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sharkytm posted:I think he means repro "vintage". Like Coker tires. oh, i read that post as "there are reproduction ones, but heres my vintage one" but now that ive slept you're probably right, lol
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Jebus - I've been trying to post for days now, but every night I get in to bed and straight up pass out. Yes, the batteries were reproduction, but strangely enough, the company that made mine is now out of business, which isn't really a shocker to me because, while the battery that I got from them looked fantastic, its performance was laughable. I finished my traffic offender sticker, and they are currently waiting for pickup at some point this week, I tried a few different things with it, including having it stuck from the inside, something printed on the reverse and ultimately, the exterior vinyl won out, so there is sadly nothing on the back. disregard the backside writing, I completely made it up and its 100% not real - I just tried to think what a local municipal judge in 1941 would have said while putting this sticker on a hot rodders car  I even went so far as to talk to some old timers to see if they remembered these - only one did and his response to what was on the back side of them was "it said something on the back of them, but I didn't have a chance to read it as I tossed it in the trash can" maybe my next one?  I'm still waiting on the drat interior vinyl to come in so that's back burner for now - I had some time to tune on the car a bit, so I started messing with timing, got the car running good, took it out and after my first pull the car was dead in the water coasting down a busy street. Got to a safe place and started to diagnose - I realized my distributor wasn't turning. closer inspection revealed this:   The set screw that holds the distributor in had a deep chamfer that basically ramped the distributor up, and unseated it every time I'd try to snug it down. the problem was worse because of the variations in the shaft of the actual distributor - the misalignment of this is caused by the fact that I have an aftermarket head and an aftermarket distributor... I realized that this may be the reason my timing has never been accurate no matter what I did, and toying with it more only made the problem worse. - You can see how many times I've tried to "walk it in" to the correct timing only to loose that spot the instant I tried to snug things up . I went out, got a new flat bolt and got it in there the right way, my timing gun does not do advances, so I have one on order to aid me to get a bit more precise with my timing - as it stands it "seems" the car likes a bit of advance, however im sure the internals dont. Now that I can be a bit more accurate, I need more time to dial in power, but! the car runs great now and a new problem has been exposed, on longer high speed pulls, my carbs run dry and the car leans out backfires really loudly and dies - I have the fuel pressure regulated with a lovely mr gasket regulator like so: https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Gasket-9710-Fuel-Regulator/dp/B000BWAPQ6 these early 97's and 81's cannot withstand more than 5-6 PSI because the pressure will force gas past the needle and seat. the pump I have in there provides about 10 -12 PSI unregulated - my fuel pressure gauge is on the outside of the car and the regulator is on the inside, so I cant see what kind of results my adjustments make, and my wife wants nothing to do with it - so until a friend came over a few days later I was flying blind, these regulators reallly suck, and seemingly the numbers on them dont mean poo poo, because a setting of 1 on the regulator results in the highest amount of pressure, by the time this was determined, I had no time to test out that adjustment. Speaking of this model A - I had a rather fortuitous encounter with a guy at cruise night that lead me to this:  thats right, a modern T5 transmission ready to be adapted to the model a.. heres a great article on what it takes to do this swap, ( https://www.lainefamily.com/ModelAFiles/ModelAT5.htm ) in other words, sourcing the transmission, a very desirable one for the c10 crowd, is only about 1/3 of the work required to do this adaptation. I've only begun to scratch the surface of this and doubt that I'll be able to get this in before the yearly drag race I participate in September, but at least I have it now, and it was extremely cheap, I mean... a gift... Also last weekend, I tagged along with a buddy to pick this thing up...   its a 1930 Model A coupe - with a very cool modern frame setup - right now the car has an extremely dumb buick 215 v8 which later became the rover v8 that was used in land rovers up in to the early 00's - but we will be remedying this with a small chevy pretty soon here - this particular friend has been looking for a hot rod for literally years, and this one fit his criteria so he struck at it - this is the kind of car that whoever had it last spared no expense with parts, but didn't know what the hell he was doing - this motor and trans selection is so