Chuck had the car so long, he was starting to call it "his" Trans Am! How could I argue??

I intend to get it out more next year once I get the basics taken care of. Fluids, tires, a simple tune up, new hood struts, and windshield wipers. I just bought the new hood struts and wipers at Autozone on Monday.

On 11/14/2021 at 12:57 PM, Frosty said:

Yesterday was a huge milestone. It was the day that the Trans Am came out of my buddy's pole barn and drive to it's new home! I have not driven this car in nearly 10 years!

We had to put a new battery in it, and it fired right up (we actually started it last year for the first time in 9 years). Chuck poured some Seafoam into the gas tank. I had to air up all the tires, they were 15-20 pounds low after sitting all this time. I could feel the flat spots on the tires going down the road. The brakes made noise when I applied them until I wore the rust off the rotors.

We drove about 15 miles from Chuck's place to the garage mahal. I stayed off the expressway since I know the tires are sooo old they definitely need to be replaced. Two of the tires are original to the car - from '86. I definitely want new meats for it before I start cruising the highway with it.....along with windshield wipers and hood support struts (both of which are shot). Chuck followed me to the garage. No reports of smoke or anything from her either.

Here is a little emotional moment for me I thought I'd share you guys. I just started Black Beauty up....

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Here is Black Beauty in Chuck's driveway - the car is running in this photo

Here she is in her new home next Lucy for the first time in a decade, and for the first time next to the Roadmonster.

Damn, that's nice almost a full house.

I have a new goal......I wanna be this guy, and I don't mean A** Monkey.

 

Edited November 18, 20214 yr by Frosty

Wow !!! I want a be that guy too 👍👍👍

Some more things got done this weekend on the garage mahal.

1. 3 out 4 combination smoke detectors/carbon monoxide detectors were installed in the ceiling. I will need to move the Trans Am to install the last one and we just got tired at the end of the day. These things have a 10-year lithium/ion battery so I don't need to change the batteries regularly. They are completely self contained.

2. Home Depot had a sale on a pair of A-B-C fire extinguishers, so those were purchased and installed. One near the work bench/stairway and the other near the entrance.

3. Repaired one of the legs on my grandfather's work bench and then placed the work bench in it's eventually spot.

4. Measured the height from the floor of the mezzanine to the ceiling so we know the maximum height for shelving units we can buy. Answer - 78 inches max.

5. Purchased two shelving units at Home Depot that are 72 inches tall and 48 inches wide but we ran out of time and energy to put them together.

6. Jacob installed distress wood looking vinyl flooring for his corner of the garage (36 sq. ft.). He said it would be easier to keep that area clean / swept up with it. I was none to happy about it but I will play along for now. I'm not happy about it because he didn't discuss it with me first.

6. Installed new windshield wipers and new hood struts on the Trans Am.

Frosty, with your friends looking to stay in the Mahal, your idea for a out side tree toilet is a great idea !!!!!!

Justa watch out for that bark rash!!!!

Where's the bidet??  needs a gun rack too.😁

Here's the bidet....could have a hard water problem in the winter though.

11 hours ago, Frosty said:

Here's the bidet....could have a hard water problem in the winter though.

This is such a crack up coming from a guy named frosty who during winter will be frozen... isnt that the perfect bidet hose ???? haahahah

5 minutes ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

This is such a crack up coming from a guy named frosty who during winter will be frozen... isnt that the perfect bidet hose ???? haahahah

Say goodbye to those hot tub invites, Frosty! Life as you knew it, has now come to an end. Having said that, I'm sad to say that I've never 'hot tubbed' with anyone. Shared a few baths, but no bubbles...well, until she farted, anyway.

9 hours ago, Fitzy said:

Say goodbye to those hot tub invites, Frosty! Life as you knew it, has now come to an end. Having said that, I'm sad to say that I've never 'hot tubbed' with anyone. Shared a few baths, but no bubbles...well, until she farted, anyway.

Does that mean she's a keeper? 

I had international visitors over the weekend at the garage mahal. Notallthere and his missus managed to sneak past Trudeau's COVID guard and come across the border for quick visit before the new Canuckistani border restrictions take effect on Tuesday. 

We arranged to meet for breakfast at a local diner near my place. I got hugs from the missus and gropes from the jolly elf himself. He swore he was wearing a pink thong and matching teddy just for me. I - I didn't ask for proof, I took him at his word.

He is one lucky bastiche to have a lady who cooks to so well. She gave me fresh homemade fruitcake, a sock of doggie treats for my golden retriever, and homemade pickup truck and Fiero sugar cookies!

After breakfast, we drove over to the garage mahal where I gave them the grand tour and their presents. They were impressed. Notallthere wants one or two! I gave them a 1:18 scale model Vibe (since they own one and it's their daily driver). I also gave them a present from GE's wedding. Yup, a Mason jar of his infamous stumpwater! The look of "Oh Gawd" on notallthere's face was priceless!  The flavor I gave him was "Hot". I reminded him of Red Chevy's trick of chasing it with Coca Cola.

Soon it was time for them to hit the road back to Canuckistan before the Mounties knew they were gone. I'm not sure when I will get to see them in person again. It's already been nearly two years thanks to COVID. I hope we don't have to wait this long to see each other again. Thanks for coming folks!!! 

Edited December 20, 20214 yr by Frosty

Great to see you guys were able to get together! Hope he didn't down all stump water before getting on the road  

Nope, that was going to be done in the quiet setting of Sarnia back over the border. No stumpwater and driving for those two, they are way smarter than that, especially when it comes to dealing with U.S. and Canuck customs and border patrol agents.

