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Sorry Charlie I bought it two years ago!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/mad.gifDamn! I guess the only thing left is Herb Fox's Outhouse! I hear it comes with rolls and rolls of paperwork! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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Would that be the many time world record holder outhouse known as "Lil House". https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

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Well I was gonna say that it had paperwork that no one could touch, but thought that might be a little much........... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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I kinda remember "little House" It was ran by the Engles family it wasn't much. I thought it was a real turd. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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You guys are laughing now, but it wouldn't suprise me one bit to see guys lining up with bags of cash trying to buy whatever they can from guys like Bill Jenkins, including the shop toilet.

There was an auction recently of the famous pinstriper Von Dutch's belongings. Someone paid $310,000 for Dutch's old wooden box of brushes and paints. It's an old trend that has finally found its way into the car world: People who buy someone else's life. I'll bet the guy who bought Dutch's pinstriping box has never lifted a paint brush in his life. Von Dutch had one talent and worked most of his life to eke-out a living at it. Now that he's dead (and can no longer share in the money his posessions and name bring at high-brow auctions), his life is being bought by rich people whose major accomplishment was that they got rich. Again, it's not new. William Randolph Hearst filled Hearst Castle with the antiquities of ancient Europe. Now we're seeing the artifacts of the heroes of the car world (Jenkins, Yunick, Von Dutch, Ed Roth, etc.) being bought by wealthy automotive enthusiasts. I'll bet Von Dutch would have liked to get a piece of that 310K someone paid for his paint box.

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I have a couple of cigar butts that the Grump threw away...any takers???

wilma https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

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I had one of the burnt piston and rods from Eddie Hills 4.99 pass (first Top Fuel driver to do so) and had him sign it while at BIR that same year. One day during a cleaning binge at home, I tossed it. I can only imagine what that piece would be worth today! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif
Rick

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Man when I think of all the junk I have thrown out the door, or was it a window?

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"You can't have everything; where would you keep it?"
Steven Wright

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Here's my best guess at deciphering what's written:

"Strickler's"

I.D. "D" 5/9/75

Cut Hubs 3.88 1.56 3.19
7 Clutch front 1.56 2.04
7 / int 1.31 1.31
8 / rear

New sprag in front
Used / / int
/ / / rear

Neutral Reverse

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Does anyone know whatever happened to the fridge door that Ed "Big Daddy" Roth drew the original Rat Fink design on? I remember reading a story once about the origins of the Rat Fink character and the story went that Ed had sketched it on a refridgerator door, since it was the only large white surface he could find, and that it was originally duplicated from there. The door was pitched out but was supposedly later recovered by Ed after the character started to take off. With Ed's passing, who knows whos hands it may be in now. Sure would be a cool piece to have today.

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jeff, you planning on plugging that thing in, over there in london?

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Wilma, I'll take the cigarette butts. I'm planning on trying to get a genetic profile of the Grump from the cigarette butts in hopes of cloning him so I can have my own "in house Grump" to work on my cars!

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I'm planning on trying to get a genetic profile of the Grump from the cigarette butts in hopes of cloning him so I can have my own "in house Grump" to work on my cars!

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Careful, he'll want to toss all the rare stuff like dual-snorkel air cleaners, smog equipment, and exhaust manifolds in the garbage because that's what he did back in the day!

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More from the collectible appliance dept on eBay...Ed Roth's Rat Fink fridge door..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ed-Big-Daddy-Roth-Ra...1QQcmdZViewItem

~ Pete
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Love those old Roth drawings!
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