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As always, a well-deserved win!
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Awesome and congrats, again!
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Very nice. Nice reward for all of the hours of hard work.
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CONGRATS brutha!! Beer

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 I went to the largest car show in the Boston area and there were thousands of cars. Only one Torino.
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And one of these.
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Congrats John and I agree it is well deserved. Thumbs Up You are one talented car builder and that is one sweet Torino!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Anderslober Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-November-2019 at 7:48AM
Johnny.....wow!....awesome build and great thread! Very cool.
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with all this covid -19 B.S. going around... most all car shows have been canceledAngry so many local towns have started having simple cruises... you can't keep car guys downWink
 so i took the torino out Big smile friday night after i got off of work, work's been hectic last couple days...trying to get a steering column finished for my buddy... and they got a car program started and want to have me featured in it Thumbs Up then we'll just tie it in with the cruise ok i'm game Big smile (well trying to shoot video, do an interview, cars revving up, people walking in front of the camera, numerous retakesConfused) then the second part to film on saturday... many retakes, lost audio on one part... you guessed it! another retake from the start Ouch then both of us at different times forget what we were talking aboutEmbarrassed yep, more retakesConfused and i was originally on my way to a family bbq a few hours before ... so in the middle of filming my phone goes off LOL ( a couple of times BTW)  well after several hours... i think we got itClap

so here it is... (i think it turned out pretty well all things consideredWink)
 
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That is an awesome video John! Thumbs Up  You guys did a great job making it.  If you're back on the show with some of your other cars, make sure you post it for us to see.
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That was cool. Hope you enjoyed the bbq as well.
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Originally posted by handsofstone handsofstone wrote:

That was cool. Hope you enjoyed the bbq as well.
OMG the bbq...who else but white people would be out in the pouring rain ... grilling, playing horseshoes, drinking, getting soaked, several fires going, smoke burning your eyes lolConfused only thing missing was explosives and cops showing up LOL
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As long as it was a good time, that's all that counts. Beats the hell out of the snow.

Edited by handsofstone - 01-June-2020 at 9:43AM
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That was great! :)

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Awesome!
Johnny, where are you from originally? Can't place the accent...
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 i'm originally from so calWink i don't get the accent eitherConfusedLOL
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74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE
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90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED
77 CELICA CUSTOM
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79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED
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random pic from a local cruise night...

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 results from last weekends show... best modified 70-79, and best classic Thumbs Up
 was a cool 2 day show, overnight camping, band, fireworks,

and a cool pic some guys look of my car about midnight after we set up our tents


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Congrats Johnny, your car looks great! 
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Congrats!! Awesome
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Way cool! Congratulations! 
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today... went to ship some parts off, p.o. had a fill in lady and she didn't have the codes for the damn scaleShocked so i came home and pulled my cluster to finally install the white face gauges, killing time until the p.o. 15 miles away opens, everybody and their brother stopping by and textingConfused got the parts off Big smile come home to try to get the cluster back in... you guessed it! more distractionsConfused got it back in and finally everything hooked back up! just in time to try it out at the local cruise night... pics later...
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74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE
74 VETTE CUSTOM
90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED
77 CELICA CUSTOM
75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED
79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED
75 VEGA V6 5 SPD
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at night with red LED's Wink


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90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED
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That looks great. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Uante Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23-August-2020 at 3:06AM
Those gauges are pretty cool. Not sure if I could get used to the red though...😳
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the white really helps to see the gauges in the sunlight since they are down a long dark tunnel, but i used red led's since the car is red which also didn't help when they were blackConfused now they are brighter but hard to see the stupid orange needles at nightConfused
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74 VETTE CUSTOM
90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED
77 CELICA CUSTOM
75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED
79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED
75 VEGA V6 5 SPD
70 CHEV C10 P/U
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I like the new back ground's, but the lighting for any old cars is tough to get as nice as the latest modern stuff. LED's help a ton, and they take a lot of thought to achieve the brightness and color coverage you want.

Keep going, it gives everyone ideas. I haven't begun to think of anything to change for lighting, I'll see what my new 73 looks like soon. I haven't driven one of these since the late 80's. This new truck evidently has everything working except the clock.

BTW, how does the AC control(heat slide control) adjust the temperature? Mine has just heat(coming from NVShocked), but I'll do something about that. I ask because a forum member on the Corral just bought a little old Toyota sedan, and he's installed a temperature probe/device in the AC clutch circuit. Now his temperature is maintained by the device that turn the clutch on and off at a set temperature range. That sounds like a good method to obtain good cabin temps without playing with the main control much.
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