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The officer did let me take a photo of the statute listed on his computer, here is that photo and it is worded differently than what’s posted, at least this paragraph. With that said, I have stop lamp)s and it works,,,. Im pretty sure this fellow (officer) has the wrong understanding of this...

Pulled into grocery store parking lot after dark this evening and a city police officer pulled in behind me to say, “ it is illegal to only have one tail light in NC”. He quoted G.S 20-129. I thought you were legal with original equipment? He was nice enough and said he was just letting me...

I can’t remember, it seems that one had a grease fitting and one did not but they both do now as I drilled,tapped and added zirks.

Could it have been dust burning off?

Yes, the bends, radius, arch. I don’t know if one model will fit the other as the ends could have the same mounting angle? Looks like Bob answered it.

Come on Paul, who is this guy? I have my pitch fork, who has the torches? ��

I screenshot this from a ww2 video from youtube .

Is it visible enough for you or anyone else who’s done this could post a photo it? Thanks

I have a guy in the lake Norman area that did my wheels (blasted and powder coated black) $50 a piece. That does not include any bondo or spoke straightening although he offers that as well. I’m not sure of color options or how accurate they are but he is very professional and if it can be done...

When the average person can’t afford to buy it’s getting ready to pop. Everyone’s idea of the “average” person is different but I believe it’s the group that spends the most, per individual it is a smaller amount but collectively it’s huge, those people are broke. Not sure what the next...

Most people who lived where I do now (I grew up here and my family has been here for over 250 years) had no idea there was depression. They were self reliant, grew most everything they ate and “were” extremely independent. They were told how bad they had it because they didn’t know,,,,,,,,,,,,,

There several ways to do the filter, one is a filter that goes in the glass bowl, another is the pencil filter that goes in the gas shut off valve up in the tank. Some use a magnet stuck under the tank to catch particles before they make it to the gas valve. Paul Shinn mentions the filter part...

Ford Produced and stamped “Ford” Springs? I took my rear spring off and cleaned, ground smooth, re-arched and graphite painted and found one leaf was stamped three times “Ford”. Of course I’ve only done this twice so I’ve not looked at many individual leaves before. Is this fairly common and...

We had a dairy farm and my dad did artificial insemination and we had a tank of liquid nitrogen, my brother and I would put different things in it to see the results . Rubber hoses after being dipped would be like ice in seconds and shatter when struck on the floor. I just watched a...

I love history, any kind of history and I also collect WW2 items. I don’t specialize and collect a specific item which can ruin the experience because there are so many scrupulous people selling “enhanced” items, I like it all. I have friends with collections that are enormous with items...