[sixsix]

I meant to post "Van-Related" before "Idiot-Related", but... it got away from me.

To Honor the Election:

"A Garage / Van Walkabout"...

"In thru the Back Door"
Driver's Door paper liner & "sticky 3M pads"

Door, Speaker, Straps & Pinstripes
...they were a wonderful 60's band from Quad-Cities...

Has to be... the best photo of the Headrest from the rear that I have.

Overhead Console and Side Door track.
Smooth Headliner - nice to see again...

Well, I got the " LT " in focus
Protective sheets for...

Birdcage for non-existent Gray Parrot, chop saw and supply of redwood firestarter.
No, The Van lights are not 'ON'.
But if you look close - you will see, the Side Roller assy. is welded to the door.

Around the corner to the Front - in front on right covered with a moving blanket are the mid and rear seats.
Also visible are a few shelves of junk I have allowed to stay one more year...

A couple roll arounds make work so much easier.
These are left over from decades of machining / assembly work / machine tool apps.
Kennedy used to be the choice, Craftsman, S-K and all the rest...

Doing some inventory - I have to thin out some - there is no way I will ever utilize that S-K 1/2 inch set.
First $100 gets it - but the shipping costs will be kept down.
Or as they say in Afghanistan... "Come n' get em'".

Almost forgot... there's a Van in here with all these tool n' stuff.
Still looks good - I never let it out of my Sight, in the Rain or after dark.


Well, it says, "You may only piss in your hand and smell funny for a minute till you have to post yet another damn Pic-Heavy / Item thread.

I hate this new Forum Setup / Owner / You name it


Rest of the Election / Eclipse / End of Democracy Postings will follow when I get a breath...

 

[Ruh-Roh]

...
I love seeing your awesome van! Great work!

 

[sixsix]

... I love seeing your awesome van! Great work!

Thanks... and WE Love it when you all make Awesome remarks.

Sorry, I forgot to DUST around - didn't expect so much strange company...
LOL
Engine Bay Update:

Lucky one here to have a Garage while "Mr. Feeling sorry for Himself" / Lacking enthusiasm sits on his thumbs waiting to feel a bit better. Using every lame excuse I can muster to keep from losing my breath / taking advantage of disability to a certain degree. Gotten lazy ( OK, been lazy ) and lost willpower and all those other antonyms...

Trying to find inspiration in the usual and oftentimes, some quite unusual ones - following 2 boat builders on utoob and catching more motor trend stuff. Even watching oldies on TMC ( I know all of Meg's dialog in "Sleepy time in Wash" by Heart ). Bette Davis, Bin Slickard and Edward G. Robinson all liked Vans and hard candy.

Here's one slightly closer and different lighting - and I held one leg up.

Elves snuck in and stole all my Psychological Self Help Diagnostics manuals and the dirty shop rags, but straightened up when they left.

Back to using the towel covered seat as a tool box - working on the Door... AGAIN.

Here's the condition of the Driver's door reassembly.
Had been wringing out the window and lock interface to the Pass. door.
"EXtremely" Frustrating - as I don't have a whole lot of time to do any in depth, time-consuming diagnostics / testing and wire replacement, connector search and wire color in door track down.

Yet another Gratuitous Workbench Photo.
Yeah, I had to cover the Vise with a Big Red Rag - I kept running into the 'predator stealth invisible thing'.

Also showing off is the smallest, cheapest, worst air compressor in the world. Guinness is on their way here.
It's a humble Shop, but we know our place...

Oh, and it was a 2 mouse / trapped night.

Back around to the start.
There's that custom stool I made last year. Wife kept asking me where the stadium cushion was...
Chop saw... for when I need to chop saw something...
2 spare tires and quite the difference in those two.

And I keep forgetting to crank it back up into it's nesting spot under The Van.
I was also considering adding a light chain... in case...


Now... where did I put that can of " Inspiration " or " Ambition " as it's called in the Dutch West Indies.

 

[Bikley]

A chain isn't a bad idea. At some point in time my donut became a free range tire.

