April Chat thread anyone?
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Well not to change the subject. It looks like my 86 F150 is going to be sold, most likely am going to regret it, also thinking about being stupid and take the engine and tranny out of my 68 F250 and selling that as well. So I will have no more Ford trucks, but I will still stick around this site, sometimes I have ideas that help people.
As far as fuel I always use gasoline without ethanol and try to get 93 octane, unfortunately all the ethanol free gasoline is 91 octane and makes my older cars ping, so I'm buying cases of octane booster. The premium gasoline around here has been running between $2.85-$3.15 a gallon. I remember back when I started driving that's about what I paid for gasoline at the air port that was, I think 112 or 115 octane.
As far as fuel I always use gasoline without ethanol and try to get 93 octane, unfortunately all the ethanol free gasoline is 91 octane and makes my older cars ping, so I'm buying cases of octane booster. The premium gasoline around here has been running between $2.85-$3.15 a gallon. I remember back when I started driving that's about what I paid for gasoline at the air port that was, I think 112 or 115 octane.
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Dude, you can't give up both trucks. That F250 is the perfect hauler.
I avoid the ethanol blended fuel due to the MPG hit it gives. Adding 10% ethanol to fuel gives a 15% drop in MPG on my nissan. The F150 and RX7 are both carbed, so they don't really see any difference in MPG, but I still hate the idea of cutting gas with 10% corn ethanol. Especially with the feds paying a subsidy to keep ethanol artificially cheaper than gas.
I avoid the ethanol blended fuel due to the MPG hit it gives. Adding 10% ethanol to fuel gives a 15% drop in MPG on my nissan. The F150 and RX7 are both carbed, so they don't really see any difference in MPG, but I still hate the idea of cutting gas with 10% corn ethanol. Especially with the feds paying a subsidy to keep ethanol artificially cheaper than gas.
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Why you say? Well my 86 has proved to me once again anything electronically controlled is only good in theory. Now that I got it working perfect I decided to see how much I can get for it in an attempt to find a 4x4 truck. If I can find a 80-84 F150 4x4 with the 302 and aod and a stepside I'd be super duper happy, but most likely I won't be able to afford it even if I could find one, I don't even care if it's rusty or needs a little tlc as long as I can drive it. And my 68 just kept getting worse and worse and I have no way to pay to fix it and has now been serving duty as a storage shed for a bunch of my engines. I can't bear to watch it fall completely apart and I won't part with the engine, so it's time for it to go. On top of it all my shed is falling down and I have no way to save it and no where to store my parts or cars and am selling a bunch of my parts that I really don't want to just so they don't get wrecked. As it is my stuff is most likely going to end up in the yard on pallets under tarps. If money is the root of all evil I must be a frickin saint.
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From: winchester va
wow bud sounds a lot like my situation - but for me its the newer vehicle sthat have crapped out and my shed fell down a long time ago lol
oh did i mention that my ex sold a fully restored 70 camaro of mine + a 70 econoline 200 factory camper conversion + 36 of my guns all for 1000 bucks while i was out of town? lol
who knows maybe that'll makeya feel a lil better lol
oh did i mention that my ex sold a fully restored 70 camaro of mine + a 70 econoline 200 factory camper conversion + 36 of my guns all for 1000 bucks while i was out of town? lol
who knows maybe that'll makeya feel a lil better lol
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From: winchester va
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mortalis that is brutal man. I've had friends that has happened to, they come home from work and their house is empty. If I ever get married I'm having a prenup then she don't get crap, not that I have anything of value, but I like my junk 
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I don't plan to ever get married again. It's not that I fear my stuff would disappear, since most of it isn't worth much to anyone else. It's more of a happy thing. I am pretty happy most of the time without having a woman around to make me miserable........
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So I heard on a forum before that real men don't make crepes, to clarify real stupid men makes crepes. Too much work and wasn't the greatest tasting thing ever, live and learn.
On a better note I got my stereo and speakers in my 61 Falcon, sounds pretty sweet. Used a plastic box that din radios fit into and put a CD player head unit with a remote in. Easy to remove if need be, doesn't look the prettiest, but it's going to be a driver so I'm doing what I want. I needed a radio with a remote since with the 4 point seat belts I can't reach anything but the steering wheel. Told I still have to wait at least another 3 weeks before I get my radiator, dammit I want to drive it.
I think Mortalis told her she was fat and she sold his stuff to afford a gym membership?
On a better note I got my stereo and speakers in my 61 Falcon, sounds pretty sweet. Used a plastic box that din radios fit into and put a CD player head unit with a remote in. Easy to remove if need be, doesn't look the prettiest, but it's going to be a driver so I'm doing what I want. I needed a radio with a remote since with the 4 point seat belts I can't reach anything but the steering wheel. Told I still have to wait at least another 3 weeks before I get my radiator, dammit I want to drive it.
I think Mortalis told her she was fat and she sold his stuff to afford a gym membership?