With Steve conspicuously absent once more, Wes and Ross carry on despite his absence.
OK, We didn't even really notice, but we didn't want to leave him out of it altogether.
 NOW what?! |
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| Ross: | I think we reached an all-time high for the Peanut Gallery last night. And I mean that literally. Of all the fumes we've suffered with in the last couple of months/years, that paint stripper has definitely got to take the cake. I think I woke up this morning with a hangover. Woof. |
| Wes: | I'm still not sure if I woke up. |
| Ross: | Well, I'm going to take your response as confirmation that you did indeed make it out of the sack this morning. Maybe not with all of your faculties fully intact, but then, why should today be different from any other? Anyhoo... I take it from your reaction last night that you were a little amazed to find out the reason 1966 T-birds weigh 10 million pounds. |
| Wes: | Holy buckets yeah! I knew the things were old and had a lot of extra weight in the body and frames, but in the dash too? There was like a million screws in the thing. O.K. I'm exaggerating, there was only 132, but that was just in the little section with the gauge cluster! Plus the entire thing is sheet metal or cast pieces. I like the speedo mechanism - that was some wild designing from Ford. SO, what do you think? That door didn't look too bad ehh? |
| Ross: | OK, I know I'm going to get hammered for this, but I'll admit I was impressed with the ingenuity they used with the prism to turn the diagonal line of the speedo drum to a vertical line on the dash indicator. Very neat. Yeah, the door was in really good shape even with the pulled dent and bondo in it. Couldn't even tell it was there until you looked into the door's innards to see the bondo squeezing out the drilled puller holes. Of course, the paint stripper was doing a fine job on the "plastique" once it was applied. :-) Nothing like chemically liquifying a solidified material again, huh? |
| Wes: | Hey - yeah - I think you gave me an idea for the next guys night. Liquefying solids. I was told if you mix powdered aluminum with iron oxide and ignite it, it will burn hot enough to become molten and burn through just about anything. Sounds Dangerous...and fun! Anyway... HEY - You said "impressed", You said "ingenuity", and you said "they" meaning "FORD", all in the same sentence. Are you going soft mate? Heavy breathing-->(SHhhhh HHHOOO, SHHH- HHHOOO) I can see hope for you my son...come with me to the Darksi..(ahem)..Ford side and we can rule together at the car shows and burn your Chevy by-products. |
| Ross: | At least you didn't dissappoint. Suppose you could have gotten nastier, but the intent was still there. I've seen that movie and it's the Lightsi... um, Chevy side of The Force that ultimately wins in the end. I won't be switching sides any time soon. To continue the analogy, "I'll NEVER turn! But I can feel the good in you 'father'." Lemme see... Who's place is the next guy's night scheduled at?! How's this, if you're planning to ignite that concoction at the next get-together, let's hold it at your house? That'll give me time to either make sure my life insurance is fully paid up or figure out some convincing disease symptoms to get out of being there. ;-) Dangerous indeed. |
| Epilogue | Will the guys meet at Ross' or Wes' next time? Will Lava flow? Is Ross' life insurance paid up? Tune in next time for the exciting conclusion in what will surely be titled either, "Roasted Nuts" or "Peanut Butter Gallery". |