After I noticed the cable had broken I asked my wife and daughter if they had felt what I imagine would be a noticeable thump from the back of the van and neither had. 😃

 

[Big_kid]

My garage hasn't been that organized since it was empty. 30 years of crap, projects, parts, and what not has collected while I wasn't looking. Nice work space, and CLEAN van!

 

[Rod's Trucks]

What Big_Kid said X2
I recently got rid of a car (body) that was taking up space in my shop. I can now walk a straight line from the front door to the back door. OH, what a feeling!..but I am sure it will not last long. It is like throwing a rock in a puddle...the hole in the middle does not last long.
I now have an incentive to try to clear things out. I have had a two-post portable MaxJax to install, for nearly two years. Getting the old rally car car body gone, was a major hurdle.

Rod J

 

[sixsix]

There is so much about the Biden / democrats / liberals / social media / big social tech HYSTERIA to comment about, but this one finally caused me to pause, investigate and verify.


Alyssa Milano gives back her Tesla X to defy "hate and white supremacy". Even though she paid for it and lost $42K on the deal.
She says she will 'stick it' to the Battery manufacturer by "Getting" a VW ev.

Now... all the media is loving the irony of her getting a Hitler imagined & partially designed automobile.

But I feel the greatest irony is that the Model and year she bought USES TESLA BATTERIES ( until VW gets theirs up n' running, so to speak ).

 

[sixsix]

Boy o Boy, Women / Girls / Ladies / Females / Chicks / Wannabes sure have "Changed Things Up" recently.
Used to be, Wives were always saying, "just let the girls have the reins... we'll show 'em".

Really? Women in the news last couple years:

Mayors/Governors/DAs of democratic led major cities/states/gov't. ...
- with crime and associated problems thru the roof, IE:

Chicago's 'zombie like' gay or lesbian ( never sure, as she, which is it...? ) Lori Lightfoot...
- Genuinely creepy thing.

New Orleans - LaToya/Livin' on the public's dime, not doing $hit, as usual for the demographic.

DC's London Breed - just with a name like that - you know she's an idiot...
- HELPED PELOSI STAGE JAN. 6 RIOT, by refusing police & guard help - pre-warned & no help during...
Michigan's idiot Gov. Whitmer with the FBI planned kidnapping plot.

Then there's the "BIG Kim Fox" / Jussie Downtown Fun Time in Chicago...
- w/ the recently resurrected NOOSE complaint that turns out like the Nascar Blockhead's IDIOCY.
And the continual hassling of Republican politicians via NY's AG "BIG Letitia James".

And the media Darlings, innocent purveyors of news fodder / ill will / racist crap...
- J0oyless Reid, J0yless Behar and her accusatory racist stooges on the View, Capehart ( yeah, he's a girl ),
S. Ruhle, N. Wallace, just to name a half dozen or so. THE HATRED THEY PUSH IS SAD.


Then there are the FOOLS that the President Fool appointed. Have you seen some of these BUFFOONS??
- Kamala Harris - nuff' said, but cannot help myself. never has there been a more ill-suited person for a job ever in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Although, President Biding my time / Fool comes to mind right away.

- And have you seen this "GUY" ? Biden selects transgender doctor Rachel Levine as asst. ...
Babylon Bee just hit IT up as their Man o' The Year. It was so good - it got them kicked off twitter pre Musk.

Then there's the "NEW" Justice "Action Jackson"... who cannot define woman or female and has just argued that "It's a Wonderful Life" is White Supremacy personified. Absolutely disgusting for this charade of a lady.

Lastly - what was the stupid sunglass wearing, stumbling, fool President thinking when he picked this:

Sam Brinton / they
deputy assistant secretary of spent fuel and waste
office of nuclear energy
Department of Energy.
( extortion bait cross dressing ASSet )​

Jeannie says, they's taste in heels is non-pareil. Louboutin, Dn'G, Choo, nice. Legs aren't too bad neither.
Double Masters from MIT - hope it can handle a gut punch...


And what do they have in common - liberal democrats with TDS

 

[augidog]

 

[srdragonusa]

Hehe

 

[srdragonusa]

There is so much about the Biden / democrats / liberals / social media / big social tech HYSTERIA to comment about, but this one finally caused me to pause, investigate and verify.


