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    Well I'm leaving tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. to go out to SD for Pheasant hunting and to stop at Dave's to pickup my coupe. I talked to him yesterday and he said it's ready for me to pick it up. EXCEPT for one thing.......... he's holding on to my doors (see attached photos)
    Ya think he's holding them Hostage????
    Or maybe he's so attached he just can't let them go?????
    Or...... oh ya, he said he would bring them out to me in the Spring so he could see my son's 66 Mustang Fastback. Shucks he could just come and see the 66; he wouldn't really need to keep my coupe's doors hostage would he?
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    Tom was just here, dropped off the trailer and headed west for some pheasant hunting with his brother.... He'll be back on Sunday to pickup the couple... and yes, the doors are being held hostage til spring.... still need a bunch of work on them before they're ready to shoot. Suppose I should get out in the shop sometime this weekend and get his coupe together!!!!! Tom will have plenty to do on it, he's going to put in the floor, steering, seats, brakes, and all that other stuff....
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    Well, the coupe is on it's way back to Tom's.... Got the body shaped up, and all mounted, kept the doors here cuz they need a ton of work... and now Tom's gonna run off to Florida, then come home and work on the car in the spring, I'll let him tell ya what all he plans to do...

    Anyway, here it is loaded up and heading east----on slippery roads!!!!!!

    hmmmm. can't get pictures to load???? keeps saying upload failed????

    Oh well, I put some new pics in my gallery for anyone who's interested....
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    I got home at 6:45, roads were glare ice only for about 5 east of Dave's...... until I got about 5 miles west of Albert Lea and then all blankty blank happened, not really that bad. I called my son and asked him to help me unload the coupe, I was 30 miles from home, roads were dry, I was clipping along at 65. AND then my dash lights began flikkering, the amb meter bounced all over the place and BINGO no dash lights or tail lights. I still had my headlights, so thinking the worst I shut the heater off. Thought maybe the alternator might have gone out and I'd be running on the battery. Called my son back and told him the problems, and said that I was going to get off the interstate. AND then more snow/sleet, the road turned glare ice. I got behind a slow moving Semi and finally got on a backroad. Bad choice, it was even worst. But I got home and after several attempts to back up into my driveway I got it done. I shut off the truck and put on the emergency brake..... and it skidded back out the driveway about 6 feet. But the coupes home and in my garage now....... covered with salt and sluch, but home.

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    Nasty trip, but glad you made it safely, Tom!!!!
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    Sounds like a real adventure, Tom. Glad you and the coupe made it in one piece!

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    Quote Originally Posted by falconvan View Post
    Sounds like a real adventure, Tom. Glad you and the coupe made it in one piece!
    Me tooooooooooooooooooooooo

    I'm so stressed over it I decided not to trailer my Motorcycle to Florida when I leave in the morning.
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    Tom the coupe looks great, nice job to Dave. Have a safe warm trip to Florida.
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    Yep Tom looking like a very nice rod you have going there . Dave is worth his weight in Gold .

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    Where you going to in Florida, Tom.
    I live in Brandon / Tampa we have car club meetings twice a week.
    We've got a few guy's that built thier cars from scratch here too.
    That's the stuff I like to look at to get idea's for my project.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vara4 View Post
    Where you going to in Florida, Tom.
    I live in Brandon / Tampa we have car club meetings twice a week.
    We've got a few guy's that built thier cars from scratch here too.
    That's the stuff I like to look at to get idea's for my project.
    Kurt

    I think Tom was leaving for Florida today, Kurt. I believe him and Don exchanged phone numbers, might want to check with Don and see if he knows how to get hold of him....Think Tom is going to be down there til April!!!!! Don't let him get bored!!!!!!
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    I'm sitting idle these days since they side lined me.
    I would like to meet some of the guys I talk with on here.
    Drove up to my grandmother's funeral friday buried her saturday
    then drove back saturday night. Its about 1000 miles one way,
    and it rained the whole way back to florida. Got lucky though
    we did'nt get any black ice. I got to see family I had not seen in 20 years.
    Grandmother thought no one would come to her funeral, Her great grandkids
    showed up, came from all over the United States.
    The pastor even remarked he had never seen such a turn out for a 90 year old person before. I think she would have been very pleased to know how much
    every one really loved her. Kurt
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    Quote Originally Posted by vara4 View Post
    I'm sitting idle these days since they side lined me.
    I would like to meet some of the guys I talk with on here.
    Drove up to my grandmother's funeral friday buried her saturday
    then drove back saturday night. Its about 1000 miles one way,
    and it rained the whole way back to florida. Got lucky though
    we did'nt get any black ice. I got to see family I had not seen in 20 years.
    Grandmother thought no one would come to her funeral, Her great grandkids
    showed up, came from all over the United States. Must of been a couple hundred
    of us showed up. The pastor even remarked he had never seen such a turn out for a 90 year old person before. I think she would have been very pleased to know how much
    every one really loved her. Kurt
    Sorry for your loss, Kurt.... With all those people there, I'd say it's a cinch you aren't the only one that's going to miss her!!!! Good to hear you had a safe trip!
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    Thanks Dave; Kurt

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    Grandma's are our link to our childhood. Mine could make me feel like a 5 year old when I was 32 years old. I miss her. I'm sorry for your loss.
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