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Someone in the neighborhood may have a 36 or 48 volt golf cart. The 36 volt cart,just put your jumper cables to the 2 post that the charger wires go to and you have 36 volt. If the cart is 48, then just follow your wiring and use 3 of the batterys that should be wired in seris "spelling". Some charg...

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Lets just hope it is not Recycled Toilet paper!

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Wow,
https://www.funtrivia.com/en/Hobbies/To ... B6A93.html

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, I had a typical little repair job come in last week,a Echo SRM-210 straight shaft trimmer. It would start but cut right off. Well the fuel lines were bad,the rubber grommet leaking,air filter missing,So I ordered a kit that had a carb,plug,fuel line kit and all for 11 bucks. Can't get a carb kit f...

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I have used that process alot over the past few years. Saves me money from paying someone to sand blast stuff and is less stressful to metal. BUT don't put aluminum or soft metals in there and don't do springs of any kind.

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Same here,thanks for everything.

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Fenders are now in my shop Thanks Neil, And they are in better condition than stated.I am happy.

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Last week in our fire district alone we had 3 overdose-poison calls. This week 2 heart related calls. Don't normall have that many of those type calls in 3 months, much less 2 weeks. The folks telling the world to shut down, are just looking at the virus,their blinders are not allowing them to see t...

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I was reading this morning that Italys death toll from the virus may be far more than reported.They are not testing elderly in remote rest homes where over half the population died. Before or after. Pnemonia is being wrote down as cause of death if anything. They are also selecting who gets taken to...

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Didn't think about that! you are right,with no one around,they can fly around town how ever fast they want to.

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I can't see a ride in the country in a T or a motorcycle being a problem. Safer actually than normal.
Some people are thinking this means you can not walk out into the yard. I don't think it is quite that draconian. IF it is,well I am breaking the rules I guess.

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Well, Last night I was pooped,tired and all that other stuff and just could not figure out what was wrong.So I ask about what could be wrong. I had to mow the neighbors yard this morning for my "play money" and then had the old ears ringing headache for a while. BUT The good news is,when I went to t...

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I have the brackets on the bottom of the chassis.Now that I have had time to think,this thing has been rough handled,maby loaded with a fork lift at some point before i got it. I will compare this hand brake crossover peice to another 1 I have and see if it is bent.Thanks for the hints fellows. I ha...

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That could be repaired with spray welding and cut back to standard.

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I will pass on that trip to the moon. 500,000 Pounds Humans Have Left About 500,000 Pounds of Waste on the Moon. Most of the waste was left behind by astronauts after landing on the moon. Reports from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) say that about 500,000 pounds of garbage h...

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thanks for the idea!

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But Hal, churches are not essential,but liquer stores are. Why? Which 1 makes money for the government?
I won't go on a long rant but I agree with what you said Hal.

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I finally was able to get the engine in my 26 chassis today. I had a ear on the right hand side of the oil pan that was pushed in towards the transmission so I straightened it before I put it in the chassis. I had a little trouble getting bolts in the top holes and was going to cut some new wood blo...

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I would spray some soap suds on it and give the tank a little puff of air with something in the bottom output and a rag around the air nozzle on top. UNplug the compressor and let it run down to a lower pressure like 35 psi so it wont hurt anything.If it don't leak your best bet would probably be li...

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if you live in a nieghbor hood that allows golf carts, a 36 volt golf cart is ideal for a power supply.

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I responded to the email,postal money order will be in the mail tommorow.Thanks.
Sorry so slow to reply, I have been under the dash of my dads 02 Dodge pickup replacing a ignition switch and repairing the blower motor resister.

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I know 2 people personally that came down with Pnemonia and need to be in the hospital but were refused. Another man in such shape from a head injury he has to be lifted from the bed with a crane to be bathed, is in Really bad shape.He went to the hospital about 3 weeks ago,kept him for a day or 2, ...

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I responded, Sorry,about being slow.I don't get online much before 9am kinda slow.

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I did not read the ad well. Thanks to Mr Dewey,I sent a email.

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I tried to get a pic of that letter when I was in the Henry Ford Museum.

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When this thing first got hold on the US, a plague ship was docked in California,a plague ship is docking in Florida today if it is not already there with over a 100 cases on it. The virus lived 17 days on that first ship . Yet when the people that were turned loose in 2 weeks from getting off the s...

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with all the lock down and stay at home stuff, It may be a while but If no one else wants them and they are still avaiable with this mess clears up I would like to have those
I don't know anyone in that area that could pick them up either darn it.

