[marxjunk]

that green car actually looks like the one i drug from Pikeville Ky to STL a decade ago..i just realized it..that green..it has to be the car...i sold it to a guy in alton IL

[necdb3]

Originally Posted by Alvin

"We Barely made it?!!!" or "Come on Bud, put your back into it and push!" D

"Pushing this thing is a bear"

[Alvin]

I'll have to dig out the LeMans movie production pix I have that go along with this letter

[71GP76TA]

[transam greg]

This is all I can afford to get.

[GRX]

[pontibeast]

A good day on the lake with three generations from my family. My dad, myself and my son. Man I can't wait for it too warm up.

[marxjunk]

all of these cars have been save or moved since i took these pics..i went to a storage facility to look a 69 AMX..and wow what a surprise..all are gone now

i was there week ago..new owners of the facility etc and everything is gone but the late model stuff..or i have watched it go thru craigslist and disappear...AND THINK..WOW...II SHOULDA CHECKED THEM OUT BETTER..LOL


i got to talk to the son or brother of the owner of all these pontiacs..he saved them and now are inside going thru resto..the owner passed away and the guy had to pay $28,000 in back storage fees to get the cars back..i really think he said it was his brother..I actually got a close up of the 2 70s the 64 and the 74..touched them looked at them etc

its a judge..a real one..ram IV and all (WAS TOLD DONT KNOW)

on the other side of the big truck and 60s moBile home is another..a real one..black Ram III

and then theres the Blue 64 GTO convert....tripower 4 speed...next to the 4 speed 74 GTO

and then down the isle across the lot is the 67 442 with tach and gauges...the sidewinder tach...a 4 speed and an olds tripower under the hood..

and a 421 tripower HO and a 4 speed catalina(dont know for sure..but believe it..i just didnt get close enough to check it out)

and this cream puff burried to the rims


Story goes like this...on the Judges

Storage facil owner and pontiac guy are life long friends...decades long..they have a good relationship and do things for each other...decade 1 passes...decade 2 passes...facility owner marries a woman half his age..and she likes money...few years later...facil owner dies...wife takes over...she starts figuring out what the pontiac guy owes etc...pontiac guy gets sick..real sick...and dies...brother of said pontiac guy gets in touch with her and she presents a bill..he pays...takes cars to arkansas..all told by a kid i met there to look at the 64 GTO convert he listed on craigslist for sale..i recognize it get there asap and i get the story...and a guy i taqlked to on the phone..he is either the brother or the son..cant remember...

I dont know all the facts..just repeating what i was told the best i remember....but $28k is alot of money..but was worth it...because he paid it

[Alvin]

Gives term "go screw" a whole new perspective, don't you think?

[Alvin]

A perfect illustration of why to stay clear of tractor trailers

[Chicagogoat]

Humboldt Park Fieldhouse built in 1895, restored in 1998

[Chicagogoat]

Edgewater Beach Hotel built 1924 it's pink!

[Chicagogoat]

Bahai Temple
Wilmette IL

I've taken my out of town friends here before and it's everyone's favorite landmark.

[NBF823]

Originally Posted by Alvin

A perfect illustration of why to stay clear of tractor trailers

The person who will try to squeeze a car around a tractor trailer is the same kind of person who will take a seat and make a phone call in a recently smashed car, that probably has still connected battery and is leaking fluids - probably gas.

[Chicagogoat]

Casa Bonita apartment complex Rogers Park Chicago

[NBF823]

Cool - buildings

There's a spire up there I cast, that eagle probably has some of my DNA via blood and sweat as well. Not to mention several other parts of that.

[NBF823]

Made the straight white ones on this one.

I worked on a lot of building parts, both new and restoration.
Work at a gfrc shop, have for 15 years. Many ornate buildings in many cities. Can't remember them all; cmu, fletc, Mellon 2, sv temple, Toyota stadium archway in Toronto.... Got this fountain in a town square somewhere too - over in Ohio.

I seldom get to see the 'burgh. Friends need to show me how to get around, then I'm like I made that, and I'm not yanking their chain.

It's brutal, dirty, and tiring. I can't see me surviving into my 50s here, but I've never been 50 before though.

[Chicagogoat]

Jon, my hat's off to you! It's more than just pride having old time skills like that, it's a legacy that lives on from those who know you and worked with you.

[NBF823]

Originally Posted by Chicagogoat

Jon, my hat's off to you! It's more than just pride having old time skills like that, it's a legacy that lives on from those who know you and worked with you.

Thanks, I'm just lucky to have a job though. I've made a lot of terra cotta replacement blocks for Chicago buildings over the years - lots of historic buildings over there. I'd like to see the city someday.

[Chicagogoat]

I work on the heating systems on these old buildings. Systems and designs that most companies have zero idea about. There are literally no "young guns" out there coming into this specialty field. Most new construction is HVAC so systems like two pipe steam, vacuum systems are tantamount to steam locomotives! One of the cool things about my job is everyday I have no idea where or what I'll be working on.