Didnt do anything in the garage but I did go to an awesome car show this weekend. It was in Yarmouth Nova Scotia, and they shut down the Main Street for the show. They had 465 cars registered, and a ton more not registered. Estimated that there was well over 600 cars this year. Look up Roaring 20s Antique Car Club and youll see what I mean. Ended up with a Top 10 award with the Chevy II as well. Very well organized and run event. If youre able to attend next year, book your hotel room now- you wont regret it
-- Edited by Gillis on Sunday 17th of July 2022 06:16:54 PM
Heard they get a lot of US cars via the ferry, or they used to?
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
They had around 50~ish vehicles from the US this year. Mostly corvettes with the Corvette Club. The Cat ferry is back in commission so it helped. The people from the US were very impressed with the whole thing and are going to promote it as much as they can to get more vehicles for next year. Im thinking about going to a show in the Eastern US myself via the ferry as well.
It's been too hot to do any vehicle work however I did use my truck to figure out the operation of the truck scale at my new work venture. 2480kg's or 5467lb with a half tank of fuel.
Not much new in my automotive world as I switched careers and have been busy with it. On a bright note my old 94 Buick is running great. I was getting an intermittant P0406 EGR Pintle Position error but this week it seems to have stopped so perhaps a piece of carbon was causing the issue (92 year old past owner didn't drive very far with it). I've used almost a tank of fuel. It's like driving a couch. I've had two people stop and ask me about the car lol.
No, Kind of an interesting story. Back in 2013 I worked at a Chrysler dealer in Ontario. One of my regular customers dropped their Jeep off for service. I offered to drive them home. On the way I mentioned my plans to move to PEI
Fast forward to 2015 and I'm working at a Chrysler dealer here in PEI. My customer rolls in with their Jeep. I asked them if they were on vacation. Turned out I inspired them to take the plunge and move out here. They bought a failing pork farm here and turned it around. I've kept in touch with them over the past few years. They are expanding their operation and purchased a large grain elevator not far from me and asked me if I'd consider managing it. So here is my new office:
To say this is a new learning curve is an understatement but I'm always open to new challenges. The owners took possession July 1 so we've been busy inspecting equipment and getting ready for the first harvest which will be wheat in about 2 weeks. We'll be storing/drying grain for the pork farm as well as renting silos and doing drying for farmers. One thing I do know is cleaning out silo's in 34C temps is a good way to lose weight!
It was 6 years running the honey company and I was feeling the need for a change. Wish me luck!
LeeRoy wrote:
Canadian Poncho wrote:
Not much new in my automotive world as I switched careers and have been busy with it. On a bright note my old 94 Buick is running great. I was getting an intermittant P0406 EGR Pintle Position error but this week it seems to have stopped so perhaps a piece of carbon was causing the issue (92 year old past owner didn't drive very far with it). I've used almost a tank of fuel. It's like driving a couch. I've had two people stop and ask me about the car lol.
Im impressed by that Tiny Potatoes setup on the road to Wood Islands, huge too.
Congratulations on the move, quite a change. Youll smell different when you get home if you hang out with pigs but rind on fresh bacon and pork roasts make up for it some.
Another one of my stories, when I was about 16, I worked at the frozen food plant, now cavendish farms. We were doing broccoli, all hand cut, workers paid by the lb. One worker ran a pig farm, he drove about a 64 Chev/gmc 1/2 ton stepside, it had a wooden pig hauling box on the back, slide in box. The truck was only ever washed by god and he chewed tobacco. When driving he spit tobacco out the window, side of truck was covered. He came to work in his pig farm clothes, including pig poop covered rubber boots, no change of clothes to cut broccoli.
-- Edited by DonSSDD on Friday 22nd of July 2022 05:22:32 AM
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
The grain operation is in Belle River, literally 3 mintues from home. Luckily the Pork farm is about 45 minutes away so I'm not subjected to the smell! We will be storing grain for the farm as well as for other farmers.
There are four 700 tonne silos, eight 500 tonne silos and four 300 tonne silos. You can unload two trucks simultaneously. She'll move about 2 tonnes of grain a minute. There's also propane heaters on four silos as well as a huge "Brock" self contained grain dryer. We'll be storing mostly wheat, corn, soy beans and maybe peas. What I didn't know is soy beans are extremely hard on equipment. There are a number of small holes and patches in the steel housings where the augers and drags operate all caused by millions of soybeans hitting them. Next week I head to Moncton to learn how to grade grains. The Atlantic Grain Council provides the training.
This is major career change #4. At some point I'll get training to get my class 3 drivers license (vehicles over 14000kg).
You are a talented guy Todd, websites, computer car work, body work, carpentry, bees, people supervision, now a bill grain facility. Lots of people may be able to change occupations and never find out.
I always ask kids, what do you want to be when you grow up? Ive met many people who started out as professionals, Doctors, lawyers, accountants, you name it, but hated it when they got working at the job. My daughter wanted to do engineering starting in grade 10, did 2 years of pre- engineering, hated it, then did a fine arts degree.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
What's the term? "Jack of all trades, master at none"? lol A friend just called me up an hour ago. He's retired (moved here from Windsor Ontario 2 years ago) and just scored a great part time gig as a property manager for a wealthy lady from the US. She has four cottages here, all in the same area. She's paying him $400/month retainer, $50/hr when he goes on a call and gets 70 cents/km for fuel. He said he made $100 last night just going to one cottage and dealing with an ant issue (lay traps, clean up the ants scurrying around). He doesn't even have to cut the grass. He told me all the lawn care companies are swamped so my son may take on that task and who knows it may turn into starting up a lawn care company. There are so many opportunities here right now. Another friend was running a "Handyman" service here in PEI with his son. His way of describing what he does was "If it's something you could probably handle, but don't have the time, call us". He'd fix minor plumbing issues, do painting, and some drywall work etc. He was also swamped. He's now in BC doing the same thing. My property manager friend was approached by his dentist the other day to figure out why his sump pump doesn't work. A lot of people are too busy to deal with these things. If my current job doesn't work out for whatever reason I'll be starting my own business.
Wasn't in the shop or the driveway but took my '70 2-door to a show in Yorkton, about an 1hr east. (more for a drive than anything) Snapped a couple of pics going and returning and the sunset was very nice near home.
Changed my carb back to a 600 vac secondary and wow, now it hauls. Went for a 60 mile drive in the 87 degree weather, no ac, no music, just motor. I was soaked but it was well worth the sweat.
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
"The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worth while. Therefore strive for excellence, not perfection"
Sad day in the shop today... finally had to remove the LS4 from the Estate to repair an oil leak at the oil pan and front cover that appeared last fall. She literally soaked the engine bay and undercarriage. This is quite possibly the first time it had ever been out since new. I had the heads done the previous year due to compression issues. So, out it comes to do a refreshing with gaskets, cam/lifters, bearings and rings. I couldn't seem to find the correct pistons so hopefully they will be ok as there was very little cylinder ridge when I had the heads removed.
I plan to do another trip east, " Traveling East Central Saskie Across Canada to The Rock With The Great Estate, Part 2 Including Labrador this September. (Mind you, I still have to complete that original thread) Work has been non stop and finding the time and more importantly the energy to get at it, has been tough! I will wash and open her up tomorrow.
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