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Old 01-26-2005, 06:34 PM
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I have owned a lot of old cool muscle cars. I always tell myself "I'll just have the radiator rodded out, alternator rebuilt, power wash and do a good, cleansing brake job (an old habit). Next thing you know, I have the engine out power washing the whole underneath of the dang thing,"I'll just do a minor Valve job" and wind up going through the entire engine (Old man told me one time, "Sonny[he said sonny] if the motors out of the car, replace the Oil pump!!"), new clutch/pressure plate(its out after all) and of course a new aluminized exaust at least. And then it winds up so much nicer (I have a sickness for engine compartments looking good and all of the inside and outside lights working perfectly) that I get pissed if it gets dirty. I even like it when the window mechanisms don't work properly. I love a smooth rolling up and down window (Anybody?)and have spent days cleaning and fixing the things. I'm sure that a company makes a pill for this, Heck, If Phizer invented a pill to make a 75 year old Scwinn have a working kickstand, they surely can help me. Not with the Kickstand mind you, but the car thing.

Should I go on or can I get a witness here?
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