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http://24.59.109.135/pichost/pic//jackstandracing1.JPG there ya go, david. welcome to our world!

that evil bastard picked today to piss on all of us.

as many of you might know, i've been way too pressed for time to work on my car. it's twenty miles away and i'm a restaurant manager. so, the only wrenches it sees half the time are the ones i leave in it. you can guess how excited i was when i actually had a day to go work on it. so, after the little post holiday party at casa father-in-law, i moved out to the garage to hopefully make some decent progress. granted, it was cold enough out to make my nipples into diamond cutters, but who gives a damn. i started tearing out the interior. console and passenger seat come out mostly without incident, so i feel good when i carry my newly- liberated datsolounger over to the drivers side to yank it's counterpart. i set my mountain dew down, light up a camel, and start to wrench, when all of the sudden.... darkness. the god-forsaken power went out. at least i couldn't see the seat nuts anyway, only feel them, so the lack of light was no real loss. i got the seat out, but with about a million other things i wanted to get done, i had to call it a day. i'm really beginning to think there's some kind of curse on my finishing this car.

wasn't as nice a car, but..... further proof that idiots lurk everywhere. on the way to my father-in-law's for thanksgiving dessert (2 days later) we stopped for provisions at a gas station. woman at the gas pump, late model 626, just minding her own business, pumping her gas. nice big dakota, camper cap etc... starts to back up. can you see where this is going? BLAM-O! the lady driving the pickup mustn't have even looked, seeing as how she backed straight up. or she was looking, and couldn't judge the size of her truck. and, as luck would have it, while there was mazda fiberglass scattered about the lot, not a scratch on the dodge. so, in the end, the moral of the story.... if you can't handle it, don't friggin' drive it.

thanks mike! by the way... is every third member of this site named mike? my biggest concerns are with door clearance... i want to use talon buckets and alot of cages i've seen ride too far in to use a seat like that. one of the biggest reasons i personally was planning a 4-point, but the added stiffness benefit would be good.

mas280.... any web link to that alston? pics in your z? you've got me curious.

mike... if it was me.... 6 speed!!!! i couldn't justify paying more for an auto, even if it was modded and had less miles.....a. i'm a gearhead and miles don't scare me, and b.isn't it more fun to do the mods yourself? either way i'm excited for you, those cars rock....bob

cusp... that was funny as hell. if we had a heirarchy, you'd automatically be up there. by the way, i'm pretty sure all of those apply to me!!!

welcome to the darkside.... you're gonna be busy for a while! all seems like pretty quick stuff. i get my 350 tomorrow which i then proceed to tear apart. still working out what works with what, but probably speed demon carb, performer rpm air gap, appropriate cam, can't decide between aftermarket aluminum heads or just getting work done on the gm iron, all the while ripping stuff out of my car like taz with a ratchet. i'm hoping to have the engine together and in by mid spring, but i can only work as fast as budget allows. more and more members... i love it! i'm not the only one not driving my car! this may seem wierd ( thread got a reply while i was editing)... but all you need to join our world is to be in possession of a z-car that you're working on and not driving. jackstands themselves just make you that much cooler..... 8) good luck zette....you'll be back on the road in no time!

wow rick. we'll be 25 miles of 1.5 lane, half-dirt mountain road away from each other. going to mother-in laws, turkey went in the oven @ 9:30...bob

jon... i thought about that too, then when i remembered that i was putting a fuel cell in the hatch i decided i'm just getting rid of the ashtray altogether. more excuses to stop and smoke so i can show off the car (when it's done )CAN'T be a bad thing... so how did you guys who moved the batteries run the wires? i have been thinking about doing this myself... if only because it makes the engine bay look cleaner. anything else will be a bonus since i don't plan on much racing, at least not enough to really be concerned about it.

hey jay.... ! it's 41 here in kingston. damn, it's like indian summer.... for an eskimo!!!

maybe so... but to those following whatever the tradition became HAPPY TURKEY DAY! at least we only kept the feast and not the dresses and buckles! just make sure to include the designers of the almighty Z-CAR when saying grace....

must be all the pb blaster i've been sucking!!!!

if i beat you do i get to inhale your nitrous? on second thought, i'll be laughing enough already.

man, the winter enrollment campaign is going so well i lost track.... eleven i think? hey mike... when mine's done i got a v8 for you to hunt!!!!

upon further analysis.... yeah, it's all bs. but just for the record anyone who came up with that does not live by the principles of the DARE program. if that could be called rice, that particular bumper sticker REMOVES 5 horsepower!

the bad part is.... i think those exhausts are REAL!!!!!!

anybody else smell photoshop?

sorry too aux.... i thought about taking it to chat actually but i knew it was having some issues last night.

yeah... pizza cutters.... right! the truth is you ordered 175's and they screwed up :malebitchslap: said "hey, i got em, what the hell?"

i'm gonna make myself feel good and not add in what i paid for the car in the final price. better yet, i'm not counting at all!

i'm getting really evil thoughts....

i HOPE mine only takes a year... it'll probably still look like hell but it better drive by then!

cool... hey if it ends up taking you a while to get here my car might actually run by then!!!!!