Ok I think we need to put a twist on this I'm only counting running vehicals and legal trailers. Total tires (currently mounted on cars, trucks, trailers atvs basicly anything with 'air' type tires) and batteries on vehicals at our house!
Tires = 66 (this does NOT include mounted studded tire on rims but NOT on a vehicle today) Damn good thing snowmachines don't have tires! lol Batteries = 21
Pictured are from L-R 79 Blazer, 05 Denali, 78 River Runner, 67 coupe, 06 Vert, 85 SB 4x4, 94 Twin turbo Stealth.
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ORIGINAL: Soaring John, I think it is Todd who has a word for the rear end sticking up. "Stink Bug" I think is the term he used. I woud use the term doodle bug.
Hah. I knew I was going to get blasted on the cougar's stance. It really has settled down some since I took that pic, but yes, lowering blocks may be needed at some point. Nonetheless, I do like a little bit of a rake, and if the car serves to authenticate my status as "white trash at heart", and instantly leads one to play "Sweet Home Alabama" through one's mind, then so be it.
Does your conscience bother you, tell me true...
I didn't blast you or your car. I just gave an opinion that the rear end is too high. I am glad you recognize that it is and have plans to correct it.
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ORIGINAL: Soaring I didn't blast you or your car. I just gave an opinion that the rear end is too high. I am glad you recognize that it is and have plans to correct it.
Hey Glen, no, I didn't mean to imply that you were seriously knocking the cougar's current setup, or me, personally. The stance will be fixed one way or another as life goes on. I'm thinking the rear leafs will settle down long before I ever get to that 460 swap.
The rear leafs are brand new, from JC Whitney of all places. They just seemed to be the only place that had 5-leafs for the 1968 cougar available right off the shelf. I would rather not use lowering blocks, I would have preferred a 5-leaf mid-eye or reverse-eye setup, in order to get the heavier springs back there while maintaining more or less proper ride height. But, I ended up using whatever I could find.
I think it is a great thing that you offer your opinion without sugarcoating it, at least to those of us who know something about working on their own cars. And, in terms of the 10,000 posts thread, I think it is great that you are offering up all of the knowledge you have accrued over the years, rather than keeping it to youself.
Here is my Daily Driver. I just took the pics because I was about to add to my shaker installation thread on the 2005-07 forum.
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Yep, that is what he gets to drive everyday and I get stuck with THIS!!!! However, I do have to commute farther everyday and I wouldn't dare park it in the college parking lot. So I guess its for the best that I drive the Metro, but that doesn't mean it doesn't stink. And the 65 stays in the garage.
ORIGINAL: green_blurr OK ITS A 1948 NASH FLATHEAD 6 CYLINDER
WOW! Can I have it, can I have it, can I have it? I remember those old cars like the back of my hand. Not cool as in a Mustang, but cool in that they are historic.
Yeah, I don't know a whole lot about those old cars, but I do know there are a lot of cars from about the mid-30s to late 40s that would really work for me. Pretty much any mid-late 30s coupe, but even the bigger boxier sedans are cool in their own way. Just very distinctive. Within 5 miles of my house are not one but 2 1938 Buick Special sedans. Sadly, they are just sitting there rusting away. I took a good look at one of them but was never able to contact the owner. The last thing in the world I need is another car but who knows... if I ever stumble across one that still has the original straight 8 and runs and drives, I could see buying one.
I need to look into the town code here and see if I am allowed to build a huge barn in my backyard.
Here is the barn my brother and I built a few years back. This was before we added work benches, etc. It is also before I replaced the rear leaf springs on Yeller. It sure is nice to have a lot of room indoors to work on stuff. This barn was no snap to put up though. It took us about a month to build it. Here is also a snap of my DD.
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However, I do have to commute farther everyday and I wouldn't dare park it in the college parking lot. So I guess its for the best that I drive the Metro, but that doesn't mean it doesn't stink. And the 65 stays in the garage. 
