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Old Jan 5, 2004 | 10:09 PM
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10 Signs

10 Signs you are 1/2 way done with a restoration


1 My Wife stopped asking who the car part places are on the credit card bills.

2 Their are more parts back on the car than in plastic bags.

3 Auto body supply house set me up with a house account.

4 Parts places no longer ask for my last name, address, of charge card numbers. They just ship the stuff and bill my usual card.

5 My work cloths have become my shop rags, my regular clothes are now work cloths.

6 I have actually gotten used to the smell of Por-15.

7 I get exited when a new Summit Racing catalog arrives. I only used to get worked up over Victoria's Secret.

8 My 3 1/2 year old Daughter can now identify all the tools in my tool box.

9 When my wife can't locate me she now assumes I am in the Garage.

10 I no longer remember what the original color of the skin on my hands used to be.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2004 | 11:27 PM
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Good one !!
 
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Old Jan 5, 2004 | 11:39 PM
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you stop buying GoJo by the gallon.

The Snap-On truck added your house to his route.

Q: I bought some of that Por-15, how hard is it to use? I want to do the fenderwells as a preventative so they won't rust.
 
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 07:19 PM
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I just started mine so i havent got past the first one yet.
good reference though.
 
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 09:44 PM
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The funny thing is, I went to go get a part for my escort today, and the guy at napa now knows me by name.
 
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 11:37 PM
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# 11: The yard workers in every wrecking yard for a hundred miles all know you on a first name basis...
 
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 05:55 PM
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good one

all i've bought for my truck so far is the brake system and they already know me by my first name....and one of the guys is dating my niece
 
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 05:58 PM
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Thats a great list
 
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