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Bodyslide[6:36:48 PM]: What’s Up All
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Bodyslide[6:36:58 PM]: Been busy at work, just able to log in
ericbecky[6:37:14 PM]: hi there.
Bodyslide[6:37:19 PM]: Welcome All
Bodyslide[6:37:46 PM]: Hello
ericbecky[6:38:03 PM]: Was soooo swamped this week I didn’t register my car, but thought I’d see how the chat was going anyway.
GTO Man[6:38:41 PM]: Hello everyone
Bodyslide[6:38:49 PM]: That’s Kewl, Glad your here just to Chat
Bodyslide[6:38:51 PM]: Hi GTO
GTO Man[6:39:14 PM]: As you can see, we are testing the internet with the amount of users on
ericbecky[6:39:26 PM]: and hearing a little Zepplin is an added bonus!
GTO Man[6:39:38 PM]: I like your new Trailblazer
Garibaldi[8:39:57 PM]: glad to see you guys on!
Garibaldi[8:40:05 PM]: welcome Bodyslide and Eric Becky!
Bodyslide[6:40:01 PM]: Thanks, I love it, Very Nice
Bodyslide[6:40:12 PM]: Hey Garibaldi
Garibaldi[8:40:53 PM]: what’s new with you ericbecky?
Bodyslide[6:40:39 PM]: I added the Window Vent visors on day 2, Next is a Sunroof Wind Deflector
Bodyslide[6:41:03 PM]: Looking to have the PCM tuned once they have one for the engine
Bodyslide[6:41:21 PM]: Also going to add a K&N filter setup to it
Garibaldi[8:42:10 PM]: does the sunroof have a pullover door to close it off?
ericbecky[6:41:55 PM]: I’m still stuck in limbo with my ’52 deSoto. the guy who was going to sell me his engine decided not to. grrr.
Garibaldi[8:42:26 PM]: that would be my one issue with a sunroof is if you were getting sun on your head when you didn’t want it
Bodyslide[6:42:18 PM]: Got a really Great deal on it also, Window Sticker was 32,800, marked down to 27500- 4000 in rebates
Bodyslide[6:42:55 PM]: It does have an inside door to block out the Sun, also tilts ip like a pushup sonroof
Garibaldi[8:43:13 PM]: that’s not bad, that’s the smart way to buy a car
Bodyslide[6:43:01 PM]: up not ip
Garibaldi[8:43:34 PM]: ericbecky are you going to try looking at Jefferson?
Bodyslide[6:43:42 PM]: More Pics are here: http://www.wiscollectorcar.com/gm/NEWCAR/
Bodyslide[6:44:09 PM]: I am going to remove the muffler and paint it, looks bad being silver. Will go with Black
ericbecky[6:44:30 PM]: Can’t. I’m waaayyy to busy. 2 sons in cub Scouts, I’m a soccer coach for my other son. Plus I run the local hybrid car group and oh so many more projects.
Bodyslide[6:45:16 PM]: My son was in Cub scouts a few years ago he won 2nd place in the pine wood derby his last year
ericbecky[6:45:29 PM]: Cool!
ericbecky[6:45:48 PM]: What level, Bear, Tiger, Wolf?
Bodyslide[6:46:19 PM]: Wolf…
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circletrack[6:47:39 PM]: Anyone here?
ericbecky[6:47:39 PM]: I have a Wold and a first year Webelos. I’m a den leader for Webelos.
Bodyslide[6:47:42 PM]: Hello Circle
Bodyslide[6:48:13 PM]: My wife and I were Co leaders, with our Den Leader…Fun but alot of Work
ericbecky[6:48:21 PM]: Hi circletrack. Nice chevelle.
circletrack[6:48:37 PM]: Thanks!
ericbecky[6:48:41 PM]: Bodyslide, if you want it done right, you need to do it yourself.
ericbecky[6:48:50 PM]: It is a ton of work.
Garibaldi[8:49:19 PM]: hey circletrack! welcome!
circletrack[6:49:17 PM]: what car do you have ericbecky?
Bodyslide[6:49:49 PM]: I agree
circletrack[6:50:06 PM]: Evening Andrew! I almost forgot!
ericbecky[6:50:21 PM]: No car in the show today. I have a 52 DeSoto (with a spun bearing) plus I own a hybrid car (Honda Insight.) am i allowed to post a link here to my DeSoto Photos?
ericbecky[6:50:42 PM]: Don’t want to make a fool of myself.
circletrack[6:51:08 PM]: Sure, why not?
