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Michael A. Terrell

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On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:17:26 -0500, "Ed Huntress"
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On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:18:45 -0600, Frnak McKenney
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On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:43:32 -0500,
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On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:08:47 -0600, Frnak McKenney
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On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:52:50 -0500,
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Used to be you could build your own car, starting with a chassis from
something else, or building your own tube chassis or monocoque tub,
building or assembling your own suspension, and building your own
body, either from existing components, or from scratch - then
installing the engine of your choice, customized with either purchased
or hand-made parts, and adapted to the transmission of your choice
with either a purchased or hand-made adapter - and then upholstered,
again with either purchased, adapted, or hand made seats and trim.

That is getting a lot more difficult today if you intend to drive it
on the road - but for an autocross or track car it is still possible.

Hey... I've got this 16-year-old nephew in the Tarrytown, NY area
who talks about wanting to build a hot-rod. Richmond is a little
far south for me to help him; how close are you? grin!

2 to 2 and a half hours from Buffalo, north across the border

Ah. Probably a bit far for Joseph to walk over to after school.

Too bad. You sound like someone he'd enjoy spending time with.
Hope you can find someone in the local area to pass your skills
and sense of enjoyment on to.

Perhaps a couple sons-in-law as I have 2 daughters.
The youngest scares a lot of the guys - she drives ONLY standard shift
and changes her own snow tires. - - - -

Wow. Does she mount them on the rims with her bare hands? g

No, she learned from her Pa to buy spare rims and keep the tires
permanently mounted so she only needs to swap rims.
But she jacks the car, swaps the rims, torques the nuts, and winches
the tires up into the loft of the shed for offseason storage with a
hand cranked boat winch.

Most of the guys don't know how to handle a clutch, and don't know one
end of a torque-wrench from the other.

And she's good lookin' too. And smart. And she's got a good job and
owns her own home. Not bad for 26

Yeah? But does she drive a wrecker?

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