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Quote: "Shift as Hard as You want, but don't Break Your Arm!" Hurst Performance, inc. Advertisement. You kids prolly think I paid close to $500 for my shifter, don't you? Ha. Nope. It is a swap-meet special, that I've had for years and years. I also bought the "stick", separately. But see---The Grump,(in the photo below), is shown in his '69 Cammerow, which uses a different part # shifter assembly. So, yeah--I'm using one for a Chevelle. Two factoids: Did you kids know that The Grump made Time Ragazine, back in the 70's, along with Kareem Aljazzeera Cinderblock or whoever, famous bassabaw player? Time deemed it newsworthy(and of course--incredible) that the two sports stars tied for ca$h earnings that year!! Yup. Everyone that has a college degree KNOWS bassabaw is MUCH more important than Hot Rodding! Even Wimmmins Bassabaw! That's why ticckkits to sit-n-watch Bassabaw are so much more expen$ive! Yup. Attachment 4440Attachment 4441

Okay---Same guy that developed & marketed the precision Hurst Shifter ALSO developed and marketed the "Jaws Of Life" portable hydraulic tool that is used to extricate crash victims at accident sites. Such as: Lady Die & Her BF, Dodie. Yup. Hurst unfortunately passed away in 1986 at age 59, due to carbon monoxide poisoning. But, you kids didn't care to know that. Oh, well. Thankk Mee.Attachment 4442

Attachment 4444Okay---I don't normally sit-n-watch tEE-vEE, but that doesn't mean I'm unaware of some of the stuff seen on tEE-vEE. Nope. Er- Yup. Like this tEE-vEE personality,on the formerly good, now mostly bad show called "SNL". It's been on tEE-vEE forever. Since before mosta you kids were born! Thinka that! Ha. But yeah---here is my idol & patron saint. Someone I worship. It's Ms Debbie Downer. Attachment 4443

Okay----Coming up: My Lirrrarray Book Sale Adventure. Yup. Got some REAL good books.

Okay----Some Rrrrreallllly good books, Folks! Ha. That's what Ed Sullivan would've said. Yup.

Oh, fiddlesticks! Due to time constraints, I will have to delay my book discussion, until later on today. That's the way the cookie crumbles, by golly. Yup.

Quote: "We shall overrun!"----Anonymous

Okay---Speak o' the devil--guess what??? There is some tEE-vEE show on, using the title: "Ozark". Darn. You know what this means? This means that from now on, if I search for something---anything---with "ozark"in it, the first 7,859 entries will come up only relevant to this stupid tEE-vEE show!! As my catts would say--Grrrrrrrrrrrr. How do I know it's stupid? Because it's on tEE-vEE! A pretty safe assumption. Now you know. Hope that helpps you some. Thankk Mee.

Okay---I was outside, working on one of my projects, and got it to the pre-determined point where I could say: "The Heck with this darned stuff, for the time being!" See---I am waiting on parts to arrive. So, I went in and made myself a Great cup o' coffee, using a coffee imported from Walmart, 2 miles away. Yup. Then, I'm gonna wage more war on vegetation. How does that sound? But, I have to put the floor mats back in my littlebitty compact car from the wreckin' yard, that I restored 5 years ago. That model was one of THE cheapest cars you could buy in America. The other day, the 'surance lady axed mee if it was "customized", because the underwriters needed that information. I lied, and said it had not. BUT---I used the engine/transmission from a 2009 model, that also had the 16" alloy weelz, and I bought those weelz, and put them on mine, which originally had 14" weelz. Plus, the front hd anti-roll bar. Also, the grille insert on these cars was painted body color, and what I did was go to the wreckin' yard and pull one off a car that had a black body colored grille, to swap onto mine. So, mine is Customized, it sure is. Only one like it, AFAIK. Also, I swapped the post covers off a car that had black plastic, onto mine which had grey post covers. And then---the rear spoiler or whatever over the glass on the hatch WAS white; but see---the clear coat started to peel, so I removed the spoiler, sanded it down & painted it semi-gloss black. It all looks better, that way. If that isn't outrageous enough----I acquired another rear bumper from the wreckin' yard, same color as mine(white), but with a large dent in it, for $25. So, I used a heat gun & rubber hammer, and worked the dent out, sanded it all down & repainted it white but then---there is a recessed area on the lower part of the bumper that I thought would look better if I masked it off and painted it semi-gloss black. See? Also, I realized that you can get official Hyundai splash guards for these cars, pretty cheap, di-rect from Hyundai. . They look sporty & really custom. So, I got a set. They are flat black. I haven't put the bumper and splash guards on, yet. Have to get time. But here's the grille job. PLEASE don't tell the underwriter! He will figure that I am a HIGH RISK driver, now, and raise my rates. Yup.Attachment 4445

Okay----I got to thinking about that day, deep in the bowels of gay Pareee, when Lady Die & her BF Dodie, passed away in a terrible accident. I have read about this incident on various occasions, but I just found one article in which a French Journalist has claimed to have done some research on this same subject & that very same car, the 'Cedes Limo Sedan in which Lady Die had to be extricated, using the jaws o' life. See,one model of the rescue tool has a hydraulic-actuated shear, so you can snip through the roof pillars of a vehicle, just as if you were pruning a Rose bush. So, that's what the crew did. But,anyway---The French journalist reveals that the very same car had been stolen by an escaped convict three years prior, and before he was through with it, it had been totally demolished in a rollover crash. But, guess what? A bodyshop rescued the car from being sent to the wreckin' yard, and repaired it to look like new! Ha. Good Job. But, apparently, this journalist wants us to believe that this was a stigmatized vehicle,that was somehow culpable for her untimely demise! Whaaaat? IIRC, the real factor was that the driver allowed the car to collide with a concrete support in the tunnel at 60-70 mph, and that Die and Dodie were unbelted in the rear of the lengthened limo, and were thrown forward into the divider behind the drivers' seat. That is what caused them mortal internal injuries. Yup. But, leave it to a "journalist" to spin some yarn for gullible people. But, it's interesting. Be nice if they could put the wreck on display next to them other cars, like the Teddy/MaryJo car & The Bonnie/Clyde car,the JFK Linkin' and so on. People would drive from 1000's of miles around to see the exhibit. Especially if you had a restaurant that served good food, like big juicy steaks & yummy Prime Rib or Broasted Chicken. Yup. Hope that helps you some. Thankk Mee. Attachment 4447