out of touch for this car, also, his inability to build cars caused him to give up on it.. so my buddy is essentially buying a ton of really nice parts, it just needs to be finished, the body of this car is just about the cleanest coupe body I've ever seen as well. but you know 'ya boi cant walk away from a deal like that empty handed:  So the guy selling the car was retiring and moving away, everything in his hobby shop had to go, I saw this bell sitting there and asked about it, according to him it was the the bell that hung at the first 1 room school house that served the area that Disneyland now occupies, no way to prove or disprove, but thats the story im going with now. so a quick dive in to school bell google land netted me this: https://www.prindlestation.com/uprights-s/142.htm which, to me seems ultra reasonable for a cast iron bell upright - guess I can add yet another thing to the list of "how to annoy your neighbors with antiques" Progress on the 42 is small, but I'm getting ready to remove the intake and exhaust manifolds for cleaning and restoration - sadly I think I have to cut the exhaust, but I'm going to try to retain the original "Y" pipe in case I ever want to put it back, but my plan for any straight 8 with dual exhaust manifolds is true duals: h-piped and glass packed ... I had a thought a few nights ago that really made me sick to my stomach - what if this motor is bad... so far nothing has told me that it is, I mean, it turns over fine and seems to have compression, but I haven't spun it over with the starter yet, and I've only been able to turn it with a socket and bar - I have been able to make it hiss tho - also I've been filling the cylinders with marvel every few days for awhile now... If I spend a lot of time, cleaning and painting, and detailing this motor and its blown.... that will be time and money wasted. I really don't have enough time and money to A: find a machine shop willing to work on a 3.5' long inline 8 engine, B: when I do find them, pay the exorbitant price they will no doubt quote me for such work. So in the words of Vice grip, I'm going to pretend that I never thought about that and just keep going with what I'm doing. anyway - I'll leave you with this, a very flexible woman posing on the hood of my 48 for a photoshoot we did a few years back  
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there's got to be a better way to retain the distributor position than that set screw. that was the factory solution?? seems like it wouldn't hold up to any kind of rpm is the replacement screw a small enough diameter to only seat on the "low" spots on the dizzy, and not catch the corner of the bigger diameter right above? if not, maybe turn down the tip of the screw, so that it has a smaller snout? i can imagine how the chamfer on the original one would pull up the distributor before, but wouldn't a squared off screw not seat all the way? nice work on the traffic violator decal. let me know when production is in full swing and you're ready to start selling them, i could be interested in one or five
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May 24, 2021 09:20
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Found that plate being made (since I’m in TN very interested) https://www.ebay.com/itm/332283088123
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May 24, 2021 10:48
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That's awesome
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Ordered a plate. I have to have that Traffic Violator tag, just as you wrote it. Does the '42 engine have poured babbits, or machined bearing shells? Given the age & history, I'd pull the pan and even the big-end bearing caps to see how they look. Then Plastigage them for wear depth if you're truly anal. When I did a senior-year work-study at an engine shop in Willow Grove, PA in 1980, there was a huge kerfluffle when someone dropped a Pontiac straight-8 block onto the shop floor & broke off some critical bit. Glad it wasn't me. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 15:10 on May 24, 2021 |
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May 24, 2021 15:05
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I absolutely need a decal of that careless skull.
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PainterofCrap posted:Does the '42 engine have poured babbits, or machined bearing shells? The Stovebolt had babbits for another 10 years so I’d say there’s good (bad) odds here. On the plus side, LA is probably one of only a few places where you can find someone with the know-how to do them.
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:I absolutely need a decal of that careless skull. Do it you can get like 30 stickers made first time for $1 on sticker mule. i have done it and it is good quality
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May 24, 2021 19:01
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If you do a run of Traffic Violator stickers I’ll 100% buy one.
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Same. Need something to cover the old catholic college sticker on the Nova.
