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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Moriarity, Oct 30, 2015.

  1. corncobcoupe
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    When you take it to the car wash and take pictures of it going through the Grindo-O-Matic Brush Washer then I'll know it's driven and not just trailered to locations for photo shoots.

    Bwahha Ha HA
    I crack myself up.
    Kidding of course.

    Lookin Good Man.
     
  2. Sky Six
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    Grind-O-Matric Brush washer...now that's funny, I don't care who you are.:D
     
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  3. Moriarity
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    What the heck are you doing at the grocery store? I thought your kitchen was unused? :)
     
  7. Moriarity
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    I can do some cooking in my shop. the kitchen in the house is still NOS going on 18 years
     
  8. :rolleyes:

    Can I ask why ?
    Is just because you can ?
    Because the cupboards are full of spark plug wires? :p
    Or your just a typical single guy ?

    Scotty B’s gotta love ya !!


    When I was single , kinda prided myself on being a good cook and eating well.
    But I lived in a one bedroom apartment


    Not a house full of killer customs and treasures !!!!

    do you drive Miss elegance as much as the astorian?
     
  9. Moriarity
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    never wanted to mess up the kitchen for just one guy, now it is like a contest not to use it. I eat at home a lot only at scotty's twice a week. The Astorian gets used a lot more than Miss Elegance
     
  10. I get that .

    my aunt n uncle have a ba*****t kitchen they got custom built in the late 70’s early 80’s it’s steel cupboards done in a light pink with these starburst gold knobs and a pink granite counter n back splash with all gold appliances .

    when we where kids growing up we used to call it the barf room or horror movie kitchen.

    It’s hardly ever been used so it’s still in mint shape , complete with the floral print plates and bowls and dark brown gl***es and gold rimmed wine gl***es.

    now it’s old 70’s early 80’s and in mint shape it’s one of my favourite rooms, when I visit I alway get my uncle to have a beer with me in there.
     
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    Uses a butane torch to char toast.
     
  12. Sky Six
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    Truthfully, at first I thought @Moriarity was sort of bizarre but as I have read his writings and seen his museum pieces I must admit that I really sort of envy him. His dedication to the HAMB seems to be genuine. I can't wait to be deleted again. :)
     
  13. Moriarity
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    Saw this real early pic on the Kustomrama site and I never knew that it once had white headlight covers.

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    I had some milk white trans acrylic so I figured I would make some. Here’s the first one done
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  14. Squablow
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    I kinda like the headlight covers, most I've seen have a bullet in the center to function as a nut to remove them, how are/were these attached? And do the headlights function behind them, or was this a daytime-only type show car thing?
     
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    good question, when Rodney Rice put the smoked covers on it in the eighties he siliconed them in. I put these on with velcro dots to the headlights. Light kinda comes thru em but I bet it isn't enough to drive at night with
     
  17. Some 'show' mods you see just weren't practical for a car that's actually driven...
     
  18. Moriarity
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    I will probably drive it to coffee this weekend and it will be dark when I leave, I'll let you know how it works
     
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    In my opinion (which doesn't hold much water), I think the covers enhance the looks and harkens back to the origin of the car. I think that they will still be all right to drive at DUSK but to reduced for DARK.
     
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    @Moriarity Maybe I missed it.... have you driven it after dark? Wondering how the new covers are.
     
  22. Moriarity
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    no, not yet, maybe saturday morning for coffee....
     
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    It was dark this morning when I went for coffee. The headlights are not really bright enough for nighttime driving. 968690D1-41EE-4CAA-B844-BD46DB9C944A.jpeg 63C890E7-69E9-437B-9C40-12CAF2969BE9.png
     
  25. X38
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    Ah, after scrolling through posts I see now you have answered the question I asked about the headlights in the other thread where you posted a 'coffee' pic.
     
  26. Moriarity
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    Oh. :oops:
    That would scare me. Too many people/animals/bicycle/electric scooter riders that could potentially appear in front of me at the last split second.
     
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  28. Moriarity
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    yeah I would have turned around and went home but I can drive to Scotty B's with my eyes closed.... LOL
     
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  29. X38
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    Braille driving.
     
  30. Moriarity
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    Or Stevie Wonder could drive it at night
     

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