All I can say is I am seriously pissed off right at the moment. About three quarters of the garage mahal is flooded with water. It is either from the thawing of the frozen mound of snow and ice that the snow removal guy left in front of my (and everyone else's doors) or water is coming in through the cracks in the expansion joints in the cement. Either way it is no good. There is water underneath the steps to the mezzanine!

I've already spoken to owner of the property management company / association manager of the site. I told him this was completely unacceptable and he needed to correct it. He said he had someone salt the door and squeegee but there are no floor drains so I am not certain where the water would go in the first place, especially with the ice dam in front of the door!

I came back later last night and things weren't much better and I called him again and said try again, more needs to be done. He said he'd have someone on it in the morning. Doesn't help we just another 6 inches of new snow last night. My son took a 5-lb sledge hammer to the ice dam and didn't have much success breaking it up. I hope the snow removal guy gets a good talking to as well.

The pile of snow you see in front of the garage door is drastically reduced from the 1-2 foot ice mound that was in front of it earlier today. The mound is still there in front of the pedestrian door though, but now you could at least attempt to get a vehicle out if you had to. This is such BS.

 

 

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

All I can say is I am seriously pissed off right at the moment. About three quarters of the garage mahal is flooded with water. It is either from the thawing of the frozen mound of snow and ice that the snow removal guy left in front of my (and everyone else's doors) or water is coming in through the cracks in the expansion joints in the cement. Either way it is no good. There is water underneath the steps to the mezzanine!

I've already spoken to owner of the property management company / association manager of the site. I told him this was completely unacceptable and he needed to correct it. He said he had someone salt the door and squeegee but there are no floor drains so I am not certain where the water would go in the first place, especially with the ice dam in front of the door!

I came back later last night and things weren't much better and I called him again and said try again, more needs to be done. He said he'd have someone on it in the morning. Doesn't help we just another 6 inches of new snow last night. My son took a 5-lb sledge hammer to the ice dam and didn't have much success breaking it up. I hope the snow removal guy gets a good talking to as well.

The pile of snow you see in front of the garage door is drastically reduced from the 1-2 foot ice mound that was in front of it earlier today. The mound is still there in front of the pedestrian door though, but now you could at least attempt to get a vehicle out if you had to. This is such BS.

 

 

That's ALOT of Frosty tears......⛄

It sure looks like its all coming in from the door.  Salt again and get it away from the door.  I would get some fans going once ya stop the flow.  There are seals that stick to the floor like speed bumps.  Install up tight against the closed door from the outside or pick up a bag of cement thats made to install over existing cement and build your own mini speed bump.  Or talk to the landlord about him doing it.  Did you ever notice rainwater leaking in?

3 hours ago, Frosty said:

All I can say is I am seriously pissed off right at the moment. About three quarters of the garage mahal is flooded with water. It is either from the thawing of the frozen mound of snow and ice that the snow removal guy left in front of my (and everyone else's doors) or water is coming in through the cracks in the expansion joints in the cement. Either way it is no good. There is water underneath the steps to the mezzanine!

I've already spoken to owner of the property management company / association manager of the site. I told him this was completely unacceptable and he needed to correct it. He said he had someone salt the door and squeegee but there are no floor drains so I am not certain where the water would go in the first place, especially with the ice dam in front of the door!

I came back later last night and things weren't much better and I called him again and said try again, more needs to be done. He said he'd have someone on it in the morning. Doesn't help we just another 6 inches of new snow last night. My son took a 5-lb sledge hammer to the ice dam and didn't have much success breaking it up. I hope the snow removal guy gets a good talking to as well.

The pile of snow you see in front of the garage door is drastically reduced from the 1-2 foot ice mound that was in front of it earlier today. The mound is still there in front of the pedestrian door though, but now you could at least attempt to get a vehicle out if you had to. This is such BS.

 

 

Frosty, Wow! That is BS! My guess would be the snow mound. Door seals can only stop pelting rain water that is draining away. What you have with the mound would just go right around the end of each side of the door even if you have vertical outer door strip seals!

I can’t tell from the picture, but how does the garage floor transition past the contact point of the door? Does it slope immediately downward, straight or what? What is the driveway paved with? Concrete or asphalt? I have a reason for asking, as it might possibly help with eliminating the problem in the future.

gees !!! you and water are not friends frosty !!!

very sad to see that mate, clearly there is no storm water grate?channel along the front of your garage!, if snow can melt and get in, so will rain water.

i would be sorting a full width of your garage drainage out side the doors and front wall.

clearly the concrete out front of your doors are flat !

Edited February 18, 20224 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Dualquad Pete suggested I get life preservers and life rings for the swimming pool. Wise acre!

Edited February 22, 20224 yr by Frosty

Here is how things are looking after the weekend. I borrowed some fans from a buddy too. It's drying out. Still a massive amount of snow and ice outside the garage walls. I am slowly trying to break that up with a sledge hammer and melting salt,

Now this aggravates me! This is a cement pad that joins up in front of my garage door. Notice how the freeze / thaw has lifted it 3/4 to 1 inch? So water cannot run away from my door at the moment. I pointed this out to the maintenance guy on Monday too. So any trapped water between this ridge and my door has nowhere to go. Grrr....

These two pieces of cement are suppose to be flush with each other. Right now my door slab is below this.

yip... its gona need to be cut and a channel drain installed mate 

I totally agree Kiwi, I am curious to see what the property manager ends up doing this spring.

I went to the garage last night. I decided I had time to put up one more sign. What do you think?

The wife is scrapbooking on Saturday and the boy is working, so I'm thinking I might spend quality time putting up some signs.