zeitgeist57

So, I really appreciate everyone's thoughts in my last thread. http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127678 Since late 2017, my buddy's F-150 and Festiva's went to his ratty sister from probate. I ended up getting a 2000 Silverado that's been thuper, so no swap candidates lined up for 5.0L/T5 hearts and associated bits. I've been DDing BMW on non-rainy days, CTS-V and Silverado for longer business trips or snowy weather. I've had two major problems with the Bimmer: 1) There's an annoying temp-creep issue, with the electric cooling fan not kicking on unless I turn on the A/C (so it's not the motor). I've replaced the temp switch, and Sean (Crossle) pressurized for air bubbles. It's just annoying to have to monitor the temp when crawling in highway traffic, and blasting the heater to bring temp down. Runs great everywhere else. 2) If I DID get rid of it..............I really don't know what I'd get to replace it. My wife doesn't want a Fox-body convertible, and everything else is pretty damn expensive for essentially THE SAME PLATFORM as my BMW. I'm still looking at possibly selling it, but definitely considering using the winter downtime to do a Ford 5.0L swap from http://www.e36v8.net. Apparently the mounts are cheap and everything bolts in with no cutting/hammering. 1) Anyone know of a donor 90-93 Mustang V8 I can grab? 2) Though they have been picked over, is there a car-part.com similar site that lists where there may be wrecked Mustangs for sale?

Is it worth it to just scrap it if it's already disassembled?

I have to admit...Sonoma GT with an LSx is going to be pretty damn awesome once you're done. Definitely something to be proud of. Watch that rust on the bed floor supports. Once the truck is driving, may want to spray some of the surface areas with Corroseal and throw bedcoat on them. $75 fix.

Sullivant Mad Hatter...how those guys aren't adding another $50 a job and being millionaires I'll never figure out.

Damn strong run, son. :thumbup:

Oh man, I could play with that meme for days.

LOL. NY plates in a Flint, MI listing, with one pic. Then, Kerry posts the Hemmings listing with the SAME CAR out of NY. For $52k. With many pics - and a contact person - to back it up. Yeah...that CL list needs to be flagged.

CL Car Ads: No VIN, no mileage, no location? I'm assuming it's a scam.

Really, there are no words to say that haven’t been said already.

Man...one-year-only engines must’ve been expensive to develop and set up... That just seems so GM-ish. Who had the lack of forethought to either green-light a motor that would only have one model year of application, or green-light a motor NOT realizing in talking with other product folks that its application would get canned a year later?

I had a 1985 Buick Century my senior year of college for a few months...I hydrolocked my beloved Suzuki Samurai and needed(wanted) a car so Grandma bought it from someone in her retirement village (this was in 2000) for $750. It only had 39k miles on it but the entire bottom 4" of the car was gone from rust; doors would rattle because the salt had totally eaten the bottoms to the point the exterior door skin wasn't connected to the door frame. Iron Duke 2.5L and 3-speed automatic ran flawlessly. I took it to Richmond, VA and back during a winter Nor'Easter and the snow/slush/ice knocked so much of the bottom that the trans-cooler and brake lines were leaking when I finally made it back home. Too much work to try to save the car. I was lucky nothing ruptured during my 14-hrs of driving. Got it for free from Grandma, gave it free to a fraternity brother who used it as a "barn car" at his family farm, literally driving from his house across a field to their barn and stopped it both ways by throwing it into Park and/or hitting a tree. It held up for a couple YEARS doing this after the brakes let out Anywho....I know that picture of the Celebrity's interior: The Buick had so much cigarette tar on the inside of the car that I used 2 bottles of windex and 3 rolls of paper towels to clean every glass/plastic surface, and scrubbed with a bath towel on the green velour interior and carpet just to try to knock down the smoke smell. The windows were tinted brown. The steering wheel was sticky. It looked brand new when I was done but still smelled like smoke and I coudn't use the heater/vent unless I had to because it would reek. I used to socially smoke...now, it is such a disgusting smell that I couldn't imagine buying a car from a smoker without dunking the whole thing in Febreze, and even then it would be tough. Dirt settles on horizontal surfaces in a car; smoke tar coats the chrome of radio and light/wiper knobs, makes green/blue/gray interior touch surfaces dingy. I would be shocked if that Celebrity didn't smell like an outdoor ashtray when you open the door. EDIT: Sorry for the rant...but it's a shame when an older car in great shape is seemingly destroyed because of a smoking owner. I'd take chances on a salvage-titled car that was repaired over a good car that had a smoker's history.

https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/d/1985-chevy-celebrity/6619232775.html Hear me out... 1) Chevrolet Celebrity. 2) 2-Door. 3) Diesel... 3.5) FOUR POINT THREE LITRE DIESEL: https://www.dieselworldmag.com/features/diesel-history-retrospective-the-lt7-front-drive-v-6-oldsmobiles-other-diesel/ 4) Not rusted out to absolute shite! I can tell from the pictures of the interior that a previous owner smoked. A lot. Like, more than the actual car did.

Can’t go wrong with a Taco. Winning at life with a 6-speed. Congratulations putting 210k miles on it over the next several years!

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http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/20/melania-calls-secret-service-after-actor-peter-fonda-threatens-to-kidnap-barron-trump/ Dang! I hear Peter Fonda is going on tour with 6IX9ine and Trippie Redd this summer...

Brian, congratulations on a REALLY well-written and informative article. The details you shared on Justin's background painted a nice picture in my mind. Well done!

http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_small_article/public/blogs/trump_flag_hug.png?itok=lUOtuGD2

Here's Stephen Miller's Cell Phone Number, If You Need It Splinter 40 minutes agoFiled to: STEPHEN MILLER 24.1K 151 30 Photo: Getty The Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant children from their families has been credited primarily to the strenuous efforts of White House adviser Stephen Miller. Perhaps you would like to call him about it. The New York Times reported that Miller, the wolfish young Trump whisperer, has been the most effective driving force behind the implementation of the brutal policy that is now leading the national news—a policy that Miller himself called “a simple decision.” And while citizens plan protest marches and scream at Kirstjen Nielsen as she eats dinner, Miller himself has been rather unavailable for direct feedback from the public. We all know that Donald Trump is a great fan of facilitating direct feedback from the public, because he personally published the cell phone numbers of both his Republican primary opponent Lindsey Graham and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos. So it is fair to assume he would support the public’s right to call (or text) Stephen Miller. Miller’s cell phone number is 202-881-8641. He’s a busy guy, but maybe you can get ahold of him long enough to have a productive discussion.

1) I call shenanigans. 2) If you dropped it 2" in ride height, I'd betcha you'd get similar range back in wind management at highway speeds. :gabe: Saw another one on 315 this morning - silver with gray racing(?) stripes. Only problem I'm noticing is that the LED DRL's are burning out. My FiL's Model S has the drivers' side LED "eyebrow" super dim already and the one on 315 had a much dimmer passenger side eyebrow. Obviously not the worst thing, but since I'm guessing many LED lighting elements in modern cars aren't replaced by a $3.50 Philips bulb.......

THAT’S what the wheels look like under the factory Aero wheel-covers?!? Looks great!!! Big fan of Tesla...car looks awesome! Love seeing Model 3’s rolling around the streets...

Same. That thing is just lazy.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Wow! Congratulations, JP

OK, yeah....I didn't realize all that was being done. I would say you're on it. :thumbup:

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