Montego Garage Day

"MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner" (montegoman562) 11/02/2015 at 10:22 • Filed to: MONTEGO, MONTEGOPROJECT, PROJECT, GARAGE

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Well I was in the garage for the majority of yesterday, thought it was about time to hang some license plates up on the wall!

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As you can see my toolbox gained some OPPO horsepower recently. It also features a giant Ford sticker, Flowmaster, Summit, and Tuff Stuff (Performance Water Pump). Also featured is the MY GARAGE. My Toys, My Tools, My Rules sign that my Mother in Law gave me.

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I had the Montego up on the Ramps, still seeking out my coolant leaks, did some gunk removal from under the engine though, it’ll help see where the coolant is actually coming from.

I also did oil changes on the Commander and Milan, it was crazy windy out there so I was chasing the oil stream with the oil pain the whole time, but I made good time and got 2 full synthetic oil changes with upgraded filters for 33 bucks. On Sale plus my $20 credit accumulated made it so I basically robbed Advance for oil changes.

What did you guys work on this weekend?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 10:35

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Yardwork both days for me. And after spending hours raking and mowing, you look out the window this morning and it looks like it did before I even started. :/

Haven’t done any car work in a long time. I REALLY need to give my car a bath. You know the car is filthy when you use the windshield squeegee at the gas station and the water coming off the window is black.

Urambo Tauro > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 10:41

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I miss blue plates.

Punk_Girl_98 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 10:47

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I like old license plates! Reminds me of this really good burger place here in town. Awesome Montego BTW!!!

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 11:03

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Since my garage is a piece of shit I have my license plate collection is running along the top of the wall in my basement

JR1 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 11:22

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How big is that Montego?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > JR1 11/02/2015 at 11:42

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More like how tiny is that garage. It’s a brutally small 2 car garage. It’s skinnier than my 07 Mercury Milan and about a foot longer. The lack of a passenger side mirror helps on it’s width haha.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 11/02/2015 at 11:44

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yikes man

And for yardwork I did some leaves saturday morning. I took my riding mower with the chute and bags on and ran em all over and sucked em up. I had to stop every 2 minutes to empty, but a hell of a lot easier than any other way. It was like a lawn vacuum!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Urambo Tauro 11/02/2015 at 11:44

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Haha, I got a pile of them from my wife’s Grandma. I think I have 4 more of them.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Punk_Girl_98 11/02/2015 at 11:46

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Me too I want to collect all the older year ones. These aren’t that old, the blue trailer one is 80’s, oldest one. I’d like to cover the walls with a bunch of really old ones though.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 11/02/2015 at 11:46

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Haha, at least they’re somewhere! I’m not a huge fan of this garage, it’s the smallest 2 car I’ve ever seen.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 11:52

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Yeah, riding mowers are awesome for that. But as you said, kind of a PITA with having to empty the collector bag every 50 feet.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 11/02/2015 at 11:53

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yeah that part was brutal, I had to take apart the chute which was of course clogged as well.

Punk_Girl_98 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 12:07

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To the swap meet! Just make sure they’re not re manufactured.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Punk_Girl_98 11/02/2015 at 12:09

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Haha yeah. I’ve just been too cheap to buy any. There’s a nice section on the sidewall (in the Montego picture, just above it’s roof) that would do great with another big set of plates. The old Montego Air Cleaner cover will go up soon over there I think, I might put up the old valve covers too.

Under the hood USED to look like this:

So the lid for that air cleaner (which looks better now than it did in this picture) and the Valve Covers may become “Wall Art”

desertdog5051 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 12:14

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Cool. I still have some old Michigan plates in a box in the attic of the garage. One is black, one is bicentennial, one says “water- winter wonderland” and a bunch of cycle plates.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > desertdog5051 11/02/2015 at 12:24

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badass, if you decide you don’t want them anymore let me know I’d take ‘em! I love the black plates especially

Punk_Girl_98 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 12:56

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Yeah! I like those air filter covers a lot! Especially when they are aged like that. I wouldn’t mind those old parts like that whenever I own a garage also.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Punk_Girl_98 11/02/2015 at 13:01

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Yeah, they’ll look a lot better on the wall, I’m so glad they’re not under the hood anymore. This is much, much better than it was when I got it:

Punk_Girl_98 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 13:06

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Oh wow!!!!!! That is nice! Awesome car all around.

desertdog5051 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 13:06

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Not likely, but will keep that in mind.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Punk_Girl_98 11/02/2015 at 13:06

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Thanks! Yeah it’s awesome, I love having a different muscle car.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > desertdog5051 11/02/2015 at 13:07

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Haha, I can’t imagine ever needing to get rid of old plates. if you’re not displaying them, they barely take any space to store.

Punk_Girl_98 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 13:08

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I dig it sir, congrats!

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/02/2015 at 16:42

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Michigan needs to bring back the white on blue plates. They are so much better looking than anything they have now, plus you can tell it’s a Michigan plate right away.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 11/02/2015 at 16:55

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Yeah, I like the black with white lettering from waaay back too

19JRC99 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/18/2016 at 19:51

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Agreed, I actually really like them.