Tony D
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Curiously my Remington is also parkerized, with "HBPD" on the stock. Looks like the ramp was loaded and unloaded every shift for years, but the hammer had not a single mark from peening against the firing pin. Probably never fired. Gave my son GREAT confidence shooting trap at Boy Scouts
Never had an issue with either of my SKS's here in CA, nor elsewhere. Pretty reliable, I don't know how you would get the pin in wrong to induce slam-firing. More likely on the Bushmaster back in Michigan.
Don't worry Geezer, they got to get through my pass first, before they get to Palm Springs.
Thing is, I saw 'they' during the 93 Riots, I had to go into the restricted area to pick up our compressor housings from a company that was going bankrupt and move them to another shop off SantaFe and 47th street. We could smell the smoke. I had an M1 Carbine, loaded with 90 rounds jungle-clipped together in banana clips, with another three identical mag sets on my front seat. I dallied too long in the area, and the onramp checkpoints were erected. There I was with 270 rounds 'loaded,' round in the chamber, safety off carbine rolling to the LASD uniformed Deputy. Kept both hands on the wheel, and watched his eyes get BIG. He calmly asked me what 'that on the front seat was for' and I said "If I don't get on the freeway right now, and that ramp closes, it's how I plan to get back to O.C. by surface streets. After a pause he asked "The bolt is closed, is there a round in the chamber?" Yep. "Safety on?" Nope. Petty tense, and he just had me eject the clip, rack the round out of the chamber and leaned forward as he instructed me to "Place that behind the seat, you won't need that on the freeway." All I could say was 'I sure hope not, sir!'
"They" aren't as far away as you think. The only saving grace is like New Orleans, likely there won't be busses running to get them to us! Having to go into the lions den was not a fun time. I felt more secure in Nigeria...
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I saw no "T" just "A" so I left it out...
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MS3K?
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What does 'choked out' mean? What does 'vooowala' mean? Did something blow up making that noise? Sparks at the ground wire mean it's charging a dead battery or at least one with voltage potential difference from the jumper battery. No 'spark' may or may not mean anything.
Buy a multimeter, take some readings, and tell us where you are finding power...
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Argh...
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Suuuuuuuure...
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At the factory, in the day, they used Oxy-Acetelyene and it seemed to work fine...
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I defer only to Apollo 11 first-footers. After that, 'its been done'!
And hell, I can even say to them "I know who welded your seats!"
7 Stages from Kevin Bacon, you know?
Mmmmmm, bacon....
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Im jealous! how is your grass so green with all this heat were having
, j/k good score!!Oh man, you obviously haven't watched Phils Epic Videos, that grass stays green from Phil's unending stream of B.S.!
My grass, too, is verdant here in the California Desert Valley!
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Oh, and the SKS is not a 'stamped import' of recent vintage. It's a 'never fired only dropped once' Viet-Nam era war souvineer, complete with DOD paperwork. I bought it off the 'repatriator'
I got some photos buried somewhere on my Cardomain Page of the Chinese one my kid shoots. It for all intents and purposes looks the same. I think they are both Chicom Type 56's (?)
All I know is I lament burning through all that LAPD Academy Chinese Copper-Jacketed Steel Core ammo when it was available. I should have saved a case. Or two.
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Actually, when I get talking about him, I SOUND (as well as resemble) Sam Kinnison.
And no, I DID NOT get my records back, there are still 10,476 of them floating somewhere in some lawyers pocket that make me PO&B about this whole thing.
If you have money, and are willing to lie (salesman) you can cost people you want to hurt a lot of money. I would have MUCH rather spent that money on something else. Sure, because I was 'victorious' (i.e. adjudicated the winning party to the lawsuit HE brought) I got my court costs back, but LAWYERS FEES? Not a chance in hell if they're willing to lie (and they are)... So what's your option, spend $50K to get $10K?
I wonder who 'negative checked' my post. Perhaps Joe has been here reading...
But yeah, "sliding under a gas truck and tasting his own blood" is a Sam Kinnison line, and only partially conveys my feeling for him. Like I said, that would make me smile. What would PLEASE ME MOST is that he is dry impaled after going off-course on a ski run, dry impaled on a jaggy old pine tree limb right near his solar plexus so he can't cry out in pain, but remains concious. That way he can hear the searchers for him, but can't direct them to where he's suspended, just off the ground. And then, frustrated that they searchers have moved away and stopped looking in that area, full of dispair and loosing hope, he sees this thick, furry tail of a cougar in his perpiheral vision and starts feeling a tugging at his leg which of course gives him a searing, tearing feeling from the impalement...
