Surprisingly I have found my Monty Carlo LS with the original 4.3 the easier to find parts for. At least GM used that 4.3 in everything for a long time. The other project I have is an 1941 Chevy. Should see the look on the parts store employee when you tell them it will not be in the computer and then they look and find out it is not in the computer.
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What I've learned how my 80s sh*t boxes makes sure I don't ever have money for drugs ,they got my back
She has no idea they exist as I hide/store them in the garage. She won't go in there.
They are your drugs, they just won't be honest enough to tell you the truth.
Damn... I must hold some kind of record.
You're on 3 good ones. The Lady Mullet gets the wagon 6.0/6speed and the wagon gets much needed boost (on the stand). You done yet?
I have been distracted with other projects. Going to need a solid Winter to do right by the Mrs.' car.
I don't cate how much I've spent. It's my hobby. My wife could care less. Our bills are payed, we're comfortable, thats all that matters.
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My wife reminds me on an occasion, then I remind her about the smiles per mile, Drag Week videos/live stream of her boy, and her family being together in the garage rather than in a bar, or in jail - still close because of cars/trucks/projects.
And damn straight that I hide the credit card bill and receipts (I'd like to get some more often than a yearly schedule) :-/
She can't understand why I need needed 2 identical fuel pumps let alone the 3rd that I have as a spare that I haven't mentioned.
I tried having an E85 discussion with her that included why we have two 55 gallon drums on the property full of the stuff - 'I don't want to refill when I'm out, this way I always have 50 gallons ready to go'
Considering that I pay the mortgage and half the other bills myself, she pays the remaining, I pay for vacations. She makes up for it in other ways. 🤣
On the few occasions I go to the corporate parts stores I tend to give the parts store monkeys crap because I can.
My 1977 truck isn't in their computers for what it is. It's trim level is bonanza. Not custom deluxe/scottsdale/silverado/etc... bonanza. Sure, it's a trim/value package, but no more so than a silverado was.
So when they insist on typing in all different info they go through the year, make, model... then stall.... I don't see bonanza, do you mean silverado? I say nope, go outside, look at the fender and the dashboard. They walk out all brisk, sure they'll prove me wrong. I lean back on the counter and wait. Watch. See them look at fender, through window, and back again. After a few times they return, much more slowly, and dejected.
Depending how much attitude they gave me first I sometimes needle them and ask what it said, and other times I just wait for them to say something to me. But it always turns to "so, what was the part number you said you wanted?"
Unfortunately, areas I've lived lately don't have mom and pop stores where those conversations didn't happen. So, I tend to shop online when possible, or deal with the monkeys when I don't have time to.
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