GTO Man[6:51:13 PM]: Sure, post the link
ericbecky[6:51:25 PM]: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ericbecky/album?.dir=9842
GTO Man[6:51:26 PM]: Hi Circletrack
circletrack[6:51:46 PM]: Hi everyone!
Garibaldi[8:52:27 PM]: ericbecky if you fill out the info for your car here I’ll add it to the show next time – http://www.wiscollectorcar.com/forum/form.php
Bodyslide[6:52:12 PM]: Sweet Car , Nice looking Cubs you have as well
GTO Man[6:52:17 PM]: That is a nice looking Desoto
Garibaldi[8:53:28 PM]: how long have you owned it?
circletrack[6:53:20 PM]: That’s nice! Where are you from?
ericbecky[6:54:39 PM]: Thanks Garibaldi. I live in sauk City. I’ve had it hmm. let me check. 5 years?
Garibaldi[8:55:41 PM]: have you been restoring it since you bought it? what was the condition when you first got it?
ericbecky[6:55:42 PM]: Looks like I’ve had it since I bought it at a local auction in the ping of 2000. so 6 years.
ericbecky[6:56:07 PM]: I have done a few minor things to it. but the last few years in (unfortunately) has been sitting.
ericbecky[6:56:15 PM]: Spun a bearing.
Garibaldi[8:56:56 PM]: the one thing about these old cars is they need two things, time and money – both of which are precious commodities
circletrack[6:57:22 PM]: and the summers go entirely too quickly!
ericbecky[6:57:29 PM]: exactly. I am short on both of these things right now. I should really pass the car on to someone who has a bit more of both.
ericbecky[6:57:53 PM]: I tried to sell it once, but the guys who was going to buy it couldn’t get his act together.
GTO Man[6:57:56 PM]: Especially the way the weather has been
GTO Man[6:58:58 PM]: Sunday doesn’t look too good this weekend, I had hoped to get to Beloit
ericbecky[6:58:59 PM]: It left a bad taste in my mouth. anyone want to buy a desoto with a spun bearing for $650? :
GTO Man[6:59:34 PM]: THat seems like a good price
circletrack[7:00:18 PM]: I saw the forecast too, bummer!
GTO Man[7:00:19 PM]: There is a show coming up in about a week at Jefferson that has a car carral
ericbecky[7:00:31 PM]: It’s a good deal, but I have just run up against so many idiots I hardly want to deal withe selling it.
Garibaldi[9:00:53 PM]: there will be plenty of people (weather permitting of course) there, hopefully you could find a buyer
ericbecky[7:01:07 PM]: Some guys have every excuse why they can’t pick it up at the agreed time or for the agreed price. Geesh!
GTO Man[7:01:28 PM]: there is nothing more frustrating than selling a car
ericbecky[7:01:47 PM]: Cub Scout Campout is the weekend of Jefferson so I won’t be going.
GTO Man[7:02:02 PM]: Saturday looks good, I will probably go to Cross Plains
ericbecky[7:02:14 PM]: What’s in Cross Plains?
Garibaldi[9:02:39 PM]: a car show
Garibaldi[9:02:50 PM]: they have many pre-1950s cars plus some tractors too
Garibaldi[9:02:59 PM]: and some 60s – 70s
Garibaldi[9:03:14 PM]: also Beloit has a huge show on Sunday, 1200+ cars.. I’m going to try and get to that one
GTO Man[7:03:33 PM]: It is actually more than a car show, all kinds of mechanicals, cars from 1900 till today, civil war encampment, etc
Garibaldi[9:04:12 PM]: yes that’s true, they have old engines run on steam
ericbecky[7:04:21 PM]: I am waayyy to busy. I…must…resist…must…focus …on…yardwork.
GTO Man[7:04:23 PM]: Beloit is a great show, brings up allot of beautiful cars from the Chicago area
Garibaldi[9:05:08 PM]: eh yardwork, it will all get covered up by snow eventually!
circletrack[7:04:53 PM]: changing the subject a bit ~ what’s a good spam blocker?
GTO Man[7:05:04 PM]: Once we get a freeze you don’t have to worry much about the yard
Garibaldi[9:05:30 PM]: spam in your email account?
circletrack[7:05:46 PM]: yes
Garibaldi[9:06:27 PM]: what provider do you have? do you use outlook express?
circletrack[7:06:18 PM]: I’m not fond of yardwork either, we’ll have to mow like crazy the next couple days with all the rain
circletrack[7:06:24 PM]: OE
Garibaldi[9:07:14 PM]: you can use a program called spampal with OE – http://www.spampal.org/
Garibaldi[9:07:27 PM]: however I would recommend setting up a gmail account, it has some advantages over OE
circletrack[7:07:27 PM]: what’s gmail?
