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  1. Twitch

    Car Key Woes!

    BTW the black magic, mumbo jumbo of secret dealer programming of the remotes consists of pushing about 3 different buttons on your climate control panel and following simple instructions. Done in 30 seconds. I've heard they charge about $50 for that!!
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    Revitalization of Towns?

    Near and dear to me is that school bond thing you speak of. My wife works for the dschool district and let me say that simply they have more than enough money to do what needs to be done but of course they have educators hired at sky high salaries insted of business people. Anyhow there was a...
  3. Twitch

    Show us your vehicles

    Thank you Scarlett. And Tony, that is a good guess at the owner's mindset. There have been lots of old vehicles that were sitting, people would have purchased, but the owners had some idea that: 1. age would make the car more valuable even as it rotted 2. they honestly did wish to resore...
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    Car Key Woes!

    I had to revive this thread because Flivver mentioned he found a remote on Ebay. Well I checked it out and found a like new pair for my Caddy for $60 compared to the dealer at $306!!:rage: Programming instructions were dead easy. This is the best deal ever as the vendors deal with ALL car...
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    Golden Era Planes of Fame

    Well the stripped replica 262 were some 2 million when for sale. http://www.stormbirds.com/project/index.html I figure the 1st cost 5 Mil. Glacier Girl, the P-38 raised from the Greenland ice ultimately cost about 7 million when it flew.
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    Nov. 2, 1947 - The Spruce Goose Flies

    Here's an article I wrote several years ago. Hope someone my get some info out of it. HERCULES UNCHAINED It’s big. It flew only one time. The Hughes H-4 Hercules is a wartime transport that visionaries of 1942 saw as a feasible project. UNLIMITED IDEAS Of course the era had so...
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    A Rainy Afternoon

    The B-24 was no slouch. It could tote more ordnance than the B-17 and could put it on target. Certainly it was not a forgiving plane. A friend of my Mom was waist gunner and said what many said to me once, "when we lost an engine we really sweat, cause the B-24 didn't fly on 2." The initial...
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    RIP Gen. Paul W Tibbets

    Ben what I meant as unparralled is that it was the 1ST irregardless of Nagasaki. We must remember that there was no guarantee of success simply because they lit of one of the 3 nukes they'd cobbled up. While they were "pretty sure" from the Trinity test that the entire Earth atmosphere would...
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    GIJOE movie objection

    This is going to be another one of those dorky puppet movies that will last in everyone's minds about 10 minutes. As an incoming Marine you learn of stuff like the Guadalcanal debacle that proved the Japs were NOT invincible. I've since been amazed at the exploits of Paige and his groups as...
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    What Was the Plane In Raiders?

    Funny you should mention UFOs. At least one prototype was brought to the US in 1945- the one at the Smithsonian. Back when the modern wave of UFOs began remember it was Kenneth Arnold who saw them from his light plane. The whole "flying saucer" verbiage was horribly misinterpreted. Go...
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    Attn: LA-area loungers (Do you mind if I ask?)

    W live in the Hollydale neighborhood of South Gate on the east side of the 710 and all I know is the typical half million dollar inflated house but no idea what anything rents for.
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    Revitalization of Towns?

    It's a matter of what the existing tax base will be able to carry in most circumstances. All these "downtown" areas we hold in out in our foggy memories as something special most likey never were that special relative to all things. The true question is, is anyone from the suburbs going to...
  15. Twitch

    And You Wonder Why I'm a Cynic...

    Those are the things that try our patience. At least none of it is personal, just the universe kicking us in the butt.:(
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    RIP Gen. Paul W Tibbets

    Ah, the man that carried Truman's big stick and smote our enemy with it. A singular phenomenon unparalleled in history.
  17. Twitch

    Deals on Wheels!

    The Desoto and lots of cars like it are still reasonably priced! People see any vintage car and assume it is in the 57 Chevy price range. NADA.co reflects value of $8600 for average and $11,750 for an immaculate one. Either way, there are many decent vintage vehicles for decent prices...
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    What Was the Plane In Raiders?

    Since true is stranger than fiction check out the real deal that flew in January 1945 and was set for production. This one was the Ho 229 and used 2 jets engines but there were others quite similar to the movie one also. The Smithsonian is in the long process of rebuilding it.
  20. Twitch

    Serious Comedians

    I wouldn't call the Mummy movies comedy and Frasier was fine in those.[huh]
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    Show us your vehicles

    Forgotten Man- you can see how little it took to make the Mercs of that era very mild customs with a different look. Cool thing is you can switch between Moons and stock easily. My Packard since I got wheel trim rings
  22. Twitch

    Golden Era Planes of Fame

    There are probably 5 or less organizations on the planet capable of recreating a P-61. It would take probably 10 years to do and cost at least $20 million.
  23. Twitch

    Photobucket problems...?

    And then Scotty proceeded to bang out at like 90 WPM!!!

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