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Nice cars. I never got bit by the 4 wheel bug, but love looking at them, and driving them.

If anybody is looking for a g body project car, I have a nice 1980 Olds 442 in the barn I would love to see leave for a new home that will finish it. I just don't have the motivation or interest for it.
 
pdentrem said:
It is a mural painted on the side of a work shop. It is a representation of a diner. Foam likely means soda floats or adult drinks.
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I took the time to look it up. You are right, the foam referred to their Root Beer.

But sad news. It's now a demolished part of history. No old fashioned diner left there to enjoy....... Only pictures and memories left.
 
When we go to Ottawa, there are 2 places called Rockin Johnny. Old style restaurant feel. Love the place!

rockinjohnnysdiner.com

Rockin Johnnys Diner

Rockin Johnny's Diner is a successful fifties style diner based in Ottawa, Canada. Locations in Kanata and Westgate Shopping Centre. Open ALL HOLIDAYS but CLOSED on Christmas Day. We look forward to seeing you.
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My old shop truck...
it started life as an 88' 4dr VW Jetta, in grey paint with small bumpers, with some unholy amount of kms on it.
The engine that was in it, lost oil pressure after my 2nd year of driving it. The odo read 800,000ish...so yeah..out it came...
In it's place went another 4cyl...but from a car 10 yrs newer, with a larger bore and stroke. For whatever reason, VW was building these 2.0's with forged cranks and oil squirters...I had a machine shop (RIP Scottie) do the head work, and I took care of cleaning up and refreshing the bottom end...I put a good camshaft in it, with an adjustable sprocket to compensate for the 30 thou of material Scott took off the head...a multi layer head gasket was sandwiched between, and with that combination, I had cylinder pressures over 200 psi...so running it on anything but 91 or better was pointless...it'd knock like a Perkins on a cold winters day
I managed to rip the guts out of 2 factory equivalent clutch discs before relenting and putting a solid disc in ... murder on my left leg... but then the transmission input left the chat one day launching the car at 4300 rpms...
I'd just finished doing a slew of suspension updates over a winter, and literally on my way to work on it's first day out...I got cut off by someone in a Ford Explorer. She pulled out onto the road making a left, crossing my lane, while looking the other way...
I just had time to hit the binders...but the front of the car struck her front left wheel, effectively wrecking both vehicles...
She was shaken up, but unhurt...I had braced myself, like an idiot, and straight armed the steering wheel to the dash...snapped my collar bone like a twig...
Car ended up in a Pick n Pull yard, without my knowledge or consent...and it was savagely pillaged by staff or thieves...
all my instrumentation, my Recaro seats, the wheels, the stereo...lost...
ICBC admitted to the foul up, but would only pay out a % of the modifications because I'd done 90% of the work myself...
I still miss this car...I just never worked up the drive to build another one.
sorry for the TLDR...

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My closest to completion project is a 1959 Ford Fairlane Galaxie 500. Galaxie was a trim package that year, not it's own model.
The car has a 390 with a 3 speed manual with electric overdrive. I have upgraded to 4 wheel disc brakes with an electric over hydraulic power brake system.
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Chris
 
BaitMaster said:
I would post my diesel truck here, but it’s 100% completely bone stock according to my insurance company and my wife.
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For modified cars check out Hagerty insurance you might be pleasantly surprised. All the regular insurance companies wanted nothing to do with me, Hagerty no problem, no appraisal, no nonsense. Claims for this class of cars are actually really low compared to a typical daily driven say Hyundai. I did not so much as put a scratch in any of my hot rods 45 years and running.
 
Tecnico said:
MkII VWs, I had a couple of those, good platform. A couple of guys around here transplanted 1.8Ts in them, nice sleepers.

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yeah...1.8T swaps are nice...you never know what you're up against til you hear that hair dryer spool up lol...
a friend of mine here in town...his first car was (and still is) a MK II coupe...with it's final drivetrain...damn thing is quick too...
turned the wick up on 1.8T with a 6spd behind it..it'll fry the tires 6-5-4 shift at 90kmh...
 
Unfortunately my car album got "lost" in the divorce or I'd post pictures of the 65 Corvair with a mid engine 327/ 330hp, 4 bolt mains, 4 speed, posi with 3.55 gears. 2581lbs with 1/2 tank of gas and me in it. The car handled like it was on rails and the 140mph speedo got buried regularly.
 
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