72 TA : New Project

[Xplantdad]

Looks great...congrats Steve...you've earned it....three times over! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

Thank you very much. I'd love to bring it to MCACN but the Charger is going instead...to try to drum up some prospective buyer interest, maybe.

[MrsBillyBobcat]

<span style="font-size: 14pt">CONGRATULATIONS Steve!</span> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] <span style="font-size: 14pt">It looks AWESOME! </span> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just in time for my wife's birthday. She will be so surprised when I give her an autographed copy as her birthday present. Stay tuned for further updates! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

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So....how'd she like it? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

[mockingbird812]

Excellent Steve and Congratulations. Boy, that panel fit looks so,,,so,,,so......unfactory-like. Nice job!!

[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MrsBillyBobcat</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-size: 14pt">CONGRATULATIONS Steve!</span> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] <span style="font-size: 14pt">It looks AWESOME! </span> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just in time for my wife's birthday. She will be so surprised when I give her an autographed copy as her birthday present. Stay tuned for further updates! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

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So....how'd she like it? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img] </div></div>

Rita,

Actually I chickened out and gave her our customary family gift of a home-made limerick. We do it for everyone's birthday in our house. Even the kids are required to draft one up.

Here is my &quot;gift&quot; for my better half. It covers her two biggest gripes: we have way too many dogs and I have way too many hats stashed all around the house. Of course she also says there aren't enough cats, even though we have the same # of finicky felines as dastardly dogs (all are rescues, including the blind one in the lower right, in the picture).

She loved it!



We should have enough limericks to fill a book by next year. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[mockingbird812]

Great tradition Steve. You may want to keep your day job, however! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/whistle.gif[/img]

[MrsBillyBobcat]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Rita,

Actually I chickened out and gave her our customary family gift of a home-made limerick. We do it for everyone's birthday in our house. Even the kids are required to draft one up.

Here is my &quot;gift&quot; for my better half. It covers her two biggest gripes: we have way too many dogs and I have way too many hats stashed all around the house. Of course she also says there aren't enough cats, even though we have the same # of finicky felines as dastardly dogs (all are rescues, including the blind one in the lower right, in the picture).

She loved it!



We should have enough limericks to fill a book by next year. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] </div></div>

<span style="font-size: 14pt">LOL Steve! That is way COOL!!! </span> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]
Homemade cards/ gifts are the BEST! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Thanks so much for sharing! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

I finally got some tires for the rims that I won from Year One for my Gramma Rose's 1975 Firebird. They will be going on Gramma's Firebird but I wanted to see how they fit on the T/A in terms of clearance and ride.

They are the 275/40x17 BFGs as recommended by Year One. They actually fit fine with no rubbing whatsoever! I drove around some windy/bumpy roads to check for rubbing and didn't hear or feel a thing. The car does handle and drive a bit stiffer than the BFG 235/60x15s I normally run, but the ride is nowhere near as jarring as the orginal bias ply F60x15 Polyglas tires.







I compared the height measurements of each tire and they are as follows:

F60x15 Goodyear Polyglas: 26&quot; tall
235/60x15 BFG Radial T/A: 25.5&quot; tall
275/40x17 BFG Sports: 25&quot; tall (of course the BFG spec sheet said they were 25.9 tall on a 9 rim [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif[/img])

I'll try to get the weights of each tire later today when I move them over to Gramma's car but I can tell you the 17&quot; set up is really heavy (one of the tires landed on my pinky while moving them out of the truck and I was not a happy camper). [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

BTW, these are the original 114,000 mile front and rear springs on this car. You do see a bunch of space above the tire in the wheelwell. If I had it to do over again, I might go with a 45 series tire to get a bit more fill in the wheel well.

[njsteve]

Here's the three tires on the car:

F60x15 Polyglas:



235/60x15 BFG:



275/40x17 BFG:

[njsteve]

And here they are where they belong, on Gramma Rose's Firebird:





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