A fresh start / JMS's 2013 Gem Green Build Thread
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Zpak
Es Aich Oh!
On my list too.
Junkyard_Mad-Scientist
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It was on my list along with pikes, kind of weird to cross one off in 20 minutes but we ran 129 the entire way up from FL so it was a total experience lol.
Pikes was supposed to be after I had my fox body finished but who knows, about to part it out and scrap the shell. I feel like anything nimble would be fun, I'd appreciate the scenery in my battleship but I'd be tired by the end of the run. A SHO day would be awesome out there, I saw so many vettes and lotus' I wanted to puke. BUT, I did see a legit Holden UTE, at first I thought it was a rebadged SS but once I saw the bed and the RHD I got a little gitty.
10/10 do recommend
Junkyard_Mad-Scientist
SHO Member
Little update on the Lincoln:
First, a name change, Olivia wasn't really sticking and the wife spat out Bea Arthur as a joke I can only imagine. But I liked it, I tried to talk myself out of it because of it being too close to "Betty" another recently named famous truck here, but I couldn't get over how perfect of a fit it was. Big classy girl with an attitude and initials BA, so I'm stuck on Bea.
Other news: 70% of the suspension is replaced, (I didn't miss rust belt cars) and she has new tires for her mustang wheels so she rides like a Lincoln finally. Played with forscan and turned on the DRLs, the factory cd player died immediately so I swapped in a touch screen. I 3d printed a tag light housing to hold 2 lights and the rear camera without cutting or drilling the unexpectedly expensive and hard to find not broken trunk lid panel. Next is some fog lights, tint, and then I'm out of money. I'll post some pics soon
First, a name change, Olivia wasn't really sticking and the wife spat out Bea Arthur as a joke I can only imagine. But I liked it, I tried to talk myself out of it because of it being too close to "Betty" another recently named famous truck here, but I couldn't get over how perfect of a fit it was. Big classy girl with an attitude and initials BA, so I'm stuck on Bea.
Other news: 70% of the suspension is replaced, (I didn't miss rust belt cars) and she has new tires for her mustang wheels so she rides like a Lincoln finally. Played with forscan and turned on the DRLs, the factory cd player died immediately so I swapped in a touch screen. I 3d printed a tag light housing to hold 2 lights and the rear camera without cutting or drilling the unexpectedly expensive and hard to find not broken trunk lid panel. Next is some fog lights, tint, and then I'm out of money. I'll post some pics soon
SM105K
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Hahaha, all of my vehicles are named after classy older women. Betty after Betty White. M after Judie Dench's portrayal of M from James Bond. Elizabeth is named after Liz Taylor. The vehicle usually presents herself, after the first drive.
Junkyard_Mad-Scientist
SHO Member
I like to give it a week or 2 to get the personality down, I don't follow much of a theme, the most I'll do is look up popular names from the era for inspiration. So far all of them have been pretty spot on. The SHO was Tori (not that creative but sounds like an insufferable *****) Fusion is Whitney after Whitney Houston derived from initial nick name of War Horse (she has seen some s#it), truck is Rory because of the 3 valves oversized exhaust valve and variable timing, quiet at idle and loud on WOT. Fox body is AJ and I have 30 more I could list lol.
But Bea fits the Lincoln, shes big and classy, not going to do much more than exist to impress you and usually that's enough. Old school presence and from a generation where less was more. But I'm still going to pull her hair back, tune should be ready in a week or two lol
Junkyard_Mad-Scientist
SHO Member
guess it needed to happen, no sho no mo. and look at that mean muggin mountain of a woman, whew, I couldnt handle it
Junkyard_Mad-Scientist
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Bea update: got the tint done yesterday, deleted the window trim chrome today, and installed my back up camera/license plate light so I don't have to cut anything up to add the camera. Looks factory and the chrome delete goes miles.