Alyssa Milano gives back her Tesla X to defy "hate and white supremacy". Even though she paid for it and lost $42K on the deal.
She says she will 'stick it' to the Battery manufacturer by "Getting" a VW ev.

Now... all the media is loving the irony of her getting a Hitler imagined & partially designed automobile.

But I feel the greatest irony is that the Model and year she bought USES TESLA BATTERIES ( until VW gets theirs up n' running, so to speak ).

Yeah Why didn't she buy an American car!!!????

 

[WoodButcher]

Yeah Mike, I wish my garage were that organized and clean.
I don't sweep sweep anymore it's so cluttered. Between sawdust and metal working death wheel dust and steel filings I've found the most efficient way to clean to be point the air movers I have out the door then start in the back with my back pack blower. After it's all outside I'll pick up the trash, go over the rest w/ a rolling magnet and then blow all the rest away.

 

[sixsix]

That is more of the Simpsons than I had ever seen. Love the WideBottom.
Seeeee... I did not need those brain cells after all.


Yeah Woody, either the blower or the long stem air nozzle. I am on the lookout for a new air hose & caddy - the ubiquitist Coiled Yellow hose blew up about 2 weeks ago - leaving me about 10 feet short of being able to fill the Altima's stubborn slow leak.


Oh yeah, in my short list above, I forgot The Ms. Holchul / Braggs up in NY - nobody fucks with a big population worse.

 

[Ruh-Roh]

Today's news:
Nuclear energy official Sam Brinton — who was charged with stealing a Vera Bradley suitcase — has been accused of swiping luggage at an airport for a second time, report says.

He included "Theif" on his resume, so I guess they can't fire him. I guess it's considered to be a disability these days.

 

[sixsix]

Wow, someone is reading - or seeing the news - seemingly rare these days.
I know of no one that regularly watches the news or keeps up w/ current events.

Over the last 6 months, I have asked 2 or 3 family and a couple friends - a simple question:
And this as to do with the ACTUAL BIG LIE:

How many Black Men, armed or not, were killed by Cops in 2019 or 2020... you know, around the time of Saint Floyd's mercy killing ?? I gave 4 choices:

• 10
• 100
• 1,000
• 10,000

All five, over several conversations said, "well, it HAS to be in the thousands".
And on Mainstream Socialist Media, there are still Black men / contributors / educated newsmen that say, "our black brothers are still being slaughtered in the streets every day by the po-po".

By the way, the correct number is between 10 and 20 unarmed Black Men were killed by Cops.
Heck, all those killed by Cops wasn't in the thousands... more like... 990.
By contrast... same period, 10 million arrests and 16,000 murders committed by ALL races.


And can someone enlighten me...
Why in the world did the TRANSGENDER thing become the most important thing on earth?
What spurred this on?
Why are Cross dressers, Sex gender changing pushers and groomers so popular all of a sudden.
And out from under the floor, a preponderance of Doctors and Hospitals pushing SO HARD to show off their idiotic sex organ removal skills.

 

[augidog]

none of the folks at the power-level are indoctrinating their OWN children, they're educating them on how to inherit the earth, which will soon be populated by all the idiots at street level who are falling for the "equity" propaganda.

 

[Big_kid]

It sells eyeballs. Your feathers may have been ruffled by them, I choose not to participate in it. They have more money than I do, they'll win.

Be the change you want to see.

 

[Ruh-Roh]

I think there are two purposes. 1. Create wedge issue to recruit voters to their side. 2. Undermine traditional American values, thus opening peoples’ minds to different ideas, ultimately socialism/communism.

 

[augidog]

It sells eyeballs. Your feathers may have been ruffled by them, I choose not to participate in it. They have more money than I do, they'll win.

Be the change you want to see.

i agree, globally i'm not even a factor, locally i treat folks how i want to be treated, and push back against being treated badly, but that's the best i can do.

 

[sixsix]

Thank You very much for the heartfelt concern.

My friends, family and the folks here are my only audience.
This forum is MY ONLY ONLINE EXP.

I can only hope to enlighten that small circle I know.