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There is a car and van conversion business in Milwaukee called Custom Craft Vehicles. It used to be called Custom Craft Vans back when it started in the 80’s. Not sure about Custom Illustrated.He may want to consider air shocks for the rear. Pump them up when hauling and lower the air pressure in them for normal driving. He could get the ride he wants by trying different air pressure. This was the factory heavy duty system before gas shocks became standard.
Honk If Anything Falls Off.
With the cars I drive, you never know what you may need to stop and pickup to reuse. The bumper sticker I had on my last daily driver said “DO NOT WASH. This Car Is Undergoing A Scientific Dirt Experiment.”
If you don’t find it at Iola, you didn’t look hard enough. jumpy.gif I’ll be there. Not sure what day yet. icon_scratch.gif
The first thing I read. thumbsup.gif Then it’s on to the business section and local and national news.
I haven’t been fishing in at least 20 years and the only thing I hunt is car parts. icon_rolleyes.gif
Three men were sitting together bragging about how they had giventheirnew wives duties.
The first man had married a woman from Alabama, and bragged that he had told his wife she was going to do all the
dishes and house cleaning that needed done at their house. He said that
it took a couple days but on the third day he came home to a clean
house and the dishes were all washed and put away.The second man had married a woman from Florida. He bragged that he had given his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes,and the cooking. He told them that the first day he didn’t see any results, but the next day it was better. By the third day, his house was clean, the dishes were done, and he had a huge dinner on the table.
The third man had married a Wisconsin girl. He boasted that he told her that her duties were to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry washed and hot meals on the table for every meal.
He said the first day he didn’t see anything, the second day he didn’t see anything, but by the third day most of the swelling had gone down and he
could see a little out of his left eye. Enough to fix himself a bite to eat, load
the dishwasher, and telephone a landscaper.Got to love them Wisconsin girls!
“One of the older cars we had was a ’73 Buick Centurion convertible
and the windows took about a week to lower and raise!”Were you the guy that bought the Buick Centurian convertible in “USED CARS”? icon_eek.gif How well did that dent come out of the drivers door? jumpy.gif
Check the engine and tranny mounts. If one or more is bad, the drive line can shift and cause the linkages to bind. Not sure about Pontiac, but in that era Chevy had a recall to add hold downs to the engine so it wouldn’t shift and cause acelerator linkage problems if the left motor mount broke. Also, have you lubed the cross shaft, Z bar, part of the clutch linkage lately?
Can I pick two? icon_scratch.gif 200-300 and 300-400? I have owned many cars with small block Chevy engines, from 267CI to 400CI, and they have all been good to me. thumbsup.gif
Proper use of the English language:
1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They’re old hat).
6. Always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
9. Also, too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragments. No comma splices, run-ons are bad too.
11. Contractions aren’t helpful and shouldn’t be used.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
14. Generally, one should never generalize.
15. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
16. Don’t use no double negatives.
17. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be ignored.
21. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas.
22. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
23. Kill all exclamation points!!!!
24. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
25. Understatement is probably not the best way to propose earth shattering ideas.
26. Use the apostrophe in it’s proper place and omit it when its not needed.
27. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
28. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
29. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
30. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
31. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
32. Who needs rhetorical questions?
33. Exaggeration is a million times worse than understatement.
34. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
