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Originally Posted by yachtsmanbill

Got company showing up tomorrow around noon for T-talk and a mammal meat lunch, so Ill hafta clean up the shop in the morning. ws

Oh oh! There's been a misunderstanding. I'm not leaving here until around 9:00 or 10:00 AM tomorrow morning. And it's pretty close to 400 miles over to where you live. How insistent are you that I get there by noon? Cause they don't even pump oxygen into the atmosphere once you cross the Central Standard Time Zone until somewhere around 9:15 AM. Maybe you should look for me a little closer to around 4:00 to 5:00 PM. One thing you have to know about me Bill is I don't do things like most people when it comes to sleeping or scheduling my life. I usually sleep in the lazy boy every night from around 8:30 to 11:00 PM every night then stay up until about 2:00 AM Then go into bed and sleep until around 5:30 AM then get up and feed the dog and the cat, eat my 2 pieces of toast with butter and honey and a couple cups of coffee. Then when I'm done eating that I fall asleep in the lazy boy again until around 9:00 AM. And then I start my day. That usually gets me around 8 hours of sleep each night and I'm still awake for the important parts of the day like lunch and supper. I promise I'll try to get out of here as soon as possible in the morning but morning usually starts later for me than most other people. Also don't clean up the shop for me because I'll feel uneasy if you do. I'll call you once I'm on the road.
And yes I did tell you I was going to be leaving here Wednesday afternoon but realized this morning that wasn't going to work. My cleaning person was here from 2:00 to 6:00 PM. She was supposed to be here on Tuesday but her schedule had to be altered to accommodate her fiancee. And the last thing I want to do is stand in the way of true love. Those 2 won't be in heat forever and at some point they're gonna get hit with a dose of reality. But for now I changed my schedule for them.

[yachtsmanbill]

No sweat daddio! We'll do dinner instead! Thatll hafta be the highlite of your day! Ill clean the shop for me tomorrow... cant find a damn thing! ws

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Sounds good. See you when I get there. I've got the draglink in the back of the truck with the wheels. Haven't been this jittery for a road trip since I ran the 30 klix from Dong Ha to Khe Sanh with bladders of Av gas on a 5 ton straight truck.

[yachtsmanbill]

Gotta tell you some stories about those 5T jobs... both wreckers and dump trucks... ws

[yachtsmanbill]

So the wayfarer is on his way home after a nice breakfast overlooking Lake Michigan just after the sunrise. Beautiful!! So for one dollar and other considerations we made a really fair trade for 5 really clean wire wheels, huibs, and hoops. Starting the switch today. Inboard races were gonners so I am switching those as we speak. Will get these guys loosely mounted today and pick up some luh nuts at the swap meet sunday in chrome of course. We went to crack auto this morning for lug nuts at $2.99 ea, and of course theyre the turbo extreme lug nuts with a spline drive blah blah blah that;; strand you with a flat because the special socket is long gone. I walked away on those. Already shopping for some retro bullet lugs... Pretty cool eh?? ws

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230739196981...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

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Are you showing off those wheels already?

[yachtsmanbill]

Them old JUNKERS???? Pats already beating me up over them things! Actually I was done an hour ago, but we're sitting here smoking and drinking coffee with my shoes off. Done for the day! So did I beat you getting home?????
Had fun with you and enjoyed your company. Come back next summer for a boat ride. Maybe July 4th for a waterfront fireworks show! Hopefully the Pollinator will be on the road and Ill take you for a spin! ws

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Dont forget to pass these along pal!! ws





I'd guess this was Japan Enamel!! This is as recieved.



Sanded, primed, and painted with all new hub bolts and nuts. I was fortunate to find these as solid as they come!

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Did Kevin call you about your wood spoke wheels yet? I talke to him a couple hours ago and told $10.00/pc. He said he was interested and was going to Call you. Oh alright I didn't really tell him any price. I just wanted to gt your heart started.

[yachtsmanbill]

GEEZ!!! I was thinking you meant $10 a spoke! ws

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Just spoke with Kevin... told him $2500 for all and I heard the jawbone hit the floor. GOTCHA!!

Told him what I have into the various stuff and he said he'd get back to me... Dont leave that blue pump outside to freeze! Theres water in that reservoir! ws

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Hey, those wheels look pretty good on that T. It looks better with some rubber on it. Once you get that thing together you'll have to get someone to paint a bee on it similar to the ones they use to put on the Mopar Super Bees. Or not!!! I'll try to see if Kevin's got email and forward the pictures of your wood wheels and tires to him. So you quit working on the Pollinator before you tried that draglink? After I drug that thing 400 miles to get it to you? Geez!

