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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #50 on: May 10, 2017, 10:05:45 am »
If the sea was vodka, and I was a duck.
I would swim to the bottom, and drink my way up.
But the sea isn't vodka, and I'm not a duck.
So give me the vodka, and stfu.
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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #51 on: May 10, 2017, 10:10:12 am »
What man put together, man can rend asunder and then also put it together sometimes what's all this left over stuff
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« Reply #52 on: May 10, 2017, 10:26:33 am »
How about just some after photos?
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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #53 on: May 10, 2017, 10:34:09 am »
Urine.

Darn it, I always get that wrong. 

How about just some after photos?
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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #54 on: May 18, 2017, 07:31:50 pm »
You heard it here first, last year's rally bankrupted the Pemberton Music Festival:

http://globalnews.ca/news/3462901/2017-pemberton-music-festival-cancelled-no-automatic-ticket-refunds/

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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #55 on: May 18, 2017, 10:34:12 pm »
You heard it here first, last year's rally bankrupted the Pemberton Music Festival:

http://globalnews.ca/news/3462901/2017-pemberton-music-festival-cancelled-no-automatic-ticket-refunds/

wow how much stuff did you guys steal?
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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #56 on: May 19, 2017, 03:58:10 pm »
You heard it here first, last year's rally bankrupted the Pemberton Music Festival:

http://globalnews.ca/news/3462901/2017-pemberton-music-festival-cancelled-no-automatic-ticket-refunds/

So who're you going to kill next?

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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #57 on: May 19, 2017, 03:59:21 pm »
BVJ?
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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #58 on: May 19, 2017, 04:01:34 pm »
Yes!


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« Reply #59 on: May 21, 2017, 09:16:44 pm »


Fixed the "lights always on" issue in the Town Car. Turns out that the door switch for the front left door somehow fell inside the door jamb, causing us to assume there was no switch there at all.

After pulling out the harness using a flexible grabber and magnet, it was revealed that there was in fact a switch. I installed a new switch in the spot, and holy itshay the interior lights actually turn off now.

Of course I learned this after butchering the battery terminal wiring to install a quick-disconnect of a questionable size.

Did an oil change! The old oil came out very black, but not chunky. It reeked of fuel, but not of coolant. The old filter (a NAPA Gold!) collapsed from rust as it was coming off which tells me it didn't have long left in this world anyway.

We also rolled the front right fender with first a 1960s-era wooden baseball bat and then just some prybars and cursing. It still rubs.

If you do 75 km/h through a mud bog it will return 26.8L/100km according to the onboard computer.

High beams still don't work, or we can't figure out how to turn them on, or something.

FM radio is still NFG.

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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #60 on: May 21, 2017, 09:32:35 pm »

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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #61 on: May 21, 2017, 09:33:37 pm »
"Drivers door"?
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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #62 on: May 22, 2017, 11:15:30 pm »
High beams still don't work, or we can't figure out how to turn them on, or something.

Flood Stomper Switch?
I broke it.  Just like how I'm going to break you

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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #63 on: May 23, 2017, 07:06:00 am »
Flood Stomper Switch?
Too new of a Ford for that. It's got radar/light-activated high beams usually, but I think the control board is pooched.

Flash-to-pass works now though where it didn't before.

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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #64 on: June 06, 2017, 11:15:19 am »
We went on the rally, drove all the way up to Nordegg, and came back. No problems whatsoever.

I came in today, quit my job, and now I'm posting pictures of our trip.

The Town Car is the perfect car for camping. Look at how much room we had in the trunk:



Our team departed from Airdrie after getting groceries here. This car is not easy to drive in tight parking lots.



Eventually we arrived in Nordegg and met up with the Dustang.



After a blast up the FTR where we dodged deer and sheep, we arrived at the Pepper Lake campgrounds. Here's a picture of our fender lip.



And the Dustang.



After an incredibly cold night, we prepared the next morning to break camp. The Dustang needed to be cleaned.



We ingested relatively less beer ourselves, though I'm pretty sure at least some of our empties were in the previous shot.



At last, Pepper Lake. Warm, and the trout were biting.




Team Dustang mentioned that they saw a gravel pit on the way in, and demanded to do sick donuts. I complied as best the Town Car could, but it didn't like doing it. The Dustang, on the other hand, was born for this.



We left the FTR for civilization. At Rocky, we stopped for Burger Baron.



We drove to Gull Lake. We were near passing out while driving so we decided to camp early.

Proof that we ate some vegetables during the trip:


The next morning, the Dustang and the Town Car went their separate ways. We ended up at the Reynolds Museum.

For whatever reason, the Town Car only got dusty on the wheels and tires (as well as everything in the trunk). This dust is still there, too.





So we went to the Reynolds Museum. It's pretty awesome.

This traction engine has wicked sick wheels:


This (registered, driven) Country Squire has a little secret:






We also got to get driven around by the coolest curator I've ever hung out with and her four-door Bel-Air Tradesman with a three on the tree.

All good things must come to an end, and so we went home, stopping in Red Deer:



I am still sort of amazed how many cars we were able to pass on Highway 2. This thing is a dog performance-wise and will just not let you get much above 120 indicated before it starts to get the bowel shakes.

Finally, we arrived at the Ranch:



Here is the final condition of our fender lip after getting clobbered in every parking lot in the province:


I really loved this trip, and I think the car was phenomenal for what we put into it. Now begins the tough task of trying to find someone who will take the car off my hands and elevate it to the level of greatness that it deserves.

This means the Town Car is FOR SALE: clicky

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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #65 on: June 06, 2017, 01:52:17 pm »
Did you actually quit your job, or are you just being SSS about it?
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« Reply #66 on: June 06, 2017, 01:58:50 pm »
Did you actually quit your job, or are you just being SSS about it?
I quit my job.

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« Reply #67 on: June 06, 2017, 03:36:51 pm »
:O I thought you were speaking metaphorically.  New job?
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« Reply #68 on: June 06, 2017, 03:37:51 pm »
Yeah, new job. Won't start until middle of July (giving these guys a pretty long runway, which I might regret later).

Anyone want to buy the Town Car? It's a fine car, I wish I could justify keeping it.

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« Reply #69 on: June 06, 2017, 03:40:31 pm »
Can I take it for a drive? 

There is another car in your stable I'd much rather buy...  :(  But the answer is no. 

Can I drive that car too?

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« Reply #70 on: June 06, 2017, 03:41:07 pm »
Can I take it for a drive? 
Absolutely.

There is another car in your stable I'd much rather buy...  :(  But the answer is no. 

Can I drive that car too?
Sure thing.

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« Reply #71 on: June 12, 2017, 06:44:18 pm »
This thing is wicked to drive around the city, or at least it would be if your standard-issue NW driver didn't keep trying to merge into the front corners of the car. The hood's pretty long, guys, that's why you look before you start swinging the steering wheel around.

The Cadillac product definitely has the advantage over the Town Car in horn loudness.

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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #72 on: June 12, 2017, 08:08:08 pm »
It's time I put an air horn on this thing.

Yeah I absolutely have to agree with you there bud.
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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #73 on: June 12, 2017, 11:43:13 pm »
Will it drift?
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Re: The Small Town Car
« Reply #74 on: June 13, 2017, 07:13:39 am »
Needs more horn for sure