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22364
I'd sentence Mike to a weekend in Hell, but it seems that Hell isn't going to fly again this year :-( Bill ... -- You're never a loser when you and your car...
Bill Stephens
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Jun 1, 2009
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22365
Hi all: jus doing some spring cleaning and have a green bench seat cover (original style 1969) that I have no need for. It does need some sewing on the...
vistacruisin69
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Jun 1, 2009
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22366
You just never know when your number is up do you!?....I just came back from the hospital an hour ago!.....I had three funerals to go to this week and I was...
Andrew A.
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Jun 1, 2009
10:24 pm
22367
Andrew, Im glad you are still with us. Sorry to hear about the pain but happy you are amongst the living. Take care, heal fast. Nick in PA ... From: Andrew A. ...
NC & KC
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Jun 1, 2009
11:10 pm
22368
Andrew! Geeze be careful...I often think about something like that happening to me in the garage while working alone. I try and take that extra second or...
vistacruisin69
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Jun 1, 2009
11:23 pm
22369
Kee-ripes!  Dude, I just read about someone near here getting crushed by a van he was working on.  Fell off the jacks stands.  I think I'm just gonna stay...
Jon
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Jun 2, 2009
12:16 am
22370
Glad to hear you are ok...... Thanks for sharing because this will definately make me think over safety once again when working below the frame. I am having a...
Mark E.
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Jun 2, 2009
12:32 am
22371
Andrew, Thank God you are still with us. I'm sorry that you had to go through such a terrible ordeal. I came close too a few years ago under the front of a VW...
Pete Sottnik
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Jun 2, 2009
1:27 am
22372
Dude!! Duuuudddeee!!! DDDUUUUUDDDDEEEE!! Giving me goosebumps. oovah ________________________________ From: Andrew A. <canafornia@...> To:...
oovah
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22373 Shane Reichlin
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Jun 2, 2009
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22374
Geez. Glad you are whole and pretty much okay, all things considered. I'm pretty much a "Nervous Nellie" when it comes to working under anything on...
Warren
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Jun 2, 2009
5:43 am
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Yeah, Andrew - you're supposed to survive me! Isn't the BadAss supposed to serve as my hearse? ;-) Bill ... -- You're never a loser when you and your car are...
Bill Stephens
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Jun 2, 2009
5:54 am
22376
Thank God you are alive and not seriously hurt! A good warning to the group and everyone who works on old cars. Hope you heal quickly. Think I'll buy that...
sblakey442
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Jun 2, 2009
2:32 pm
22377
Thanks for all the well wishes guy's!..I was definetely lucky!..I shared the story with the group just so that everyone thinks twice when they are working...
Andrew A.
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Jun 2, 2009
2:48 pm
22378
Andrew, That was a close one! Glad you came out of it intact and ok considering what you went through. Rob...
Rob Einhorn
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Jun 2, 2009
8:21 pm
22379
Anyone have a recommendation for new shocks in my 1970? Any real benefits to air shocks in the rear? I never tow or haul anything with her and prefer to stay...
kalel1414
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Jun 2, 2009
9:24 pm
22380
KYB Gas-A-Just. Try them once, you will never go back to anything else. Ever. Period. I have them on the 72 Vista, the 79 Ranchero, even the 74 Jaguar. They...
oovah
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Jun 2, 2009
9:34 pm
22381
I'd recommend good old reliable coil-over gas charged shocks. They give you a nice ride unloaded while offering more stability in corners and when adding...
Arthur Throckmorton
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Jun 2, 2009
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22382
Glad to hear that you are OK Andrew.  That is one reason I don't have ramps, they are dangerous.  Do yourself a favor and scrap them ASAP.   Dave Wyatt 67...
Dave Wyatt
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Jun 3, 2009
3:53 pm
22383
I had air shocks on my VC but it seems to put a lot of strain on the lwr attach brackets especially when there is load in the car. So I went with air bags...
vistacruisin69
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Jun 3, 2009
6:33 pm
22384 Shane Reichlin
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Jun 3, 2009
6:49 pm
22385
I also loved the airbags on the back of the BadAss Vista, but my exhaust was routed a little close to them and towing going up hill, the exhaust heated up more...
Andrew A.
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Jun 3, 2009
11:15 pm
22386
I'm actually toying with the idea of giving the whole car a 4" bodylift next winter! ... From: Andrew A. To: VistaCruiser@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June...
Andrew A.
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Jun 3, 2009
11:18 pm
22387
thanks!..the steering box would be great! it will save me from rebuilding mine again, they re-sealed it when I built the car, but it's leaking like crazy...
Andrew A.
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Jun 3, 2009
11:33 pm
22388
Great idea! I really like the idea of a 442 suspension upgrade along with new shocks. Thanks for that and all the other ideas!...
kalel1414
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Jun 4, 2009
12:23 am
22389
This article says the B-Bodies helped to bankrupt Gm....I disagree. http://jalopnik.com/5274023/ten-vehicles-that-bankrupted-gm/gallery?skyline=true&s=i...
Rob Einhorn
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Jun 4, 2009
1:44 am
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union workers getting paid $40 an hour to sweep the floor bankrupted GM! ... From: Rob Einhorn To: VistaCruiser@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009...
Andrew A.
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Jun 4, 2009
2:13 am
22391
Andrew: ya problem, my fellow Olds buddy Greg was throwing it out! So don't worry bout payment...jus got to get it down to yu. It still has the pitman...
vistacruisin69
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Jun 4, 2009
2:44 am
22392
Ok, I will try the KYB shocks on my car.. talk about wallow.... I was going to go frnt srings 1st, but maybe I will go the chaeper n easier with shocks....
vistacruisin69
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Jun 4, 2009
2:47 am
22393
Of all the B-Bodies out there, they had to use an image of the Custom Cruiser. Ill argue that handing over the nations Police and Taxis over to Ford may have...
NC & KC
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Jun 4, 2009
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