printer. These would include something like an extra paper tray or a duplexing unit (assuming that you want to print double-sided). Sometimes it's better to drop a bundle and get what fit's best rather than go for the cheaper solution. The way I view is is that cheap = disposable. Heavy usage on a cheap inkjet might mean replacing it every 2-3 years.
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Buying a car from Finks just sounds like a bad idea.
Kinda like buying auto parts from a place we had around here several years ago....... Stinger Sams. They went out of business. With a name like that, it's easy to see why. All the same, its a pretty corvette.
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I would take a very close look at the Konika-Minolta line of color laser printers.
We have the 2530DL color laser. It's awesome. They also have all-in-ones. The toner lasts about forever.
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Maybe..maybe....
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The wife and I would be intersted. We aren't far from you.
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I'd rather give up color and go with a laser printer than buy an ink-jet based solution. Inkjets are very expensive to operate. There are some color laser all in ones. Staples has some brothers and hp's listed starting around $599.00. It won't take you long to make up the difference in cost. If you need real high quality pictures, then I would take them to Walgreens or WalMart and have them printed. I have a color Okidata at work. It is about 3-4 years old and it does a pretty nice job. Color pictures are not as nice as a photo inkjet, but it does a respectable job. I would say the newer ones are even better. Just my 2¢ worth.
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Thanks for the FSM deal. I just didnt want the bulb to be lit and staring at me all the time. I have some vulcanized electrical tape I am putting over the wire tomorrow.I am curious if the wire is twisted so it stays down.
See how this picture looks, as if the SIR wire is twisted to compensate for steering and movement.
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Wished I could make it. That is back in some of my old stomping grounds. Have fun. We already have plans this weekend.
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Nice setup you have.
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It will take some time to settle, so you might have to make several adjustments to get the look you want. Get yourself a 4 wheel alignment when you're done.
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Ahhh for those whom have paid......
I expect the order to arrive sometime this coming week. Then shipped out ASAP Expect delivery before March 15th.
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I'd love to go roundy-round racing again. But only if I could just show up and drive the car. Yes, getting older makes you lazy..... If you ever want to break yourself physically, mentally and financially, just get really serious about any particular type of racing. And they say drug and alcohol abuse is a disease......
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awesome....thank you for the quick response. tomorrow will be a fun day! lower the rear, install my breathless lights, and install my harness bar! maybe i can actually drive it afterwards! i haven't pulled it out of the garage in about a month
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Very nice shop. And that's a mean looking T-bucket as well. I love the traditional hot rods. I'm working on a channeled, fenderless Model A sedan myself. Totally traditional in my case. I may have gotten a line on a low-mileage, good running early Caddy engine today. Real hot rods rule!
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...I finally got to return the favor by letting him drive the Vette now that he's in his eighties. He really enjoyed that. Outstanding
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Looks like a great space - plenty of elbow room
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I'd love to go but it would take me 17 hours to get there. Maybe I'll go to
the 3rd annual Western North Carolina Valdese get together. By then I wont be punching a time clock.
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You want the best grade possible. If you stay with the stock size of 14mm, you'll want metric grade 10.9. If you get a 9/16 bolt as a replacement, you'll want a grade 8. A 10" bolt will give you the capability for lowering it beyond anything you'll ever want on a street car. Get a pair of locking nuts to go with whichever bolts you use and you're done.
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nice garage, bob. i love the "bucket" i considered getting one instead of a vette, but i guess you know which one i picked.......
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I'm gauging interest for a Vette cruise-in sometime this year within a reasonable radius of the Hickory NC area. There's a beautiful little town just 10 or so miles west of Hickory. It's scenic and historic Valdese NC. It just so happens that I work there too. And the hot rod shop I work at has a great re pore with the town leaders. There are also any number of great little local eateries close by. Anyhow, if there were sufficient interest from those fairly close to here, I'd be more than happy to help put something together.
A national Guru cruise-in would be great too and I hope it comes to be as well.. But only a small fraction of members could attend anything like that. Bogus has indicated an interest in regional gatherings and I concur. I think this year is a good time to start. And I hope each of the regional sections will be organizing a few of them very soon.
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hey guys, i want to lower the rear of my car. the front is already lower than the rear, so i thought i could just swap in some longer bolts for the rear... i plan on just going to the hardware store to get the bolts, but what length and what grade should i get? i assume that i should just get some that are 1 inch longer than stock, but don't know what grade to get. thanks in advance,
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Pretty Cool, but it would be better with a clear lexan cover like the new ZR1 The opening should be about 1/3 smaller in the front
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The AFPR won't hurt anything and can be a useful tool for fine-tuning. But it's not a cure-all for anything. I got one because my stocker was high-mileage. So since I was going to replace it, why not go with an AFPR? I have the Aeromotive and it's a fine piece and has been for many a mile now. That being said, I run it at stock pressure with 30# injectors in my 388.
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Looking good! Overall it has that great, sinister look that I love.
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I could look at old cars all day long - all kinds. It reminds me of when I was a kid, every fall I'd go to every car dealer in town to look at all the new cars - there was something new and exciting to see every year. Quite different from today, where they seem to leak out new models barely distinguishable from one another all year long. Same here. It was a great fall ritual. I'd go with my dad to all of the local dealerships to see what was new. They'd always have free snacks like fresh cider and donuts. My dad had bought two cars in a row from the local Ford dealer, brand new '65 and '67 Mustangs. So when I was 14, he test drove a brand new 428 CJ 4-speed Torino, just so he could take it out in the country and let me drive it for awhile. They literally took it off of the showroom floor for him. He'd been teaching me how to and letting me drive since I was 11, so I was already a seasoned veteran by then. That Torino was pretty stout and he let me nail it and rip through the gears well into third gear. That was pretty damned cool. I finally got to return the favor by letting him drive the Vette now that he's in his eighties. He really enjoyed that.
