Ontopic The new car-seching thread

Junkyarding this afternoon, one of my favorite leisurely activities.
Here's a backpack full of tools, let's play find the 10mm.
 
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Hips welding --

Thin stuff - 6011
Thick stuff - 7018
Other stuff - braze it
If none of that works - change materials until it does
 
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I needed to make a thing to help fabricate.

Needs to fit my old woodworker's vise
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I need to check the countersinks as I think they need to come down a bit more. Then I need to clean the spatter and I can paint it.

Then I need to clear out the garage in that area. That's going to be the not-fun part
 
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Jehannum said:
Anybody want a Keith Sweat, 50 Cent, Cypress Hill, Ty Dolla Sign, or greatest hits of the 60s CD? Those (plus a burned "Love Songs" CD) were what was in the CD player I bought.
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Run the Love Songs one on a computer, there might be hidden treasures. Finding other peoples porn, especially home-cooked, is hilarious.
 
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Run the Love Songs one on a computer, there might be hidden treasures. Finding other peoples porn, especially home-cooked, is hilarious.
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It's just an audio CD. I didn't have time in front of a computer with an actual CD drive yesterday to look at it other than that, so no results as yet.
 
Some old bat ran a red and drove into @Mrs. Valve 's 2012 Focus, 70k+ miles on it. smashed up the front passenger side. Obvious fluids pissing out from the radiator. No airbags went off.

Cops faulted the old lady in her Kia. All her airbags went off.

Geico claims adjuster is saying $3000 to repair. We'll see what our body shop says. I'd hate to junk it. We own it, and it has zero issues.
 
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Some old bat ran a red and drove into @Mrs. Valve 's 2012 Focus, 70k+ miles on it. smashed up the front passenger side. Obvious fluids pissing out from the radiator. No airbags went off.

Cops faulted the old lady in her Kia. All her airbags went off.

Geico claims adjuster is saying $3000 to repair. We'll see what our body shop says. I'd hate to junk it. We own it, and it has zero issues.
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The Mrs. OK?
 
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Might want to get that Focus' airbag system checked out. I saw the same shit in an M35 while I was junking the other day. Left fender, frame, radiator support mangled, no airbag deployment. In fact, one of the previous owner's eyelash extensions was stuck on the steering wheel.

Not a good scene.
 
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Jehannum said:
Might want to get that Focus' airbag system checked out. I saw the same shit in an M35 while I was junking the other day. Left fender, frame, radiator support mangled, no airbag deployment. In fact, one of the previous owner's eyelash extensions was stuck on the steering wheel.

Not a good scene.
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We specifically mentioned it to the adjuster. We'll bring it up with the shop as well.
 
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shamwow said:
505hp Z06 Vette engine in a 1970 Firebird

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Let me preface this by saying that I'm a minimaxer.

I respect the effort that went into that. However, wouldn't it have been cheaper to just buy a Z06 C5? It's a better chassis for that in every conceivable way (even though the F-body there has one more leaf spring in the back than the C5).

IDK, I'm just not a big fan of LS swaps. That's why there's a Pontiac in my Pontiac, a Nissan in my Datsun, a Nissan in my Nissan, and an Audi in my Audi.

None of them is 505HP that I'm aware of (biggest is the Nissan V6 that's 480whp on e85).
 
Jehannum said:
Let me preface this by saying that I'm a minimaxer.

I respect the effort that went into that. However, wouldn't it have been cheaper to just buy a Z06 C5? It's a better chassis for that in every conceivable way (even though the F-body there has one more leaf spring in the back than the C5).

IDK, I'm just not a big fan of LS swaps. That's why there's a Pontiac in my Pontiac, a Nissan in my Datsun, a Nissan in my Nissan, and an Audi in my Audi.

None of them is 505HP that I'm aware of (biggest is the Nissan V6 that's 480whp on e85).
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C6Z. C5Z had 405hp. Anyway, you know as well as I that the engine was probably sourced from a wreck and the guy got a deal.
 
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