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CDsDontBurn said:
Anyone ever have so much work that they feel that they can't catch a break to get stuff done that they really want to get done but can't because everything else is a priority that shouldn't be a priority, but because it's coming from the biggest boss it gets bumped to #1 on the priority list? Oh, and then there's the meetings that you gotta do with clients too that eat into your project / task time for these other priority projects.

Yeah....

It's all good though.
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At some point you just give up trying. Ask me about my Tbird. 🤣

Yeah .. you want to talk about work ?? I'll be gone all next week staying in a hotel to do a job up North North. It's like a work vacation except it fucking sucks.
 
dDUBb said:
At some point you just give up trying. Ask me about my Tbird. 🤣

Yeah .. you want to talk about work ?? I'll be gone all next week staying in a hotel to do a job up North North. It's like a work vacation except it fucking sucks.
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I'm not sure I've reached that point yet where I just give up trying.

What's it like?
 
So no more junkyard crawling posts from me - what's happening?

Well, I think the source of MN12s and Marks has finally dried up. I check inventories regularly, locally in Richmond as well as Virginia Beach, Fredericksburg, and the RDU and Greensboro areas. Nothing noteworthy has come up recently. It's a shame, but I had a great run; I was pretty lucky.

My dream find is still a pristine '98 Mark VIII Collector's Edition interior in Light Prairie Tan. I'd swap steering wheel and seats over; it would be great.
 
there's a mark with tan leather seats in sc, according to car-parts.com. I was lookin for control arms. I may strip the ones off Lazarus. I have a rebuilt set of mn12 ones, that came off it, and were replaced with mark arms and poly bushings. idk.
 
1997ThunderbirdLXV6 said:
So no more junkyard crawling posts from me - what's happening?

Well, I think the source of MN12s and Marks has finally dried up. I check inventories regularly, locally in Richmond as well as Virginia Beach, Fredericksburg, and the RDU and Greensboro areas. Nothing noteworthy has come up recently. It's a shame, but I had a great run; I was pretty lucky.

My dream find is still a pristine '98 Mark VIII Collector's Edition interior in Light Prairie Tan. I'd swap steering wheel and seats over; it would be great.
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I’m really surprised you had the run you did, the supply here dried up several years ago. Two of my closest go-to yards since closed down to boot.
 
CDsDontBurn said:
Anyone ever have so much work that they feel that they can't catch a break to get stuff done that they really want to get done but can't because everything else is a priority that shouldn't be a priority, but because it's coming from the biggest boss it gets bumped to #1 on the priority list? Oh, and then there's the meetings that you gotta do with clients too that eat into your project / task time for these other priority projects.

Yeah....

It's all good though.
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Never give up! I've got a '68 Ranger that I built a 5.0 w/ Australian closed chamber heads... I've had it parked in the garage since '03 and can't get time to finish it up. Life is what it is. You have to survive till tomorrow. I call it my retirement project. In 5-10 I hope to have all the time(but no budget I was told) and make something special. I've even thought of sneaking in a 4r70w in now that US Shift makes it easy. Leave the manual shifter on the column and clutch pedal as a theft deterent.😆
 
XR7-4.6 said:
I’m really surprised you had the run you did, the supply here dried up several years ago. Two of my closest go-to yards since closed down to boot.
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I'm hoping that some sort of "irony" thing kicks in now: I just posted about no more good cars in the junkyards, and suddenly they show up!

Seriously though, I'm grateful for what I found. Some highlights include my "new" PCM, a collection of four genuine wood shift knobs in varying shades/grains, the white Windstar needles, rear floor mats...

I have one local-ish yard, which is not linked to any chain, which keeps cars for an extended amount of time (2+ years). They have two Thunderbirds and one Mark. But I pretty much picked and sold all the good pieces. I may go back though.

Another thing I'd love to do: get pre-96 bumper covers. Especially the front end looked better with the big nostrils. Problem is, it wouldn't look right with the body side cladding, and I'm not up for closing all those holes.
 
1997ThunderbirdLXV6 said:
Another thing I'd love to do: get pre-96 bumper covers. Especially the front end looked better with the big nostrils. Problem is, it wouldn't look right with the body side cladding, and I'm not up for closing all those holes.
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It actually doesn't look bad if you get the rear bumper to match

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So my kids named the T-Bird "Dirty Bird". My wife, back when it was her daily up until we got the Taurus 11-ish years ago, had named her "Pearl".

So now, it's full name is "Pearl, The Dirty Bird".
 
XR7-4.6 said:
A few but there aren’t many front end shots. It used to belong to @EARLSAYS so he might have more if he’s lurking
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Found him:

Hey y'all....ben a while

So, this year has been pretty crazy for me, moved out of the place I'd been for 2+ years, into a waterfront house with a 40 foot dock, lived there for a month, and found out the house I had just moved out of, was NOT going into foreclosure, so I moved back. However, that's not the main focus of...
audiokarma.org

...and I am intrigued. Getting these bumpers wouldn't be too hard. But I hate the painting part...
 
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I need to make a build thread for my car now.

I can't think of a proper thread name for it.

Taking suggestions and / or ideas for a thread title.
 
CDsDontBurn said:
I need to make a build thread for my car now.

I can't think of a proper thread name for it.

Taking suggestions and / or ideas for a thread title.
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What's the cars name? Something Pearl, right? How about Culturing xx Pearl? (I looked up how pearls are made)
 
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