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Tail lights and center consoles - update
sgraber - 5/5/04 at 02:36 PM

I had a good weekend. Got to spend most of it playing in the garage. The temps are starting to soar in Phoenix now. It feels more like normal to me. It's going to be close to 105f (40.5c) today.

I bought my taillights off ebay and they arrived safe and sound. These will look nice don't you think?


I also managed to get over to the salvage yard and buy another large sheet of ali. I am using it for the center console and for the front undertray.


That's all. I just wanted to post notice of my progress.

Graber


timf - 5/5/04 at 02:46 PM

you went for the jeep lights then steve


Alan B - 5/5/04 at 03:55 PM

Just get that body made and stop dicking around...



Seriously though...looking good...


derf - 5/5/04 at 05:38 PM

I dont think that the lights will look that good with that arm sticking up all the time, if you remove the arm, it will prolly look better.


Alan B - 5/5/04 at 05:56 PM

Yes, but you are only seeing one, which does look odd....

Dual overhead light arms are pretty cool...


sgraber - 5/5/04 at 06:13 PM

Alan,

DICKING around IS my speciality! LOL



and yep, those are Jeep Liberty taillights with the 'dual arm support' option.

BTW - the body IS finished. And the emperor has no clothes...

Graber

(bunch of wise-asses on this forum... I TELL ya!) LOL


derf - 5/5/04 at 07:31 PM

Dual overhead light option? Sounds like you need a set of illuminated windshield washers to go with that, maybe some hubcap spinners, a quad level wing, or what would really look good are some huge flames, that wizz on ford calvin sticker, or a big red type R emblem, maybe a glow in the dark shift knob, or 20 tv's with a ps2 and xbox connected to them.

I luv rice....

[Edited on 5/5/04 by derf]


robinbastd - 5/5/04 at 09:26 PM

Graber showed them the light and his disciples proclaimed "We have seen the light"
Graber showed them the tunnel and the few true believers said "We have seen the light at the end of the tunnel"
Here endeth the lesson,
Amen.


ProjectLMP - 5/5/04 at 09:39 PM

>>>DICKING around IS my speciality! LOL

NO thats my speciality, I haven't done sod all on my car for the last 3 weeks and counting. A combination of lack of motivation and the rest of life getting in the way seem to be my problem.

Steve, now you've got the lights you must be at least 70% of your way to having a finished body


sgraber - 5/5/04 at 09:47 PM

AMEN BROTHA!


chrisg - 5/5/04 at 09:50 PM

What a tease!

Steve's going to show us a different part of his anatomy every week.

Next week - Here's my wheels, supported by my left leg.

Sort of a Steve jigsaw puzzle.

Christ I hope theres at least ONE piece missing!!!!!!

Cheers

Chris

Looking good BTW, NO the car you fool!!!


Peteff - 5/5/04 at 10:42 PM

If there is I hope it's the bit on top of the gear lever.


sgraber - 5/5/04 at 10:57 PM

quote:
Steve's going to show us a different part of his anatomy every week.





Good idea.


derf - 6/5/04 at 11:55 AM

can I pick the next appendage? (nose)


GTAddict - 6/5/04 at 12:21 PM

I'm strugging to see what part of the car Steve could hold with his nose. Keys, maybe? A couple of wheel studs (if you push them hard enough...)

Mark.


TheGecko - 6/5/04 at 12:36 PM

quote:
>>>DICKING around IS my speciality! LOL

NO thats my speciality, I haven't done sod all on my car for the last 3 weeks and counting. A combination of lack of motivation and the rest of life getting in the way seem to be my problem.


Aarrgh, you do NOT have a monopoly on that problem! I've been a team of one for some months at work. Finally we've interviewed and appointed two new staff, the first of whom started this week. My boss tells me (after the new guy has arrived) "By the way, we've promoted you to team leader, since you'll be supervising the new staff". Terrific! thinks me - more money. WRONG!! Turns out the pay increase amounts to...wait for it..... 83c an hour or $29.90 per week BEFORE TAX. Ohh, be still my pounding heart. What shall I do with such riches! And for that I get to supervise two green new staff, including all of their performance planning, plus do all of the team work (since the new guys know nothing yet)

I love my job .... Ohh, really I do

Enough moaning, too many glasses of wine.

I did weld up the suspension box on Tuesday night - see my diary for a pic.

And who says that's Steve's arm? It looks far too clean - nowhere near hairy or deformed enough I suspect it's actually the lovely Mrs Graber's arm.

Seriously though, looks good Steve (the lights, not the arm).


Dominic

[Edited on 6/5/2004 by TheGecko]


Alan B - 6/5/04 at 12:56 PM

Dominic, looking good mate...

Is it me or is there problem on your site?...I'm getting some none-showing pics and random bits of code.....


sgraber - 6/5/04 at 02:38 PM

Hey Dominic! Looking good mate!

Apparently you have the dual arm strut extension option on your rear engine cradle! (See engine photo on your website) Glad to see that it is becoming more popular 'round the world! LOL


TheGecko - 7/5/04 at 02:46 AM

Steve,

Once the new "biological support mechanism" had been tested and proven in the labs at the Graber Institute it was only a matter of time before it appeared in other advanced development areas

Alan,

I don't have any problems with my pages although it may be a browser issue (I use Mozilla). I originally created some of the pages using a Microsloth product and then went back to using Mozilla Composer. In the process I stripped reams of spurious looking HTML out of each page. That may cause some issues for IE if I haven't done it properly or completely. Let me know any specific problem areas and I'll have a closer look.


Dominic


Alan B - 7/5/04 at 01:17 PM

Steve, sorry for the hijack...
Doms site prob
Doms site prob


sgraber - 7/5/04 at 02:35 PM

Damn it Alan! Can't you see that it's about ME. All about ME!!!!

j/k - you know me better than that.

Did you take a look at the source code on that html page?! It is WHACKED! MSOffice crap everywhere.

Dominic, I suggest you give up on that page and create a new one from scratch in the Mozilla editor.


The previous message was issued directly from the "Graber Institute of Advanced Biometric Studies and Stuff".


Graber


kb58 - 7/5/04 at 02:36 PM

quote:
I've been a team of one for some months at work. Finally we've interviewed and appointed two new staff, the first of whom started this week. My boss tells me (after the new guy has arrived) "By the way, we've promoted you to team leader, since you'll be supervising the new staff".


You really need to rent and watch the BBC show "The Office."


TheGecko - 8/5/04 at 01:03 AM

Alan,

Thanks for the example. Interestingly, the page looks fine in Mozilla, and fine in IE if I load it from my local drive. IE only barfs on it when I load it from the web.

Steve,

I had a look at the source when I got home last night (late). Oh My God! Someone should blow Microsoft up! Piles and piles of crap. I am indeed going to recreate that from scratch.

Kurt,

A few people have mentioned "The Office" to me now. For some reason I kept forgetting to watch it when it aired here. Looks like a trip to the (huge) DVD store down the road is in order.

Thanks everyone, new page (and some other updates) coming later today.

Dominic