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Old 03-04-2011, 02:37 PM
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"jack stands".
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Old 03-04-2011, 02:45 PM
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I'm selling a super beetle speedometer. An interested buyer emails me and asks which speedometer cable he should buy for his custom dune buggy. I tell him the various cable part numbers are all identical, the only difference between them is the length. I suggested he buy the longest one, and gave him a link to vendor who sells them.

He writes back to me today and says this:



You've got to be shitting me.
Wemple is building a buggy?
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Old 03-06-2011, 06:13 PM
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"jack stands".
i'd be lying if i said I never used improvised jack stands.

mine were usually a cinder block with a bit of 2x4 between the car and the block.
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Old 03-09-2011, 06:48 PM
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