Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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clcustom1911 said:
My dad got me with that when I was like 8 years old. The good ol' "son, go grab me the left handed 12mm wrench from the tool box" routine.

Unbeknownst to me he already had the 12mm in his hand....

15 minutes later my mom comes out to the garage and asks what I'm doing.... I fill her in on the details of my search for this mysterious left handed 12mm wrench I can't find.....and she gives my dad "the look".

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Having been a father deep into a frustrating repair with the son wanting to help, he may have been saving you from his misplaced frustration. I know I did similar so that I wouldn’t snap at my son, sometimes.

Oh, plus it’s funny in a twisted sorta way. 😁
 
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That sux. At 8 I was handed the tools and instructed on how to. By ten years old it was.... "Hey, the Jimmy needs a oil change and a tune up!". " The tires on your mom's car need rotated". I learned that you can't set the timing with the vac advance hooked up real early. Lot's of that stuff doesn't apply to these new electronic contraptions.
lash said:
Having been a father deep into a frustrating repair with the son wanting to help, he may have been saving you from his misplaced frustration. I know I did similar so that I wouldn’t snap at my son, sometimes.

Oh, plus it’s funny in a twisted sorta way. 😁
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Still a work in progress.
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DarnYankeeUSMC said:
That sux. At 8 I was handed the tools and instructed on how to. By ten years old it was.... "Hey, the Jimmy needs a oil change and a tune up!". " The tires on your mom's car need rotated". I learned that you can't set the timing with the vac advance hooked up real early. Lot's of that stuff doesn't apply to these new electronic contraptions.

Still a work in progress.
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Why's the upper control arm grounded, I've never seen that before
 
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It's an Olds thing best I can tell. The only thing I can come up with is that the speedometer cable actually threads through the driver's side spindle. The grease cap has a cog in in to run the speedometer. Static build up? The passenger side has one also. So that kinda put the wtf on my idea.
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Why's the upper control arm grounded, I've never seen that before
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It's kinda one of those things that I thought would be cool to put back. The car guys would be interested in it. Others wouldn't even notice.
 
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DarnYankeeUSMC said:
That sux. At 8 I was handed the tools and instructed on how to. By ten years old it was.... "Hey, the Jimmy needs a oil change and a tune up!". " The tires on your mom's car need rotated". I learned that you can't set the timing with the vac advance hooked up real early. Lot's of that stuff doesn't apply to these new electronic contraptions.

Still a work in progress.
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I'm guessing you have fan(s) on electric motors in front of the radiator.
 
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DarnYankeeUSMC said:
That sux. At 8 I was handed the tools and instructed on how to. By ten years old it was.... "Hey, the Jimmy needs a oil change and a tune up!". " The tires on your mom's car need rotated". I learned that you can't set the timing with the vac advance hooked up real early. Lot's of that stuff doesn't apply to these new electronic contraptions.

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Beautiful Rocket!
 
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It's a 1966 Oldsmobile Jetstar 88. Pretty much a unicorn. The Jetstar was only produced for three years. 64 and 65 were similar and it was redesigned for 66. Then it was discontinued.
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What chassis is that in?
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The motor makes about 500 ft lbs and 425 hp. The car weighs 4000 lbs. It's kinda a B body. I say kinda because Oldsmobile didn't share much with the other GM brands.
 
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DarnYankeeUSMC said:
It's a 1966 Oldsmobile Jetstar 88. Pretty much a unicorn. The Jetstar was only produced for three years. 64 and 65 were similar and it was redesigned for 66. Then it was discontinued.

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The motor makes about 500 ft lbs and 425 hp. The car weighs 4000 lbs. It's kinda a B body. I say kinda because Oldsmobile didn't share much with the other GM brands.
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My dad had an Olds Toronado. We also had a 98, Omega and Cutlass through the years.
 
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