Goodbye to a great car

2Rowdy ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Is parking at 90deg to the marked spots normal, too?

It may more fully explain the condition of that one side of the car ...

CL

Message i.d.:, by author Adrian aka inspired me,

Haven't seen anybody out there, alive that is, that objected.

Which may explain the absence of other cars..

Message i.d.:, by author Steve Leyland aka inspired me,

Hardly. Most have been closed and the soil cleaned.

Old cars get stripped. Usefull parts are stored and sold. Rubbish is recycled. All subsidised jobs, that's why cars are expensive and that's why you need to pay to get a car scrapped. Yes, we pay two times for scrapping a car out here.

It's about a two day job I guess. For your mate with his toys it'll be ready in half a day but you wouldn't dare to drive it with 200 km/h over the German autobahn now would you?

2Rowdy ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

No chance.

An hour to swap the two doors over, another hour, mebbe a bit longer, for the wing.

Yes. Why not? It's only a bit of light panel damage, ffs.

Message i.d.:, by author Steve Leyland aka inspired me,

Next time, since I have no mates with welding torches, I'll ask you two. I'll bring a crate, or two, of beer along.

2Rowdy ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Not even any need for welding. The doors attach with roll pins, and the wing bolts on.

But, sparks are cool.

ah ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

No, they're definitely quite warm.

Buda-bing!

I know what you mean. It just isn't the same unless you can use the acetylene torch to cut some metal. Even if it's just a piece of scrap that you sneak in so you can put on a show. Then you can turn to your girlfriend and say something like "I had to wear that strange helmet because if I stare at the flame without one, it'll destroy my retinas and I'll go blind." The bravery drives women wild. Gets you laid eleven times out of every ten tries.

CL

I only ever used the helmet for arc-welding, for gas cutting and welding I just used dark goggles. Is there someone I can sue?

For what? Not going blind or not getting laid?

CL

YES!1! How much can I get?

My employer purchased a plasma cutter last month--last weekend, I cut a 10cm dia. "sun" out of 1/4" steel in about 30 seconds.

It was easier than buttering bread.

If I can remember, I'll post photos.

Kewl, but does it make proper sparks or is it just an efficient cutting tool? A lot of these modern ways of doing industrial stuff have taken away all of the smoke, sparks, and steam from the actual work. People can't tell how hard you're working any more because you're not giving off sparks. I blame the Japanese.

Yes, do that. Especially the ones with sparks and smoke.

CL

It blows (really fine) sparks half a metre.

Dam, yur gana make it difficult--I suppose you'd like a short movie, too?

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