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Back in the 1980s in Rockland Maine there was a '69 Camaro with "Raise A Little Hell" painted on the rear spoiler (it had quite a reputation,...
Wondering if your landlady ever found out about the missing couch? My ex-wife and I rented a place that was eventually condemned; we couldn't get...
Green oak cordwood when you first split it has a wonderful aroma. There was a certain musty aroma to my grandparents shed that I loved (along...
Back in the early 1980's I went to a junkyard somewhere in rural Maine. The owner was in his late 70's and a character in his own right, and had...
Nice job on the lense! If you quickly/lightly run a torch along the edges you can smooth out the sanding marks and make it clear for a more OEM...
Several years ago someone stole the brass doors off a family crypt in a cemetery. The thieves tried to sell them to a scrap dealer, but got...
The mixing paint reminds me of a story about Volkswagen just after WW2; raw materials and supplies were very scarce for producing cars in a...
This discussion about pins reminds me of a place I worked at some years back. One of the weaving machines wouldn't take up the fill; when I went...
I had a 1982 Pontiac J2000 (Chevy Cavalier with a Pontiac nose job) years ago with a lockup converter that wouldn't unlock and stalled the car...
I have a similar problem with the USPS; for some reason I'm always getting my neighbors mail, and they live several houses down the road from me.
A friend of mine had a 1973 Plymouth Satellite station wagon with a 318 and a 150 mph speedometer, which we always thought was funny.
Welding is like painting: how well you clean and prep the part will show in the final product. I used to work with a guy who mostly ran his mouth...
My son and I swapped a 1997 Jetta TDI drivetrain into a 1995 Saturn SL2 parts car he had. With some tuning we were getting 73 mpg out of it on...
Not sure what it's from (maybe Dodge by HAMB default?), looks like it was used for a trailer or similar once upon a time. This is on an old stone...
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