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B-52

Not much of a sailor, eh? Well, stay on the dock where you'll be safe.

I've given myself somewhat of a mohawk...

Just got in from a 2 mile walk. Still low humididity here, it was a great morning for a brisk, shirtless walk through the neighborhood and adjoining military cemetery. Saw a groundhog trundling along, and a fox treading light on its feet. Not to mention about a dozen all-wheel drive wabbits.

We have a Mercury Mountaineer in the shop right now and have gotten 2 new replacement doors in a row that have been damaged in shipping, rendering the job late. Customer was upset but to that point hadn't taken a rental car from the responsible insurance company. So I made arrangements for Enterprise to pick them up so they could use a car for a weekend trip they say they had planned. I thought all was good until I got a call from the customer half an hour later... the insurance company has an upper dollar limit per day they'll pay toward a car and an SUV was another $20 more. Customer refused to pay the difference (understandable), but decided NOT TO TAKE THE FREE RENTAL, saying he didn't like small cars. I tried to assure him a Caliber or Versa has chair-height seats, that it's only for a few days, and that IT'S FREE, but he would not budge. With the effort to keep passengers in position for optimum crash survivability, and to bolster a car's structure to the same end, we have made vehicles claustrophobic inside. A big old cruiser with a slidy, vinyl bench seat and lap belts sounds like a truly refreshing change as a weekend toy, at least to me.

crustacean

Cool old bombers. We had a hired hand who had a '68 Belvedere in that typical metallic green over metallic green vinyl bench interior that was popular that year, four door sedan with dog dishes if I recall correctly and a Slant Six. This would have been in the mid-70's. That old girl was a toughie.

I might have to wear a jacket to bed.

funk

one in the pink

I'd like to wash the dust off my wagon.

Cool bunch of photos, BP. Reminds me I haven't been to a good car show like this in a good while.

Tatra apparently unavailable?

We find that Chrysler products are more susceptible to hub failure after an accident if the car is hit on a certain wheel than a lot of other vehicles, but of course it can happen to anything. We don't put hub assemblies on an initial estimate though unless it's blatantly damaged, only on a supplement if it's noisy on a test drive. The sound can be described as a small plane flying overhead and can be amplified by driving next to a retaining wall for the echo effect. Sometimes customers have come back a week later with the noise and we've replaced the hub then, because the damage is so minute as to be undetectable until it gets miles on it. I would say damage is harder to check than wear with something like this, but driving where there is a clear echo is a way to narrow it down if you can't get any play.

Yup davey, nevermind... *picks thorn from ribs*

How did Chris Doane miss this? One can clearly see the next ML in the background in the top photo above, complete with 3-pointed star and "ML305" on the tailgate! (I'm sure it's supposed to read "ML350", they prolly scrambled the numbers to disguise it).

I don't think I've turned my television on in the last 2 months, yet I have my internet and TV on the bill from Comcast. Maybe it's time to reevaluate.

DON'T SAY ANOTHER WORD, Croc... this thread is DONE!

DeltaForce79, I certainly do appreciate the support in this thread, but I have to ask for everyone to stop this. I wish this thread to be locked!

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Black regular cab first-gen S-10 ZR2... haven't seen one like that in a good while.

Do it ASAP, you're not safe right now.

NEATO