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    Quote Originally Posted by philly98540 View Post
    69 camaro looking sweet! Whats the second one?
    Thanks, 68 or 69 Nova is the bottom pic. My kid bent all the sub frame tube. Center section can be unbolted if needed.
    More of the Nova that he did.



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    Quote Originally Posted by jp5Touring View Post
    Thanks, 68 or 69 Nova is the bottom pic. My kid bent all the sub frame tube. Center section can be unbolted if needed.
    More of the Nova that he did.

    I’d be a proud papa


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    Quote Originally Posted by angeleye540i View Post
    I’d be a proud papa


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    Ha, trust me I'm super proud of what he can build. They have done some killer stuff on one of the cars but I can't show anyone yet.
    They have built cars for SEMA and are doing one now for the fall show.


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    Quote Originally Posted by angeleye540i View Post
    I might (definitely do somewhere)


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    Nevermind, got one from my FLUBAPS (Friendly local used Bavarian auto parts seller). Thanks, though!
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    RIP, roudie. Ouch
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    Nate J.

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    Alpineweiss III/Black Merino Full 03-26-2007 E60 M5 Manual (CX08265). 157,000+. Dead starter -_-

    RIP, Seabiscuit. Black Sapphire/Schwarz 03-11-2003 530iA Sport (CK39185). T-boned 03-01-2017 at 155,861mi.
    Take 2 "Otto" - Toledo Blue/Sandbeige 04-25-2002 530iA Sport (CH98032). Sold 11-10-2017 at 147,743mi.
    Take 3 "Manuel" - Toledo Blue/Grau 10-29-2001 530i5 Sport (CE92358). Sold 02-01-2019 at 217,600mi. I regret that. Build Log
    Reliable P.O.S. - Green/gray 1995 Camry V6 LE. 270k mi. Sold for space.

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    If anyone has good knowledge of the E39 “watershed” my buddy needs help with a clogged CPillar drain... he doesn’t know where it runs to... he’s posted and looked with no success so I thought I’d bring on topic (can respond with PM) for a sec.... hope all of you are well... the grinder ever come around anymore? What about DK Head? Anyway... toodles

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    Hey boss! I"m here - was super busy w/ other stuff for a bit so slowed down some, but have been back around a bit more lately. C-pillar drains - I believe they come out in a hidden place behind the liners in the fender well, but I could be wrong?
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    Funny, I had to tear the rear ends apart on these two Germans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BimmrMeUpSnotty View Post
    Funny, I had to tear the rear ends apart on these two Germans.

    What was your mission for thes two?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mannyf540 View Post
    What was your mission for thes two?
    The Audi is a loaner from Audi Of Arlington, stupid customers went to Home Depot and piled a crapload of sacks of potting soil in the rear, when the tailgate kept trying to open back up, because a sack or two were obviously sticking out in the way, they tried to force it shut, bending the hinge mounting points out and downwards, horrible design, the hinges mount onto the roof basically, which is aluminum, epoxied to some pretty mild steel. This is the fourth one we’ve had to do so far, apparently , other shops across the country are dealing with the same issue, Audi is quietly issuing a recall on it. Idiots didn’t even think of using a square washer, you know, to kinda give it a bigger footprint, they just use round little washers on the 13mm nuts. Stupid inexperienced engineers fresh out of college obviously, these morons don’t even know how to use a screwdriver, I can tell, the way they keep changing things up every year.i think the new Audi’s are all junk.

    The X5, 1,500 miles on it, was rear ended, some moron body man at one of our sister shops is now lining up at the unemployment office....
    He was paid to replace the bumper cover, the reinforcements, cut out the rear body panels, weld in the new ones, seam seal, and send it to the paint shop, instead, he figured on halfa$$ing the job, didn’t even try to straighten anything out, shimmed the reinforcement bar, and the bumper cover stiffeners, thinking that he’d get away with it, well, the thing was sent to us to check his work, bumper was not were it should have been. I would have noticed it even when I was ten years old, our district manager happened to be there when I was looking at it, he apparently saw the same thing I saw, others didn’t. Took it apart, found all the reasons why, John got on the horn and fired the moron for his evil ways.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BimmrMeUpSnotty View Post
    Funny, I had to tear the rear ends apart on these two Germans.
    Snotty, what you get up to in the mens room of a Berlin nightclub is none of our business.
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    Quote Originally Posted by geargrinder View Post
    Snotty, what you get up to in the mens room of a Berlin nightclub is none of our business.
    Crap man! Took half a day for somebody to get that!!! Figures, it’d be the Geargrindmeister who got it.

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    And that was the ladies room, not the men’s!
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    Quote Originally Posted by BimmrMeUpSnotty View Post
    Crap man! Took half a day for somebody to get that!!! Figures, it’d be the Geargrindmeister who got it.

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    And that was the ladies room, not the men’s!


    🤣 ROFL,
    I got it, but figured there was a story to this.

    I love your work ethic Steve. Too bad not all take as much pride in their work.

    Maybe you’d have pics of aforementioned Germans.
    Lol.

    I think GG, has been thru a couple German rear ends himself....

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    Those German rear ends have been known to take some punishment...

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    Quote Originally Posted by StRaNgEdAyS View Post
    Those German rear ends have been known to take some punishment...

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    You do have to lubricate them properly....

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    Went to "The Vintage" in Hot Springs N.C. this past week. Looked at 650 vintage BMW's. One of the best shows,great cars great people.



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    Quote Originally Posted by jp5Touring View Post
    Went to "The Vintage" in Hot Springs N.C. this past week. Looked at 650 vintage BMW's. One of the best shows,great cars great people.

    That looks/sounds terrible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mannyf540 View Post
    You do have to lubricate them properly....
    Manny, I'm sure your using some good ole 75w140 with maybe a wee bit of metal filings in it, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by geargrinder View Post
    That looks/sounds terrible.
    I forgot to say BEER was involved


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    Quote Originally Posted by JimLev View Post
    Manny, I'm sure your using some good ole 75w140 with maybe a wee bit of metal filings in it, right?

    And be sure not to overfill or it will foam up!!
    Essential to keeping friction in control....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mannyf540 View Post
    And be sure not to overfill or it will foam up!!
    Essential to keeping friction in control....
    Yeah, good loobmefication can keep one going all night long.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jp5Touring View Post
    Went to "The Vintage" in Hot Springs N.C. this past week. Looked at 650 vintage BMW's. One of the best shows,great cars great people.

    A bunch of friends from the local CCA chapter were out there, that’s the one that was in Asheville right? Get anymore pictures? There should have been a guy with a really clean white E28? From VA, I restored that one back in 2006. Wish I could have gone.

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    See, I don’t just do rear ends...
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    Quote Originally Posted by BimmrMeUpSnotty View Post
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    See, I don’t just do rear ends...
    Brushing up on some sideways action.

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    Brushing up on some sideways action.

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