even more snow.......

Just as I was getting motivated with the slightly warmer weather, to get going on my Elco project, we get more snow. I did get the power steering hoses on, which was an issue of bending the steel parts of the lines to get them to fit. And I have the stainless exhaust pipes built and installed. They are built with sections of mandrel bent tubes and straight tubing, from Summit. A friend TIG welded the sections together, and did a fine job. So they are coming back to just behind the cross member, ready for mufflers.

Maybe I'll get at it again when the snow melts again........

Looks like we will have to work twice as hard when spring actually comes!

We have been darn lucky this winter. We only had one bad episode here (inside city limits). That was an ice storm with snow on top and then more ice. Everybody all around us got it bad, even just 50 miles away in any direction. JB

I kind of like not being able to drive my cars for half of the year. Keeps the miles off. Both of my cars have original mileage, and I hate racking it up.

I've put 10k on mine in about 4 years. But, for a while, it was my only car. But, I still never drove it in wet weather. I have forgotten how many miles last summer. I think about 2k...

Nail on the head my friend.

I have a '98 Monte Carlo for a DD. 95-99 Montes & Lumina's are HIGHLY notorious to rust out under the gas door. Eventually, every single one will. When I got it in May '09, it was perfect(in that area), and not one sign of rust. Now, after two winters, it is starting to bubble up and get me pissed off. I don't want to drive a rust bucket.

If anything, that will make me pay more attention to keeping it clean...maybe it will divert attention from the rust! Lol.

I bought my Malibu in 1990. with 1002500 miles on it (rolled over past 100k) It now has 33,000 on it, so it's not many miles per year. It got drove more before restoration than it does now, but I wanna drive it more this year. It's a Georgia rust-free body and I would like to keep it clean ( for posterity ?)

cmon guys, cars are made to be driven, dont be afraid of putting miles on them. unless you plan on selling them in the future, but i doubt that this is the case.

its like having a super hot girlfriend and being afraid to f*** her too often.

i see it as a good thing if i put a lot of miles on my car.it means that i had much fun. i dont drive it when the roads are salty, but thats it.


ON TOPIC: to bad you are snowed in again, i was just abaut to mail you for some parts. let us know when it melts!

I don't like racking up high miles on original un restored cars with heavily documented original miles like both of mine are. If they were not original, and not original miles, I would not care. I don't NOT drive them. I drive them several times a week. Just not far.