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Raluek posted:there's got to be a better way to retain the distributor position than that set screw. that was the factory solution?? seems like it wouldn't hold up to any kind of rpm The screw that I got is actually just a bolt, I flattened the back of it and it seems to bite it pretty well rather than force it upwards. I'm also toying with the idea to lengthen the actual shaft that drives the distributor, and make a new spacer to make the bolt grab in the correct area- the shaft looks like this: https://cwmoss.com/products/distributor-lower-shaft-1928-34?_pos=6&_sid=5185cd228&_ss=r Another option is to play with other distributor options, which are available, and use the GM style clamp from the top... the lowest tech way to do it will be to get everything timed in and grind a flat spot for the bolt to snug to... Honestly, this latest fix seems to be solid and lowest time investment, I gripped it and really tried to move it and it held soild - so I'm going to run with it and see what happens. Now I really just have to dial in the timing to get the best performance... I'm just going to take a drive with a few wrenches and my timing light.. PainterofCrap posted:Ordered a plate. I'm pretty sure the engine does have babbits - but its a very, VERY common thing for these to have had insert bearings installed at some point in their lifespan. In 48 the line got a huge technical update and I believe inserts became standard, which my 48 does have. I haven't had much of a minute but the next big task I'm going to do on this is drain the oil and look in to how difficult it is to get the pan off, along with the entire nose of the car. those pontiac I8 flatheads are really probably the heaviest motors I've ever encountered. they are absolutely massive, and as a matter of fact I helped put a head on one a few weeks ago. Advent Horizon posted:The Stovebolt had babbits for another 10 years so I’d say there’s good (bad) odds here. Very, VERY true, there are several people that run in the brass era car circle that actually do it on a regular basis, all local. - I really feel that there is a good possibility that this motor has inserts, if not, its going to be an interesting time. Re: Stickers - my single sided prototypes are done and I'll probably go grab them tomorrow, after I grab the 1952 Coke machine that I really shouldn't have bought... 
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Same. Need something to cover the old catholic college sticker on the Nova. i mean, i think having that next to a catholic college sticker would be funny, but that's just opinion
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I cant stop DU DU DU DU DU DU dudu DUTUDUTUDUTU...   Well, when deals of the century come knocking, I come a scraping change jars to make it happen. Long story short - my wife and I used to go to estate sales nearly every weekend, since covid and the baby boy, we've dialed it back, but this weekend there was the motherlode of sales - a few weeks a girl appeared at our cruise night who looked very familiar to me, but I couldn't place her, turns out her mom is one of the best estate sale coordinators in the area, and my wife and I used to love her sales more than any other - I recognized her from that and bam! instant in! so this was a 3 day long sale Sat, Sun and Mon - I turned up yesterday, monday, and saw this beauty sitting there with very hefty price tag - another friend of mine couldn't keep it in his pants and wound up spending quite a few bucks with her, so last minute, last day, last chance - I threw her an absurdly lowball offer on this thing, she said yes, and now here we are What I know: its a early 50s Vendo unit that holds 39 8oz bottles of coke, When I plugged it in, things started working, which was enough for me to know that if anything it will need a freon upgrade or.... maybe even nothing - I don't have the balls to leave the thing plugged in without really checking the wiring on this thing - I have a variac that I loaned out awhile ago that I want to use to ramp slowly incase of anything wrong with it- but other than that, I'd really like to have a pro look at it I bought this with the intent to sell it, my wife was totally on board with this, but when I got home with it my wife, an avid coke drinker, said "you know, lobsterboyx, I've always wanted one of these" so I guess for now I need to find a place for it. I'm inching closer to looking at solar options for the house - we have our regular fridge (a modern unit), a 1936 Hotpoint, a 1954 Kelvinator and now this energy beast. coincidentally, there are two world famous specialists in vintage beverage vending machines not too far from me - so I have to make some time to call around and see what the deal is with these. I posted this on social and I got my inbox flooded with "what do you want for it" - so we'll see what happens.
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As someone who knows absolutely nothing about things like this, what's a fair price for that? I agree though you need to keep it and actually use it.
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A family member paid $3500 for a fully restored one that is somewhat more desirable than this one, however this one is in really really good original shape... so I'm really not sure of its worth - I was nowhere near that in the least. I don't really want to reveal how much I paid for it, but my offer was borderline offensive - In this world, it really boils down to a "I'll take a loss so I don't have to lug this heavy thing around until it sells" kind of thing. The funniest thing was the trip home with it, my friends bought this cool 1962 pool table, and another friend bought a 40's barber chair - so we maxed out this car trailer with the most baby-boomer, old guys rule, mantiques bullshit we could. 