And then he realizes that a mountian lion is slowly eating him alive, he's concious and can't cry out for help. And then, I want him to think about all the times he did wrong to others...
I don't want him found until springtime, when his stink draws kids to the edge of the slope and they find his half-eaten desiccated carcass still stuck high up in a tree, even more pecked over by carrion-loving small birds than what the cougar ate.
And like someone recently replied when they heard this, 'The cougar would probably get sick from bad meat!' and I heartily concur: The cougar that eats his legs in a gorging meal then walks a few paces and regirguitates everything so that Joe can see it, and realize all that pain and suffering he went through didn't even give nourishment to his unseen tormentor, that his pain was all for naught. Pain with no good cause whatsoever.
My only regret is that he can't undergo that for 3 years running. Then he would know what it is like to work for him.
Like I said, I was willing to leave it at 'slide under a gas truck and taste his own blood' but since you asked...That's how I really feel.
He is a bad man. I wish him ill.
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Lechon in Cebu the first week I was there. All was good until that Makati City incident.
Overall it was a good trip, but I would have liked to keep my $400...
That hindsight thing is a real pain, because I know now (as opposed to suspect) that they weren't real cops, or at least on-duty cops. They had bad, sloppy tactical interaction, and I could have gotten out of it without loosing my money. But the uniform gave that moment of pause just long enough until I was in an untennable position and could not really take action.
Then again, throwing even a semi-uniformed looks-like-a-cop through the second floor windows of McD's might draw some 'splainin' I wasn't wanting to do anwyay. "Pinoy Tossing" is probably not well-looked upon by the local REAL constabulary. There was a nice Car-Jacking Ring broken up while I was there, got the guy with the hand grenade and submachine gun and everything.
I would suggest against Makati City and Burgos Road area in particular. Why I couldn't be lodged in the Crown Plaza or Intercontinental by one of the SM centers is beyond me...
Oh, and I grew an affinity for sisig, even more than the Lechon. I subsisted on Lechon, sisig, manok / bak bak.
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Phil,
Do you really want ME to answer that question honestly?
"Mr. 6 Turbo Engines on stands in the Container, and two more in cars out back"?
Hell, one was GIVEN to me when I drove out to Fabens TX because the guy liked the Black 510 Coupe I drove there to pick up (For $250)...
I'm was like Neumann on Seinfeld: free unquestioned use of a big truck, and all I needed was time to go get 'em! And since I made my own schedule at that time, time was something I could arrange---if not outright schedule a customer visit closer and closer to my prey.
Personal best? Bought an 83 ZXT 2+2 for $250 (ran fine), an 80 ZX 2+2 for $125, and then after the lein sale, was approached by the yard to get a THIRD car (1982 N/A Coupe) for $75 if I could clear it out of the yard first! Usually, one turbo and one or two N/A's was my normal Friday Purchase for quite a while there when I could religiously attend the auctions. Craigslist makes it even more of a feeding freny!
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You mean I drove one of 7 of something? Holy shites!
As for Tube Amps, I know this guy in Australia with a Tube Amp Business...(Who has an S130)
And another guy here in Riverside who is all up on reproducing old Japanese "Elk" amplifiers supposedly a copy of Fenders from the 50's... "Elk" was "Fender Japan"
But I digress, holy shikes, I drove 1 of 7...
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"There's no need to argue whether the head/engine is any good or whether its worth the money. It's obviously not about performance value for those that would be interested. It's really about exclusivity. "
Like Spinners and 22" rims, right? It's not about the performance, it's about the look and style of the appliance.
I really got to spend some time scanning my 80's photos from Japan.
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" I don't recall in any of the previous threads any mention that they were available to "those that have the money and desire", or that they were sold as a complete engine unit, so that's news to me."
You obviously missed John C's post from SEMA this year then...
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Nope, this information is correct. This is what I was trying to prevent, the "I think..." or the "I heard that..." sort of comments that get thrown around. I made sure to keep everything orderly and I measured the L28 and L28ET rings and ring lands twice on separate occasions with the same results.
AMEN BROTHER!
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Is the Mustang a "sportscar"?
Hell, is the 370?
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I should of snagged all the junkyard tanks i could find when i had the chance. Problem is my yards like to poke holes in them instead of opening the drain plug.
I got a couple of those as well. Easily fixed with a BIG soldering iron (the type you heat with a torch) some acid-core solder, and a pre-1982 US Penny (all copper, no zinc)
Heat the soldering iron, flux up the penny, clean the area aroudn the hole, then put the penny on the red-hot soldering iron, slap it to the tank and lay the solder to it. Solders up the hole no problem.
