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[ohcanada_00]

so now I have Steampunk, hot women and parts in my thread? EPIC WIN!

[dlb]

bite your tongue, synth! BM has definitely grown in popularity but i wouldn't call it commercialized at all. there is still absolutely zero advertising allowed, and the money from the tickets is put towards the massive infrastructure and grants for all the artists dragging their sh*t down there. so while $240 is a lot to pay for a festival, i keep in mind that the $ i'm contributing is going towards helping make the event as large and incredible as it is. and for how big it is, it's pretty amazing that so many people have still never heard of it; i can't count the number of people i've tried to explain it to.

anyway, the invite is there if you feel like coming, and i def hope to stop by and say hi and go for a ride in your whip! the wife and i will be in the westfalia but ron will be with us in spirit.

[Petros]

petros, i can't believe you're down with the steam punk movement!

Hey, I have two teenage daughters (well, actually the older one just turned 21), they introduced me to it. What could be more cool than the reinvention of modern machines using "old world" techniques? I even thought of a whole steam punk sports car, get an old 4wd Toyota truck chassis, build a body out of varnished wood plank-on-frame (think vanished wood speed boat from the 50's here for a body style), and have all polished external plumbing on it, large "steam" type gauges on the insterment panel, dark red leather tuck and roll upholstery like fancy horse drawn carriage seats, what could be cooler?. since I have built 13 wood boats, and always play with old cars, I thought it would be a fun creative challenge to mix the two ideas, and steam punk is perfect for that.

I did not realize BM became a venue for Steampunk, would be a fun place to drive a steam punk land yacht however. Your campsite would have to use a big canvas tent complete with wooden folding table and chairs, huge cast iron pots around a fire. What fun.

[ARCHINSTL]

Well, this is a leetle OT, but...
I just discovered hit-and-miss engines! Talk about REAL steam punk!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit-and-miss_engine After reading the Wiki article, click on the video!
Tom M.

[takza]

I've heard them run on oil pumps and JohnDeeres...at least I think the JDs were hit and miss.

[toughtercel]

TT, you're gonna be psyched. i pulled some strings at the junkyard and got my buddy to search through all their boxes of japanese wheel caps. lo and behold...



i got a full set! don't know why one is silver but whatevs, you can paint them. came to a whopping 10 bones. send me a PM with your mailing address and i'll send them to you asap.[/quote]
Thank you ,It look so easy find them where you are ,here nothing .

[toughtercel]

lol @ petros last comment. it's the truth!

TT, you're gonna be psyched. i pulled some strings at the junkyard and got my buddy to search through all their boxes of japanese wheel caps. lo and behold...



i got a full set! don't know why one is silver but whatevs, you can paint them. came to a whopping 10 bones. send me a PM with your mailing address and i'll send them to you asap.

Thank you "davidlucasbarnes" I receive it couple days ago ,they are in very nice shape , quite frankly I have/had and seen Silver caps for many years but never seen as none color "WHITE" interesting . I just put them in treasure box as stock , I have three set of Toyota T4WD wheels , First set are painted copper/bronze with 4 silver strips ( hope I will download the pictures)which i am driving, and other set with brand new tires for other T4WD (it for the CAPS you send ) and just got another set of rims few month ago. Thanks a million.

[dlb]

glad i could help!

[ohcanada_00]

thanks for the parts Peter! was great talking to you, one of these days It'll be more hours over a six pack of something and we'll bench race properly!

[Petros]

Always happy to get the parts I have no plans on using out of the garage, help a fellow T4wd owner, and gain a few more $ for my next Tercel upgrade. Win-win.