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If I was able to I would draw a really detailed cartoon picture of a group of grubby terrorist sitting back in reclineing chairs on a beach in Libiya somewhere smoking big cigars thanking the Chinese for the vacation time

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Yea,it is about 57 cents a gallon wholesale.it has really dropped. Oil is 21.50 a barrel!!!! Man,can you imagine the amount of work and travel and commerce that would going on if it weren't for this blasted virus thing? I have bought gas and got most everything filled up around here lawnmowers and a...

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My grandfather Cole's first name was Mack and my grandfather on my mothers side was Jefferson,so my first and middle name are after my grandfathers. I brainstormed some additions today as I mowed grass. Some muffin tins from the dollar store will wind up on a rack to hold screws and bolts from whate...

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Yea, the local greasy spoon I eat breakfast at is hurting. 2 of the waitress's are cancer survivors and actually worked while on chemo trying to keep their bills paid. I told 1 of the gals this morning that unless the National Guard puts a gun to my face to stop me, I would be geting my damn breakfa...

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Apparently allready sold! Pics gone!
I like just what little I was able to see of it on here!

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I know the locals in the little town I go to have been noticably ABSENT. IF you google it there are alot of citys that have publicly stated they are not jailing prostitutes and what not right now. A Dog catcher sheriffs truck flew by awhile ago but his dad lives a couple houses down so that was wher...

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Is the law going to walk around with 2 yard stickes taped together and if you look to be less than 6 foot from someone you get a ticket? How the heck can they enforce some of these rules with no more man power than is avalaible?

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I have been brain storming this object for about a year now. I need better lighting in my shop but things just aint worked out for that to happen. BUT I have several old 4 foot lights laying around. I went to a body shop a few weeks ago and saw a light they had rigged up to shine along the side of a...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6XpwmA1JVE

Listen to the story he tells about a minute an a half into the short video.

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Next county over from me is going to stay at home orders thursday. Most city folk don't have any method of self entertainment like folks here on the forum. 3 rooms and all those walls. So far my county and the 1 I go to for gas and the store and such are not on "lockdown" But as cases mulitply it pr...

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Of all times to be out,I am out of oxygen and actylene for my torch outfit.Both of them. So I am planning to load my tanks tonight,call in the morning and see if they are open and if so,make a bee line straight for their loading dock,swap tanks,pay and get out of the belly of the beast, Charlotte.If...

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In reference to a post in the "R they Nuts" thread

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I agree with that.Another baby boom.

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I am considered rebelous myself but I get it honest,my dad is going to be 86 in June, and he was out riding his 69 Electroglide yesterday after filing the points on it. He said yesterday, "damn it I am 86 years old,I aint got long to live and I aint sitting in this damn chair and dieing from bordom ...

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The trouble with handsignals has been for me,regardless of what I am driving,is people think a hand out the window means go around. I think the handsignals section of the drivers ed book is not pointed out or studied or may not even be in there any more. But 1 thing I do belive, being I was nearly k...

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Mark check your grounds very well,the brake and turn are trying to ground thru the tailights.
Here is what is on the rear of my pickup.The red lens was busted out of it,I used the red lens repair tape from Advance auto and it seems to be holding up well.Double layered,stuck to it's self.

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Steve you must have alot more patience than me.That engine would be in it's smallest parts until I found the issue if it was doing that to me.I know,it is better to walk away a day or so,but this long,Nope,I would have torn that thing down today!

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Have faith and be strong Aaron, If it aint your time to go, you aint leaving.

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I like that idea!

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I used 2 of these on the front. https://www.ebay.com/itm/20pcs-Red-Amber-3LED-Clearance-Marker-Lights-3-4-inch-Round-Truck-Trailer-Bulb/193355006707?hash=item2d04db42f3:g:cmkAAOSwuOZeUZgm You just make a lightwieght L bracket and honestl,I used a very strong 3M double sided tape to put them on the b...

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My Goodness, if the worst problem you have right now in these times is having to painfully scroll down 5 post to get to the current 1 you are blessed. I came back to edit to say I don't mean that to be harsh,rude or otherwise uncivilized as I consider you folks good freinds here but with all the suf...

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Brake clean is some BAD stuff. DON"T EVER spray it on something and then heat it,say with a torch.It will make a poisonous gas that 1 huff will cause brain damage,a second huff will put you in the ground. I made the almost fatal mistake of spraying it on a foam air filter on a lawn mower engine. I b...