Garibaldi[9:07:42 PM]: first you can check hte account anywhere in the world, not just your computer with OE installed on it
Garibaldi[9:07:52 PM]: second it automatically filters spam and manages contacts
Garibaldi[9:07:59 PM]: gmail is google’s email service
Garibaldi[9:08:09 PM]: http://mail.google.com
Garibaldi[9:08:22 PM]: I can send you a link to setup an account if you like
GTO Man[7:08:20 PM]: Bodyslide, you still there
circletrack[7:08:29 PM]: sure
Garibaldi[9:09:19 PM]: invitation to gmail sent
Garibaldi[9:09:41 PM]: what you can do too is have your existing charter account redirect to the gmail too, that way you don’t have to change addresses
GTO Man[7:09:47 PM]: How was the cruise-in last night, I didn’t get a chance this week to attend any
ericbecky[7:09:51 PM]: I love gmail. I use it for my main account.
Bodyslide[7:10:16 PM]: If anyone needs invites for Gmail PM me I have a few left about 90
circletrack[7:10:26 PM]: Not too bad ~ 15 or so cars. The sun was supposed to come out much earlier than it did, that kept some away.
circletrack[7:10:43 PM]: It’s also getting late in the season and dark so early, those that live on the west side or the burbs don’t make it out as much
Garibaldi[9:11:00 PM]: that’s always a problem
Bodyslide[7:11:12 PM]: Still here…..GTO
Garibaldi[9:11:25 PM]: I use gmail for all the wisconsin collector car account managing, it is quite rich with features
Bodyslide[7:11:54 PM]: anyone need one my gmail is xxxx
Bodyslide[7:12:55 PM]: I have 96 left
GTO Man[7:14:25 PM]: THe weather we have had is horrible
Garibaldi[9:14:51 PM]: today was pretty good though, some sun finally
GTO Man[7:14:45 PM]: Things really fall off after Labor Day
Bodyslide[7:14:48 PM]: It rained for a few days here, suppose to be nice the next week
GTO Man[7:15:20 PM]: Lets hope they are wrong about Sunday
GTO Man[7:15:46 PM]: Next week will be cool here, in the 50’s
Garibaldi[9:16:13 PM]: sounds like perfect weather for Jefferson, haha
ericbecky[7:16:01 PM]: bodyslide I have 99 left. I guess I need to get more friends!
Garibaldi[9:17:07 PM]: haha me too
circletrack[7:16:59 PM]: do you get something for this?
Bodyslide[7:17:01 PM]: At one point I had 200 Invites, had a bunch of people at work who wanted them, so they got the first 100
ericbecky[7:17:26 PM]: gotta go. bye!
Bodyslide[7:17:37 PM]: bye
circletrack[7:17:47 PM]: bye!
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circletrack[7:18:46 PM]: So, I will be using this instead of OE?
circletrack[7:18:59 PM]: Forgive me, I’m a bit computer challenged at times, can you tell?
Garibaldi[9:19:34 PM]: yes you would be using gmail instead of OE
Garibaldi[9:19:49 PM]: setup a gmail account and see how you like it, and you can recieve email from your other account too
Garibaldi[9:19:54 PM]: the interface has a lot of great features
circletrack[7:20:04 PM]: my charter mail will come to this, or I have to change it?
Garibaldi[9:20:25 PM]: you can setup your charter mail to come to it
Garibaldi[9:20:31 PM]: it won’t just by default though
Garibaldi[9:21:03 PM]: I don’t know charter mail so I don’t know if you can do it within the account. What you would probalby have to do is call charter and tell them
circletrack[7:20:52 PM]: and you would suggest that?
Garibaldi[9:21:11 PM]: “you want your email forwarded to xxx@gmail.com”
Garibaldi[9:21:26 PM]: yes, that’s how I have the stuff for Wisconsin Collector Car setup and it works very well
circletrack[7:21:22 PM]: I’ll have to play with it for a bit and see what happens. This is free, correct?
Garibaldi[9:21:44 PM]: everything is in one place, it catches almost all the spam, and it makes it easy to send mail and manage contacts
Bodyslide[7:21:35 PM]: free
Garibaldi[9:21:49 PM]: yep completely free
Garibaldi[9:22:08 PM]: you can also import your OE contacts
circletrack[7:23:01 PM]: I see!
circletrack[7:23:08 PM]: Did anyone go to Waterloo last weekend?
