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back from Syracuse
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We stayed over at the campground as usual until Mon and after a busy day yesterday today is a trailer cleanup day. We got to meet hemi43 ( Dan) and his son and Sacotu ( Steve) and had some great conversations, thanks. After all the years of going there we do not and try to see everything. A great time was had b...
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I miss those days
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I started cutting grass for my dad at age 10.....50 cents/hr...Got to drive this though When I was 16, worked at the A&W slinging burgers and fries....Saved up $300 and bought this. [IMG]http://img....
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HAPPY SHOP!!!!
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OK call me "anal" but I had to "clean up the garage" of the body work "mess" Anybody know how to get "rubber" off the interlok. I'm in " TROUBLE" over that with the BOSS!!!! Hope to get it Painted sometime next week
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dualquadpete
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2012 Atlantic Nationals
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Anyone heading to Moncton for this year's Atlantic Nationals? I'll be rolling east as of the 10th to be there the night of the 11th. If there is anyone heading that way, sure would be nice to roll together. I know SACOTU is rollin with me. Look for the 58 Chev on the highways and fall in if you're in view.
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Pictures from The Atlantic Nationals - July 2012
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Returned yesterday after a nine day tour to New Brunswick and P.E.I. Four day stop in Moncton for the Atlantic Nationals. Following are the pictures I took. Mostly Hot Rods and Street Rods. Great show, lots of cars, different cars than we are used to seeing in Ontario. The weather was great and Ma...
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Collector Car Appreciation Day- Ontario exempt???
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From:SEMA Action Network (SAN) Date sent07/05/2012 12:07:08 pm Subject:Province of Manitoba Proclaims July 13, 2012 as “COLLECTOR CAR APPRECIATION DAY” To view this email as a web page, please follow this link Province of Manitoba Proclaims July 13, 2012 as “COLLECTOR CAR APPRECIATION DAY”T...
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Hey...Thunder Bay guys
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Here I am, stuck in your fair city....I am on vacation, heading west. My van has a tire going for a crap. Heres where you come in. Tomorrow is Canada Day, so everything is pretty much closed......Do you guys know any 24/7 place that might be open?...Probably not, huh?....Guess I am here at the KOA until T...
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PICTURES FROM GRAND BEND -- ONDR EVENT TODAY
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Great day at "the bend" WOW what a great selection of cars. Thanks to ONDR -- you put on a great show today. The following link should take you to my pictures from today. I have not edited any as the green flag just dropped in Daytona and I am going to sit back and watch. Enjoy! John https:...
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Myrtle Beach Car Show
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http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/03/15/2719767/pee-dee-street-rod-show-parade.html#http://media.myrtlebeac...
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Port Hope Canada Day show and shine
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wow what a surpraze when I got to the park.Everything was full.Front lawn,park across the road,south lawn,parking lots back and side.Found a spot on the road with some other latecomers.Wandered over to get regestered and a guy comes up to me and says is that your car and points to the delivery ,yes I s...
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can't help it
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My wife says there is something wrong with me,i am never satisfied she says,,,,after selling the 57 chevy i thought i would need something to fill the empty space in my yard, so, went to Collingwood to look at a car,,saw a 57 sedan delivery on kijiji located in Wasaga Beach,it's on the way...,,i'll buy t...
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A GOOD thing about torunna real estate prices
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One good thing about torunna real estate prices being so high . Is that as people move outta the city , an come north to barrie , be hot roddy , cruiser , biker , what ever they are , are all bringing their stuff with them . 5 yrs ago you,d barely see even the same cars during the summer . Now guys up from T O , in a s...
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Canada Day Long Weekend Finally Here
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Hey Guys! I'd like to wish everyone out there a great, safe and probably most importantly fun long week!! And from the words of Robert Mitchum for all the hotrodders out there cruisin' make sure "the tank is filled with 100Proof and you're all tuned up and gassed." You may need it...
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invision
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there ought to be a law
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this is why there should be laws governing customizing
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fatstax
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Golden Beach Show
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Had a ball today at the Golden Beach show .They tell me there was over 200 cars .The Ratlers were well represented with Fatstax,Grumpy and Susan,SACOTU and me.There was a wide assortment from squeekers ,an 08(thats 1908)touring car,and several origional pickups.Lots of restored 40s and 50s,some...