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My grandfather paid a significant amount of money for one of those probably 20 years ago. Had a local company retrofit a modern compressor on it and everything. The biggest problem was sourcing bottles. They used to be available at Sam's Clubs but they stopped sometime in the early 2000s. Looks like you can get them on Amazon now, because of course you can. The only thing I remember about it was that the drat thing kept eating my coins and even with modern components it was super loud when running. He still has that thing, don't know the last time it was plugged in or stocked anyways. Mustache Ride fucked around with this message at 13:22 on May 26, 2021 |
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LobsterboyX posted:I cant stop DU DU DU DU DU DU dudu DUTUDUTUDUTU...  LobsterboyX posted:When I plugged it in, things started working, which was enough for me to know that if anything it will need a freon upgrade or.... maybe even nothing - I don't have the balls to leave the thing plugged in without really checking the wiring on this thing There is absolutely no reason that you cannot rewire the compressor line (plug---> relay) yourself. These are absurdly simple refrigerators. You may recall I have a 1939 GE that I rewired and it's been fine for over a decade. Open the relay cover and take photos of the wire layout. Buy a 12-GA extension cord & lop off the female end. Strip back to leave at least a foot of ground (these older units usually aren't grounded - they're no a problem per se, but if it's outside on a slab and you're barefoot, you might get a tickle) and bond the ground somewhere on the frame. Just follow the polarity of the original & it'll be fine. As for the coinbox Jones plug & drum operation: physically inspect the wire & look for cracks. The Jones plug trunks were, IIRC, pretty robust, and there may not be many free-floating wires in there. They are usually in good shape because the internal operations are intermittent and don't draw a huge amount when they are operating, and the wire was protected from heat & UV. The main power/compressor wire insulation, however, is probably (literally) toast. ALSO I have a case or three of 6-oz Coke bottles - older, heavier, embossed - that I used to use to make beer a million years ago. I would prefer that they go to a good home - but getting them filled would be a problem. 'Course, when you have free time (Dad), you can make root beer or some kind of soda & bottle it... PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 15:25 on May 26, 2021 |
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Alright! I found a local guy that does vending machines, but he restores these oldies on the side - I went thru all the tests shy of actually porting it to check the levels of freon. everything checked out, so he wound up coming over and sure enough, everything was working but there is a leak. He's coming back next week to pick it up and go thru everything. I figure even if I spend 3-400 bucks to get the thing working, I'd still be very much in the green if we decided to sell it! Speaking of electrical - I finally got and installed my PowerGen alternator (that looks like a generator)   These guys couldn't have been easier to deal with, I got it thru a company called Y'nZ' that deals in super high quality original style wiring harness' - I had originally called to order a new harness for my 42, but wound up dealing more with this issue. I had literally been texting with the guy for a few weeks about it and finally its here These big buicks uses laughably large 7/8" wide fan belt - they had to custom make me a pulley to run this thing, they also re-cocked the charge post because buick hung these upside down. the result: these loving things are nearly 500 bucks, and now I have to save up enough money to retrofit every one of my cars with one. I've had it on my car for a few weeks and its been flawless - battery maintains perfectly. I'm a believer. The install was super easy, but the super kept a close eye on me  speaking of super, the other super has been breaking balls about getting our pinball machine cleared off, as with most things, after awhile it becomes a very expensive table, in this case it became a table to store some of my vintage paper collection..  here are a few highlights I found while cleaning it off:  cool fruit crate label that pretty much describes me.   this is super interesting, this is a 1928 magazine about driving and touring - I've had this for a long time and I remember reading it back when I first got it - super cool glimpse in to old school car mags. this one is also super cool - it was a photo actually published in Westways magazine in 1934  original cropping marks and caption:  in other news, I think I've hit a dead end on getting a "upright" or "harp" for my school bell - The most available ones fall short of the correct measurement - looks like I'm going to have to make one, but with lumber prices how they are, it may be more cost effective to actually make a pattern and have something cast..  I'm pretty happy with my high tech indicating setup.. Memorial day was pretty fun - a friend organized a little cruise to see the local T6 Texan group take off for their tribute missions    there were so many of us, they allowed us to come in and see the planes up close, and even climb up on them to check them out this particular one was just fully restored by its owner who was super friendly and willing to talk to us. This club was founded in the 50s of ww2 vets and still is going strong, they have over 10 Texans in the group, but there were only 4 flying on Monday - according to them if you have your pilots license, and you get in to the club, you are pretty much expected to ride in them and even qualify to fly them. I've been pretty busy with other things, so not much progress on the 42, but I did receieve the original color engine paint and did a quick spray on the generator bracket:  such a beautiful turquoise color- in contrast to the later green/teal color: news on this loving bucket:  I still cant get this thing to run right - in higher RPM's it just quits and dies and slowly comes back to life when the rpm's drop, almost like the bowls of the carbs have run dry - I've done about every test with the carbs I can come up with, I started testing the ignition today and that doesnt seem to do much either.. I'm suspecting its my new fuel pump now - I switched from the "ticker" to a rotary pump, but at idle I'm pushing good PSI - the trouble is I changed so much on this thing at once, it could be a few things - my next step is running it with the single carb again to see if its a carb issue so I can put that to rest. if it does the same thing.. then its either an ignition issue or fuel pump.. now that things are starting to warm up for roadster weather, this car decides to take a dump - I really hate this thing, but I also love it. in other news, I can add another car club to my many phony car club roster:  do you get it? LobsterboyX fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Jun 4, 2021 |
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Lotta golf courses in the valley?
