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What did you buy?

GypsyR

GypsyR

just some guy
In general. Anything interesting. Why don't we already have one of these threads. Or maybe I didn't see it? Anyway.
Autofair this last weekend. Dearth of Mustang parts. Did pick up a new (discounted) ignition switch for the '69 I think I need. And this pile of...other stuff.
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Killed all my paint gun cleaning brushes so there's some more. A lot of my tape is drying up. The tape rolls are sus but were cheap. Microdrill bits! For model car super detailing. Plug boot protectors for headers kind of metling my plug wires. I knew I had either that '69 model or the '70 but couldn't remember. Grandson gleefully volunteered I buy both and he could build the extra one. Varmint. I've been after a flop top funny car. THe middle proclaims to be such. Not what I had in mind but it was cheap. The one I wanted was $45 and I balked. Other stuff too. Weird sealant, some sus Chinese "carbide" drill bits and soem left hand drill bits.
 
You know, people who look at a posted picture and pick out something completely irrelevent in the background (or foreground) to comment on are just the worst kind of people.

I know this because I do it too. :)
 
A delayed one. Wife says at the Autofair I almost always find a "deal of the day". One time it was new roof skin for the '69, another time a little ATV for cheap, etc. None this time. I thought. For a few years now I've found I really like cast iron on the rare occasions I cook. At some point I discovered an old company called Griswold made some cast skillets that were lighter weight. They accomplished this (apparently) with precision molds that made the pans thinner overall. Plus they are smoother and not rough cast. I've been wanting one but apparently everyone else does too and they are collector's items. Every one I've run into was priced stupid high.

So this fella had a pair of rusty old skillets laying on his tarp. Told me $5 each. Neither had any casting marks at all that I could see. Generally non-marked ones are cheap Taiwan stuff. Being surface rusted they could be a year old, ten years, who knows. Griswolds all have pretty deep markings on the bottom. "Griswold", a big cross symbol in a circle, "Erie PA" all pretty unmistakable. These were not those by any means. But one felt right. It had the light weight and slimness to it. Just felt like a good quality piece. I figured even if it was a Taiwan-made on it seemed like it would cook well. Five bucks poorer and thought little more of it.

Week and a half later I took a notion to scuff it up and get an idea of what it will take to clean it up and get it seasoned. Scuffed the bottom with some scothbrite and there appeared an "E". What? No! Scuffed some more and the rest appeared "Erie". Before they were were Griswold they marked their pans just "Erie". More scuffing revealed a "10" for the size and "710" for the series. Turns out I bought a 1905 skillet in primo condition that's selling about everywhere for at least $400! Shaaaawing!
Now the problem is I'm about afraid to cook in a $400 pan. Also a downside is that now I've found the freaking holy grail no more hunting cast iron. I am NOT collecting iron skillets.

Not cleaned up or anything yet. Once I discovered what I had I figured I better approach the resoration with a bit more care.
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See the lettering? No? Me neither, but it's there.

By the way, don't you louts ever buy anything interesting?
 
GypsyR said:
By the way, don't you louts ever buy anything interesting?
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Oh, I buy lots of stuff. Mostly parts for the projects, tools and garage storage and organizational doodads. Right now my office looks like it should be in an episode of some TV hoarder show. Its not pretty!
 
Psssh. Pics or it didn't happen! :D

Yeah, OK. Stuff you already scored and stashed doesn't count. New acquisition show off only. Except tools, cause there's this cool thread for those.
 
Hey Gypsy, are you still moderating on VMF, or did you get pushed out for the new moderators? They claim they aren't AI, but I'm not convinced.
 
Not AI, just condescending assholes. Claimed Stapler and I were "banning too many spammers". I shitchoo not. Also they are leveraging Google hits on the site to pimp the forum to advertisers. The reason for those hits is so much great info shared by folks like 22GT and Woodchuck who are walking encyclopedias. So info being shared among friends there is essentially being monetized. Not something I'm happy about or comfortable with so I pulled out. As did everyopne but Laurie.

Upside. Now that I no longer feel obligated to check the forum fires several times a day I don't feel like getting on there much. 25 years is a long time. While on my stool in the shop listening music, piddling on my trail bike getting it ready for a weekend ride I thought to myself "THIS is my happy place, always has been. Here. Doing stuff like this, not on my ass infront of a screen." So I've decided to consciously pull back from the internet in general. Still need it for work, reference, fun, etc but no endless reading of forums and video watching. So the last few nights after work I've been spending that screen time out in the shop putting an MSD box on the '67 in place of its Duraspark II. With no one telling me what to do and how to do it.
 
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Think again Gypsy; there is a thread about loosing our "beloved moderators" that is currently 4 pages and 67 posts long:
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You are all missed my friend.
 
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Since I've sold the Fastback and no longer have to spend the wife's money on it, I've been spending her money on my other interest.

John

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Mach1 Driver said:
Think again Gypsy; there is a thread about loosing our "beloved moderators" that is currently 4 pages and 67 posts long:
www.vintage-mustang.com

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www.vintage-mustang.com www.vintage-mustang.com

You are all missed my friend.
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Nobody actually "left". Powers that be have strict rules about mods or ex-mods bad mouthing staff and forum management. So basically I don't have much positive to say lately and anything otherwise would be wiped as soon as I hit enter. All they have to do is "follow" me to catch that sort of thing. So...I'm choosing not to post there. Kind of soured on ANY commercially owned forum run for profit.
Be all that as it may, the VMF continues to have about the best collection of folks on the net that I've come to know even though many have gone away one way or another. Very active. Nice as Stangfix may be, there's never been a ton of people here. Just a smaller place. Cozy. And I can cuss. (A little) And rules are someone else's problem. I'm good. VMF can get along without me.
 
"All they have to do is "follow" me to catch that sort of thing. So...I'm choosing not to post there"

Wow de de ja vu all over again.
 
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