[yachtsmanbill]

MOPAR ????? Thats the bottom of the food chain in my book!! Now that the chassis is up on rubber, the attitude is where it needs to be so that I can go ahead and weld that stuff up, maybe today or tomorrow after that swap meet!
I may sacrifice the old drag link for bending or whatever before I attack the new one. ws

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Originally Posted by yachtsmanbill

MOPAR ????? Thats the bottom of the food chain in my book!! Now that the chassis is up on rubber, the attitude is where it needs to be so that I can go ahead and weld that stuff up, maybe today or tomorrow after that swap meet!
I may sacrifice the old drag link for bending or whatever before I attack the new one. ws

Good choice.

[yachtsmanbill]

Didja recouperate yet? Man, that was a long haul single handed. I used to run 16 hours to New Orleans alone when I was working on the Hatteras. That was a LOONNNGGGG trip to get there and live on a boat with no running water or AC (in the summer!!) in the ghetto, right after the big hurricanes of '05 ... Katrina and Rita. The boatyard was between two
"rival factions" (like those folks even knew how to spell that!) and they would shoot TOWARDS each other from a mile away. I literally heard bullets wizzing through the air. Go out for dinner and the national guard would be >"profiling"< a Donk load of gangsters every block or two. I was never so glad to get that boat back to Chicago where I at least spoke the lingo! ws



This was 5 miles inland



This a casino on a barge in Biloxi. The surge lifted the whole thing UP and OVER the street lites right next to it! Its resting on the land side of the main drag along the gulf!



The flora and fauna grew up overnite like being "in country"... sure didnt go out after dark down there! The counter insurgents could smell you coming!

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When I was in the land of Rice and water buffaloes I could drive a 5 ton 6 by 6 day and night thru dust and mud, up hill and down hill dodging RPG, mortars, rockets, and small arms fire. A lot of days lasted 48 hours and if we slept at all it was on top of our loads with a m-16 beside us and a bandolier under our heads. If we covered ourselves it was with a poncho. When we did end up having to sleep in the mud our immersion foot would start up and the dysentery hurt like hell and never let up. We put sand bags and our flak jacket under our seat in case the little b_st_rds had put mines in the road. Our trucks were wore out and we grabbed diesel fuel where we could find it. We cooked C-rats with C4 and if we had to diesel fuel. Our stoves for cooking was made out of C-rat cans with holes cut in them. OK I'll quit. But the thing was I was 19 years old and weighed 137 lbs fully dressed.

Now I'm 61 years old and weigh 262 lbs and driving 7 hours on paved roads on a dry sunny day after 8 hours of sleep, eating good food damn near killed me. Last night I got home and sat back in my recliner with a windsor on ice. Turned on the fireplace and watched my 40 inch flat screen color TV. The dog laid by my feet and all I could think about was how I wish this winter was over and if I was sitting on my tv remote or if it had fallen down between the cushions. After awhile I fell asleep and when I woke up my ice had melted. But the glass is still half full.

[yachtsmanbill]

The eternal optimist eh?? ws

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Haha u guys are all the entertainment I need.(mostly cause I got no tv) just keep up the good work. Bill,u have mail.Mike,keep your eyes peeled,I got lots of picks coming tomorrow night!

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Exit, stage left, dancing all the way!!!

[yachtsmanbill]

Got up this morning and left at 0600 for the 2 hour drive to West Bend for the swap meet... Touted as an antique auto parts swap, youd figure at least pre war parts... However, antique car stuff now constitutes just about everything excluding 90s and up japcrap.
Ran the usual gamut of piles of dual quad tunnel rams and chinese tools to only find a radiator cap for $5, a pair of Starrett layout dividers, and 2 free cans of spray paint (1 white and 1 primer). Total spent was $10.00 plus admission. Kind of a wash. Theres another one March 18 in Fondulac, Wi which hopefully will draw more older stuff from the flatlanders and northlanders.
Tomorrow we kick booty and do some finish welding on the front end bones and wing it from there. I did order some retro lug nuts off edog today. Right now those green wheels are held on with 2 nuts on flat washers finger tight to not bust up that great paint job.
Heres a link to the nuts... Some times being off the grid is a good thing! ws

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230739196981...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1