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Re: Point of being commited
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2014, 11:02:29 PM »
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I like it Randy. This stuff often looks better on paper than in action, doesn't it? Improvisation on the fly can be critical.� Good health and life insurance is a plus too.

At the last minute I strung an extra piece of rope through the little block-and-tackle and the wood frame...figured if it fell, it may do it in stages, and I might just be able to get out of the way.....
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Re: Point of being commited
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2014, 11:22:24 PM »
Actually getting to the original post; point of being commited.  This is when you first take the money out of your pocket to pay for it...or when you accept it for free to take home. ::)

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Re: Point of being commited
« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2014, 10:53:06 AM »
The day I paid for it and towed it home, with the radiator and cylinder head in the cab, along with the carb and air cleaner, I was on top of the world...

It was only later that the dream faded....

and I began to wonder whether or not I was crazy...

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Re: Point of being commited
« Reply #18 on: January 24, 2014, 03:57:45 PM »
I don't think there is any doubt that we as a group look at pile of rusting 3A scrap much differently than the common man, and certainly much different then our wives. We simply have to thank god for this unique gift that we have been given to see beauty that so many are blind too. We have a duty to history to keep the 3A alive, if not us...Who?
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Re: Point of being commited
« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2014, 05:45:29 PM »
My wife would say that I should have been committed years ago....

Being mid-stream in the project I would agree that the commitment occurred when I forked over the cash in the first place. Big step number two was purchasing the body kit. So far, I haven't wanted to quit.
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Re: Point of being commited
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2014, 10:06:58 AM »
When I was having so much trouble with engine builds, 3x, I really started thinking a match and a gallon of gas was the right answer.   Now I'm back on my meds, its a lot better.....
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Re: Point of being commited
« Reply #21 on: January 31, 2014, 11:37:58 PM »
I was in the process of bolting on the exhaust manifold when a stud broke. I decided to drill out the broken stud and thats about the time I realized that the studs go directly into the water jacket. It was so frustrating that I could only laugh.�

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Re: Point of being commited
« Reply #22 on: February 01, 2014, 09:32:26 AM »
Coolant looks fresh.
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