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I was thinking more along the lines of what it would be to do a full mechanical '97+ swap while still retaining the feel and lines of the dash/interior. Just another "what if" type of deal going through my head at the time. Wasn't sure if there were any similarities between the OBDII '96 gauge clusters and the '97+. I was thinking the same thing about the HVAC and what not. Didn't know that about the cruise control though. I think I'd be willing to loose that in order to retain the early column/wheel. Just for fun, anyone know if an early steering wheel would go onto a '97+ column without much fuss? Oh, and :hijack: .

Just for conversation sake, couldn't one still swap over the dash, splice in the '97+ heater controls, and use aftermarket gauges? It was briefly talked over HERE, but I don't know the outcome. For that matter, couldn't one also do a '97 swap and make an early dash work? Obviously using custom gauges... unless a late '96 cluster would work?

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Ah! The Mirth Mobile! Excellent!

Good haul, Jim! Must be having some withdrawals from the 10 slot you sent with to MN? I understand... even the littlest of things missing from my stash and I notice it too. :D

Seems as though there should be some sort of pun intended here what with the time it was posted at. :D

Just got done staining the new extension jams for the windows and doors. Ugh... I despise staining.

Hu... beat me to it. I was going down there this weekend and was going to take a picture of a road sign. Oh well... I'll be ready for 494 and 694!

... Then there would be the need for a steady source of heat. See, I've got this bad problem of one thing leading to another. Yes, I'd love to insulate right now! But if it were insulated, I'd want to look into a permanent heater for the stall. Giving a mouse a cookie type of deal, if you will. I did it last winter with very little space and an uninsulated garage stall. The way I see it, I'm moving up from last year! If not over the winter, it'll be for next year. In know that it's bad to be putting more stuff up on the walls, but I couldn't resist just a little garage art!

I really wanted to avoid florescents due to the cold, but for the price I'm hoping they'll work out. I did look around at a few fixtures and I got good local reviews about the ones I got. Fingers crossed I don't have a bunch of stinkin' liars who shop at the same Menards as me.

That's the sentence that's gotten me into trouble over the whole house project. :roll:

This. All of it. I got a gallon to go over my Eliminator when I painted that and ended up with about a half quart left over. It'd go a little over them you can have some for touch ups in the future. Looks really good, Rob!

In the new 24'x36' garage... no. I wish, but no. This was put up more for just storage. One vehicle sitting outside? Fine. Three vehicles sitting outside like last winter? Absolutely not! The plan is to insulate the original stall which is why I put a door between the old and the new. It probably won't happen this season but if I can pick at over the winter I will. Fortunately, with the door shut the smaller stall heats up really fast with the torpedo heater! Thanks dude! The shop portion of the garage got a little attention today in the form of organization, cleaning, and moving everything out that didn't need to be there. Shovels, rakes, and the like were all properly moved over to the storage side. Wiring in the new section was finished up as well. I put a halogen spot light over the center garage door which should be nice for those snow removal evenings... but if I don't get any this year, I'd be fine with that too! For the occasion however, I'm ready to go. In the old stall, I couldn't really decide what I wanted to to for lighting so I just went with some cheap florescent fixtures. Not totally happy with them, but I think if I were to do it again I'd go with bigger fixtures that get hard wired in instead of getting plugged in. See, last winter I played around with cheapo halogens that, for whatever reason, didn't like keeping bulbs in them. I wired in a couple outlets to plug them into. They worked out for the old lights but for the new they were just in odd places. I'm sure that'll change whenever the ceiling gets insulated. More stuff that got done was the last door that needed to get changed. At this point I asked the wife if she'd be interested in adding to the garage in the other direction and move the doorway back into the house further. She wasn't in favor of the idea. Instead I put the new door in and abandoned my grand idea of slowly turning the entire house into garage. Anyhow... I've got a thing for colorful doors. Both doors facing into the shop stall got the blue treatment. House to garage: Garage to garage: All in all, it was a productive day. Everything was almost looking clean and orderly for a while however this is how everything was left for the evening: Maybe it'll be livable tomorrow.

A real update!... kinda. The '89 got a new set of teeth today. Yay! My first 10 slot. Thanks again, Jim!

Out taking pictures of the house today and this little guy got in the way of the camera... didn't want anyone to think it wasn't around anymore.

Here you go, Pete. Let's compare: Ran out of time for this year, but come spring time the plan is to build a porch/deck on the front of the house: ...steps are temporary. Put the shelves from the old garage back up. Might add more: I'll get some more tomorrow when it's all wrapped up for winter. The old stall is still a mess but at least there isn't near the stuff just sitting around. Progress!

I was thinking the same about you.

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Hope everything goes as well as it can! :popcorn: Nice shirt too... we must shop at the same store.

Been waiting for this one for a while now... figured it had to be soon enough! Awesome MJ. Congratulations!

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I know... I know... I work from 7:30ish to 6:30-7:00 Monday through Thursday. I've tried to skip out a little early but the sun seems to beat me everyday. Friday? We'll shoot for Friday... probably.

I wonder if they're still sending out the magnets with Brent's truck?