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Welcome back, Brick! Sorry to hear about the stroke but it's great that you're back in shape. Take care of yourself and listen to your doctor; we dont want to lose a brother. Glad you like the I-Scream truck.

Thanks alot guys, that means alot. It's truely great to be back or anywhere for that matter!!LOL!! Now to get to my neglected car, she will be pretty mad at me for letting her sit for a year. I went to visit her and she wouldn't start but no suprise without having time to put staybil in. Looking forward to wheeling her out soon I hope, weather permiting.

Hey Tony..............great to have you back. Been wondering if you got mad at us or something. Glad to hear you're fighting back, strokes can be ugly. Stay tough!

Thanks Bob, You guys couldn't do anything to make me mad! So how are everyones projects going? Is that a new car in your avatar Bob?

Originally Posted by brickman

Is that a new car in your avatar Bob?

The avatar is actually a piece of artwork I liked, but you might have missed the latest addition. Click on the camera icon, the second picture (light grey car) is the real version I've been driving for the past year.

Thats a sweet ride Bob, a great addition to your collection. My latest is a 66 Barracuda 273/4spd. I have her apart and body work done and ready for paint and I'm afraid she has to go, I'm going to have to go bankrupt because of the med bills and when it comes down to the cuda or my 48 its a no brainer! $2000 if you know anybody looking, all the body work has been done, engine is rebuilt and never ran, same with the 4 spd. Has an 8 3/4 rear end also.

Originally Posted by brickman

Thats a sweet ride Bob, a great addition to your collection. My latest is a 66 Barracuda 273/4spd. I have her apart and body work done and ready for paint and I'm afraid she has to go, I'm going to have to go bankrupt because of the med bills and when it comes down to the cuda or my 48 its a no brainer! $2000 if you know anybody looking, all the body work has been done, engine is rebuilt and never ran, same with the 4 spd. Has an 8 3/4 rear end also.

That's terrible! Sorry to hear this.

Not as bad as it sounds Stovens, I have succured my house and my 48 and our 97 truck so I'm just loosing my wifes explorer and the barracuda. All the rest has already been sold, hey 7 days in ICU with every test in the world twice and 5 months of rehab is hoovering around the $90,000 dollar range so if I can get out of that by just giving up my excess toys the wife and I feel blessed. No insurance, my old boss never would get it for us so you have to pay the piper and he is expensive!

Brickman, I see ur a Mossurian, me too, by birth, born n raised till my TEENS in St. Louis, Mo in the 50's and early 60's...like ur prolouge says, a hard charging good handling hot rod and a sunny day on some winding Ozark mountain road, it don't get much better than that very often....nuff said...
As for ur medical bills, im a disabled Viet-Nam Veteran for whom it was a 30 year fight to get a single cent or any paid health care compensation, man all those years of choose betwen a medical and some other bill getting paid, by the time i did get a paid disability rating from the VA i had nearly 100k in yet unpaid medical bills myself.
Will pray that, as u say, at worst have to give up an excess toy or 2 and may the very best of the past b the worst u see in the future...hang in there big guy... we need more of us, not fewer...

thanks MrWizard, you know about Missouri alright, some of the most beautiful and winding road systems in the country. Yes I agree, we can't let the establishment get us down, the more of us around the more there will be to make thier lives misserable!

That's a bummer about givin up your 'Cuda, Brick. I had to do the bankruptcy deal several years ago because of a lawsuit from a traffic accident. Hang in there, buddy. It gets better. It's cool you can keep your house and your 48, though. Go, show-me state!

So Brick,
Is the Cuda together now or in pieces? Assume you have a clear MO title? Just wondering - really don't need another project right now...

Brickman welcome back , the other day I was wondering where you were . The man that started this thread has went underground .

Thanks Falcon, it's all good there are lot of projects out there so I will be glad to get out of that bill.

Hey bluestang how have you been? Glad to see your around.

it is apart at the moment rspears but its all there and then some. New fuel tank, 4 spd linkage, pedal assembly, and the body work has been done. I do have a clear title, I could part the car out for alot more money but I would rather see someone get it and paint it and put it back together. The engine alone has 4000 worth of work on it, McClaren scatter shield and clutch w/ rebuilt 4 spd none ever run.

Not a whole lot of spare time this weekend but I did manage to get my motor mounts built. I need to move the tranny crossmember back about 6" and I'm good to go. Also threw on the valvecovers to check clearance; all looks good so far.