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1951 Pontiac Chieftain


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Posted
16 minutes ago, hairnet said:

dont worry about it

ill just buy another :P

isnt mail theft a federal offense? 🤣

 

Dumbassery isn't, as shown in the news recently so I claim that.

And no. I got this.

Posted

jeezxus i need a haircut

can i ask you two (three) questions @PhilA (no dis)

have you lost weight

are you modelling for jimmy choo or similar now :D

where is the car fiddling post :P

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Much of this today, no pictures of bleeding brakes because I was covered in brake fluid.

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But, it stops again. The shoes really don't fit the drums well because I can't get the pedal as high as I'd like but they do stop the car adequately now.

It was smoking like a tramp steamer when I first fired it up too. Now it's warm it's better but there's a lot to be said for multigrade oils...

 

Phil

Posted
1 hour ago, hairnet said:

show me the stickers................

I just came inside.

 

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I can't get the rears to lock up but they are applying effort to the wheels.

I guess that's good (the rear cylinders are a different diameter to the front so so brake less than the fronts).

 

I'm going to go take it for a quick drive to check how it's going and stopping.

 

Phil

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Oh, and me being a moron on the shirt. 

 

Package arrives addressed to me, open it and it's that shirt. "Cor, what a solid bloke Hairnet is (it said from Hairnet). He didn't have to but that's a really nice shirt."

 

Then I remember about a week and a half ago Hairnet asked me to recieve something from a shipper who wouldn't send to that there England.

 

Oh what an arse I am.

 

*Goes shopping for "not so secret santa"*...

 

Sorry mate. 

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Posted
6 minutes ago, hairnet said:

burger and malt'll do me :D

 

They're closed until next week!

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Rolled over 104,000 miles tonight.

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Went get a sandwich. Parking lot light sucks right there. Brakes still binding a little at the back when I've gone down the road a ways so it's gotta be servoing itself on at speed, meaning I've got the anchor at the wrong angle.

Phil

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Posted

New pieces coming. Plus another one of them.

 

I'm going to make up for that brainfart.

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Today is cold, engine making clouds.

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It took me to work though. It takes a few miles to warm up in this weather though.

Phil

Posted

Also play spot the car in the grocery store lot.

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A little bit of fun to watch people's reactions. Even if the car is filthy from being driven in the rain.

Phil

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I broke down today.

 

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One end cap was loose and it had become twisted when I put it in. Weakened, it burned out.

Replaced, all good again. Bought a box of spares.

 

Phil

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3 deg dropping to 0 tonight. that must be very cold for there !    27 here today. "Course that is all in proper degrees.

Posted
9 hours ago, STUNO said:

3 deg dropping to 0 tonight. that must be very cold for there !    27 here today. "Course that is all in proper degrees.

It is. There was even ice on the cars this morning!

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Last night was getting chilly, I had to put my coat.

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We're now getting freezing fog in the mornings so that's unexpected.

 

Phil

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Posted
On 1/11/2021 at 6:46 PM, PhilA said:

weathers like england...............

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It took me to work though. It takes a few miles to warm up in this weather though.

Phil

what kinda chevy is that?? and the chevy? :P

 

Posted
3 hours ago, hairnet said:

what kinda chevy is that?? and the chevy? :P

 

2019 Silverado 1500 HD.

Phil

 

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