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Started by AK ducati, March 17, 2018, 11:36:58 AM

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AK ducati

March 17, 2018, 11:36:58 AM
Since it's getting to the 40's this weekend, and the roads are clear. The Ducati will have to wait another two weeks (still icy in the mornings)  ;D Only took an hour of plowing a looong driveway to get to the car heh heh. 15 minutes of a warm-up, and I was laughing maniacally on the drive. Now I just need to figure how to get more than 24 hours in a day so I can work on the car, Wagoneer, and the Ducati..... Wagoneer took most of my spare time up over the winter unfortunately, so that I could get it on the road. Need to start back on minor stuff on the Ducati.

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Monsterlover

#1
March 18, 2018, 04:07:16 PM
Cool!
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Stella

#2
March 18, 2018, 04:50:10 PM
I want to see the Wagoneer!  


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ducpainter

#3
March 18, 2018, 04:53:02 PM
The pic showed yesterday... :-\
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Stella

#4
March 18, 2018, 05:05:28 PM
The one "no longer available" I presume.   [thumbsdown]
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ducpainter

#5
March 18, 2018, 05:15:50 PM
Quote from: Stella on March 18, 2018, 05:05:28 PM
The one "no longer available" I presume.   [thumbsdown]
Good guess. ;D
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a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
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    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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the_Journeyman

#6
March 18, 2018, 06:27:13 PM
Good looking 'Bird!

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AK ducati

#7
March 18, 2018, 07:19:37 PM
Trying the Wagoneer Pic again. I have absolutely no idea why the pic went away.... God, I hate computers!
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Monsterlover

#8
March 18, 2018, 08:11:47 PM
That's bad ass

Is that a hood scoop?  Or decorative?
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

AK ducati

#9
March 18, 2018, 08:13:44 PM Last Edit: March 18, 2018, 08:16:02 PM by AK ducati
Completely stock hood. I've never really thought of that as a hood scoop, but I guess it could be  ;D It does lead into the engine bay, but isn't connected to a ram-air style intake or anything. Hood release latch is in there too.

Monsterlover

#10
March 18, 2018, 08:18:15 PM
Sounds like it might be worth investigating ;D
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

AK ducati

#11
March 18, 2018, 08:22:32 PM
Except that the Wagoneer in current form actually makes the Firebird seem fuel-efficient  ;D, and that's really scary heh heh. If I rigged up a ram-air intake to this thing like the Firebird has, I'd probably be down to low-single MPG's, down from the current 7 mpg it gives

Stella

#12
March 18, 2018, 08:23:16 PM
Jeep girl approves.   [thumbsup]
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AK ducati

#13
March 18, 2018, 08:26:35 PM
Heh, thanks! Just started getting into Jeeps (was always into old Pontiacs before), and this thing's a lot of fun, and different.

lethe

#14
March 18, 2018, 08:46:58 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on March 18, 2018, 08:11:47 PM
That's bad ass

Is that a hood scoop?  Or decorative?
You don't remember seeing mine?
It's just like that one except there is not a single undamaged body panel  [laugh]

This one is what mine would aspire to be some day when I have time.
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