'COVID-19' Projects

[sergiodeblanc]

My Dad owned a Ford Bronco back in the late 80s...large, ungainly, gas guzzler...after Dad passed, I used the Bronco to deliver pizzas for a couple months, and realized every darned expectant pizza household could hear my truck coming down the road. Loud behemoth, it was. We eventually sold the Bronco to our auto mechanic who used the front end plow mount/plow to dig out his parking lot when it snowed.

And every pizza delivered probably cost you money too.

 

[Shawn@PRS]

when will we see the big robot arms in the stevensville factory?

We actually had robot buffing machines several years ago. They didn't do the job as well as humans, so we had them removed.

 

[CandidPicker]

And every pizza delivered probably cost you money too.

The pizza place actually reimbursed us a stipend for gas, but it was wear & tear on the Bronco. Driving home each night smelling of pizza got less desirable as time went by...It was OK money, but I only held the job for 2-½ months winter of 1994/5 before moving on...

 

[jxe]

We actually had robot buffing machines several years ago. They didn't do the job as well as humans, so we had them removed.

[cue posts asking if this or that guitar was machine or human buffed.]

 

[Shawn@PRS]

Yeah it was....I drove a '74 Vega

My mom had a '77 Chevette. It would stall at the same location every morning. You can't engineer that kind of dependability

 

[Alnus Rubra]

My mom had a '77 Chevette. It would stall at the same location every morning. You can't engineer that kind of dependability

I had a ‘78 Chevette (affectionately named “shove it” over here)!

Engine blew up and was re-built by a friend who works for Lotus, many years ago!

 

[alantig]

This was my big project of the week:

One of my BIL’s got my son a duplicate of this orange Bronco, and rather than exchange it, I took it apart and painted it.

My 3 year old son, and 30 something year old wife couldn’t keep their hands off of it while it dried, so.... it is what it is.

You could have painted it white and searched for an Al Cowlings action feature. A chance to teach history, but in a fun way!!!

 

[Tucson Thump]

My mom had a '77 Chevette. It would stall at the same location every morning. You can't engineer that kind of dependability

Seems like even that little bit of horse-power had a will of its own.

 

[Tucson Thump]

This crowd too young to affectionately talk about the AMC Pacer?

 

[Tucson Thump]

We actually had robot buffing machines several years ago. They didn't do the job as well as humans, so we had them removed.

Yeah, robots were only good for blasting crap to smithereens and serving drinks and stuff back then.

 

[bodia]

This crowd too young to affectionately talk about the AMC Pacer?

So, in 1974 when my dad was looking for a car to replace the 1967 Impala, his choices came down to the Vega and the Pacer

 

[Wakester]

I was going to work on my Mustang this weekend, Wash, detail, polish etc. I was going to put in Hood Struts and clean the yard, buuuut nooooo….it had to snow here today and its going to be crappy all weekend.

 

[dmatthews]

I was going to work on my Mustang this weekend, Wash, detail, polish etc. I was going to put in Hood Struts and clean the yard, buuuut nooooo….it had to snow here today and its going to be crappy all weekend.

I probably shouldn't post a pic of my area then...

 

[Wakester]

I probably shouldn't post a pic of my area then...

if its sunshine and palm trees, no.

 

[Tucson Thump]

if its sunshine and palm trees, no.

Whoa, glad I edited that photo out just in time

 

[dmatthews]

if its sunshine and palm trees, no.

No palm trees, but I just got back from an awesome bike ride in the sun.

 

[Wakester]

No palm trees, but I just got back from an awesome bike ride in the sun.

 

[Wakester]

So, in 1974 when my dad was looking for a car to replace the 1967 Impala, his choices came down to the Vega and the Pacer

My Dad went for the Vega. We packed 24 bags of groceries, 4 kids, 2 adults the family dog and a Kirby Vacuum in that thing.

 

[Egads]

My Dad went for the Vega. We packed 24 bags of groceries, 4 kids, 2 adults the family dog and a Kirby Vacuum in that thing.

I bet the last part sucked.

 

[Wakester]

I bet the last part sucked.

Like a Hoover