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    Those are some really great pictures must have been an enjoyable trip. BTW, how was the beer?
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    Yes, it was a great trip, I would recommend it to anyone any age. I didn't have any beer but some friends that were with us did and he paid 25 cents for a bottle that was at least 16 ounces or more. He liked it, some restaurants give it free with your meal.
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    Here is a couple more, this is the Hard Rock Café in Beijing,we couldn't eat there, I forgot to leave my nuclear weapons at home
    Don, did you ever work on a boat like this, solid marble.
    This is my grandson ringing the bell in the bell tower.
    The last one is my grandson with a severe case of diarrhea, but he didn't miss a beat on playing his PSP
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    That's priceless Ken. Some day when he brings a date home you can embarrass the heck out of him.......beats the picture of someone on a bearskin rug, that's for sure. Do they call it Confusious' Revenge over there?

    Great pictures from China.......that had to be something you will never forget. Never worked on a boat like that one......how the heck does it float, or does it?

    I just had some Japanese beer, it wasn't horrible, and I would imagine similar to the Chinese.....or maybe that is stereotyping them all into one group.

    Thanks for posting those.........the Great Wall is breathtaking, even in pictures........had to be amazing in person.


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    OMG! That last photo.....at that angle, and a bad case if diarrhoea, it's lucky he didn't leave roooster tails up the wall.
    That looks like it was a good trip. Some Chinese beers are available here in N.Z., but they're too sweet for my palate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NTFDAY
    Those are some really great pictures must have been an enjoyable trip. BTW, how was the beer?
    I like Tsing Dao. Not sure if it would meet brother Norton's tastes, but I think it's toward the dry rather than sweet side.

    John, down your way do you put a slice of kiwi in the the beer instead of a lime?

    Ken, some great sites there...........................if you've got more we can make sure Don's thread NEVER gets back on subject..................you know how is memory is slipping!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
    I like Tsing Dao. Not sure if it would meet brother Norton's tastes, but I think it's toward the dry rather than sweet side.

    John, down your way do you put a slice of kiwi in the the beer instead of a lime?

    Ken, some great sites there...........................if you've got more we can make sure Don's thread NEVER gets back on subject..................you know how is memory is slipping!
    Don't think I ever drank any Chinese beer. Asahi, Foster's, and San Miguel from the Philippines which IMHO was a mighty fine brew.
    Yeh, if Don doesn't get finished pretty soon this thread is going to have more pages than the Congressional record.
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    Yeah, "WAR AND PEACE" has less pages, I think !!

    Tonight I PROMISE to have some kind of update on the T, (or at least a new recipe for chocolate chip cookies to share ) I feel sorry for anyone who starts reading this thread thinking they are actually going to get some car building suggestions. After about page 3 it all goes to hell.


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    Quote Originally Posted by NTFDAY
    Don't think I ever drank any Chinese beer. Asahi, Foster's, and San Miguel from the Philippines which IMHO was a mighty fine brew.
    Yeh, if Don doesn't get finished pretty soon this thread is going to have more pages than the Congressional record.
    My memory of San Miguel is it's on the sweet side. Used to have fond memories of Singha beer, especially from R&R trips to Bangkok, but tried some a few years ago and wouldn't boil a carb in it! Ah the foolishness of youth!

    In Japanese beer I prefer Kirin Ichiban, nice dry flavor. Today though my tastes go toward Black Butte Porter............ummmmmmm, yummy!

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    The exported San Miguel is not near as good, IMO. I've always been partial to Carling Black Label, but then again I think my taste buds are dead.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NTFDAY
    Don't think I ever drank any Chinese beer. Asahi, Foster's, and San Miguel from the Philippines which IMHO was a mighty fine brew.
    Yeh, if Don doesn't get finished pretty soon this thread is going to have more pages than the Congressional record.
    I am with you on those three. Also drank quite a few beers in Thailand. Don't remember the brand name, but if you left an open one in your room at night, it would foam up and crystalize in the neck. You couldn't even pour the stale beer out. On the San Miguel, you had to make sure you didn't get what was referred to as a green bottle. (actually pale brown) That stuff tasted awful compared to a good dark brown bottle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
    I like Tsing Dao. Not sure if it would meet brother Norton's tastes, but I think it's toward the dry rather than sweet side.

    John, down your way do you put a slice of kiwi in the the beer instead of a lime?

    Ken, some great sites there...........................if you've got more we can make sure Don's thread NEVER gets back on subject..................you know how is memory is slipping!
    You put WHAT in your beer?!?! A lime!?!? Why on earth would you want to do that? That sounds absolutely revolting!
    And bro Norton's taste in beer is toward the dry and "hoppy" flavour.....bitter and sharp rather than sweet.
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    Well, I know this will come as a disappointment to all the cat loving chefs out there, but today I actually kept my word and got some work done on the car !! .......and boy did things go right for a change.

    My efforts now are going to be toward firing the engine up, and there are a million little things to do before that happens. All of the threaded galley plugs for the coolant and oil system were either missing or loose, so my first order of business was to install and seal all of the galley plugs. While I was at it I installed the temperature sender, and tomorrow I'll go to NAPA and dig in their Weatherhead cabinet for the stuff I need to install the oil sender.

    Dan bought me some NPT to AN adapters to go into the turbo 350, and I can now order the braided hoses for the tranny cooler. I also got my kickdown linkage done, and also ran the vacuum hose to the trans modulator. Another hole was the speedometer cable spot in the tailshaft, so I put an expandible rubber plug in there, since I will not be running a speedo.

    But the biggie was that I found upper and lower radiator hoses that could not have been a better fit if an engineer designed them for this application. I used the bent wire method suggested, and took them to the auto store and dug through about 200 hoses before I found two that were ok. All I had to do was cut about 3 inches off one, and 2 inches off the other, and they slipped right in place. That is a real load off of my mind, and tomorrow I'll pick up some stainless hose clamps at a marine store.....that way I won't ever have to worry about them rusting.

    Here are some pictures of what I got done today.

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    I mentioned that Dan bought me a new gear reduction starter (thank you) and it is now on and ready for the battery cables.

    Another little thing that was bothering me was the fact that when the front wheels were turned all the way, the stainless stops would contact the backing plates. I know they are supposed to do that, but I didn't want metal on metal, screwing up the paint on the backing plates. So I bought some rubber boots (sort of like crutch tips) and put one over each stop. Now the rubber will keep them from getting scratched (I hope).


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    Oh, and finally..............maybe some people don't know these exist. If you are using old steel wheels like I am "46-'48 Merc (thanks Uncle Bob for that info ) over the years the lug nut holes may have been routed out from lots of removal and retorquing. There is a product called "wheel savers" or "wheel washers" that are designed to fix that problem. They are little curved washers that fit under the lug nut (I would have said convex or concave, but I don't know which is correct ) and when you tighten down the lug nut they take up the worn out area.

    They have a secondary benefit of protecting the paint on your wheels, as the lug nut never touches the wheel. But the main purpose is to make sure your lug nuts really hold the wheel on as designed.

    just thought I would pass this along. Most old Ford vendors carry them.

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