[BMWCSRegistry] <WOB> This will kill a couple hours....

[knowtree at aloha.com]

Hey everyone. This thread seems like the perfect opportunity to check in.
My restoration is coming along, slowly but surely, and as I planned I am
learning a lot. Today I got to try out my new shrinker-stretcher set. You
can follow my progress at my blog: http://e9erust.blogspot.com/

Aloha!

Gary Dunn
Honolulu

> I gave it a good try but got ill after about half way through photos 
> of these immense piles rotted and rusted junk that people propose to 
> work on. Relics of war to be restored? Why?- we have lots of brand 
> new ones and more created every day.
> 
> Anybody is quite free to spend their time, money and talents on 
> anything they somehow find fun but, short of restoring the gigantic 
> Japanese battleship Yamato from the bottom of the Pacific, which 
> would truly be a unique relic of history worth spending billions on, 
> restoring one of thousands of old tanks thus far rates high on my 
> personal list of stupidity,
> What will they do with these things then?
> Run at Homecoming parades tearing up the tarmac (they do - I saw it 
> happen right around here).
> Good way to help developers knock down old houses regardless of where 
> the people who live there might go.
> It's also a great way to escape the wife and kids too - "gotta work 
> on the tank, today sweetie".
> Anyone restoring a Coupe may be a nut case but anyone attempting to 
> restore a Sherman tank is a potential psychopath.  Surely somewhere 
> in a barn is a nice Sherman in good shape or in Germany an even 
> better Tiger.
> Art
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> At 10:03 PM -0500 4/5/08, Dale & Sheila wrote:
> >You thought restoring a coupe was a big job?
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><http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/showthread.php?t=417090>http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/showthread.php?t=417090

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> >(and don't let the rennlist.com fool you)
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> >Dale Olson
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