I thought it would be cool to have a thread where we show our cars as they sit right now...without being cleaned and prepped at all.
Here's mine as of this morning. It snowed last Friday night, and I hadn't washed it yet....so it's caked in salt. But I washed it this afternoon, so it's clean now.
Some pics of the Lincoln. I had to drive it in about 3-4 inches of snow last night so it got caked. Most of the salt got washed off by the snow but you can still see how bad it is.
So now that YouTube quit being stupid, here is the video I took of my exhaust today as well. Sounds pretty damn good for having the driver's side muffler completely split in two. You can see the whole car torque over. V8 power FTW
Here's one of mine when I was at a car show, I was parked around the back side of the complex. I later found it on there website when I was looking for show coverage pictures. I had no idea they took pictures of it...
It's always cool to be included in some form of published media when you never intend on it. lol
That car really does look sweet. I even like the wheels, which is something I don't think I would have ever said had they been on a different car. Any other plans for it?
yeah, I actually started working on it about this time last year. Jan. 24 2009 was the first picture I took ( the one where its still has the stock suspension and wheels, with the blue fender and door on the pass side).
Took advantage of a dry weekend to take Betty out for a spin. Had to charge the battery, and after a couple of cranks with no success, I sprayed some starter fluid into the carburetor and she fired right up. Cruella's battery needed a charge, too.
With all three cars out of the garage, I took a few pics of the fleet. Betty and Cruella aren't too dirty, but poor Sabrina is nasty filthy. But more rain is coming this week, so no point washing her.
Thanks for the compliments. Cruella certainly doesn't look like she's at 258,000 miles. She needs a good cleaning and detailing, which I plan to do before she goes off to my niece. I'll miss the old girl.
I could have an excellent second career as a valet; I've gotten very good at playing musical cars. Had to use Sabrina to give Cruella a jump to move her from behind Betty since she's been sitting for a couple of weeks. Put the battery charger on Betty so I could take her out today, then put the charger on Cruella.
I know how that goes. With as cold as it has been around here recently (highs in the upper 20s in GA) every time my mom's van or dad's old truck get moved they need to be put on the charger. Last winter the battery was getting weak in my Eldo and we got a cold snap. I bought a new battery for it, then 2 weeks later had to exchange it because it was going bad too.
I was in the suburbs today, so I uncovered my car to move it around the garage/let it warm up after sitting motionless for 36 days. Didn't take it outside since it was damp.
Started right up with no fuss.
Waited until the oil was well warmed up then gave myself some ear pleasure
I was in the suburbs today, so I uncovered my car to move it around the garage/let it warm up after sitting motionless for 36 days. Didn't take it outside since it was damp.
Woke up to a surprisingly sunny day. So after taking Hoover for a ride in Betty, I gave Sabrina a much-needed bath. After six weeks of rainy driving, she was pretty filthy:
Wheel partially clean:
Hoover hung out while I did the dirty work:
There's a 100% chance of rain tomorrow and 30% on Monday, so Cruella will get some use, which she needs. Only 10% chance of rain Tuesday through Thursday, so Sabrina should remain reasonably clean for a few days at least.
Did you have any scuffs? My luck, when ever I 'bump' something I rip something off my vehicle.. I slid into a snow mound with my Suburban and ripped the air dam off of the bottom... Ugh..
lol, if that's all I gotta worry about on the Jeep then it can't be that bad
From hitting the wall, it got the rubber bumperette cap thingy dirty, from climbing the.... whatever it was, going up the receiver on the rear bumper scraped the ground a little, and coming down the shackles on the rear bumper scraped a bit. It's good for it.
Yeah that's what I said after I hit the camel with the Land Rover, while coming up a narrow two lane mountain road in East Africa, and reduced the headroom in the cabin by about 6". "Not to worry, it's good for it" It only took an Italian technician and three Ethiopian assistants using hydraulic jacks and sledge hammers a week to recover the lost head room ..... those L-R "sun shields" make re-adjustment of the roof wee bit more time consuming!
I took a couple pictures of the possible "scuffs" from events of yesterday... I dunno what to call them - addition to the rest maybe?
First up was bumping into the wall with the right rubber bumperette. I'm sure most of that is dust/dirt as I've ran them into all sorts of things - cleans up well. I finally found a spot to put the JeepForum sticker today - steering box skid plate. Very noticeable in the pic from the angle/flash, but in person is harder to see. I wonder how long it, or atleast parts of it will last.
Then the mall crawlin. The way the shackles pivot on the bumper, going up they slide out and the receiver hitch scrapped. Coming down, the shackles folded under untill they hit the bumper, then they skidded against the ground. You can tell the new scraps from the old because they haven't rusted yet. As for the Savvy gas tank skid? It's aluminum - no rust . As funds allow, more Savvy products will find their way onto my Jeep.
Still can do alot of fun things with no lift/stock suspension
Went home to the burbs for the day, let the 335i see some daylight (and light rain unfortunately). Hopefully only a month or so until I bring it back on the road
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