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This thing doesnt like to post pics all of a sudden? lets see if this works.

Originally posted by Oldf100fordman
What is your fasination with pictures. You can't feel the kick in the seat of your pants with a picure. Yeah I've got old time pictures of the three I owned, but got no way to scan them in.

Pictures will never replace the experience.

That is true. My first muscle car ride was back in 69, in a 69 chevelle 396SS.

My first built up (not a rod..but built) ride was in the late 70s in a 63 Ford Galaxie with a 390. a beastly thing it was.

One day I may have a fast ride to comparte to the cars of yore...until then, pictures will have to do!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BlownGoat

Originally posted by screamer63_1979


the last bit, was a slam about Olds...if they be so great, how do you explain the Alero -


Maybe someone can explain the Alero if you can explain the PINTO I

I can explain the pinto In just one word BOOM

Hey, I tried to keep the subject on tools, but this is an old thread with a lot of "Roddin-at-Random" thrown in. Since then I purchased a neat Dremel kit of a drive motor, flexible coupler and a box of assorted cutting/grinding tips. I have already used it extensively to modify/notch the 3/16" wall frame I got from Brookville. I had to make a notch for the back of the master cylinder and cut off the manual brake bracket to make room for the power brake bracket and while the Dremel cutter is not quite equal to a milling machine, you can make some pretty clean cuts with the thin cutting disks. I have also used the Dremel tool to sharpen other tools. I am looking forward to trying to use the Dremel tool as a router to try and make a relatively simple wooden dash overlay to hold gauges. I should have bought the grinder sooner and tried to do my own intake ports, but I have the heads on the engine now and I just don't want to take the heads off. However I am sure I will find a lot more uses for the Dremel TOOL!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

i'm currently a junior mechanic, i started off with craftsman's 256 or some.. tool combination package , I abused it and still am abusing it.. when you work in the shop 6 days of your week some tools definitely need to be snap on... but hey even as a mechanic im still afraid of buying snap on cuz... its way too high budget.. yea do agree that sometimes snap on saves you time and effort but if your only gonna work on your personal car and a few other i'll go with sears. for air power tools...IR (ingersoll Rand) does it all.

Heh, weird I saw this today. I was talking to my teacher about the Snap On tools and what he thought about the service (such as the trucks comming by when they are supposed to and have the tool you need replaced on the truck) and he was telling me how I can buy a whole lot more of craftsman tools than I can Snap On but he never had trouble with Snap On tool truck guy too much only a few times but I always hear bad things about those guys. I am not sure if I wan't to go with Snap On or what. Thing about Craftsman is that Sears is only 25 minutes away! The school I am going to go to gives you a 5000 dollar set of Snap On for free at first and then at the end of your schooling you can either turn them in or pay 450 bucks and keep them all.
Now we are back on subject here...
But yeah I am going to start saving a little money to the side so I can get me a nice tool box and combination wrench set and basic tools this summer and go ahead and go with Snap On and Craftsman both but mostly try and stick with Snap On.
Crafstman has some nice new combination wrenches and all with that nice smooth polished look and all and they are more comfortable too.

That is why you don't leave them in the rain. And whoever does that must not appreciate the tools they have. Either that or they are getting too old to remember where they placed them last.

I grew up on Craftsman and I have Snap-On today. For a young guy like yourself Craftsman is the only way to go. Keep in mind you will lose some, friends will "borrow" them etc. Once you get out of school and get a job etc bring out the big guns and treat yourself a set of Snap-on's.

bambraz, my friends won't be barrowing any of my tools. My dad and I used to let neighbors and friends barrow things like tools, weed eaters, wheel barrows, etc and they would either brake them and put them in our garage and not tell us, or not bring them back so I would go over there and take them and tell them not to ask to use our stuff again or get them dirty as hell and not clean them. I don't let anyone barrow stuff from me anymore unless they use that tool in my garage or bring whatever they need fixing to ME. Just like the other day I can home, and looked at my grinding wheel with the wire brush and there was oil shot all over the place on my nice Miller welders, all over the walls and windows and over all our air and power tools on the shelfs. I have a feeling I know exactly who it is and that old bastard isn't comming here to use anything again. He just walks right in and uses what he wants and won't even tell me. But yeah I will look into both tools. I like Snap On tool boxes MUCH better but Craftsman has those ball bearing drawers that are sweet too. When I was interning at the Dodge dealership this guy had a HUGE Snap On tool box with the 30's hot rod mural on the top lid and all in black and all... Man that was the nicest tool box I ever seen but must have cost a fortune.

when i went into a new shop to work i found out which was the most productive, commission mechanic there and made it a point to kick his butt every week. i did it with craftsman and s-k tools. there was no Snap-On tool trucks(when i first got started) where i was anyway. if you've got a plenty money Snap-On tools are ok , but i see mechanics that cant pay their bills with a 12,000.00 tool box with another 15,000.00 in tools when they could go to sears and shop around for the stuff sears don't have and buy a lot more with a lot less. im one mechanic that wont pay the Snap-On price and ive made as muck money turning bolts as anybody that I know of.

Good point. I might as well just go with Craftsman. What about those Craftsman Professional tools and tool boxes? Anyone here have any, if so then how do you like them? I checked them out at Sears but never got to use any in the shop. I am talking about combination wrench ones here not the screwdrivers.

The Craftsman "professional" tools are shinier and cost more but in my opinion, that's it. They're not stronger, faster or less likely to get lost. I've used standard ol' Craftsman tools all my life, and I've broken very few. Those that have broken were usually my fault, but Sears replaced them anyhow. Anyone who wants to pay more for a prettier set of tools, go right on. Sears will be happy to take your money.

On the topic of tools, what does everybody think of Victor Advantage 2 torches and regulators. I got my cylinders, so I just need to get them filled and buy everything else. Does $140 sound like a good deal for a cutting/brazing torch with built in anti-flashback, regulators, and hose?

Sounds pretty good to me. No brand is really better in a way. Like say you buy a Miller welder, you are mostly paying more for the name and sometimes service (even though I do think Miller is better than Lincoln ). But yeah man that sounds like a pretty good price to me. Where are you getting it from?

I was talking to my welding teacher about a Smith oxygen regulator I saw go for $20 on ebay. He was very upset that I didn't bid on it. He said Smith is the best. Smith will repair any tool free of charge no questions asked and no receipt required. He also said one of their reps came by the school to demonstrate that their tools don't breaks, so he bent the torch 90 degrees and it still cut just fine. There is a difference.