Category: General
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Some Smalls Arriving
Ordered a few smalls from various vendors, this one arrived today. A new e-brake cover. Ordered from chircoestore.com. Impressed with the quality, but not even going to try to install it until is a nice warm day!
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Finally Some Sun
The clouds parted and the sun finally poked through. Temp right around 40 degrees, it’s a welcome sign. However, we have no water. Apparently, the city is fighting a few water main breaks, so it’s hard telling when it’ll be back on. So what to do while you’re waiting for the Daytona 500 to start?…
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First Purchase For The ’68
Well, technically not the first purchase. I ordered a e-brake cover from chircoestore.com the other day, so I’ll call this the first big purchase. Didn’t realize the roof racks were so expensive, prices range from $177 to $269 for the powder coated steel racks from EMPI to $400+ for some other stainless steel brands. I…
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Finding Mabel, Our 1968 Beetle
So, in our quest to find a regular Beetle, our week started last Friday with a viewing of 3 Beetles in our local area, all within 40 miles of each other. The first one, a 1970 Beetle, the owner was asking $7995 for it. The guy had too much sentimental value on the car. It…
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Last Of The Tins
The industrial shields arrived today for AwesomePowdercoating. Hopefully the weather will be nice enough to work in the garage and put the remaining tins on the engine.