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I could look at old cars all day long - all kinds. It reminds me of when I was a kid, every fall I'd go to every car dealer in town to look at all the new cars - there was something new and exciting to see every year. Quite different from today, where they seem to leak out new models barely distinguishable from one another all year long.
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wow mike... stories sound same ...two seasons ago i started havin tailbone leg issues on my 79 fxs...tried lotsa different seats...dint bother on my rubbaglide shovel bagger...jus the fxs ( the laid back sitting position) i bought a 94 ultra..jus ta resell n im keepin it...its nawt cause its evo its the upright position n drivers backrest...thats why traded flt fer sporty...(ill never give up my ol chop fxs) new black met. paint this winter ..fug i were done in nov. \\\ so fabbed up nutha seat set up n gonna run a duoglide spring seat on fxs this season ( upright as kin git) n see ifn cures the tail bone numb willy syndrom...the evil ultra ain any smoother then my rubbamount shovel though... i hada 89 n 96 fxstc n dint like em...they shook same as shovel...did like the starters n the 5 spd seemed spunkier...cant wait fer spring...now vet ta paly wid too
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Very nice
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So many nice cars! The '57 Ranchero made me miss the '58 I used to have. The '63 Pontiac GP is a car I've always wanted. The '67 442, the Buick Gran Sport, the Boss 429 and others. Wow!
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I not of fan anymore of pinks. No matter what they do to try to make it better, its the same 'ol shite. The host is ghey
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Thanks for sharing! Lots of nice metal there!
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Frank(mojo),
I hope you do make it to the cruise-in. I am hoping to make it also. I, for one, just want to shake your hand. I think you are one of the "true" Corvette guys out there. Hopefully many more of you can make it too. I just wish it didn't have to be a "CF" event, but who knows, maybe next year we can plan our own!!
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Pretty Cool, but it would be better with a clear lexan cover like the new ZR1
A friend of mine uses that logo for his Avatar on my club's forum. I'll see where he found it.
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Yeah the ZR1 logo could easily be a cad-cut vinyl piece. The emblem could be a custom made piece of flat aluminum painted or using the same vinyl cad cut.
I guess that ZR1 owner wanted to be the first to duplicate the new ZR1 coming out. All he needs is a piece of clear plexi-glass
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Here's a bunch of photos I took at a local car show back in '06. A friend of mine owns the custom '59 Caddy - he's got over $200K into it. Lots of great cars - my favorite was the '57 Olds convert - I had to stay far enough away from it so as not to get splotches of drool on it.
http://bradprestonmusic.com/Photos/Treasure%20Island%20Car%20Show/ The last 2 pics are of a friend and me having a tasty beverage on his boat after the show. I'm the assclown on the right.
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Hey Corvette owners from Louisville area, Durango_Boy(from CF) is headed into town and he and I are going to meet up Saturday around 1pm in the Taylorsville Rd/ Hurstbourne Rd area for lunch. I am going to try to bring my '71 if it will make it. Anyone that wants to hook up, please PM me for more info. It will be a great chance for some of us to meet.
Bring yer vette!!! Sorry for the short notice!
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Hey Corvette owners from Louisville area, Durango_Boy(from CF) is headed into town and he and I are going to meet up Saturday around 1pm in the Taylorsville Rd/ Hurstbourne Rd area for lunch. I am going to try to bring my '71 if it will make it. Anyone that wants to hook up, please PM me for more info. It will be a great chance for some of us to meet.
Bring yer vette!!! Sorry for the short notice!
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Nah, installing the VC emblem flush like that would require hogging out the aluminum.
It's probably a raised custom stick-on of some sort, hopefully something that can handle the temps.
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Sounds only fair. Although I'm 99% sure it'll explode into a pissing contest, as opposed to people agreeing to disagree.
But either way it'll be interesting reading. Just don't make it personal.
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The emblem seems to have some depth to it. Could it be a new use for the Valve cover emblem like I have on my L98? The other could be a vinyl decal. You could get that done at any number of graphic places
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[quote]... I’m afraid reining us in is going to be like herding cats! :banghead]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7yqlTMvp8
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There is a date printed on the carts. It's a use by date. But you prolly have a couple of bags of potato chips in the cupboard with the same expiration date as those carts. Eat some of the chips and if they taste good try the carts.
Which brings up the next question. Is 5 to 6 year old stored oil still good?
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I've tried calling him out on the CF, it just gets locked/deleted because he is a paying vendor.
I knew it wouldn't be locked/deleted here if I mentioned it. I posted in the thread on speedtalk, and my post got deleted. The deletion was justifiable though because it detracted from the original posters question and assisted in the train wreck. I'll shoot this link to Jesse, we'll see if he wants to talk about it.
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In my opinion most of us ended up here because we are anti-authoritarian. I’m afraid reining us in is going to be like herding cats!
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Just was watching a video online about it and realized I can use a paint cleaner to take the wax down.
Thanks for looking
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It wasn't his bike!
I laughed my ass off on that one, too.
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