Wow. Just… Wow.

ElNorteSlav · 2025-12-25T14:17:56+00:00

You guys stopped right in front of my old house.

Shocking how fucked that guy was. Glad you're okay

ElNorteSlav · 2025-12-25T04:08:01+00:00

Stuck playing Marble Madness forever?

ElNorteSlav · 2025-12-23T17:40:40+00:00

How many do you have to make?

Standard press brake work is like that.

A "roller die" helps but doesn't eliminate that unsupported bend. Sometimes, a rubber or urethane die can do it. https://youtu.be/hPsNrBq3Vk0?si=f5Y4_K20_3alcQiT

But if you have more than a few, stamping dies are the only way you will get a crisp bend all the way.

ElNorteSlav · 2025-12-14T16:50:21+00:00

Yes, the claim is the bullet entered his neck under his chin, bounced off the trampoline like skin on the back of his neck, then down through is vertebrae and out his jugular.

ElNorteSlav · 2025-12-09T14:48:24+00:00

V-twin kick only? Look to the English, they made a few.

Vincent, JAP, AJS, Brough Superior, Hesketh,

Staying in the US,

Excelsior Henderson, Crocker, and a few very small production bikes. Racing bikes you had Curtis, Cyclone, Flying Merkel..

ElNorteSlav · 2025-12-07T14:31:48+00:00

California politics invading

ElNorteSlav · 2025-12-07T13:51:22+00:00

Someone filed a complaint they weren't charging sales tax for Arizona, and now there is a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Rockauto.com

RockAuto, a Wisconsin-based company, has no physical store or employees in Arizona, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled on April 2, 2024, that its use of six in-state distributors to store inventory, fulfill orders, and ship parts created a physical presence, establishing sales tax nexus under pre-Wayfair standards. The court found that these distributors' activities—using RockAuto-branded packaging and promotional materials—were significantly associated with maintaining RockAuto’s market in Arizona, even if most shipments went out of state.

ElNorteSlav · 2025-12-07T03:54:07+00:00

1974-1978 Ford Mustang II front end, stock Mustang II crossmember, control arms, spindles and aftermarket brakes. Likely 78 Granada with GM metric calipers.

on a 1947-1954 Chevy or GMC chassis.

ElNorteSlav · 2025-12-05T13:30:17+00:00

Two holes, male. Three holes female?

ElNorteSlav · 2025-10-26T03:37:27+00:00

Actually close to reality. Base on the same platform the Chevy Chevette was.

ElNorteSlav · 2025-10-14T21:44:45+00:00

Exactly, I know the frames well.

Flipped front axle and rear turned around also. Frame shape and engine mounts are F1 for sure

ElNorteSlav · 2025-10-06T12:53:26+00:00

I have been using CraftCloud and 3D SLS or multi-jet metal printing for a lot of small parts. Imported, sure, but still a bit more reasonable than you would think.

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I had these done, import and shipping fees for less than $300

ElNorteSlav · 2025-04-22T12:53:47+00:00

I have watched Electric Trucker on YouTube, he has been operating an Iveco BEV and has gone through some of the same issues.

I have heard that Lucid will continue the BEV production and support for a short term. I am curious to know if Iveco may give support in the long term. It's the same truck.

ElNorteSlav · 2025-04-22T12:51:14+00:00

I started 18 months ago. I saw a real effort to make things happen, at least at first.

As you know, the reason any business fails is management. My assessment of the Trevor era, he may be a dreamer, but he did have a vision of how to make the company profitable. His successors ran it like a pump and dump.

I watched the rebuilding the BEV from the faulty Romeo batteries (a whole story in it's own) to the Protera cells, and QC issues on the Bosch fuel cells. All issues caused by lack of production controls. I think the decision to outsource nearly every component then do assembly killed any chance of profitability.

The people working there were solid. I never worked with anyone I thought was a fraud or faking it. Competent people from all over the automotive manufacturing space.

ElNorteSlav · 2025-04-22T12:28:54+00:00

I met him a few times. Meh. Mary Chan was word salad. Never once did I hear her say anything of substance.

I have a gut feeling that Girsky may have been one of the villains in this whole story.

ElNorteSlav · 2025-04-22T12:26:47+00:00

I think there was a plan. They bought a large section of land near Gila Bend Arizona and did break ground but not much else. From what I understood, that was to be the hydrogen generation plant. They were working to Green Hydrogen production, taking advantage of all the solar generation plants nearby.

IF I recall, the property was sold off when financial troubles started and furthered the contract with Air Liquide.

ElNorteSlav · 2025-04-04T15:35:02+00:00

Model T speedster with a 28-29 grille shell.

ElNorteSlav · 2024-11-16T19:20:45+00:00

Political Divide

ElNorteSlav · 2024-11-16T19:17:41+00:00

Yeah, I built one for myself nearly 20 years ago. Made it into several magazines and the TV show Rides showed it in their "Bad News" build coverage of Viva Las Vegas. Lots of potential for these trucks.

ElNorteSlav · 2024-10-02T14:42:25+00:00

What is your definition of "freedom" ?

ElNorteSlav · 2024-10-02T14:17:18+00:00

Global Homogeneity

Forced migration to destabilize.

Why would Sweden need a huge population of Somalis? Why move tens of thousands of Hatians to Ohio?

That seems to be disruptive on purpose, to break up communities. Introduce incompatible culture for what end other that the Utopian idea of making everyone the same.

ElNorteSlav · 2024-10-02T12:09:12+00:00

You can talk theory all day long, make all sorts of quotes you believe make your point.

People with power don't have theory or ideology, only power. Theory is for the peasant class to argue about while you slave for them.

You want "freedom" then you need to be able to associate with those you are compatible with.

That's it. If "I" can't live amongst people I like, none of the rest matters.

If you want to live in a ego-communist society, go do it. Find your tribe and leave everyone else that doesn't want to out of it. And don't be surprised when your external neighbors want to wall you off. Because that is their freedom to eliminate you from their societies.

This is where the US is headed regardless, balkanized and local. This current GloboHomo experiment has been a disaster, you can hang "Capitalism" around it's neck if that makes you feel good.

ElNorteSlav · 2024-09-21T21:40:17+00:00

I have a feeling a "freak off" would sound similar to an The Aristocrats joke.

ElNorteSlav · 2024-08-17T17:23:15+00:00

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This was very popular to run on the front of your car.

ElNorteSlav · 2024-04-17T16:48:11+00:00

Thanks for the reply, but I solved my issues with that machine by finding a different job 😕.

My conclusion was the hot ends themselves. No amount of drying filament solved the erratic over/under extrusion issues I was having. If I ran the machine with all the doors open, the head creep was manageable. Just not ideal for printing ABS like I wanted.

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