Blake Noble

Right now, it's looking like I won't be fixing the Regal on the affordable side anytime soon. I'm really stumped about what to do. I could let the Regal go, but I really don't want to and I really don't think anyone else would buy it. I could sell the engine and trans, but it wouldn't bring much money and wouldn't be worth the trouble of trying to get it out of the car.

Back to the Buick, I have two suggestions as to what the problem might be: "My sbc 350 in my malibu started having the same problem. It developed a knock after it overheated one time. The problem that we came to was a collapsed lifter. My oil pressure used to be 20-40 psi on the street but now barely gets 22 psi on the highway now. A lot of times its 1 out of the 16 lifters in the valley." "sounds kinda like you got a main bearing spinning in the journal of the block and your oil pressure is fluctuating because of it, the knock is probably the rod jumping up and down on the loose rod journal next to the bad main journal... more than likely numbere 1,or2 cylinders..." Number two sounds like it could be exactly what's going on, in fact I would just about bet money on it. It makes sense because of all of the "something's loose in the engine" comments I've been getting. If that's the case, then the Buick's the new long-termer.

I like folk music, just not Bob Dylan.

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Okay, I will admit this ... hearing Layne Staley and Ann Wilson cover "Ring Them Bells" was almost a bit heart wrenching ... except when Ann sang that line about a sacred cow. That's what held the whole song back from being pretty damn amazing, a dumb line written by Dylan just so he could rhyme (... damn it).

I'd like to dedicate this song to Bahb. Once upon a time when your turds were tapped You'd play the cat with brown rats, didn't you? People would yell and say, "You stink like shit!" You thought they were just hatin' you You used to moan, scream and shout When Jerome hid his trout Now you don't talk so loud Now you don't seem so proud About the infection in your one brown eye Tell me, how did it feel How did it feel To moan "Jerome!" In the back of an old motorhome On a videophone

I believe so.

I'll keep my fingers crossed DF. If it turns out to be your stereo go to the police, show them the s/n in the e-mail and the s/n on the box and his Craigslist posting if possible. Then squash his ass flat.

The more I think about it, the more I think I'll buy that $800 dollar Firebird, provided that I can drive it when I first get the chance. Hopefully the exterior is the worst thing about it.

BS 'em. For example, say that you've been researching that particular model of stereo a bit and found out there was a recall affecting certain s/n's and you want to find out if his particular stereo falls into that range of specific s/n's.

I like the slate/tan combo the best. Slate/taupe looks nice too, but it's just another variation on black/gray and isn't too lively in appearance, IMHO.

That's ... bizarre, DF. There's a chance it might be yours so e-mail him and ask him for the s/n and see if it matches the one on the box. Then have his ass arrested and sue him for the damages.

You know, I think I have a plan about what to do to get a T/A. http://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/1438257776.html I'm going to check out that V6 4th gen in the next few days. If the motor and transmission are sound, I'll polish up some of the rough edges and turn around and sell it for profit. Maybe I could get another thousand to fifteen-hundred bucks out of it if I improve it's appearance a bit. I'll just have to wait and see. For the record, here is one in worse condition for $1,050 bucks more: http://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/1437808770.html

You know, I wouldn't mind a black and gold third-gen T/A ...

I remember that. I think it had some issues, though.

Hmmm ... They are hard to find, though.

I know. However, my dad did have a '88 S-15 that had a rebuilt title (I believe the truck was involved in a rollover at 5,000 miles) and he managed to milk almost 10 years and 200,000 miles out of it. It really depends on if whoever rebuilt it did it right. It's a risk that I am, however, not 100 percent willing to take but willing to consider. I like the Firehawk the best out of all three of them, but I really don't want another red car. The black T/A in Mt. Juliet, TN is what I'm leaning to at the moment, should I decide to buy another car. The Buick is going to have to be my long-term project. I'm just going to buy another car I like and, after that, save up the money for another engine. I'll probably buy a manual and rebuild the Rocket 350 and jam that in another Cutlass like I originally planned (but definitely not as soon as I first thought).

DD? http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/ctd/1440234930.html I have my reservations, though. Then there's this: http://nashville.craigslist.org/ctd/1441279794.html Good price, right color: http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/1438989087.html I would settle for a fourth-gen T/A.

Same here. I love Zep, but "Stairway" ranks very low on the list of my favorite songs. It isn't a bad song and the composition is great, but it somehow gets branded and re-branded as "an all-time epic" and I don't think it really is. I think people gave it that title because they aren't used to listening to an eight-minute long song. "No Quarter" is awesome though. I love the electric piano, the guitar, and the double guitar solo. It's a great "cold weather" Zeppelin song.

Sadly, a seal was mauled in this pic and not an Eskimo.

Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate the impact the man had on music and what he was attempting to do, but Bob Dylan could not: a.) sing, b.) play guitar, c.) play harmonica, or d.) write consistently good lyrics (which are as deep as a supermodel is shallow). If the local classic rock station plays "Like A Rolling Stone" one more time, I'm going to shove Bob's harmonica down his neck.

They rape our land and defile our women.

and Satanists.

Eskimos are Scientologists.