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    1. #1
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      Cars !!!!!!

      have you ever been so fustrated with a project you could just scream.man i am so tired of cars at this monent,i think i'll spend the summer playin golf.

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      If only I played golf! I do wash my balls quite often though!
      Jimmy

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      58 Nomad 348 Baby Rat

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      That's the cool thing about both cars AND golf. You can put them down and pick 'em back up at any time. Seriously though, I know what you mean about car projects and if you need to step back for a bit, just do it.

      Mary Pozzi
      mpozzi . . . '73 Camaro RS, '69 Camaro SCCA/Trans-Am vintage racer, and a 1989 R7U 1LE Players Challenge car.

      "STICK, you B*TCH!!!!!!"

      "It's not a horse. You can't train it!! "


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      Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Man I couldn't agree more!!! This project has killed it for me. Nothing has gone right, I spent 12,000 more on the project than I had originaly told my wife. We are both wanting to sell and buy a newer home but we can't because all of our money is tied up in the car.
      Man i could go on and on....
      Sorry to take over but you caught me on the bad day.

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      I completely feel your pain right now. I am EXTREMELY frustrated with my car. And its not even the cars fault. The whole "bad" power steering box situation really put me over the edge this week. I have also been screwed 3 times in the last week with shipping. Im still wainting for my defective video card to be returned with a new one. What a week and its only thursday..
      Adam_______Offical Car Name "ILLUSION"
      383 Stroker, Stock cast heads, T-56 tranny, 4.11 gears, 2002 T/A dash, 4th gen interior including seatbelts, power lumbar seats, 18" Budnik Wheels, Hydraboost, QA1 shocks, DC Controller, Power steering conversion, fuel cell, unique exhaust set up........
      ILLUSION Website-----------Old Website--------------My Car on Lateral-g.net----------- Need something designed?-AdFabDesign

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      I know exactly how you feel. I just got my radiator after a long wait fom Ron Davis for my LS1 and guess what; NO STEAM VENT FITTING!!! This coupled with the fact that I now have to pull the entire motor to put on the new A/C Compressor and bracket from Vintage Air has brought me this close to putting a post in the For Sale section.
      Robert's 1969 Camaro - 2002 LS1/T56, 10pt cage, Global West Stage III front suspension, HTH truck arm rear suspension, Sprint Cup 9" full-floating rear end, Fikse Mach V 17" up front 18" in the back and still working on it...

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      should read the can rocketman

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      Ive had enough. Im just taking a break from the car for the rest of the week. Just gotta get away. Spend some much needed time with Heather and play some Halo 2 or GT4, battlefield 2, toca 3, or throw Black in and blow everything up. Something. Just need to get away.
      I will be happy next week when my PS box from Jake arrives. That one should be in excellent condition. Not sure what I will do with the bad PS box.
      Next week if the ps box from jake works then I will get my entier PS all bolted up and hydraboost installed. I will also hopefully get my new closeout piece for teh radiator.
      Adam_______Offical Car Name "ILLUSION"
      383 Stroker, Stock cast heads, T-56 tranny, 4.11 gears, 2002 T/A dash, 4th gen interior including seatbelts, power lumbar seats, 18" Budnik Wheels, Hydraboost, QA1 shocks, DC Controller, Power steering conversion, fuel cell, unique exhaust set up........
      ILLUSION Website-----------Old Website--------------My Car on Lateral-g.net----------- Need something designed?-AdFabDesign

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      Quote Originally Posted by kennyd
      should read the can rocketman

      you got me on that one,i learned a lesson,last week just when i think i know everything,i learn something less,mother nature didn't help thou with the damn tornado's and hail.

      but it's been the whole redo,from start to now.any jusy had to vent a little.nice to know not every project is prefect.

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      oh,kenny the base is on and cleared.

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      I haven't touched mine in months for that reason......yanked the tranny and its sitting in the floor next to the car......one of these days I might feel up to messing with it.....maybe...until then I'll just keep paying insurance while it rest on jackstands :(
      Matt
      1980 Malibu, off the jackstands.....let's see if a T-56 will last longer than a TH-700R4

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      I hear you. Sometimes I wonder if I even like working on cars....

