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Originally Posted by IC2

hmmmmm - the Kiwi's beat on each other.

Nice 'bucket Whiplash. I do recall mine very well!!

As far as photos - I finally gave up trying to resize and use Photobucket. You put a photo on that site, then just copy over to here. I'll put one here but with and without an error so you can see what they look like.

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Yep,we do that occasionally,,I got to know Whiplash about 15 years ago,,Im expecting something back now,probably...and if you go to the three word story,the last couple of posts point to a pic Redneck sent me a few days back,involving a 48 Merc ragtop,top down,in the sun,,being rude to the camera...

But the question is.... Can I repeat the task??? I am about to download/upload a current phot of the bucket. I like your bucket IC2 and I'm envious of those wire wheels on the front.I believe we can't use wire wheels on our buckets now with our certification laws, but Lamin8r may correct me. Oh, Lamin8r,I can give you the name of a good aussie cosmetic surgeon if your hair is receding and you want a touchup....

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

But the question is.... Can I repeat the task??? I am about to download/upload a current phot of the bucket. I like your bucket IC2 and I'm envious of those wire wheels on the front.I believe we can't use wire wheels on our buckets now with our certification laws, but Lamin8r may correct me. Oh, Lamin8r,I can give you the name of a good aussie cosmetic surgeon if your hair is receding and you want a touchup....

Perfect picture!! I still really like a 'bucket

Ahhhhh wire wheels - yep, they are traditional, they do look nice but beyond a PITA to keep clean then - occasionally (every other year!) realign. I even had them on the back for several yearsThankfully, someone else has that problem now with that car after they made me an offer I couldn't refuse.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

But the question is.... Can I repeat the task??? I am about to download/upload a current phot of the bucket. I like your bucket IC2 and I'm envious of those wire wheels on the front.I believe we can't use wire wheels on our buckets now with our certification laws, but Lamin8r may correct me. Oh, Lamin8r,I can give you the name of a good aussie cosmetic surgeon if your hair is receding and you want a touchup....

Nah..No wires at all,,4inch rim width minimum only,from memory,will have to look at the book..BUT you could run those old style twelve spokes with discs on the front..Not cheap,but Magoo has them/can get them..They are supplying those for another bucket builder,I believe...HAIR...receding??you been looking??it seems to be falling out the top and hanging around the outside edges...need to keep ma ears warm for the approaching winter..You keep ya aussie cosmetic surgeon where he is,thank you very much...

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Nah..No wires at all,,4inch rim width minimum only,from memory,will have to look at the book..BUT you could run those old style twelve spokes with discs on the front..Not cheap,but Magoo has them/can get them..They are supplying those for another bucket builder,I believe...HAIR...receding??you been looking??it seems to be falling out the top and hanging around the outside edges...need to keep ma ears warm for the approaching winter..You keep ya aussie cosmetic surgeon where he is,thank you very much...

Heck, you're not losing your hair, you're just getting taller and your hairline hasn't caught up!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Heck, you're not losing your hair, you're just getting taller and your hairline hasn't caught up!!!!

Good point Dave,,hadnt thought of that..I just thought I was breeding my own little solar panel...Uh oh,look out,here comes Redneck...
Your bucket looks better with those doors open,Whiplash,,how ya going to do the door jambs?you want me to do some??gimme a yodel..
IC2,that bucket is kool,nice one..good proportions.

I use the HP image zone that came with mine to use with manage attachments . But I also use web shots to store and download to a forum . They offer a few sizes to transfer photo's .

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Originally Posted by lamin8r

Nah..No wires at all,,4inch rim width minimum only,from memory,will have to look at the book..BUT you could run those old style twelve spokes with discs on the front..Not cheap,but Magoo has them/can get them..They are supplying those for another bucket builder,I believe...HAIR...receding??you been looking??it seems to be falling out the top and hanging around the outside edges...need to keep ma ears warm for the approaching winter..You keep ya aussie cosmetic surgeon where he is,thank you very much...

Street Rodder mag often has an ad for the nice 12 spoke wheels - Radir is the mfr and here's their web site: http://www.radirwheels.com/contents.htm

That's what I originally wanted but when I built my 'bucket in the '80s, the only ones available didn't have any brake capabilities.

Hair - about every 2-3 months I have to ream out the shower drain to remove the detached strands. Since their color is brown touched with some snowy color, it sure isn't from my wiffy The nice part about losing your hair - trips to the barber shop come less often

Barber shop????? What's that???

Place where they lower your ears!

Originally Posted by IC2

Street Rodder mag often has an ad for the nice 12 spoke wheels - Radir is the mfr and here's their web site: http://www.radirwheels.com/contents.htm

That's what I originally wanted but when I built my 'bucket in the '80s, the only ones available didn't have any brake capabilities.

Hair - about every 2-3 months I have to ream out the shower drain to remove the detached strands. Since their color is brown touched with some snowy color, it sure isn't from my wiffy The nice part about losing your hair - trips to the barber shop come less often

Yeah,Radirs,nice wheels,I think we had some local home grown jobbies down here too,at one stage many years ago,only the rich and famous could afford anything from USA,so Kiwi ingenuity stepped in and did some NZ copies ,,Ha ,we must have been the worlds first Chinese...
Hair?I think it must have something to do with age,,my drain looks like that too,here I was thinking it was customers...Yeah,Stovens,my late dads favorite saying,Going to get my ears lowered...

How guyz, leave your hairs alone... I scored a set of Halibrand ali wheels of Steve Keys for my bucket,15x4 and 15x10 unpolished wheels and the most difficult part was buying 145x15 tryes for the front. I also have a pair of 15x10 Truspoke wires that need stripped and powder coated for a change but silly me had found two 14x5 truspoke at a swapmeet and by time I thought about them while looking around the guy who had them had packed up and gone,so that was a lesson I learnt about swapmets,DO NOT dick around!!!

That sux; but your right about swap meets. If you think you want it; you better grab it on the first pass.

Originally Posted by falconvan

That sux; but your right about swap meets. If you think you want it; you better grab it on the first pass.

I sell at swap meets occasionally - and most of what I sell is nice and well displayed so I do get top buck. It amazes me how often guys will tell me they can get it cheaper 2 rows over. When they find that cheaper means rusty, dented parts missing, mine looks good and when they come back to me, it's been sold - then the bitching starts

You're right on, IC2. I've got some good stuff I needed at swap meets but not very many of them were smokin cheap deals. Most guys who take the time to load up, drive a few hours, and sit outside for the day arent going to let their stuff go for pennies. And they shouldn't. Cheap is where Ebay and Craigslist comes in.