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58 Cadillac
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I don't know if this is the way to go about finding a person or not . I am looking to get in touch with the owner of the 58 caddy named Radillac he gave me his name and # and it has since gone through the washing machine and dryer. Yup I was doing the laundry..lol If any one can help please P.M. me
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On the road again
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So the delivery is on the road again and we will be heading for the 20th Golden Beach car show.The delivery is more legal now than it has ever been.When I blew up after a cruse night I decided to go legit.I traded a big old 77Riveria to Fatstax for a fairly low milage 350(2bbl?)out of a 76 Impalla.I now have...
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Road Kill
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Last night on my way home from the cruise night in Paris in my 58, I hit not one, not two, but three friggin skunks! The stink in my shop is brutal. Anybody else got any good road-kill stories with their old rides? This ain't my first with this car. Got a cat last year and a bird jammed into the grill too. Two w...
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Breathless Buick
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I was at a cruise night in Cambridge this past Wednesday, minding my own business, when a drop dead gorgeous custom slinked in and parked. My jaw dropped at the sight of this full blown custom. Of course I drooled all over it, soaking in all the details. What jumped out at me, besides the quality and propo...
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Video from Steve Plunkett's 2012 Super Car Show
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The following link will take you to a 10 minute video of Steve Plunkett's 2012 car show weekend - ALL for charity. This will give you an idea of Steve's collection and the number of cars that were there, keeping in mind this was a poor turn out because of the rainy weather. If you have never been, it is a mu...
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Vintage race & car show, Mosport
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For those who may not keep up with race cars, etc...Mosport Raceway...ahh...Canadian Tire Motorsport Park will be the site of the annual VARAC race on June 15/16/17. There will also be an all makes car show on Sunday. This is a great venue for a car show with the race track in the background, tons of park...
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Anyone going to the Camaro Nationals?
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The Camaro Nationals are in St.Catherines I beleive it's the 15-17 of June. Ben, Jacob and Me will be there Saturday the 16th. We've never been before but since Ben's now a "Camaro Owner" we've got to go and check it out. I'm looking forward to it. Anyone else going or have been in the pas...
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Getting the word out.
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Getting a new forum up and running is a lot of hard work, well hard on the fingers anyways. Lots of emailing, PMing people on other forums.....Been pretty successful so far, but would like to get a few more people aboard. We were thinking about handing out some flyers at local car shows, swap meets aroun...
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Road Trip to W.Virginia
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Leaving for West Virginia tomorrow for FOP car Show just outside of Charleston. This will be the 7th year in a row attending this one with the 64 Catalina. Was hoping to take the 52 but ran out of time!!! I'll try & stay in touch on friends computor while there. Pete
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Pictures from Steve Plunkett's weekend
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The following link will take you event coverage at Cruze magazinefeaturing album 1 & 2 from Steve Plunkett's Car ShowAs you will see, the rain did not spoil the whole weekend. http://www.cruzemagazine.ca/eventcoverage.htm
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Graffiti Car Show, and some pics
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On my way back from a late night of partying in TO on Sunday late morning...I was thinking to myself what a beautiful sunny day, maybe I should point the Dakota north and head to Barrie swap. And then I remembered! Oh ya, the Graffiti show in St-Jacobs, so me and my co-pilot agreed on the co-ordinates and o...
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Breaking News.....
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadians-pay-more-americans-canadian-made-vehicles-085902418.html
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Danica
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What do think this driver was thinking about? -- Edited by Bradshaw on Saturday 9th of June 2012 01:15:04 PM
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Bradshaw
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Meet at Barrie for beer!
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Anyone going to Barrie this weekend? I'm heading there Friday, will b stopping for beer at the tent at 1 pm. Drop around and lets shoot the sh**. Will be wearing a grey Dream Machines garage coat I won at their open house a couple years back! Gary
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My 50 Chevy
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Hey all this is my 50 chevy truck . I bought it from a friend of mine,s estate . He,d owned it about maybe 17 - 17 yrs . The truck came up from toronto an I believe was built late 70,s . I asked over on Canajun rodder , the...
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Unfinished Nationals
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Hey guys is there anyone going to the unfinished nationals this weekend?
