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Back at "The Ranch" (14/24)
 7/31/08 9:38pm
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CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH - USA

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Now that is a lot of horses in the stable!
 
Great line up.
 
The bird is looking really good.  Do you think you will get to drive it?
Back at "The Ranch" (15/24)
 7/31/08 10:26pm
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#1-1974 L-48 4spd Cp Med Red Metallic/Black deluxe int w/AC/tilt/tele./p/w-p/b/ Am-Fm/map light National/Regional/Chapter NCRS "Top Flight" #2-1985 Bright Red/Carmine Cp.L-98/auto Member: NCRS, NCRS Texas, Corvette Legends of Texas


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Back at "The Ranch" (16/24)
 7/31/08 10:50pm
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Looookin Goooood, Jim.  Thumbs%20Up  Really great looking Bird ya got there.  Clap   Gonna be really nice when you get the graphics on.
 
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Back at "The Ranch" (17/24)
 7/31/08 11:56pm
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West Burke, VT - USA

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SOLD - "The Toy" - '70 Convertible
SOLD - "The Beast" - '90 ZR-1 (#682)
SOLD - "Betty" - '28 Ford Model A Tudor
Still have - "BLKBRRD" - '78 Pontiac Trans Am


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[QUOTE=cilrah]...  But I can't believe you'd tow a GM Product with a Furd Wits%20End  ...[/QUOTE]
 
The previous light hauler was a '93 BowTie.  What paint didn't flake off rusted through.  I liked the truck well enough overall, it just looked like heck and Patty told me to get a different one.  Didn't like the looks of the next couple of GM gens so was looking at Blue Ovals and Rams.  "The SiverBuckboard" has been the nicest of the 3 trucks I've owned over the past 25 years.
 
 
[QUOTE=ebo]Yep that family pet makes sense......Bird Dog........Golden Retriever Thumbs%20Up[/QUOTE]
 
Bailey luvs to go riding, especially in "The Toy" 'cause she can stick her nose out into the fresh air.  She won't get to go along in either "The Beast" (becuz of the leather seats) or "BIGBRRD" (becuz of the velour seats).
 
 
[QUOTE=ranger3]... I love the shot of the three toys in the stable. ...
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This is the first time all three have been together under the same roof.  "BIGBRRD" went over to the bodyshop in June of '06 and "The Beast" arrived in October of that year.  One of the three is going to have to go off-site though at the end of the driving season so Patty's daily driver can be inside over the winter.  Should have gone 30' wide instead of 26' when we added on the new garage three years ago...!!!  doh
 
 
[QUOTE=kstyer]Now that is a lot of horses in the stable! ... [/QUOTE]
 
I prefer my horsepower with ignition keys and parking brakes!  They also can out live the 'hay burners' (when taken of decently) and don't leave piles of 'stuff' along the side of the road (usually!). 
 
 
[QUOTE=kstyer] ... The bird is looking really good.  Do you think you will get to drive it?
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Hopefully!  Patty doesn't like driving "The Toy" becuz it lacks PS and PB but she does enjoy riding in it.  We may end up arm-wrestling for wheel time in "BIGBRRD" since it is our "Anniversary" car (we were married in 1978).  And "The Beast" generally doesn't leave the garage without her permission.  That's ok - 'cuz when we do go out together for a cruise I'm usually behind the wheel of whichever vehicle we take.  Big%20smile
 
 


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Back at "The Ranch" (18/24)
 8/1/08 1:05am
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Looks great! Pontiacs were my first love!
Back at "The Ranch" (19/24)
 8/1/08 6:00am
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[QUOTE=Norsky]
Bailey luvs to go riding, especially in "The Toy" 'cause she can stick her nose out into the fresh air.  She won't get to go along in either "The Beast" (becuz of the leather seats) or "BIGBRRD" (becuz of the velour seats).[/QUOTE]
 
What I want to know is, when Bailey does go for a ride, how long does it take to clean all the hair out of the vehicle LOL
 
Frisco doesn't ride in anything but the Hoopdy (Hyundai), hes aleady ruined that car.  You don't roll more then one window down at a time or you end up picking hair outta your mouth.
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Back at "The Ranch" (20/24)
 8/1/08 8:41pm
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#1 *1980 White, Red interior 14,000 mile #2 *1980 Red, Oyster interior 93,000 miles Resto project car, rebuilt to 383 stroker


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Mark I hear ya, my golden rides in my ram and even after she's out it's still like ridin a cycle in a bug storm.
 
Jim, those Goldens are too smart, in that picture she has already noticed you moved the C3 into mamas stall. She has that.....your in troubllllllllll
look, moma guna be mad!!!!!!!
I noticed that but did not want to say any thing....6th sence. LOL 


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Back at "The Ranch" (21/24)
 8/1/08 11:50pm
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SOLD - "The Toy" - '70 Convertible
SOLD - "The Beast" - '90 ZR-1 (#682)
SOLD - "Betty" - '28 Ford Model A Tudor
Still have - "BLKBRRD" - '78 Pontiac Trans Am


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[QUOTE=cilrah]... how long does it take to clean all the hair out of the vehicle ...
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Not long at all - with the top down most of it just flies away.  Thumbs%20Up  I do have to hose off the right side of the car though when we get home - dog drool at 60 mph does tend to leave some streaks...!!!  Shocked
 
 
[QUOTE=ebo]... your in troubllllllllll
look, moma guna be mad!!!!!!!  ...
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Before the garage addition "The Toy" occupied the garage spot during the driving season.  I could keep it at home as late into the fall I wanted to as long as the frost was cleared from her daily driver's windows before she left for work in the morning.  The latest it went into storage was early December.


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Back at "The Ranch" (22/24)
 8/2/08 12:10pm
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I'm as bad as my kids, they call my garage my toy box and its as full as the kids toy box's.
Put up a 30x40 with a full upstairs, one lam beam so I only have one center post, plus the 18 inch tall lam gave me great ceiling height. Before the siding was on I knew it was to small! Cry


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Back at "The Ranch" (23/24)
 8/6/08 12:11am
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SOLD - "The Toy" - '70 Convertible
SOLD - "The Beast" - '90 ZR-1 (#682)
SOLD - "Betty" - '28 Ford Model A Tudor
Still have - "BLKBRRD" - '78 Pontiac Trans Am


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Yesterday I took "BIGBRRD" out to a shop that specializes in Corvette tuning to get the carb adjusted.  He ended up keeping the car overnight because there were so many vacuum leaks to chase down.  He ended up pulling the carb and tearing it down because "something just wasn't right in there".  End result was my buddy and I didn't get the carb put back together correctly (first time I'd taken one apart) so no wonder it wouldn't dial in right.  He rerouted a few of the vacuum lines bypassing some of the emissions stuff in order for it to run better.  He also said that the carb was "tired" and if it were his car he'd swap out the original intake manifold for an Edelbrock Performer and replace the Q-Jet with a Holley 750 double pumper.  That setup on the Poncho 400 would make the car a real nice street machine.  Seems to me I remember that kind of advice coming at me when I had the engine out of the car and partially torn apart.  Oh well, I may just run out of winter projects so I might as well add that to the list...!!!

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 8/6/08 8:10am
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I hate it when that happens...
Oh well...you do realize it'll NEVER be finished, right? At least you'll be able to cruize in it before long....that'll make it all worth while...

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