What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2021]
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Mike what breakers are you after? Was that a Siemens *spit* sub panel you had installed? I think i have a few push in Siemens breakers left in stock. At the very least I can get do some digging.
I have been gathering pieces to build my 81 El Camino for the strip. So far I have the rolling chassis with Grand AM GT Buckets, a Vortec 350 with High rise single plane intake, fuel cell, new fuel line, battery box, a line lock, some old American Racing rims that cleaned up nice, and a 7.5 rear to build up with 3.73's and a spool. I will be scavenging the 350 trans from my 442 that has one season on it, as well as a few other parts ( carb, distributor, headers, cross member, shifter, tach and gauges
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Backstory, is that in the late 19th and early 20th Century, a lot of Finns elected to emigrate across the Atlantic to Canada. Among the places they chose to settle was a district now known as Thunder Bay, in the Province of Ontario, hard beside Lake Superior. To remind them of their roots and offer them a place to stay during the winters and get a home cooked meal, the Finnish Community got together and erected a facility known as the Finnish Labor Temple and, below it, the Hoito Restaurant. Both have stood as a pair for over 100 years. Until last night.
Today's headline was the fire that erupted on the premises of that building last night. Built as it was of wood, with all the varnish and shellac that was laid to preserve the boards and timbers, it went pretty quickly. I would suspect that, by now, there is footage of the conflagration both on Facebook and on the websites for both locations. The reason that I mention it is that, throughout the decades, the finnish descendants of those immigrants have kept and maintained a strong relationship with their ancestral home. It is possible that you or someone you know, knows someone with relatives or descendants who may have spoken of this edifice since it also held an office for the local Finnish Embassy for a while.
i realize that this has absolutely nothing to do with G-Bodies or engine building but the place did come to mean a lot to the generations who contributed to it as well to many, locals and tourists, who came to visit the district and made a special effort to visit the building and enjoy the cuisine offered by the restaurant below. As of now its future, rebuild, or not, remains uncertain. While there may be no connection, I am still sorry for the loss.
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Backstory, is that in the late 19th and early 20th Century, a lot of Finns elected to emigrate across the Atlantic to Canada. Among the places they chose to settle was a district now known as Thunder Bay, in the Province of Ontario, hard beside Lake Superior. To remind them of their roots and offer them a place to stay during the winters and get a home cooked meal, the Finnish Community got together and erected a facility known as the Finnish Labor Temple and, below it, the Hoito Restaurant. Both have stood as a pair for over 100 years. Until last night.
Today's headline was the fire that erupted on the premises of that building last night. Built as it was of wood, with all the varnish and shellac that was laid to preserve the boards and timbers, it went pretty quickly. I would suspect that, by now, there is footage of the conflagration both on Facebook and on the websites for both locations. The reason that I mention it is that, throughout the decades, the finnish descendants of those immigrants have kept and maintained a strong relationship with their ancestral home. It is possible that you or someone you know, knows someone with relatives or descendants who may have spoken of this edifice since it also held an office for the local Finnish Embassy for a while.
i realize that this has absolutely nothing to do with G-Bodies or engine building but the place did come to mean a lot to the generations who contributed to it as well to many, locals and tourists, who came to visit the district and made a special effort to visit the building and enjoy the cuisine offered by the restaurant below. As of now its future, rebuild, or not, remains uncertain. While there may be no connection, I am still sorry for the loss.
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I made an aluminum panel for my Painless rocker switches to control my fans for the Regal.
Went for a little drive today, sunny 77° out here.😎
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