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Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:03 am

For replacing the OG tin with that crappy taiwan stuff that don't fit and makes it so you can't use the stock air cleaner.

Oh yeah, and removing all the heating system under the hood.

Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:33 am

](*,) #-o

Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:37 am

for leaving every reciept, note, and order slip neatly packaged. Thanks for keeping it in a garage for 32 years, and thanks for maintaining it by the book. Damn you for not leaving the tool kit intact; but thanks for putting 5 brand new tires on right before you died.

Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:39 am

My PO thought it was a good idea to repair the main fuel line, by replacing it with a rubber hose running from the tank UNDER the car to the engine yeah it was tied down to the pan by zip ties. Then your typical painting over the original paint, and the 10 layers of seat covers over the original ones. Not as bad as others here, no rust, no dash removal. I think i got lucky 8)

Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:51 am

for putting seats from a corrola in it with only one bolt holding down each seat,cutting the towers off of the beam and for putting a brand new 1600 with a new freeway flyer that runs amazing. good and bad comes out of each buy i suppose, but thats the fun of it

Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:31 pm

thanks for registering it a 68 (pan) the bod 58-60 :x Oh well still cool :wink:

Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:41 pm

Selling me a car with a 1776 and dual 40's......and later finding out it is a 1641 with 44's. Lovely huh???

Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:12 am

67 Florida Deluxe wrote: Thank you to the POs of both my '67s for being rediculously meticulous to the point of writing down every little thing ever done to the car, the mileage at the time, and the date done. The little book in the upper right corner even has every time recorded they put gas in it :D ! Oh, and thanks to both for keeping the books and records, too, including the registrations which show the official date and mileage of the car through time!

That map of Muscatine is a very valuable collectable! :wink:
Yes, the P.O. of that car was meticulous. He went so far as to(I am not making this up)WAX the furnace and water heater in his house!! :shock:

Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:41 am

iowegian wrote: 67 Florida Deluxe wrote: Thank you to the POs of both my '67s for being rediculously meticulous to the point of writing down every little thing ever done to the car, the mileage at the time, and the date done. The little book in the upper right corner even has every time recorded they put gas in it :D ! Oh, and thanks to both for keeping the books and records, too, including the registrations which show the official date and mileage of the car through time!

That map of Muscatine is a very valuable collectable! :wink:
Yes, the P.O. of that car was meticulous. He went so far as to(I am not making this up)WAX the furnace and water heater in his house!! :shock:

You ain't lyin'! Even the floor of his 2-car garage in FL was painted and the whole garage was "surgery room" clean with everything in its proper place. I think even Monk would be impressed :lol: ! Sometimes you just get lucky :)

Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:34 am

justbuggin wrote: Thanks to my PO for getting part whay through a disasterous RHD conversion on my 58, before giving up & selling it:

hey Rob,

not sure whether you knew or not, but the dash wasnt hacked out for a RHD conversion, but when the car was in California the owner had an aluminium dash in it with loads of old school gauges :)

hope that clears it up 8)

Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:35 pm

repairing my brake lines with duct tape.. im just lucky the brakes went out in my garage, not on the road.

Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:05 pm

Rob E UK wrote: justbuggin wrote: Thanks to my PO for getting part whay through a disasterous RHD conversion on my 58, before giving up & selling it:

hey Rob,

not sure whether you knew or not, but the dash wasnt hacked out for a RHD conversion, but when the car was in California the owner had an aluminium dash in it with loads of old school gauges :)

hope that clears it up 8)

That makes sense of the masked off area & the holes around the edge. I must get hold of Julian again some day & see what else he can tell me about it & show him what I've done with it. I tried writing to the guy he bought it from in Ca, but I had no reply. Shame, I'd love to know it's history. I'm about 2 days work away from getting it finished, btw (just in time to put it away for the winter :roll: )

Cheers for the info 8)

Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:15 pm

I would like to thank the PO for wiring the car in red wire.... the whole thing.

fucker.

Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:29 pm

I thank him for overfilling it with oil when he changed it the night before I picked it up. Drove it 180 miles with over a quart extra. One engine pull and deck lid cleaning later, the front main seal has been replaced and the oil leak is resolved.

Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:25 pm

hell
i wanna thank the owner previous to the guy i bought it from for turning it into a show car. putting in new badass seats, painting it, running speaker wire under the carpet, and then wrecking it.
i'll bet mike wants to thank him for covering it in bondo.
then i wanna thank mike for... not telling me it was a 6v tranny... thats a funny story! oh, and for being a cool ass guy, towed the car for me for less than gas would have cost, and putting up with me not getting him all his money for what, 3 weeks? thanks bro!

Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:03 pm

I'd like to thank my bug's PO for trying to rip the fenders off with his bare hands, cutting the rear end off, and removing the outside of the heat exchangers, all on an otherwise perfect body.

Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:25 am

justbuggin wrote: Rob E UK wrote: justbuggin wrote: Thanks to my PO for getting part whay through a disasterous RHD conversion on my 58, before giving up & selling it:

hey Rob,

not sure whether you knew or not, but the dash wasnt hacked out for a RHD conversion, but when the car was in California the owner had an aluminium dash in it with loads of old school gauges :)

hope that clears it up 8)

That makes sense of the masked off area & the holes around the edge. I must get hold of Julian again some day & see what else he can tell me about it & show him what I've done with it. I tried writing to the guy he bought it from in Ca, but I had no reply. Shame, I'd love to know it's history. I'm about 2 days work away from getting it finished, btw (just in time to put it away for the winter :roll: )

Cheers for the info 8)

ive sent you a pm dude, as its a long story! :shock:

Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:31 am

Pintobean wrote: I would like to thank the PO for wiring the car in red wire.... the whole thing.

fucker.

Ouch... been there myself a while back.

Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:57 am

I'd like to thank the four PO's of my car for treating it like a princess. The last PO had it parked on a clean red carpet in his garage!

Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:25 am

I like to thank my po for the following...
putting airshocks in the back BUT routing the airline to the front in the trunk
cutting up a passenger rear fender to make it appear that a SEMI TRUCK TIRE can fit in... :evil:
an also keeping it outside with a window slightly cracked open
an dont let me start on about the parts car i got :lol: