The fact you didn't get the hose doesn't surprise me in the least. For about the last week, I've been getting my neighbors mail and some of mine. It has been my morning routine, going from one mail box to another to drop off their mail.
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The fact you didn't get the hose doesn't surprise me in the least. For about the last week, I've been getting my neighbors mail and some of mine. It has been my morning routine, going from one mail box to another to drop off their mail.
gm, it sounds like you and Quarter Ton are using the same Post Office! No question COVID changed the way this country works, from its work ethic to its work force.
I think that’s where I got my hoses? They seem to be good quality but of course I’ve only run it once one the stand!
WOW! So this is inflation. Here's my quote from April of 2019 about the cost of the Thermostat.
"I just received the new "Racing" Milodon 160 deg. Thermostat https://www.summitracing.com/parts/mil-16400. Wow it is definitely a higher flow Thermostat. It was $24!" (April 2019)
Three years later they are $38.95!!! (if you can find them)
Don’t worry about the inflation. The government will print more money and increase minimum wage to counter it. Problem solved. <sarcasm>
OK it had to happen... I took peeJ out for the spring. I waited till the sun had been shining for a few days. No standing water in site. Took her out on the mowed cleaned lawn. As I was bringing it around I clearly heard the sound of water under the tires. Horror, I looked down there had to be a good 1/4 inch of coffee colored water with grass sticking up. Crap! I grabbed the sticks and got it down into 4 wheel low, 1st gear and we crawled through the swamp. You can see by the sideways pictures this is going to take a while to clean up.
Geez, your one step away from running through the mud pit now!!! Ateast PeeJs out and running good for another season. Even with a little mud she still looks pretty!
So your planning a big offroad excursion now? Its been dirty once, now you need to come do some rockcrawling, hahaha!!
A few smudges on PeeJ makes it look even better.... But of course, that's my opinion. I think when I get a bunch of time in a row, I'm going to attempt to aircraft polish the Heep. There will be a bunch of steps and grits and polish to get it to really pop, (or burn the retinas out of everyone in the sunshine). I am pondering if it would look right with the rough spots.
A couple little specs of mud will build character on PJ Bob!!!
Your in for some buffing time gm to get the Heep polished up like that but it will be stunning looking, we had a guy in our Jeep club that had a Stainless Steel tub and he polished it up and it looked like it was Chrome Plated but he said it was a nightmare to do!!!
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Bob: PeeJ just wanted to go play in the mud like old days.
On Sunday we took Ham's '48 out for a show. Earlier in the morning it was raining pretty hard and I told Becky we might not go. Her reply was that it was supposed to stop raining before noon, why not go. I mansplained to her that even if it wasn't raining, that if the roads were wet the places under the fenders and the underside got wet and muddy and those were the hardest to get cleaned. But - things dried out OK and we went.
GMWillys: A number of years ago I was waiting on an airplane somewhere and this I heard this rumble even up in the waiting area. I went over to the window and there was the rattiest P-47 imaginable. The aluminum was dull and you could see just about every frame and brace in the fuselage and wing structures where the skin had dimpled in. The Heep might look a little like that once you polished it up - a lot of experience showing.
See, the difference between PeeJ and Flossy, is that Flossy and I aim towards the dirty areas. Back before I had the crazy idea to tear it apart, so it still ran. If there was a soft muddy spot in the yard, it steered right for it. And did we stop to put it in 4 wheel? No! one wheel drive makes it more exciting, and easier to make roster tails, splashing mud all over my passengers in their easter best. In the words of Clark Griswald, "it's all part of the experience".
Gm, I think being polished would look extremely cool, however keeping it clean and shiny would be a chore, but a worthy chore. Kind of like I was talking to a gentlemen who took the original magnesium wheels off all is funny cars and replaced with aluminum wheels, since magnesium took too much to keep shiny. Since it tarnished very easily.
That's why I'm on the fence about the time to polish. Since I pressure washed the mud off of the Heep last fall, she's not looking too hot.
I did get a call from the starter guy, and he said my stuff is ready to be picked up. $70 bucks for both the starter and generator to get worked up. I couldn't buy the piece parts for that, let alone the labor he put into it.
Wow your electric guy is one of a kind gm. An honorable repair shop. That is a great price. I think we are down to one electrical component repair shop around here for 50 miles. It seems like all you can find now are the re-manufacturers from foreign countries.
I stopped by a week ago and talked with him a while. He's trying to retire, but people drop stuff off to him daily. He doesn't answer the phone, and doesn't have voicemail or an answering machine, so eventually I'll get my stuff picked up before the June Jeep run.
I was looking through ePay, and came across this stainless 2A.... Yep, that would burn the eyes on a sunny day.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/28584191932...8AAOSw4Dlk5WOO
Yikes! I think I like the patina a bunch more. The polished stainless looks like chrome. It is unique. The Heep has a much better personality. I like the bare carbon steel.
Well, I guess you wouldn't have to worry about the body rusting! But, yeah, not sure I'd want to drive that if the sun was out.
I can still clearly remember the Delorean sales. Many owners ended up painting them. All you needed was for someone to put a sweaty hand on it and, out comes the buffer. They were very difficult to keep looking nice.
".. ePay, and came across this stainless 2A... "
Yeah. 38 miles...
Yep, you all helped to talk me out of it.... Like I need more projects to keep up with and taking time from finishing others.