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Well, I immediately though "He's going to buy a leftover GTO." I'm staying as far from Vista as the east is from the west. At least until SP1 or SP2.

Hear About it Later - Live at Oakland '81 You know, VH could make a fair amount of change if they released some live CDs and DVDs from the pre-Sammy years. There's definitely a pent up demand for it, at least among the VH faithful.

No Sierra needed. All you needed to do was ask them whether they were on their second or third transmission. How's Mom's Cobalt doing anyway?

You will defintely want a gun that's HVLP - high volume/low pressure. This will lay down the most paint with the least amount of load on the compressor, resulting in a much more "even" paint job. Usually these guns have the paint cup mounted on the top for gravity feeding. The old bottom-mounted cups use a siphon action that wastes air pressure. Paint guns are like tools and jewelry - more expensive = better. You can probably get a cheaper gun for shooting primer, but go all out on a gun for the color/clear. Another important tip - follow the instructions for cleaning the gun to the letter every time you use it. The paint my dad uses is a two-part enamel paint made by PPG. You want the paint that's for a separate basecoat/clearcoat - I think it's called Deltron DBU. I believe PPG is the paint that GM uses from the factory (you can give the paint supplier a GM paint number and they'll make it for you). For the paint job, you'll need the paint, reducer, and clear. You mix the paint with the reducer (I think it's a 2:1 reducer/paint ratio, but it depends on the paint) because on its own the paint will not pass through the gun. Ditto for the clear. Usually three coats of color and two to three coats of clear should do the car fine. I'm not sure how to figure out how much paint you need, but for the sake of your car it's better to err on the side of excess. If you run out before the car is done, you'll a) be out of paint at an inopportune time and b) risk having a second batch of paint that's a shade off. You should also use an epoxy primer that helps "seal" the bodywork underneath, also made by PPG. This, due to the epoxy, is a very hard primer. You can also get a sandable filler primer that could help fill some sanding scratches from your bodywork. Before you start laying down the color, scuff the primer with a 3M Scotch Pad so that the first coat has something to bite into. This is important - if you don't do this you could have a paint job that chips/flakes easily. As for how to spray the paint, I would say move the gun steadily and smoothly across the panel without stopping. You need to find the fine line between moving the gun too slow and having the paint run, and moving too fast and not laying enought paint down. There isn't anything you could do wrong here that can't be sanded out, and sometimes even if you do everything right you might still get these imprefections. It also depends on the gun, the paint/reducer mixture, and the ambient tempreature. You'll find the knack as you keep painting.

Lots of good advice. My dad did the makeshift paint booth for one of his cars years ago. The key ingredient in that setup is having a good powerful exhaust fan to pull the dust/overspray out of the booth before it has a chance to settle on your paint job. Affix some of those square carbon filters (like the ones used in central HVAC systems) to catch the particles and eliminate the smell to outsiders - not sure if your neighbors would care, but mine do. I'm sure you already now this, but don't skimp on the respirator. If you haven't painted in a while I'd definitely check out the gun technology that's out there. Many of the newer guns lay the paint down a lot better with minimal overspray.

No personal knowledge, but I did have a friend who went through the AE program at my college and is now working for NASA. It's probably the hardest of all the engineering disciplines, judging by his courseload. Lots of calculus, chemistry, and physics, a lot more than me and my lowly CS degree. Also, I would think the aerospace industry might be pretty hard to get into. Off the top of my head, your options are NASA, Boeing, Northrop-Grumman, Lockheed-Martin, Sikorsky, and maybe a couple of others. Of course there's also the armed forces as a wildcard. However, if you do get in, you're pretty well set - good aerospace engineers are hard to come by.

Please tell me it wasn't done in by a Toyota. I'm sur a part of you died when you heard that. Kind of like the time my dad drove past a Corvette shop and saw his former '65 being converted to an automatic. Careful, NOS. The Corvette bug is a progressive disease. It only gets worse over time. If I had the space, I'd love to take on a well-cared-for C4 or C5. I do have a couple of questions for you about your pending C3 purchase - How much work are you willing to take on? A full frame-off or just a "fix whatever isn't perfect" car? - How much do you care about originality? - What engine/tranny combo are you most interested in (forget the L88 or ZL1) The more flexible you are in these three areas, the more attainable a C3 will become. 'll be more than happy to share what I've learned from the time I started looking for one until now. Let me know when you're ready. For now, pick up "The Corvette Black Book" - it'll give you the approximate value of the C3 you're looking for given the engine/tranny/options that it has.