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I sat down in front of the boob tube tonight and watched most of the news cast. Very confusing. First, I learn that the Wuhan virus can live 3 hours in the air and up to 3 days on stainless steel. Then I learn that the state is closeing most of the dmv offices, so if you are buying a car or your tag...

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I had to do this once it came to mind after watching the stock market.That is part of the motivation to get a T in the first place for me was my grandfathers storys of taking his T to the beach carrying Grandmal with him,of course not married yet.Had to use ration tickets for kerosene,get the car ho...

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so you took 3 brass screws out of the flywheel and used those holes?

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You are correct Hal, the past due notices will be in the mail shortly for alot of people regardless of what the talking heads say on tv. I may be nuts, but I made a decision the other day I was going to try to continue to live as normal a life as I can.To worry about all this and prompt a heart atta...

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3pedal, there comes a time when you just shake your head and walk away.Some folks are just to lost for mortal man to help. Although I do believe the rulings of putting millions of people in apartment buildings with central heat and air units ,no long term food storage and so on is abit like making a...

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But there are those that trust in God when it comes to their money,thier jobs and so forth.But let a virus come along and it is just to much for God,the government can handle this 1.

Um danged if I would want to honestly feel that way about it.

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I didn't drop the finished unit,I dropped a clunker I had removed parts from. The good 1 is safely on a table waiting on me to figure out how to lift it!Thank goodness I didn't drop the finished 1,had I dropped it,you woulda heard me clear out there in Califunny squalling like a baby!

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There has probably been some deals made and cars and what not to be sold and swapped that were already paid for or whatever.So yea,I would say there will be some folks meeting at the local Walmart or something for big money items.

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I have 1 of the old green Carolina 2 ton shop engine cranes. It does not fold up like the harbor freight 1's but it is a good lift. My dad has a Coffing chain fall,that I am going to hang from the engine crane so I can make a straight up and down pull on the transmission. I am just trying to find a ...

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ok, thanks . I finally got the engine on a stand that it is level on instead of leaned back. So now I am trying to figure out how to safely lift the transmssion.I am not in pain but that little knot that has come up in not so good a place is letting me know it is there and does not want to be distur...

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Well that rules out bad tools,scratch that off the flow chart

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You still have a valve issue of some sort,if it was rings, those middle readings would change a bit more with oil. Another thing, Your gauges could be messed up.Are you useing a screw in gauge or a gauge that is pushed into the plug hole and held in place while cranking? If I remember correctly,didn...

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A bats body temp averages 105.So his "bugs" are hard for our bodys to kill off using fever. I have checked and can't find anything about it,but I am just wondering if our neighbor hood deer,squrriels and birds that carry tick,fleas will bringing it to the back yards of people staying home,kinda null...

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We aint even hit the iceburg yet.

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I would assume there is alot of deals that have been made and folks will just be meeting in the parking lot,making their exchanges and leaving even though the main event is sadly canceled.

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Well I have a nice little hernia now I think from picking this thing up and putting it in the press to compress the clutch spring. But at least this part of the jig saw puzzle was assembled over the weekend. I know my methods and such can't produce a 100% back to factory spec transmission.BUT the wa...

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I think 1 thing for sure,high dollar items we would normally look at and buy at a swap meet,need to have PLENTY of insurance and need to be WELL packed.

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Thanks for the info. I will probably miss out on a few bucks I would make taking some of my other topic junk to a couple swap meets this spring and I might go to ebaying or something a bit more to make up the difference. I don't have alot that I could post here that is T oriented

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Yea,I was thinking "guts" or something along that line

would be more of a requirement for a 100 mph in a T.

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A virtual pizza party might not work as well though.

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How does the free boxes thing work?

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Canceled, postponed would have been a bit better.
Sad news. i was expecting to see it though. Maby next year unless a nother bug comes along. 1 day I hope to go back.

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I went to eat breakfast this morning.Mostly normal except they had took the jelly and such from the table and just brought what you ask for. Went to the bank to get money out to pay my car insurance, all normal. But once I got to the insurance office,got out of the truck and petted the dog and went ...

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I must admit,I would like to learn how that gold plating was applied.There is way to much on the car but it would look nice .
The girl, sadly her front bumpers have been changed over to the 5mph safety bumpers from back in the 70's from a much larger car.

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With things changing,sometimes twice a day,It would behoove all of you to keep checking the website and other sources of info because just as it happened here friday about the schools,the govenor could drop the bomb at any minute on events in the state.

