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dbalfisto

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Got a good wife
« on: January 12, 2015, 10:45:22 PM »
10 years ago my wife looked at me in early December and said "are you going to get that car or do I have to get you a Christmas present."  She then accompanied me to Maine to fetch my original 24 Studebaker special 6 once the snow melted.  Fast forward to this year, lucky she is red headed and likes green.  This year I drove across town to get this 54 manhattan and drove it home on Christmas Day, proceeding to give friends and grandkids rides.  Just joined club and thanks to Jim Lape I have answers to most all my current questions.  Learned this one on my own yesterday after the heater core took a dump on my garage floor,  drilled small hole thru inner fender to access pesky screw on bottom of heart core casing, better n trying to remove in entirety.  Should be back up this weekend.
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Time flies when you are in the garage, ask my wife

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Re: Got a good wife
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2015, 05:41:47 AM »
Nice looking car!

Drilling a hole in the inner fender for heater cover access was also used by dealers back in the day. No one wants to remove all of that sheet metal for one screw!

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Re: Got a good wife
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2015, 07:18:26 PM »
I'll trade you a Willys Aero for her...
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Re: Got a good wife
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2015, 04:03:48 PM »
Good wives can be as hard to find as parts for our cars.

One thing I can never locate is a manual for wives - anyone found one?  ;)

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Re: Got a good wife
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2015, 07:30:28 PM »
I saw a manual once - it was over 25,000 pages and was only for one specific model. I think each one comes with a unique set of instructions.
Rick Kamen
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1964 Ford Econoline panel van
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Re: Got a good wife
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2015, 02:09:08 AM »
Rick, that was just the first volume!
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Re: Got a good wife
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2015, 07:23:13 PM »
Believe it or not- I actually did get an owners manual with my wife! She thought it might be a creative way to get through my thick skull what makes her happy and what doesn't. Must have worked because we are still together after 25 years. Not sure what happened to the manual though.

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Re: Got a good wife
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2015, 06:21:31 PM »
Find it for us, Jim Betts can link it to his website. 
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