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Need a GOOD old Car mechanic/restorer - Individual if possible in D/FW Area. Any advice?
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| 11/17/2020
| Fwdude
Posted on 11/17/2020 1:40:48 PM PST by fwdude
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To: fwdude
Local high school autoshop project?
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:08:28 PM PST
by
JohnnyP
(Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
To: fwdude
Odd you couldn't find someone who would work with you. Around where I live there are all sorts of shops that will do however much or little you want. But there is a pretty intense car culture around here too. Yelp can be another resource in finding or checking out a shop. A piece of advice is to watch out for places that have some beater race car that they can never seem to get dialed in. They are liable to be focusing on that thing a bit too much in anticipation for the weekend races, and may only be legitimately working on customer cars 3 days out of the week. Avoid those sort.
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:08:36 PM PST
by
lapsus calami
(What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
To: freedumb2003
“This thread is no good without pics. Women are great to see but classic cars are THE Beauty in life.”
Amen brother.... love the classics. Simple to work on and diagnose. Despise the computers on wheels.
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:08:48 PM PST
by
LastDayz
(A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
To: fwdude
Fer gawd’s sake, what model and engine???
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:09:10 PM PST
by
Basket_of_Deplorables
(This is all a Soros funded communist insurrection! )
To: fwdude
Have an old 1970 model GM car
I was gonna suggest you find some Cubans, but your car's about 15 years too new.
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:12:05 PM PST
by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: JohnnyP
High schools apparently don’t do this anymore. I’ve checked.
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:12:10 PM PST
by
fwdude
(Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
To: fwdude
Are you looking for mechanical or for body work?
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:12:32 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Basket_of_Deplorables
1970 Buick Estate Wagon, 454-V8 with 4-bbl.
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:12:54 PM PST
by
fwdude
(Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
To: Basket_of_Deplorables
[[[Fer gawd’s sake, what model and engine???]]]
74 Gremlin, 232
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:13:08 PM PST
by
headstamp 2
(Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
To: PAR35
Are you looking for mechanical or for body work?
Yes.
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:13:39 PM PST
by
fwdude
(Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
To: evets
lol.....hold onto your wallet!
To: fwdude
Come on man.... where’s the pics?
Cutlass, GTO, Chevelle, Vette, Nova, 442.
The suspense is a killin me.
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:14:17 PM PST
by
LastDayz
(A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
To: fwdude
Please don’t go to the Head Gas Monkey.
To: fwdude
Military bases used to have a place to work on cars. Do you know anyone in the service that has access?
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:15:14 PM PST
by
JohnnyP
(Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
To: fwdude
Lot of the big shop mechanics do side work at home, usually for cash.
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:16:04 PM PST
by
Adder
("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
To: fwdude
What is it you want done?
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:17:00 PM PST
by
eastforker
(All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
To: Gen.Blather
I am supposedly a member of the American Motors Owners Association.
A few magazines and a membership card is about it.
The chapter president called me early on. We talked a lot that time.
Nothing since going on 2 years.
I used to be a member of the VJMC. Always magazines and online newsletters.
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:17:52 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: fwdude
“1970 Buick Estate Wagon, 454-V8 with 4-bbl.”
Guaranteed 9 MPH, no matter how you build it.
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:18:26 PM PST
by
LastDayz
(A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
To: LastDayz
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:18:49 PM PST
by
LastDayz
(A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
To: fwdude
Prepare to spend some money. You think it only needs small fixes. They tend to turn into a project all by itself, then a few more projects get uncovered.
I’ve been working on my Willys truck for the last few years. I started like you, saying I’ll fix this and this and I’ll be all set. Turns out I’ve essentially refurbished/replaced all of the mechanical stuff on the truck. “The knee bone is connected to the leg bone....”
Roll up the sleeves and buy some wrenches. It is satisfying if you can do it. Plus you will have a bunch of new tools.
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posted on
11/17/2020 2:19:34 PM PST
by
dgbrown
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