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Anything in this thread would have been a better choice than that.

Justin Timberlake???? Just change your name to Coretta and be done with it

Agreed. I like the Camaro for the fact that it isn't a carbon copy of a previously produced Camaro. Some people I know don't like the Camaro for that very same reason, but that's just too ------- bad. If I had to nit pick, I'd say that I'd like to see the 2nd gen better represented. The cues, subtle as they are, are there, but GM PR hides them as "Chevrolet" styling cues. The Mustang - well, I've already made my feelings known about that stinking pile of manure. The Challenger - after seeing the side profile comparison you have there, the new car looks somewhat boxier and squatter than the original. I did like it in person when I saw it at NYIAS, but the Camaro is still far more striking.

G6 hardtop? I was having fun with one this morning, chasing it, letting it chase me, riding along side it. It was black with the polished wheels, and being piloted by a youngish female. Not a bad unit at all - I think it was 3900 powered, as it had a deeper sound to it than your standard-issue 3500.

Just got back from the beach. Things started out nice but quickly turned cool, windy, and sunless. I built a 1/18" car out of sand alongside my chair, polished off a magazine, then called it quits. Maybe I'll pull out the bike later, but it's not looking good.

Happy birthday fellas.

Be careful with rust. Does that paint have any rust prevention/encapsulating capabilities? If not it'll defintiely come back over time. At the very least, use some rust-oleum, though Por-15 or Eastwood Rust Encapsulator is much better. I can't tell from the pics, but it looks like you got some of the damage out of the quarter. Did you try the hammer-and-dolly trick. You're on your way. Good luck and may the force be with you

All in all, I guess I can't be too upset over this. GM's top priority now is obviously meeting the new MPG standards and lessening our dependence on Big Oil. They are not going to be able to do that by throwing money at any of these, which obviously aren't meant to be fuel-sippers. They are not going to get caught with their pants down like they did in the 1970s. Of the three mentioned, I'd like to have seen the Bel Air (or a version of it) make production. Say what you want about the styling (I liked it), but I liked the idea of what the car could have been - a cheap, decent (but not great) handling, easily modifiable RWD car much like the original Bel Air. The Sixteen and Velite will likely be forever out of my price range.

That would make a lot of sense, except that Benoit was nowhere near the apparent location of the IP address at the time the entry was changed. He was at his home in Georgia.

I like them. I think they got unfairly lumped in with the other grunge bands in the mid 90s because Melon Collie..... had a lot of songs that dealt with teen angst, etc. I wasn't too thrilled with Adore, but really like the songs on Machina and the two new ones from the Rotten Apples CD.

The smaller FWD cars look OK. I'm not totally grossed out by the Scion profile - its proportions are similar to my Cobalt. The "bad proportions" argument seems to hold true more for the mid-sized and larger cars. The excessive (according to our eyes) length is needed in these cars to fit a V6 or a V8. FWD cars designed around an I-4 don't have this problem so much. The solution - a FWD-specific super-compact (<60*) V engine, or (hypothesizing here) an engine with the pistons arranged in a V but staggered in the same bank.

No thanks. I'm pretty sure it'll either be the Treo 680 or the AT&T 8525 for my next phone. The Treo take a full-sized SD card, so I can keep the cards I have, but the 8525 has a nice big screen, which I like for using as a GPS. I have until Oct. to decide.

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Exactly, talk of a mid-engined Corvette has been occurring since the late 50s. And with the current front engine/rear transaxle configuration performing very well - some drivers actually prefer it to a mid-engine layout - there isn't much of a need to make the Corvette mid-engined. However, if they're looking for a business case for a mid-engined supercar for Caddy, why not share the platform with Pontiac?

I'm so sorry. Few things in life are worse to experience than that. My prayers and thoughts are with you.

According to my local newspaper's website, he strangled his wife, smothered his son, and hung himself in his weight room. This is really sad. I saw some of Raw last night and everyone who spoke about him spoke of the respect that everyone had for him. I wonder if anyone knew something wasn't quite right with him before the weekend.