May I have a moment of silence please.....
 

"Dearly Gearheaded.....we are gathered here today, to pay our respects to a fallen hero. Responsible for bringing many lives back from the certain fate of becoming license plates and furniture frames that are held together bya varied assortment allen headed screws that all take the same wrench:hmmm:, our hero has brought back an estimated 2800 horsepower to America's roads. Yes, I'm referring to our old friend, the Lincoln Mig 140 Easy-Welder Part #IM890B serial 11254....or commonly called, Big Red. Ole' Red...or, Ginger as he's affectionately known around the shop, started out in 2007 welding up a..sniff...sniff....sorry, I'm tearing up as I write this....a 1968 LL1 Surf Turquoise Roadrunner that should have remained at the bottom of Lake Erie where it look like it had been stored for 29yrs. So we find it a comfort, knowing he went quietly (until I took a sledge hammer to him and screamed multiple profanities at 120 decibels rendering my lungs inoperative for a period of hours...) welding up yet another 1968 car, but this one, a Mustang. Allow me to read from the 1968 Service Manual book of J0BE (J = Hemi, 0 = 1970, B = St. Louis Plant, E = Ebody Series) for a few final words.....(sniff.....sniff.....):frown::frown::fro wn::frown:

sniifF....SNNNIFFF......remember this quarter panel...remember how you welded it up and that hot slag hit my foot and I danced around like a Chief from the Sioux tribe hoping for rain??? wwwaaaaaa!!!!!!!:crazy::frown::frown::frown:

"WHY ME???!?!?!! WHY ANYBODY?!??!?!?!" oh, wait...that was that ice skating chick that said that:hmmm:....."OH THE HUMANITY!!!!"

I feel at this time, a 21 Rivet salute is in order.......

....and unfortunately, they ricochet all over the place!!!!!!:tongue::hmmm::shocked:

You're crazy, lol, poor Ginger.

A pause, to reflect on the cars that were restored and brought back to life...

1968 Roadrunner, 1969 Charger, 1969 Charger RT/SE, 1970 Charger 500, 1956 Nomad, 1957 Chevrolet 2dr Hardtop, 1949 Chevrolet 3100, 1951 Chevrolet 3100, 1967 GTO, 1967 Mustang GT Fastback, 1968 GT500KR clone, 1970 Chevelle, 1969-1/2 A12 Super Bee, 1970 Challenger, 1969 Charger protouring restomod, 1968 Mustang Convertible, 1966 Mustang coupe, 1972 Bronco, 1968 Charger RT, 1957 Thunderbird.

A proper burial has been planned at the local Waste Management dumpster down the street. Coffee and donuts will be served, but get there early, like 5am, because it's not my dumpster and I don't want to get caught dumpin' trash in it!!!!!:biggthumpup::biggthumpup::biggthumpup:


Cheers:beers:

Dave

You are one goofy SOB. :crazy: Love it, don't change. Good for a Thurs morn laugh. :grin:

"laugh" - you guys think this is funny? The man is attached to his welder!!!!! ;>)

Give it mouth to mouth:-)

Ryan

Looks like it just needs plugged in!
Sounds like you got some use out of it anyway

:haha:

One of the most creative tool send offs I have ever seen (only one too)! An Academy Award awaits you along with the supporting role of Ginger (head bowed in reverence and grief). I, too, have sent off many a tool to that big pile (scrap yard down the road) only to be re-incarnated into another life form and become the hull of a Chinese gun boat...the humanity!

Man, and I thought I took it hard when I finally killed my favorite #2 Phillips.

You must be a riot in the cockpit! :)

Your wife...a patient woman she must be...hmmmmmm

Love it, Priceless.....keep the laughter going....life is too short.

Dan

Dave, your too funny.... Here is a good line for you...

https://youtu.be/vsRR7Y6MawQ

LOL LOL LOL

Rich

Ha! Yeah, we did grow up in a house that was built in 1901, Rich:grin:

I'm happy to report that with the grieving period behind, a new welder has been procured! The new Lincoln Super Mig 180 Serial #K2698-1 50amp/220V, new cart, and a new helmet are all waiting for the next rot-bucket, must-have, rare, "that's not a lot of rust", project that comes my way!

The Stangatang only has one small quarter patch left to weld up, and that's all for the metal work on it. Anyone need a car welded up??!!?!!:grin::no::no::thumbsdown:

All in fun!

Cheers

Dave

Hilarious!!!!