Spare me 15 minutes!

[32KZ]

Yep, all all there pal�� Moments like those is when I take a deep breath, look around, and take stock..but I'm older now. In my youth i'd pitch a tool across the shop,,,more damage,lol!
27 years in as a professional firefighter in an old rustbelt steeltown on Lake Erie,,people got it way worse.

So this week dropped my oe shroud and cracked it,,hours spent boiling fasteners, two days in just mounting inner fenderwells and rad brace,,,but she is looking pretty��

Thats why I love there forums,,collective insanity!!

Oh, and too cheap to pay a contractor fir mama's kitchen remodel,,money saved going towards a roller. So that's on my plate also, and grandkids, and rescue pups, and aging parents.Way more fun building a drag car,,and bracket racing.

But how rewarding to step back and look at your work,,priceless��

[njsteve]

Sounds like the old high school tech class contests they would have. Chrysler used to sponsor them. They would have 25 identical Mopars lined up for the 25 teams to work on. Each one had a specific component sabotaged. With the clock running, the kids had to find the problem and get the car running before time ran out.

I recall one of the memorable items was a carb baseplate to body gasket with no holes in it for the air metering to go through.

My mechanic buddy Al, still has his trophy from winning one of those contests.

Dave, It looks like you got one of the leftover cars from the team that never completed their contest in time.

Now will you paint that thing and let me have it? It is obviously causing you far too much stress. I'm only thinking of your health, you know.