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  • silver_bullet
    No Life Outside BangShift.com
    • Jun 2009
    • 24631

    #4426
    Patrick & Tammy
    - Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??

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    • stu yoakam
      Superhero BangShifter
      • Dec 2015
      • 1013

      #4427
      Bought a new sawzall a couple years ago after mine grew legs and wandered off. It somehow found its way back because I found it yesterday in an unusual place. The battery still had some charge left in it. LOL Ironically? I had temporarily placed my weed whacker in basically the same place a month or so ago. Its back in the tool shed now.

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      • stu yoakam
        Superhero BangShifter
        • Dec 2015
        • 1013

        #4428
        End of an era: Hammond, Clarkson, and May are retiring after this month's series finale of The Grand Tour. They do have other shows and projects separately though.

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        • stu yoakam
          Superhero BangShifter
          • Dec 2015
          • 1013

          #4429
          About a dozen car shows on saturday. Will try to go to at least two of them. Only three or four weeks left in show season. Taking next week off to probably not accomplish anything. 1600+ cars average at the Ol marais river run every september 19th ish.

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          • cstmwgn
            Wagon Master
            • Oct 2007
            • 6134

            #4430

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            • stu yoakam
              Superhero BangShifter
              • Dec 2015
              • 1013

              #4431
              Pondering if my tooth broke off or just fell out. Either way it's gone. Luckily I didn't swallow it.

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              • Redline04
                Legendary BangShifter
                • Aug 2014
                • 3561

                #4432
                Snell Race helmets... Don't know anything about them.
                What is most recent approved safety level?
                What is still usable but near to being out dated for track use?
                Small local drag track now requires helmets for any track run due to insurance they have for the track.
                Suggestions? If buying "lightly used" what to look for/not buy?
                '86 Monte SS (sold) ~ HRPT 2015, '17, '18 ~ Long Hauler
                '73 Dodge Coronet Wagon ~ ‘19 Long Hauler
                79 Trans Am project
                ’90 Chevy 454 SS

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                • moparjim71
                  Legendary BangShifter
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 8383

                  #4433
                  I would buy a new one so you can get more years out of it. Some tracks are not as picky about the date but it needs to be a Snell. You can get Bell helmets pretty reasonable especially open face ones.
                  Jim & Cathy North Mankato, MN Long Haulers '04,07,08,09,10,11,12,13,14,18,21Short Haul '05,'15,'17,’19 WST '14,'15,'16,'17,’18

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                  • stu yoakam
                    Superhero BangShifter
                    • Dec 2015
                    • 1013

                    #4434
                    My tires are 6 years old. Don't need to worry about that, do I? If I replace them the car will probably break down. Only been driving 3000 miles a year so don't want to spend too much.

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                    • BluLightning
                      Blue Cooler Operator
                      • Nov 2007
                      • 9389

                      #4435
                      Originally posted by stu yoakam View Post
                      My tires are 6 years old. Don't need to worry about that, do I? If I replace them the car will probably break down. Only been driving 3000 miles a year so don't want to spend too much.
                      Same deal on the Studebaker we just bought. They are 8 years old but look brand new. I'll replace them next year just in case.
                      I R Bob
                      You can't drink all day unless you start in the morning!
                      2007 LH, 2008 LH, 2009 LH, 2010 LH, 2011 LH, 2012 DNF/BLOW'D UP, 2013 LH, 2014 LH

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                      • stu yoakam
                        Superhero BangShifter
                        • Dec 2015
                        • 1013

                        #4436
                        Put new ones on the last car and then traded it in a couple months later. Started sputtering and couldn't figure out why.

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                        • cstmwgn
                          Wagon Master
                          • Oct 2007
                          • 6134

                          #4437
                          Originally posted by BluLightning View Post

                          Same deal on the Studebaker we just bought. They are 8 years old but look brand new. I'll replace them next year just in case.
                          You never seem to have that issue on the Lighting

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                          • silver_bullet
                            No Life Outside BangShift.com
                            • Jun 2009
                            • 24631

                            #4438
                            Milner was right! Falfa's 55 was a "Field Car"!
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                            Patrick & Tammy
                            - Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??

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                            • 67 Malibu
                              Legendary BangShifter
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 4344

                              #4439
                              Originally posted by silver_bullet View Post
                              Milner was right! Falfa's 55 was a "Field Car"!
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                              I believe that was just after the scene where James Taylor was supposed to roll the car & that was going to be the end of the show. Luckily, he didn't know how to do it so they added a bit more with a different ending.
                              ...when you got a fast car, you think you've got everything.

                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpvfmSL6WkM

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                              • stu yoakam
                                Superhero BangShifter
                                • Dec 2015
                                • 1013

                                #4440
                                Twin Drive In theater closing on the 17th after 60? years. Independence, MO. Never saw a show there. Wish they were showing something I actually wanted to see or haven't already seen. Says the rent is too high. Why are you still renting after that long? Who the hell else are they going to rent it to out in the middle of nowhere? Like the On the border here that has been empty since like 2018 or 2019.

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