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I feel like I should recognize the font but I can't place it.
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Sam's Club?
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Generic packaging was big when I was a kid at LA area Ralph's markets - but I'm sure other chains had the same kind of generic packaging, and yes this kind of packaging was used in Repo Man
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When I was in college in the latter half of the last century, the Giant Eagle in Bedford, PA had a generic section. Entire aisle of white packaging. No alcohol, though. Only ever saw the BEER in Repo Man , and even then I wasn't sure it was real. The macaroni & cheese wasn't bad. Especially since a box was 23-cents (in 1982). The cereal, however, was nasty.
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I remember seeing 80s and early 90s grocery commercials with super generic "beer", "paper towels", "corn", etc labels. The generic of generics. Always just a white package or can, with "BEER", "CORN", "PAPER TOWELS", etc on them. I kinda wish it'd come back. With paper goods, it sort of has thanks to last year's panic shopping (my store has a bunch of stuff just labeled "toilet paper" and "paper towels" that we're struggling to get rid of below cost, most of it with packaging in Spanish, with English stickers on them). e: here's an ad from Jewel (I assume the company that later became Jewel-Osco?) for generic dairy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_BZVHjce_Q e2: my home town has been through a ton of different grocery chains, the only one that has stuck around has been Albertson's (the stores were originally Smith's Alpha-Beta, then Jewel-Osco, then Albertson's) and Big 8 (part of Lowe's Market - no, not that Lowe's). Growing up, we also had Furr's, which bought the local Safeway stores sometime in the late 80s or early 90s. Weird thing is Albertson's has kept almost all of their stores, both new and old - in DFW (where I lived for ~20 years), they closed ALL of their new format stores, and only kept their 60s-70s stores open with very modest remodels - but they also operate as Tom Thumb there, which is considered the most upmarket grocery retailer in the area. Kroger is king for affordability. Going back to my hometown, it's a mindfuck walking into the "modern" (90s) Albertson's - they just don't exist in the rest of the state, AFAIK. They closed the modern ones and kept the old ones everywhere else, AFAIK - the one by my old apt in DFW, for example, the meat counter person had been there since the store opened in 1975. Pretty sure she would have run me through the meat grinder if I mouthed off to her the wrong way. Where I'm at now, Randall's is literally Tom Thumb with a different sign, but it's also now part of Alberton's (but a different division). It's pretty much HEB or Randall's here, unless you want Whole Foods (they originated here, but really don't have many stores here). We have ONE Aldi that I know of, no Save-A-Lots, no Winco, etc. HEB is pretty reasonably priced, but not for the penny pincher. We have the other high end grocers here like Sprouts, Whole Foods, Natural Grocers, but the mainstream is essentially only HEB. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 08:51 on Jun 7, 2021 |
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STR posted:I kinda wish it'd come back. With paper goods, it sort of has thanks to last year's panic shopping (my store has a bunch of stuff just labeled "toilet paper" and "paper towels" that we're struggling to get rid of below cost, most of it with packaging in Spanish, with English stickers on them). Canada has supermarket chains operated by Loblaw's, and their brand is literally called No Name. It's all yellow packaging with black writing that is this simple. 
