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fired up pinto ... literally .. i fired up the pinto today to go get some gas in it in case the toyota gave me trouble again .. i did not mention that last week the clutch master cylinder went out and was an all day job replacing it .. it even had me panicking looking for a car to buy .. anyway as i`m driving the pinto i`m smelling some pretty strong gas odors .. i figure its just running rich cause i dont drive it much .. i pop the hood as im filling up and dont see any obvious leaks .. i check under the car as well cause i had relocated the electric fuel pump when i put in the 8 inch rear .. no leaks .. i take off down the road going home and at a stop lite smoke starts pouring out from under the hood .. luckily i was in a turning lane mostly out of the way and i jump out and pop the hood and fire is everywhere ,, i yank my shirt off and start beating it as best as i could but i was mostly fanning it .. i try to get the breather off so i can get at the biggest part of the fire and burn the crap out of my hand on the melted rubber on the air filter ,, a fellow jumped out of his car with 2 bottles of water and was able to splash the fire out .. one of the good things about driving a well recognized car is lots of people will offer help .. about 5 stopped .. i found the leak was a small hole in the rubber gas line behind the breather that was pumping gas into the element and soaked it pretty good .. i did not have a knife to cut out the bad section so i took a piece of glass from some ones wrecked car and hacked the gas line in to .. luckily it was long enuff to reattach .. i did not have a screw driver so a dime loosened the clamps ..my throttle cable had melted in place so i had to unhook it and set the idle up in order to drive back home .. no fire damage to the body just some melted wires ,, all will be well in a few days ..

Originally Posted by TooMany2count

On the back roads of Southern Missouri somewhere

Someone needs to add a sign below, "Slippery when wet" . Just sayin'! LOL

Patch panels are welded in and now it’s time to cut the firewall out and replace it.……joe

Out with the old in with the new

I cant shake a bad feeling for not helping a customer at work a few days ago .. a fellow brought a badly worn out and bent push mower blade up to me and asked if i would straighten it out for him and i immediately said no .. i could tell the fellow was a bit mentally challenged and another person with him was very challenged and i noticed a look on their faces of disappointment .. but i explained that as a Lowes employee i could not fix the blade cause if i broke it Lowes would be responsible for replacing it .. it was bent that badly .. but still i could have offered to bring it home and do it on my own time .. it was some kind of odd blade as we did not have a new one like it .. it bugs me .. on another note this mustang has been showing up on Fbook local for sale for about a week but it never has any contact info .. asking price of 16 grand .. you bet i`d be all over it if i could contact the seller .. must be something fishy ..

Originally Posted by HOSS429

on another note this mustang has been showing up on Fbook local for sale for about a week but it never has any contact info .. asking price of 16 grand .. you bet i`d be all over it if i could contact the seller .. must be something fishy ..

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not only did my left arm get tired and sore from waving for 3 hours but this morning i wake up to see a nice shade of red ..i remember years ago seeing guys with left arms darker than right arms and knew it was because they drove cars with no AC and their left arm hanging out the window .. HA ! one of the people who i had followed a bit prior to their going on the tour made a video of coming into Bama but stopped filming not but a minute away from passing by me and perhaps getting me on video .. so close to my 15 minutes of fame ..

incredible day watching the power tour cruise thru north bama today .. my arm is sore from waving at so many cars and my neck hurts from looking left for 3 hours .. i parked my pinto at a car wash at a stop light in Hazel Green and was plenty visible to everyone passing by .. even some of the local people picked up that something was going on and stopped to watch a bit .. one car builder i follow on u tube came all the wat down from Canada to make the cruise .. i saw him come by .. i dont think he noticed me even though i gave a warning i would be there ,, i got noticed by plenty others .. a couple of other builders i did not see or maybe they came by after i left ,, three hours sitting in a hot pinto was enuff for me .. if it is 17 years before they come back again i cant promise i will be watching .. i made no effort to get pictures although several cars stopped at the Orielly`s store next door .. more later model vettes than anything but a nice selection of everything all across the board ..

Hooo Doggie! Doin' surgery now!!

Originally Posted by 34_40

Hooo Doggie! Doin' surgery now!!

I will still have more scars than this truck will when it’s all over, lol
But at least we’ll be matching, lol…joe

Originally Posted by TooMany2count

I will still have more scars than this truck will when it’s all over, lol
But at least we’ll be matching, lol…joe

I've heard a saying that chicks dig scars! So maybe you'll be a magnet to all the hot ladies!! 8-)

Originally Posted by 34_40

I've heard a saying that chicks dig scars! So maybe you'll be a magnet to all the hot ladies!! 8-)

I already have that problem, after close to 30 surgeries my body looks like a tic-tac-toe board. Might be the reason why so many women are attracted to me, LMAO fat chance

Testing for the final trim. What I found odd was the donor firewall was a half inch wider. But then as we all know these older trucks were really never exactly the same if you took a tape measure to it…..joe

Should finish out nicely! Man, that's a pile of work to go through.

Originally Posted by 34_40

Should finish out nicely! Man, that's a pile of work to go through.

I’ve seen worse repaired. Yes it’s a lot of work to go through but once somebody ruins some thing the only thing that can be done is cut out the crap and replace it. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve cut a firewall out and replaced it. Just extra practice.…..joe