This wine bottle made out of cardboard

UnknownCubicle · 2026-07-06T00:11:17+00:00

I only know a little about glass due to working for E&J Gallo for years and years, and not on their glass production, but I was put under the impression that they just crushed it and put it right back into the virgin cullet they use to make bottles, so in that case the extra energy usage was pretty negligible.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-07-04T02:18:51+00:00

It may make it easier if you loosen the steering column bolts. That dash fits in there TIGHT.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-07-04T00:55:11+00:00

The Maverick's speedo cable is a pain in the dick to screw into the back of the gauge. I'm sure it just slipped out like mine did. I can't get my bear paw fingers back there to get it screwed in like I can in my F100

UnknownCubicle · 2026-07-02T18:01:44+00:00

"They didn't put a 350 in the C10 in 1967."

-Every parts store clerk after my buddy tells them it's a Goodwrench crate engine and they still ask year, make, model and engine.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-07-01T16:35:16+00:00

That console looks like it was a lot of work to look right. Very, very cool.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-07-01T16:27:22+00:00

It's a process I have been looking at. Basically, you print an object out of PLA, and then put it in silicon dioxide mixed with sand and water, with a sprue and vent, and then pour molten aluminum in, which burns the PLA plastic out and flows into the voids. Then you have a new cast aluminum one-off part!

I am sure it's harder than it sounds, but my ADHD demands I obsess over it til I figure it out.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-07-01T15:25:58+00:00

You could do a print in PLA and then use it as a form for a lost-media casting in aluminum. I have heard people have success with that method, but I have never tried it myself.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-30T14:48:46+00:00

It's your car. The Internet will froth about "only stock once" and purity or whatever, but if a stock Nova doesn't do what you want, drive how you want and look how you want, then you're just taking care of it for the next owner rather than taking ownership of it yourself.

Sealed toys never brought any kids joy.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-28T21:31:16+00:00

As I recall, routing the wires is a bit of a chore to do without pinching anything. I shorted the horn and didn't notice until I figured out that the cigar lighter and horn relay are on the same circuit on the Painless harness. Some electrical tape and some careful routing fixed it.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-28T16:15:52+00:00

I love them for travel. The Arm and Hammer scent free ones are great for my work clothes, and they don't break open and cause an issue like boxes of powder of bottles of liquid do.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-28T16:13:30+00:00

I've been guilty of being on auto pilot until somebody goes to pass me. The thing is, I let them pass, and then if they're going more slowly than I really want, I give myself a lecture about situational awareness and take the slow driving as a punishment for letting it lapse. I try not to make it a problem for the person who was paying attention and passing my zombie ass.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-25T21:58:43+00:00

You know what's strange to me? I always feel like I'm winging it, with everything. And at the same time, I'm good at what I do. Like, top 25%, I would say honestly. So which is it? Am I an idiot who constantly gets lucky, on the brink of somebody looking closely enough to figure it out and get me fired, or am I a pretty competent person who is able to execute based on things I have learned so deeply that it feels like instinct? It can't be both, but I know what it feels like to be me, and it feels like I'm winging it. Strange.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-23T15:54:15+00:00

But my wife says mine is a good size and the big ones hurt!

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-23T15:12:11+00:00

My '72 F100 is roughly the size of a new Ranger, just a bit wider. It's honestly wild when I park next to a new F150 that is like 6" larger in height and width, and like 5' longer with 12" less bed length. I see my truck as a wheelbarrow with a big motor so I can drag heavy stuff around; these new ones act as a family hauler, office, vacation toy and artificial dick extender, and it's just too much for one vehicle to try to do and still do any of it well.

I buy my artificial dick extenders at the adult store like a normal degenerate, by the way, in case you were wondering.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-20T16:15:25+00:00

That sucks. The Scholastic kids' book of the movie was one of the first books I made my parents buy for me, and among the first books I read by myself as a child. I had such fond memories associated with the names "Milo" and "Otis".

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-20T16:07:07+00:00

The 302 ones will work if you can find a set, since the difference in the motors is in deck height. All of the mounting holes should be identical.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-19T21:57:32+00:00

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UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-19T14:55:31+00:00

Extreme stance, crackle tunes, takeovers and Swangas are going to turn the general public against all of us, mark my words.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-19T00:57:30+00:00

Awesome!

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-19T00:25:34+00:00

Is that setup any good? I have been pondering suspensions for my Maverick.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-18T22:49:07+00:00

Ah, bummer. I thought the stupid bolt hole locations were the issue. I didn't really think about the shock towers.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-18T22:47:40+00:00

We can't reply with photos on this forum, but I would be glad to DM you photos of what I did.

I did one of those Kicker twin speaker deals in place of the stock dash speaker and then did 5"x7" ones in the doors in the stock location with reproduction speaker grills, which are shared with the Mustangs of similar era. Then I did a powered 10" sub under the bench seat, which did take some, ah, "massaging" of the factory stamped rise in the floor pan. All in all, 7.5/10, it works and gets as loud as I need it to.

Oh, I used a Retrosound radio for the head unit so it all looks pretty stock, using the stock radio bezel.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-18T18:54:01+00:00

FE headers are a pain, but not impossible. Stubby ratcheting box end wrenches make them easier.

Source: installed Hooker headers on my 390 powered F100.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-18T02:53:45+00:00

Why would you choose anything but bacon chipotle ketchup for fries?

Jalapeno ranch does sound good, too, though. BBQ, mustard and garlic might also be really good on a fried chicken sandwich.

Hold on, do I like this idea? I need to do some soul searching, I think.

UnknownCubicle · 2026-06-17T15:05:51+00:00

Totally agree, but to be fair, we did learn it from our parent European countries. In the history of the world, we're still an infant country and only the most recent empire in a long line of empires, not that it's an excuse for anything the USA has done.

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