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That must have happened on the 2 that I used to see out by the road in Union county that I wanted so bad.

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I don't think people are joking about the virus and the harm it can do.Some us are jokeing about the STUPID prices of stuff and the hoarding of stuff and the fact that there is Corona beer, Toyoda Corona wagons and so on. Humor is sometime good medicine. We only have about 25 cases of the virus in N...

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I don't think Jim would haul it that fast on the hwy either! I know what a Bosch magneto is but I didn't know Bosch made Magnets? Were they stronger?

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For this topic to be discussed more freely it might oughta been in the non topic but If this is how America and the rest of the world is going to react to a virus,that will pass in a matter of weeks,what the heck would they do if a nuclear accident happened? You know we don't hear or read much from ...

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Yea, not to get long winded but yea,things have just went crazy.

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that has a newer date on it than mine.

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OK,I checked the email,message left on answering machine thingy.

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Is this what you need?
The 1 picture shows a tiny crack around a hole,that is the only real problem besides surface rust from storage.
I have never shipped a fender so this would be a learning experiance but if this will work,send me a email. 75 bucks and shipping.

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I like the front bumpers! Must have been to push rioters out of the way?

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i am left wondering what happened as I don't know what this is about

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I think I used a metric bolt in some of the rivot holes like on the running board brackets.The metric bolt was a snugger fit than the statdard bolt which means stronger

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I know of 1 of these in a 27 TT.It is 1 neat setup.

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Art,where were you a couple years ago with that "tip'?

I scratched my head bare trying to figure it out and finally just decided 1 day to lay some boards together,make it way to wide and trim it down.

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Well that is good news for the hobby for sure. It may be that some good help needs to be hired,perhaps at least 1 person that can be taught enough to allow for a couple weeks off once in a while. He Needs to be able to spend time with his dad. My dad is going on 86 now and I understand the time is n...

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You folks have a ball out there and just 1 of these days I might make it back out there.
It was worth the trip for me that year I went as I am still grabbing stuff and repairing it and using it that I bought out there.

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Hum,it has to be better than that "gross" valve I tried once. Once I got that #*#*$*# thing out of my carbureter,it is 1 of very few things I can honestly say I FLUNG it as far as I could into the neighbors woods so I would not find it again! The other thing was a pair of chineseism vise grips I thr...

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So far I aint spent a dime but 1 place I called for a apprasial wants a 100 bucks! The fellow I went to yesterday,free of charge,he said it does to help folks that usually come back later to sell a car or buy a car.It helps him bring in bussiness and with advertising. I got a number to a state certi...

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You all have fun.I had thought about coming but I used my tax refund on a parts order to move along my speedster project.Some stuff I want needs to come from a swap meet to save money but the stuff I needed like exhaust gaskets,trans bushings and such had to be new so Oh well,maby next year.

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Yep,The Cadi has a golf bag compartment. I can't imagine how folks kept the cars nice if people climbed into the rumble seat on those 2 steps. Looks like the fender would just get skint up by gravel and such.

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I went by a place locally that sells vintage cars to get a apprasiel done on my T pickup.When all was done and I was loaded back up I went inside to look around and gawk at the REAL rides1 I told the fellow that helped me out with the apprasiel that I might would consider trading my T for this. :lol...

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I am thinking 800 for starter and gen,if all that is functional currently,why swap it?
Some folks go thru 1 like it is a Cadilac 8 that will be flying down the interstate at 80mph for 6 hours straight headed to granma's.

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Well I felt like it was best to be upfront as I do not want to miss represent the truck even after I keel over.
I would hate for someone to buy it 20 years from now at my estate sale and get screwed thinking it was a original.

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WOW~! That kinda money keeps the poor people out of the hobby for sure.

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It is annoying when a modern radiator is much less exspensive . A 8n Radiator less than 200 bucks. Made in china.
If they made T radiators over in china they would be in the 250 range and would be functional a plenty for most applications.

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/after-watering-plant-for-years-woman-discovers-its-fake/vi-BB10EpIf?ocid=iehp Yep,she was so proud of her plant,She wanted to give it a new pot. Um, foam? Why is that there? Uh,my plant is a fake! :( Of course,today on tv,a back brace commercial was on....

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I looked into all kinds of options about titleing my T. I finally got up the nerve to speak to a Dmv officer. I ask, "I have built a Model T Ford from parts and I would like to get it road legal,what do I do?" He gave me the inspectors name and number,and explained a few things and told me it would ...

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