Garibaldi[9:23:30 PM]: I didn’t, I’m interested to hear how it went
Garibaldi[9:23:40 PM]: especially with all those cars on the slope right after the rain…
circletrack[7:25:29 PM]: Quite a few from the club went, they said it was miserable.
Garibaldi[9:25:57 PM]: I bet
Garibaldi[9:26:03 PM]: they didn’t get any photos did they?
Garibaldi[9:26:29 PM]: I suppose they were too busy trying to keep their cars from sliding away! not a good location for a show when its wet
circletrack[7:26:56 PM]: I’ll have to ask. That’s really not a great location for a show when it’s sunny out. I’ll always remember one of the first times we went, acorns were dropping on cars all day long
GTO Man[7:27:06 PM]: THey should have the show on a flat area
Bodyslide[7:27:31 PM]: Anyone know a good page on how to add some led lights inside your car?
GTO Man[7:27:40 PM]: There is plenty of flat area in the park
Bodyslide[7:27:53 PM]: Looking to light up were your feet are in the new Chevy
circletrack[7:29:04 PM]: going to add some bling?
Bodyslide[7:29:35 PM]: Just something different
Garibaldi[9:30:04 PM]: led isa great idea, never burns out!
Garibaldi[9:30:34 PM]: how are you thinking of doing it, integrating it into the dash or just stringing the wire outside?
circletrack[7:30:36 PM]: Well, I should go. I have a few things to get done before heading to bed for the night. This is fun, let me know when you plan another
Bodyslide[7:30:52 PM]: I’m just not sure how to run them or wht to connect it to for Power, I joined a TrailVoy Forum to see what Mods people are doing
Bodyslide[7:30:58 PM]: Night Circle
Garibaldi[9:31:32 PM]: we’ll have another soon
Garibaldi[9:31:39 PM]: thanks for stopping by Rachael!
circletrack[7:31:24 PM]: See you at the shows!
Bodyslide[7:31:29 PM]: Thinking about somehow connecting with power from somewhere then having a switch to turn it on and off
Garibaldi[9:31:46 PM]: good luck with gmail, send me a PM about it
Garibaldi[9:31:49 PM]: see you sat or sun
Garibaldi[9:32:07 PM]: what about tapping into an unused power supply below the radio?
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Garibaldi[9:32:19 PM]: don’t they usually have slots for add-on features
Garibaldi[9:32:29 PM]: that’s a potential source
Bodyslide[7:32:52 PM]: No it will be an auxillary switch, probably located under the steering wheel
Bodyslide[7:33:14 PM]: I do have 2 cig lighters that aren’t being used
Bodyslide[7:33:21 PM]: Now to find some led’s
Garibaldi[9:33:41 PM]: that would be an easy solution
Bodyslide[7:33:52 PM]: Maybe get some LED XMAS lights and run them under the dash
Garibaldi[9:34:07 PM]: you could always modify christmas lights, and get some pine air fresheners!
Garibaldi[9:34:17 PM]: great minds think alike
Garibaldi[9:34:35 PM]: the nice thing about those is they have ones you can buy that automatically brighten/dim or glow in patterns
Garibaldi[9:34:51 PM]: that would be a very easy solution (esp with the cig lighter) that would have some great effects
Garibaldi[9:35:01 PM]: plus you can always swap bulbs to change colors ect
Bodyslide[7:34:48 PM]: That would be a true redneck truck then
Garibaldi[9:35:15 PM]: you know what would be really cool, fiber! but it probalby wouldn’t give off too much light
Bodyslide[7:35:04 PM]: Also thinking about adding a Train Horn
Bodyslide[7:35:14 PM]: The horns are about 250.00
Garibaldi[9:35:35 PM]: I always thought it would be nice to have a voice recorder setup to your horn, so you could record custom messages
Garibaldi[9:35:40 PM]: “Learn how to drive buddy”
Garibaldi[9:35:51 PM]: “get the $@%$ off the road”
Garibaldi[9:35:57 PM]: haha
Bodyslide[7:35:45 PM]: That would be sweet
Garibaldi[9:36:08 PM]: I wonder if such a thing exists
Garibaldi[9:36:13 PM]: it would be very worth it
Garibaldi[9:36:22 PM]: I can see it paying for itself the first time i use it