Recent content by CopperNick
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replace entire floor, or just sections?
Been there, done this, the pictures, if I posted them, are under my Project Regress post line. For myself I went with two complete panels that stretch from the toe board flange to the kick up for the rear seat. To use them you need to have a good tunnel and inner rocker panels as they attach...- CopperNick
- Post #22
- Forum: General Discussion
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What did you do to/with your chainsaw today
Might be time to either acquire or rent one of those shredding machines that take limbs and brush and turn them into mulch. See them around the city when the arborialists are doing the tree trimming on the boulevards and in the parks. New could be expensive unless maybe Harbor Freight or...- CopperNick
- Post #373
- Forum: Non-G Projects
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What did you do to/with your chainsaw today
Be grateful for the snow. Right now around here it is already forest fire season. Two weeks ago the forest was fairly wet; now it's burn, baby, burn. North of Duluth along the 61 corridor, there is a major burn going on just west of Two Harbors. Supposed to be rain today but it comes with...- CopperNick
- Post #370
- Forum: Non-G Projects
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What did you do to your non g-body project today [2025 edition]
Okay, now it makes sense because your little motor cavalcade sure looked like the camper ought to be doing the towing not just being along for the ride. Since it actually was warm today, for a wonder, I did take the opportunity to roll up the main door in the shop and do some welding on the...- CopperNick
- Post #380
- Forum: Non-G Projects
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What did you buy for your Gbody today? (2025)
So I went in to the yard and followed up on my initial chat about bringing in the RH side quarter panel for my 85SS. Frank says, it's available but it will be early June before it shows up. Okay, fine, throw some money at it and wait works for me so went that route. Today, one week later, my...- CopperNick
- Post #106
- Forum: General Discussion
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The Generic Car Show & Cruise Thread (2025 Edition)
Was watching one of the early 2025 swap meet videos and the commentator noted that for next year the scooters would no longer be allowed to tow trailers. Wonder how the buyers are going to deal with having to move body metal or drive train components, or even an entire project vehicle without...- CopperNick
- Post #30
- Forum: Events
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The Generic Car Show & Cruise Thread (2025 Edition)
Copper Colored engine with the identity ? is a nail valve Buick. The layout of the pipes on the headers are one clue, the skinny valve covers are another. This generation of Buick mills got the nickname because of the small heads on the valves. They were a good motor for their generation and...- CopperNick
- Post #24
- Forum: Events
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What did you do to your shop today?
All depends on how filthy my fingers are! LOL. Seen them picked by hand, by fork, by martini glass olive spear, toothpick, and even with chopsticks. You can even whittle a skinny length of tree twig down and do it like you'd do s'mores. Side bar to this, the best finger food for cleaning...- CopperNick
- Post #1,636
- Forum: Shop / Garage / Tools / Etc.
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What did you do to your non g-body project today [2025 edition]
Finally got warm enough so that I could crack the main door open again. So this past Friday I uncovered the trailer just enough that I could test fit the backing plate for the junction box in its new position. Cut a short length of 1 inch angle and set that in position so that it could sit on...- CopperNick
- Post #345
- Forum: Non-G Projects
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What did you do to your shop today?
Gravy and cheese on french fries is a culinary abomination that is peculiar to the Quebecoise. They call it "Poutine" Comedienne Sherry Shepherd expressed it best when she opined that "Dey call it poutine cause when you eat it you'll be pootin' all night!" The stuff ranks right down there...- CopperNick
- Post #1,633
- Forum: Shop / Garage / Tools / Etc.
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Does anyone here regret their auto to manual swap?
Your ride being a Malibu, the best bet would be to find an early 80's Chev El Camino or the GM Sprint counterpart. because they could be had with a manual long after the coupes had the option deleted off the order sheet. After that, GM did make something called the "Iragi Taxi" aka the 'Saudi...- CopperNick
- Post #38
- Forum: Manual Transmission / Clutch / Shifter
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What did you do to your shop today?
Huh! You must live in a state or region that has had people come in and look for the stuff although it is used in pickling veggies so there is that. As for french fries, no, not as a dip, more done like applying salt to them. There is a dedicated name for the bottle or table container...- CopperNick
- Post #1,624
- Forum: Shop / Garage / Tools / Etc.
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Does anyone here regret their auto to manual swap?
3.5 pages late to the party but one of the first things that I did with my Monte Carlo SS was to find the tunnel hump that GM used when they did the factory 4 speed installs in the G-bodies. Put that on the shelf and then when I went to do the floor pan work, in it went too. My current setup...- CopperNick
- Post #36
- Forum: Manual Transmission / Clutch / Shifter
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What did you do to your non g-body project today [2025 edition]
Don't think that bag of ex-freezer stuff will on the curb for long. Once the resident critters get a whiff of it they will be lining up at the unexpected buffet table. Thinking crows for starters with 'coons and other ferals soon to follow. Might be worth the gas to take the bag out to the...- CopperNick
- Post #326
- Forum: Non-G Projects