It helps if you can pull some of the piercing back out, but it's not necessary. I actually don't let the pick-axe holes deter me any longer. They are getting impossible to find, so when I get one that looks good, I get it and complain at the payment window about the hole to try and knock down the price.
Rust? Look in terms of severity. If it wasn't cleaned properly there will be some surface rust. But if you see a 'line' like it was half-empty for a looooong time consider knocking some $$$ off the offer. If the pickup tube is immersed, or exposed then you're usually good. But when it's half submerged and the top half is exposed long term to the condesnation, it can eat a pinhole and it's a bear to troubleshoot. Almost as bad as maple leaves in the tank that intermittently get sucked onto the pickup tube...
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damnit what an idiot as if 280ZXs weren't unpopular enough! Guys like this make me glad to keep my s130's body pure
Hell, with that comment lets go full cicrle and just say it outright and quit the obfuscation: "Hey, it's only a 280ZX, who cares?"
Or even better: "Those modifications would have looked better on a Z31. Anything makes a Z31 look better!"
Or the Z Car.Com standard: "At least it wasn't a matching numbers Series-1 240 that he did it to!"
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90 degree fittings look nice in photos, but really you want at least 12 diameters of straight fuel line into and out of the pump for best flow properties. On the inlet side at least, discharge is a bit more forgiving but a straight fitting and slow curve on a discharge flexible line will flow better and result in less pressure drop.
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I'd have to agree, that is nothing compared to getting one with a 'radiator shop rebuild' that looks good, but internally has pinholes in the pickup tube.
I wouldn't part with any of mine for 2X that asking price, simply because I know INTERNALLY they are perfect, no pinholes and no leaks. Outside they may be dirty and dented, but they were out of running cars and once they were dried out of fuel, were immediately sprayed internally with WD40, and then had a nice dose of LPS Preservative put into them and then were capped to prevent any volatile off-gassing. They should hold indefinately like that, so when I want to do an EFI conversion, I can pick one and start in on it.
Later tanks are cheaper as they only fit the later chassis. But 74 through 6/76 tanks are in the most demand---simply because they are the best for EFI conversion. 280 tanks get the nod over the 74 simply becauase of some more rudimentary baffles. But the 74 has all you need in terms of return line capacity in the right spot, you just need a bigger tube and swirl pot added.
Actually, the 75/76 tanks could benefit from a better swirlpot as well, and rejiggered return line. For hard use it's what you want to do anyway.
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Actually my biggest regret about going to work there was not taking 'Option 1' regarding the work truck. Had I done that, based on mileage alone driven on company time and billable, I would have paid for my 1998 Dodge Quad Cab the first year, and reaped the rewards of mileage till I left. I would have been paid over $56,000 for that truck. Which I had a done deal price of $19,800 (ready at the back of the lot to go to auction late in August 1999!) Then when I left, I would at least had a truck to my name.
And then, if I was doing smoking burnouts with it...it was my own business!
This guy and his wife were BIG on transferrence---putting THEIR motives toward other people's actions. Like I said, they were bad people. I wish them ill, and any misfortune that goes their way makes me smile. Including their spoiled spawn.
I mean, you know a guy is raising an ******* for a kid when.... I'm not even going there. It's intergenerational. It's perpetuated. The sad thing is I can't figure out why his two other brothers are seemingly decent guys. For sure his younger brother. You know, the guy who quit working for him after 6 months and MOVED ACROSS THE COUNTRY to get away from him?
I'd forego him any misfortune. He seemed like a decent guy. Clueless, but decent. "I only know Joe the Brother, I don't know Joe the Businessman."
My reply: "Oh you poor bastard, I regret your awakening. I give you 6 months and you're going to quit and go back to where you were, and it won't be because you can't do the job, it will be because you are going to find out your brother is the biggest ******* on the face of the planet."
I got a text (seriously) about 5 1/2 months later: "Tony-I had no idea. Sorry about what I said, you were right. Chris" When I called the number (kind of recognized the exchange) it was voicemailed. I think it was his last message from the company phone before turning it off and giving his notice!
His apology was for his comment "What is it with you guys, one rat quits and the rest of the rats follow him off the ship?" I think he thought he offended me by referencing me as a rat and wanted to apologize! Decent enough, but no offense taken.
Curiously he was the only person at the place that didn't have a statement in the legal proceedings. He did not bear false witness. For this, I spare him ill will or resentment of any kind.
The rest of that ilk? When I start polishing up the SKS and putting on the lipstick, be sure to know they are on my list!
, j/k good score!!
Sigh, The P.I. has changed a lot...
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Oxford... The McD's and Jollibee at the corner was where the deed went down.