Got the pot metal grill on my hood scoop on the 63, had to grind a notch in the bottom center to have fit down over the hood center ridge, looks good. 

that looks better then the princess auto one i bought, great tool to have for when Dougie comes to crush those beer cans that pile up 

I find as I get older I'm always looking for ways to make hard labour easier. I prefer to think of it as working smart vs being lazy...

Anyway, I've had the odd time where I need to roll a "dead duck" onto my 4 post hoist and I can't do it alone. My wife has serious physical limitations so she can't help me push and I don't think here electric mobility chair would have enough power to pull a car up that short ramp!  I've always had to use a Come-Along which is tedious work. Thanks to a generous Christmas present in the form of a Canadian Tire gift card I went to purchase a 3000 lb winch today. I spent a couple of hours this evening making up a mount for it to fasten to my hoist at the far end so I can pull vehicles on. No opportunity to try it yet but it seems like it should be mounted very solid and I made it so it's quite easy to remove if it's in the way to work on a car. The remote rocker switch has enough cord that I can check both sides of the car as I'm pulling. No paint work yet to make it look pretty but this will give you an idea what I did. Criticism welcome as always in case there is something you see you don't like. I used an existing hole in the hoist crossbar to mount it. I didn't want to drill any new holes in the hoist in case I compromised the structure.

Worked on the Chevelle

Not in my garage, but in a fabrication shop which happens to have winter storage. As my garage is packed full with stuff from my moms house(estate). We sold the 1652 sq ft 5 bedroom house which was full of memories.

Any ways , had the shop install a Global West anti-bump steer kit on my 64 Parisienne. It was unsettling at 115 mph at the end of the 1/4 mile track. A former landing strip with a diagonal bump at the end.

Is it a fluid filled damper?

I had an interesting afternoon. A car-nut friend stopped by. He told me that pretty much on his 60th birthday he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. They told him that treatments might give a bit of extra time to live. He is in the middle of a 69 Camaro build project and because so far he still feels pretty good other than some minor pain he wants to push hard to finish the car and take it for a long road trip while he still can.  He was describing what it's like to basically be given a departure date from this world. The conversation with him certainly was a wakeup call to make sure to decide what is important in life and what isn't.

On more of a happy note, he told me about the North American Snap-On Tools 2024 calendar. Does anyone happen to have one? His Nova is on it. One of only 2 Canadian cars on the calendar. I have to see if I can find a copy somewhere.

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On more of a happy note, he told me about the North American Snap-On Tools 2024 calendar. Does anyone happen to have one? His Nova is on it. One of only 2 Canadian cars on the calendar. I have to see if I can find a copy somewhere.

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 This is when he came to visit in October 2021. I never told the "Paul Harvey, rest of the story" to this picture. When he went to leave that day there was a massive coolant puddle under his car. We weren't sure what it was so I loaded the car on my trailer and took him home ( 35 miles west of here). Turned out it was just a loose hose clamp on the lower rad hose at the water pump!

Last couple of days when I've had a few spare minutes here and there I've been installing some of the stuff for the cruise control on the Grande Parisienne. Might as well now, it's easier with the seats out and no console in the car yet. I had planned to do just the 4 speed conversion and finish it before doing the cruise, power vents and power locks but it makes more sense to so those 3 items before I put the interior back together.

I hid the cruise servo up in the driver's fender the same as on the Strato Chief. I just don't like the look of the servo around the engine and it takes up space there for nothing as well. 

Unfortunately I won't likely get this all done for summer like I'd hoped. There just won't be opportunity because of other commitments plus our kids tell us we're going to be first time grandparents in May as well. 

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Last couple of days when I've had a few spare minutes here and there I've been installing some of the stuff for the cruise control on the Grande Parisienne. Might as well now, it's easier with the seats out and no console in the car yet. I had planned to do just the 4 speed conversion and finish it before doing the cruise, power vents and power locks but it makes more sense to so those 3 items before I put the interior back together.

I hid the cruise servo up in the driver's fender the same as on the Strato Chief. I just don't like the look of the servo around the engine and it takes up space there for nothing as well. 

Unfortunately I won't likely get this all done for summer like I'd hoped. There just won't be opportunity because of other commitments plus our kids tell us we're going to be first time grandparents in May as well. 

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 Congrats Carl!!