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Andy- You do the worst teaser threads. I was hoping to see pics!
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Yeah, we had a few (fortunately very few) WTFs as we do every year. But as you can tell, the cool rides far outweigh the others.
As our grey-beards retire, our show has dwindled over the years. I think we used to have about 100 cars annually, now down to about 40.
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Not mine, but I know the seller ;)
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/ele/4093057544.html Features Crystal-clear voice alerts and high resolution display Variable speed radar performance AutoLearn intelligence and user-selectable preferences Safety warning system and brightness controls Comes equiped with coiled SmartCord ($80 value)
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My Atomic Orange 71 Chevelle Convertible ...and my brother's Black 1988 Porsche 911 Convertible dressed out like a mid-90s 993
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I'm to lazy to upload these again to host.
But the facebook album is "public" and you do not need a login to view these pics... https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?se ... 35894&type=1&l=ffbaae2901
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It should hold up with the new dipstick and all.  (Was definitely a low oil-related failure.)
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I get the motor back either 9/14 or 9/21 (Virgil can only come up on Saturdays). Car show is 10/1. Should be good. I haven't much else to do except drop the motor back in. Though I did spend a few bucks at summitracing.com today to help with the install... new radiator overflow tank, Taylor wires, Lokar dipstick, and a -20AN weld-in bung for my radiator so I can finally install my spiffy CSR Performance billet AN-fitted water neck.
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Thanks for keeping the hoist handy! I just got the report: Two spun rod bearings. So no new hard parts. Just machining and re-assembly (well, a new oil pump). With the bearing material floating all around the motor, we decided it best to dis-assemble the heads and clean 'em out, so add a valve job to the bill. I knew from jump it would be more than a few hundred bucks because it was a complete tear-down. But at $2250 it's still less than what I originally had feared (was expecting ~$3K). Dang it, and my brother just told me my new rifle is finally on the way to the gun shop!
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I forgot to mention I toasted my motor again 2 weeks ago. I think I spun a bearing.
(I had to dig this thread up to figure out how long ago was my last build.) At any rate, the motor has been out three days now and I haven't yet thought of any new upgrades "while it's out" for the rebuild. Hopefully, I'll get away with just a teardown and re-assemble without too much machining or hard parts. I'm holding tight onto my wallet this time!
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Oh yeah, and on occasion I borrow me brother's Triton V10-powered Super Duty/Super Crew when I don't have enough torque in me own driveway. 
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Let's see...
I drive a Corvette Roadster... and sometimes an overpowered '71 Chevelle Convertible. Plus, I'm a five-foot Asian. Can someone say "over-compensating"?!
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Since I hadn't cleaned my gauge after trap shooting this weekend, I just so happened to be going into my safe so I could run a bore snake thru the barrel. So, here's my little arsenal...
 Top to bottom: Beretta CX4 Storm - 9mm carbine Stoeger M3500 Semi-auto 12ga Sig Sauer P226 - 9mm Sigarms Trailside - .22LR Charles Daly 1911 - .45 GSG-5 - .22LR
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I opted to go home for some recuperation from holiday. Naptime for Nelly!
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Good luck with that! Sounds like you got some good wrench-time in. I did too! Lemme know if you need someone to armchair quarterback. Maybe I'll stop by afterwork to critique the workmanship. Q: How many engineers does it take to fire a C4 motor?
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I guess I've been a little behind in my C5's maintenance. After 155Kmi, my F45 shocks were shot. And I don't recall the last time brakes were done. But IIRC, my brother Virgil owned the car at the time and probably used store brand parts.
So I've been on the fence about shelling out cubic dollars for new F45 shocks, or disabling the F45 altogether and getting something aftermarket like Bilsteins. Well, I found a great deal on some low mile F45 take-offs. And I also had some Baer Racing pads laying around that are spares for the Chevelle (it has C5 brakes). It's all in now. And the car handles/drives/brakes as a C5 should! I shouldn't waited so long! Andy had my car a few weeks ago and didn't gripe much. But I get a lot of butt-time in this ride and I'm sure back to being a happy Corvette owner!
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Handsome car. I don't know much about Audis, but have always been fond of their looks.
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Interesting. I thought it was only a matter of size of the fuel tanks!
