Afternoon Oppo!! ^_^

"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390) 01/19/2017 at 14:00 • Filed to: Good Afternoon

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How’s everyone today? I’m having a nice and easygoing day at work before class and anime later tonight. :)

CaptDale - is secretly British > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 14:08

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I’m tired, work sucks, my car still isn’t fixed, and I feel lonelier than ever. So a pretty normal day.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2017 at 14:13

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Food, make work funner, and stay patient! Your car (not sure which one) will be fixed soon! You can have fun and a good time even by ones self, anyone can! :)

Make it a better day!

CaptDale - is secretly British > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 14:22

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Thanks. I will try to do these things. I am 5 weeks on without my GTO and I HATE it. I just miss my guy friend whom I haven’t seen in 3 weeks cause busy and no car. It’ll get better I am sure.

How’s your day?

S65 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 14:24

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Meh, it’s a meh kind of day.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 14:28

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I had 53 emails to read before lunch. None after, so far, which is weird, but I have a project to do I don’t like, so....

After work I’m going to try repainting the accent black in the aluminum deck on the Galaxie so it will look like this again:

Aluminum being a huge pain to get things to stick to, I’m going to use high-temp air/heat cure epoxy and cook it with a heat gun.

Mercedes Streeter > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 14:28

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Happy, doing techie things at work. I have tomorrow off because my anxiety will be sky high. :)

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2017 at 14:35

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YES TRY!! Give it MAXIMUM EFFORT. ^_^

My day is going great, thanks!

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/19/2017 at 14:44

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Oh man, took the words right out of my mouth.

Except instead of “car isn’t fixed” it’s “I own two 30 year old German cars, so there’s always something to do.”

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 01/19/2017 at 14:48

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PREACH!! :p

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/19/2017 at 14:50

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Make the most of your project and good luck on that aluminum deck. What kinda Galaxie do you have again? I’m surprised it’s not chrome.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Mercedes Streeter 01/19/2017 at 14:50

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Try your best not to have high anxiety thingies and enjoy your techie thingies.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > S65 01/19/2017 at 14:51

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Make it the best “meh-day” you can!

CaptDale - is secretly British > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 14:59

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Oh yeah I never consider my German car when asking about running vehicles

Mercedes Streeter > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 15:20

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Danke! :) I’m getting paid for the day, so it’ll be easy peasy to just sit back and watch the meltdown without stress!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 15:25

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It’s a ‘63 Galaxie 500 four door. I got it right after Christmas. Being a “500", it’s a V8 with Cruise-O-Matic three speed, but every other single option was nixed. Manual brakes, steering, windows, doesn’t even have a radio - so it has the deluxe two-part interior, deluxe badging and trim outside, and *nothing* else other than the 289 and auto.

It was a big thing in the ‘60s for American manufacturers to go for aluminum brightwork on things like headlight surrounds, side trim, and grilles, because pseudo-chrome anodizing had finally hit its stride and it was a great way to save weight - along with new thin-stamping tech for body panels. Contrasting this with my Lincoln, which has almost all pot metal chrome-work, this thing weighs nearly 3/4 ton less.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 15:29

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It’s 45 and grey/foggy here, so I went for a nice top-down jaunt in the Alfa. Earmuffs and a heater work wonders.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/19/2017 at 16:42

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Which Alfa have you got?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/19/2017 at 16:44

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Neato! My Grandpa had a ‘63 1/2 Fastback when my dad was growing up. I imagine it’d be a kickass Ford family mover and travel ride across the country. And yet, I’ve never seen a Galaxie up close before. One day. :)

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 16:47

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Spider Series 4

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 16:51

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I’ve wanted one of these for years (partly due to seeing one up close, heh), and this one dropped into my lap - $1500. Oh noes its a boxtop and not a fastback or pillarless hardtop whatever shall i do etc. Actually, I wanted it four-door, so it’s pretty much perfect.

If I drive this thing to Detroit for any reason or pass through on my way to annoy Fritch on the west coast or something I will definitely light the Opposignal.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/19/2017 at 17:00

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They’re that cheap in good condition?? Hmm....

If you do drive it to Detroit, light the Oppo tree and I’ll be the first person to welcome you to our fair metropolitan area. I’m like the Oppo MI Ambassador, that’s what I’m gonna call myself now. :)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/19/2017 at 17:18

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Good condition, but a couple of things brought the price down. This one has a trans that wasn’t shifting properly (probably either crap in the governor or related to a linkage issue because all four friction surfaces have to be okay for it to have the gears it has), it needs weatherstrip in the doors, needs headliner and carpet, needs a little front suspension work, and has rust damage to the edge of the trunk. So, a day coming up on the lift for front suspension and trans, FULL front suspension kit ($280), an oil sender switch ($8), new trans gasket and screen(?)(~$30), a new retainer for the trans crossbar ($3), new headliner ($180 in perfect original starpoint style, WOOT), new carpet ($170), touchup paint etc. (~$45), and a day on folding misc. metal and using the welder.

Total forecast: maybe $750 more and three or four days to make it ridiculously nice.

If I ever come to Detroit, I would most likely pass through Jarod Rose’s back yard on my way so I’d have to stop there too.

pip bip - choose Corrour > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 01/20/2017 at 04:46

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rained today, and this is suppose to be summer!