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      I love working on cars, but I feel your pain. Its just like anything else. If you stare at it long enough, it all becomes complaicent. That is why it is good to have other hobbies, like Adam kind of said. He plays games. I used to play games all the time, but got bored with them cause that is all I did. I concentrated more on cars to get over it and now I have really taken a liking to landscaping. There is something about planting little trees and stuff, and watching nature take them over (birds, butterflies, deer...)
      and I am not even !

      On a related note, I am seriously thinking about not doing the tail panel project from my 79 Trans Am that I have in Project Updates. The more I look at the stock body, the more I like it as is. Plus, since the car is going to be beat on, I dont know if I want to put that much custom work into something that will probably be dinged up in a hurry anyway.
      Last edited by JoshStratton; 03-23-2006 at 11:47 AM. Reason: Brokeback this!

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      I can hardly stand cars anymore, I feel your pain. Because of a family illness, my '68 has been put on hold almost this entire year (family comes first) and my remaining camaro has been down for a month and a half with either a defective clutch or a tranny problem. It's been too damn cold out to even change the clutch and get it back on the road. First, it's warmer than it should be all winter, now it's colder than it should be once spring comes. I've come about this l..... l close to selling both cars and buying a sport bike and calling it a day (about four times actually). Faster, cheaper, warrantied.

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      Ralph,
      I know exactly what you are talking about when it comes to cold. In the winter I never used to touch my cars. But now I have a heater in there and it made life soooo much better. Its a furnace out of a trailer and works killer!!! I would never be this far on my car without that heater. I think I bought it used for $150 last year. Paid $40 for a thermostat. Best garage investment so far and a killer price to heat a 2 1/2 stall garage within minutes!! I usually set it to 65* and work without a coat on. Its heaven!
      Sorry to hear about the family illness.
      Adam_______Offical Car Name "ILLUSION"
      383 Stroker, Stock cast heads, T-56 tranny, 4.11 gears, 2002 T/A dash, 4th gen interior including seatbelts, power lumbar seats, 18" Budnik Wheels, Hydraboost, QA1 shocks, DC Controller, Power steering conversion, fuel cell, unique exhaust set up........
      ILLUSION Website-----------Old Website--------------My Car on Lateral-g.net----------- Need something designed?-AdFabDesign

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      Thanks.

      Yeah, garage heaters are killer. The last time I worked on the SS in November before the PT cruise, I plugged in this old portable heater in the garage and it was great for the day. My garage is too small (packed 1 car) to work in on a normal basis, so most of the big stuff has to be done in the driveway, though. It's usually either too hot (summer) or too cold (winter). There's like 1 month of happy-medium weather, haha.

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      I feel your pain. I get that feeling when I take something apart and find something worse. Like the rotted mount pad on my 77 sub frame. Ugh.

      Hang in there, Ralph. Things happen. Look at the bright side, the longer you wait, the more cool parts that hit the market.
      Scott from NJ.

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      Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold
      I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors

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      Ralph I am in the same boat, I cant even open my drivers door in my garage and get out unless the windows rolled down.

      Dont get a sportbike, stick with the car. Your license and your body will thank you for it. You know the way cars are a love/hate thing? Bikes are even worse, one day you have such a cool ride and the next day your watching a friend get carted off in an ambulance.

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      Quote Originally Posted by protouring70
      Man I couldn't agree more!!! This project has killed it for me. Nothing has gone right, I spent 12,000 more on the project than I had originaly told my wife. We are both wanting to sell and buy a newer home but we can't because all of our money is tied up in the car.
      Man i could go on and on....
      Sorry to take over but you caught me on the bad day.
      I wish I'd gone just $12K over..multiply that times 40 and you'll be about what I went over..come over and we'll cry over a beer..
      Bob "cooter" Johnson

      (Disclamer: Any and all "questionable" comments made by Bob Johnson, Redneck, are to be taken as good natured Good 'ol boy humor. If I offended you, please get a sense of humor...)

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      AH! Budgets are just a way to trick yourself into believing its affordable...

      Rules and budgets are meant to be......... you know the rest

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