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Modfather
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Waterdown?
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Anybody go to Waterdown today? How was the car turn out? Any MOE guys show up?
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Youngoldguy
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bmw starter
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replaced a bmw starter today, what a bunch of bs, had to drop the trans mount just to get at the funny torx head bolts, who has a socket for that? i happend to buy a torx socket set a few years ago. those bmw engineers must have been given free reign to design whatever they felt like, until they realized th...
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Who was in Ospringe today?
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With a primered Bedford van on a trailer. Drove right by ya! Was that Studebraker? -- Edited by VirgilHilts on Monday 21st of May 2012 11:23:16 PM
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Personalized or vanity plates
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I'd like to see it on the car or just a close-up photo of the plate itself? Busted Knuckle Garage
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Fatstax,LightspeedMike,Fastchevy you're famous
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Hey guys I was reading the ktown site and came across an interesting link checkout countylive.ca for a nice surprize. Ed
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flatblack55delivery
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What a great day at the races.
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This was an awsome day at the races.It was the first offical outing of the Ganaraska Ratlers car club.We left the resturant late,surprise,but on the good side found out they are nice people and make a really good western sandwitch.Stopped for gas lost half the convoy,just a hint for nextime lead cars...
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Bethany car show
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Got home from att. this show, well over 200 cars showed up & weather was perfect!!! Have been going to this one for yrs, & have had "SNOW" hail rain & fog & some good days as well!!! But today was AWESOME!!!!
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dualquadpete
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background
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I have to say that this new background if very easy on my old eyes. Thanks for the change.
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ganaraska ratlers
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ok, our little club, the ganaraska ratlers is growing and it is time we gained more members and stuff. grumpy is doing some things to promote our club as well. we would like to make this club bigger and bring in some more members and possibly organize some events and cruises. the rules of admittance a...
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Addicted to Zinc
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I need Zinc...NOW!!! My older (40's vinatge) flat V8 was designed when oil had a hefty content of zinc. (An additive that is known as ZDDP). This topic of ZINC additives has been beat to death on most auto forums and the conclusions were as numerous as the threads themselves. One way or the other f...
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426 Hemi owners manual
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Found this , while not correct for my car still interesting that hemis had their own owners manual ,
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hemikev
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4th Battle Cross car cruise
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Saturday May 12, 2012 we had our 4th Battle Cross car cruise to Hamilton airport. Here's the video, sorry it's a bit windy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC3R426sOts
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Ghetto Garage
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i swung by the ghetto garage today and low and behold. grumpy and flatblack are holding the rear of flats delivery still while fatstax is perviewing the broken clutch linkage.
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wagon broke down
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Well we left home on our way to the Kemptville show and about 2 miles down the road Bernice and I smelled gas so we pulled into the golf course. There was a puddle under the car and I found gas seeping from a hose to steel line connection. I tried to fix it when the pliers arced from the steel gas line to the valv...
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Need someone to paint my parts?
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I have a complete new bed for my truck that I need painted and (I should get this out of the way now) I'm cheap. The truck is only a driver but I would still like it without crackling or runs. I'm using JohnDeere Blitz Black (TY25669) to match the rest of the truck. The paint is a Lead free Enamel, it's n...
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Bugs on the windshield?
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Hey everyone got a question for you.... I went for a cruise in the truck today... had a blast, what a nice day!! However I ran into the same problem I get almost everytime I cruise... BUGS! There were so many bugs that exploded on my windshield I almost couldn't see! Then when I got home I spent like half hou...
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So you Like to Read
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I may be blowing my own whistle here (that doesnt sound right!) but here are a couple books you all may be interested in. I wrote these while living in Cambridge starting with Grumpys Toys in 2008. The book was released a year ago January while the Junior Stock book on the right will be released August 15t...
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Mini Kenworth
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http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/3IVF9x/www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DPQVsNG4uaL8 Alot of work went in to this Baby!
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Ford and Mercury truck owners club
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Hey guys Dont know if you've heard of us, Southern Ontario Classic Pickups, aka SOCP truck club. We've been around since 1988 and have anywhere between 40 to 70 members across mostly Ontario but also Michigan, Ohio, and several provinces We have a very new website at link below, be sure to check out the...
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