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My first/only cruise (so far) was back in 2006 in the Caribbean aboard the Carnival Valor. When I booked the trip, I selected "any balcony stateroom." This guaranteed a balcony room at the lowest price, but you wouldn't know your exact location until boarding. Well, we lucked out and scored a corner balcony on the fantail. The balcony was so big I couldn't believe we had it all to ourselves. Very cool!
I've heard people knock Carnival for being too party-oriented and with too many kids. I was in my mid-30s with no kids. Had a blast and can't really recall any complaints.  
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Better?
 Oh, and WOOHOOO for the Giants' sweep!
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The Chevelle used to be Dodger Blue.
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Oh, and GO Giants!!!
...San Francisco, that is!
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Beautiful day in Sunny Southern California... I'm gonna hafta take the Chevelle out today and wake Andy's neighbors!
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I was kinda groggy from Sunday afternoon brews when I came by. I forgot to ask how it's coming along?
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On second thought, I looked at the link I posted before. Don't use their online estimator, it's pretty generic to get you a ball park figure.. Call them directly and they'll help you better over the phone. If I recall correctly, they sent me a build sheet to fill in (vehicle weight, engine, trans, gears, cam info, etc) to help them help me pick a converter which they custom-built to spec.
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http://www.dalenzie.com/
These guys have built a couple for me, including the current one I have behind my 550+hp 496 stroker BBC. I know nothing about racing or building torque converters but these guys came highly recommended and are pretty well known in the San Diego area's racing/muscle car circles. Sorry, but I really have no recollection of what I paid though.
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OK, I'll stop pondering it then. I thought it was Heineken-related on my end. Later...
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You guys are over the top with all your fancy duct tape and zip ties.
All I keep handy are my AAA card, cell phone, and ice chest full of Heineken.
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour just made the trek to its final resting place at the California Science Center.
I was there for the final 1/4 mile...          
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Although I am too young to have designed any part of the Shuttle, I have designed some electronics hardware for stuff that went up in the Shuttle. My brother Ted has also designed some of the same hardware. My brother Virgil has machined some hard parts for the Space Program. So, it brought a tear to my eye seeing the Shuttle pass and hearing the crowd cheer. I'm really glad NASA (and others) spent the money to share this little glimpse with the American public. I'm currently involved with designing hardware for the flight computer for NASA's Shuttle replacement, the Space Launch System (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System). I'm certain it'll be decades or longer, and I'll be long gone, before we have another similar opportunity to celebrate our national Space Program. Glad y'alls enjoyed the photos. Next month the Shuttle will be towed to the California Science Center here in Los Angeles, its final resting place. I'll snap some ground-level shots when that trek gets under way.
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...and for you old car trivia buffs, my building, years ago (1948-1955), was a Nash Automobile factory. 
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My office (brick building in fourth picture) is literally across the street from LAX. So I had a pretty good view from our parking structure.
They buzzed the tarmac at LAX right before their last loop (over Andy's office):  Final approach and touch down:        Apparently the CHP gave up trying to enforce the "No Parking in Freeway Lanes" law. There were even bicyclists and pedestrians! 
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But all seriousness aside, we're a major aerospace company with a lot of engineers, in sunny southern California. So it makes sense that we have a lot of car nuts. Truth be told, our car show attendance has really dwindled in the past 5-10 years.
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Eclectic is right. And every gen of Corvette was represented, though I didn't photograph any of the C4-C6s.
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We have a car show every year at work as a Back to School morale function. We have a lot of old guys here and a bunch of gear heads, so a lot of cool cars! Here's a few teaser pics, but I'll snag more at lunch time. Enjoy...
(Oh, my cars are the Atomic Orange '71 Chevelle Convertible and the Starfire Pearl White '98 Corvette Roadster.) Attach file:  P1030372.JPG (302.34 KB) P1030373.JPG (458.43 KB) P1030374.JPG (374.99 KB)
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Oh right... N'awlins? Well, you're still welcome to visit our car show.
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Well, if you want/need, you can come to my office Tuesday and pick up the C5 any time after 1pm. And if it's not detrimental to your work day and you can schedule a long lunch, you can even scope out our car show (11am-1pm). For the sake of your car, hopefully you don't need mine. But I just thought I'd plant a seed so you can plan ahead.
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Damn sorry to hear! Hope it's not long, drawn-out, expensive fix.
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