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PainterofCrap posted:When I was in college in the latter half of the last century, the Giant Eagle in Bedford, PA had a generic section. Entire aisle of white packaging. If you go to the original Chickie and Petes they have old cans on the wall, it's the only time I've seen it though.
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IGA in Cincinnati sold generic beer in white cans when I lived there a horrible year turn of the century. It was pretty bad. IGA down the street still sells mac n cheese boxes for 32 cents I think it’s good my kids don’t love it so I never get it any more.
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"Generics" have pretty much been replaced by house brands at more or less the same price point. There was something clean about the basic font and white packaging, though.
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Darchangel posted:"Generics" have pretty much been replaced by house brands at more or less the same price point. I thought that was one in the same always? What was a generic that wasn't a house brand?
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Darchangel posted:"Generics" have pretty much been replaced by house brands at more or less the same price point. You haven't been in a Safeway/Albertsons/Tom Thumb/Randall's recently, have you? They are incredibly proud of their house brands... price-wise anyway - they're sometimes as expensive as name brands at competing stores. They taste just like Sam's Choice (Walmart's house brand) to me, and HEB's Hill Country Fair. HCF is the almost bottom-barrel HEB house brand.. the only one lower is Economax, where a bag of dog food is 99 cents (I think my store carries two Economax products... dog food and ranch dressing are all I've seen). There's nothing wrong with HCF stuff, it's just your typical store brand stuff. The stuff actually labeled "HEB" is a lot better (on par with name brand, sometimes better thanks to no HFCS), "HEB Select" is the stuff they're really proud of. If I didn't have my employee discount at HEB, I'd probably be shopping at Aldi if we had one remotely close (there's only one in Austin metro that I know of, and it's in far east Pflugerville), MAYBE Walmart. Miss my Winco and Save-A-Lot 
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STR posted:dog food and ranch dressing Sounds delicious
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STR posted:e: here's an ad from Jewel (I assume the company that later became Jewel-Osco?) for generic dairy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_BZVHjce_Q Ahem. It's pronounced [chicago]Da Jewelzsss[/chicago]
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well, they're done!     and thank you to some g00nZ that already got some from me!!!
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those look great. definitely in for a handful once you're selling them for real were they historically always on the windshield, or was that just a limitation of only having the one piece of glass?
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How do I get some?
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PainterofCrap posted:How do I get some?
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Raluek posted:those look great. definitely in for a handful once you're selling them for real I don't really know, its pretty funny because theres a photo, and a location which is los angeles - that's pretty much it. This photo has been floating around for a long time and theres a lot of weirdness surrounding it. I've asked a few old timers about it and they usually just kinda say they had heard about stuff like this, but never had it happen to them. The bigger thing that they said was more of a problem, specifically here in LA was that the cops carried a few measuring "standards" as in your car cant be lower than... this piece of wood. or your headlights have to come to the bottom of the officers pants pocket. These kinda things somewhat dictated the regional look of hot rods, which is why east coast hot rods and customs are very different than west coast cars from the same era. PainterofCrap posted:How do I get some? Send me a private message here or on some social media or another - For right now I'm throwing them in envelopes with a stamp - I also made a cheesy phony letter to accompany them so its kinda a whole package. a few of you that follow me on IG that got some should be getting there soon, you know who you are! in other news, some astute viewers may have noticed I finished my door panels.      as you can see, I'm not quitting my dayjob any time soon. its not perfect but its 100% better than what I had, and for the cost, around $150, it really can't be beat.  I got the pleated vinyl panels back from the upholstery supply shop - these were CNC sewing machine made with a 1/4" foam backing. I cut, glued and folded them over, then screwed them in to the car! about halfway thru I ran out of spray glue and sure enough, since I had the previous can on hand, I thought nothing of it until I started calling around trying to find it. LOL CA has outlawed 3m super 90, so I had to turn to the seedy underbelly known as the entertainment industry to find another can. I did and finished off the job. I also adjusted the seat so its a bit more comfy, now I've decided to upgrade to a 12v negative ground system to replace the 6 volt positive ground system. UGH.
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