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ilyes 
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 Posted: 13-May-2010 at 11:18PM |
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just receive the seat covers, the back is okay, but guess what, they send me bucket covers for the front, i have a bench, is it worth doctor?
i'm gonna loose money again on shipping, and time, ggrrrrr
wish my tires will be ready for tomorow
i polished the car last week, but even in this f**kin garage, it's a dust magnet
 better than David Coperfield
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twintornados
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Posted: 14-May-2010 at 1:59AM |
There is an old Italian saying that goes, "A closed mouth never gets fed.", give it a try, they can only say "No.", but I am willing to bet they will say, "Yes" |
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1976 Montego MX...
She is home! In my garage where she belongs.... |
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ilyes
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Posted: 14-May-2010 at 2:22AM |
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don't worry, no the first time i used jcw return service. I spoke to them arlier, and they told me to call autocraft interior, so i will call tomorow, and ask them to send me the correct covers, but no way i pay shipping charges again
jcw return policy is great, if you don't like what you buy, they refund you minus the shipping charge you pay to return items
if everything is ok, the first drive is set for next week end
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Uante
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Posted: 14-May-2010 at 2:56AM |
So how did you pay your insurance...Did ya hit the Lotto?  |
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'73 Gran Torino Brougham
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ilyes
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Posted: 14-May-2010 at 3:03AM |
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for insurance, well, i have a us license now, so i found a deal at 480$/month Get just 2 company in ny able to insure me
i'm gonna go with state farm, but, they quote is strange.
They asked me first for 480/month, then the guy told me to take a life insurance for 20 bucks, just to lower my car insurance, and on my new quote, it seems it''s gonna be 240$/month, if this is it, it will be awesome
 btw, Uante, where did you got your carpet, i'm gonna replace mine, but i want it just in one piece, not the factory wo pieces
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Uante
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Posted: 14-May-2010 at 3:36AM |
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http://www.stockinteriors.com/AutoCarpet.asp?Itemid=918&MakeId=8&ModelId=618
I got Auto Custom Carpet. It was about $120. Can't remember which style I bought. One of the Loop ones I'm pretty sure. Be sure and call and make sure it's a one piece carpet...you have had enough returns already! |
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'73 Gran Torino Brougham
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ilyes
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 1:57AM |
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Sears called me this morning to tell me my tires were ready
so, i flew to the garage, and then a small problem appeared, i can't put 2 rims on my scooter, so, i had to take on wheel at a time. It was sunny, not to hot, sears is 20 blocks away from my garage
 , it took me 4 hours to get the tires, i could have squeeze it to 2 hours, but the guys from sears are kind of dumb when you ask a static balance, took them 45 min for the first tire, 30 min for the second  Even if i ordered some 255/70/15 to replace my 225/70/15, man
 there a huge difference, i thought the heigt of the tire would be the same, no my car looks like a trailer i put back my back seat, and gonna wait again to finish the interior. hope i will receive the covers in 3 weeks.
pics you want, pics you have
my supercharged scooter
and the loadingnew vs old, even if there both are 70/15 , there's a difference
hi new tire
 good bye old one
4 hours and a half later, the new tires gets a small clean up
ready, set, GOOOOOO
not sure it will fit in the front
looks bad ass
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72 GTS 429
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 2:34AM |
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now you need new rims;hehe BFG's are ust a tad wider and taller but they ride nice and handle excellent and above all they just look good.I think i'm gonnea go with BFG's on the 72 as I'm not having 10" wide rims so I don't need the expensive Mickey Thompson Sportsman S/R like i'm planning on the 73 GTS with the slightly narrowed 9 in" to accomodate the 3.5 BS deepdish slots. The only problem i have is I hate the Cragar SS rims they went out in the 70's LOLplus they rust or chrome peels like mine are.But they are 14" rims so no way they are staying on the car.
I have to ask; what do they pay you? as you have put alot of money into your car in a short period of time. |
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 2:37AM |
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do me a favor and break out the Krylon and paint the rear drums black as the orange looks gay
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 2:42AM |
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i'm paid 200$ a week
 , i used to earn the same in a day back in france
i just spend all my money in my car, there's nothing left for anything, not even enought to take the subway lol. And before i came in the US, i sold my old BMW and kept the money, which help me a lot to buy the Torino
For the cragar, i think they look good, i was looking to buy some repro of magnum 500, but as mine are already there, and i don't have moneu for wheels now
anyway, i can do it cause i do everything myself, if i had to put my car in a resto shop, i think i would have to pull up a lot, and a lot again
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 2:44AM |
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yeah, i was gonna paint it this week, but i ran out of money lol, i have to wait till june to buy some paint, my next pay check is already on save for the insurance :)
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 2:45AM |
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you seriously went 20 blocks on that scooter with a tire on it????? i figured you were talking about a vespa or something. wow
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ilyes
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 2:50AM |
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20 block on the way to sears, and 20 on the way back. Then, i took the other wheel and it the road again. I've done more than a hundred block on my scooter today, as my garage is 25 blocks away from where i live, it keeps me in shape
you should have seen the faces of people on the street, was so funny
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 3:42AM |
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hey I bet that scooter beat rolling the tire 20 blocks back and forth.
Wow $200 a week is all you make,that sucks dude that is like poverty money.I know you live with them and food is probably included but hey they are getting you for a steal.I know my landlord has a live in nanny and she isn't getting off that easy. |
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 5:56AM |
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yeah i know, it's like 4.50$ an hour, as i work at least 45 hours/week, but thanks to this, i can stay in the USA
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 6:27AM |
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oh your able to stay now? you don't have to leave in July?
are you still with the same people or different ones? |
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 2:15PM |
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i'm looking for a new family, otherwise, i should leave august 13, but i should find a family quickly. I'm not gonna stay with the same people
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 3:29PM |
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well hope you find better paying peepskillz as the ones your with are not paying enough. that's insane what you make. the only thing is if your payed to watch the children, how do you find time to work on your car?Did you get this job while you were in France? or did you come to the states first then find work? if they brought you from France to work for them,they were just trying to get cheap labor from a person in another country who wanted to come here and would work cheap cause they didn't want to pay an american cause they are cheap and an american would tell them to go pound salt for that pay. Good luck
do you have any leads on a new family cause jobs are hard to come by these days. |
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 3:39PM |
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no leads for family yet, i send my application only last week
they brought me from france, and they pay me 200/week cause it's what the gouvernement said.
To get a legally job in USA for a foreigner, it's one of the harder things to do. Many people offer me to work as a mechanic for much more, but my visa just allow me to be an au pair
and about the car, i can only work on it the week end, i don't have time during the week
 that's why it's moving slow now, and because of the money too
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Posted: 16-May-2010 at 4:31PM |
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dang that sucks like there aren't enough babysitters in the US they won't give you a Visa for anything else? can't you apply for a change or something, you would make a good bodyshop helper and probably make more money working on cars. heck they let the hatians come and stay and even helped bring them here and they are now citizens and alot of criminals and low life types came here and infested theis country epecially Florida we got all the boat people.I don't mind the Cubans as some of them are hi class people that were just fleeing Castro but the Hatians are a bad breed around here but they can stay but a nice French kid has to work for peanuts to stay in the US.it makes no sense to me that is whay I hate polotics and politians cause they are all full of crap and their laws and govermnent sucks
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