You know you're old when...

vreihen16 · 10-03-2022, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by NealfromNZ

I must be going stupid as I'm looking to do another build, maybe a plug and play system this time around.

Double-face tape an iPad to the dash and call it done.....

M_Six · 10-03-2022, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

Double-face tape an iPad to the dash and call it done.....

Then it will look like a MB interior.

F87M2. · 10-03-2022, 09:09 AM

You had one of those bad boys,

NealfromNZ · 10-03-2022, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by F87M2.

You had one of those bad boys,

Lol…. This was lined up behind the ski port arm rest

infinitekidM2C · 10-03-2022, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by F87M2.

You had one of those bad boys,

Nothing says high end audio like a poorly pixelated pic of dolphins...

UncleWede · 10-04-2022, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by F87M2.

You had one of those bad boys,

Wait, wut? This is in the 77 bug out in the parking lot

M_Six · 10-04-2022, 05:31 PM

...when Murphy's Law is a sure thing in your life.

3.0L · 10-04-2022, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by NealfromNZ

So I removed a car stereo from a build I'd done a decade ago (I'm 50 something)

Thought it would take 3- 4 hours. Day 1 took 8 hours and day 2 took 11. Was black and blue from neck to toe and look like I'd been one of those crash test dummies. Completely out of energy due to heart surgery 5 month prior.

Took three weeks for bruising to go. I must be going stupid as I'm looking to do another build, maybe a plug and play system this time around.

In my younger days I replaced vibrators and vacuum tubes in '40's and '50's cars. I had cigarette and cigar ashes fall on face. The back of my head laid in floorboard dirt. My back hurt. And then the customer bitched about the bill.

3798j · 10-05-2022, 02:34 PM

When remembering your best garage "helpers". First were the kids...then the grandkids...and now...it's the great-granddaughter...

zgood4u · 10-05-2022, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

In my younger days I replaced vibrators and vacuum tubes in '40's and '50's cars. I had cigarette and cigar ashes fall on face. The back of my head laid in floorboard dirt. My back hurt. And then the customer bitched about the bill.

Did the same thing in my dad's garage as the kid helper. Don't know how he did it, drilling holes in fenders for antennas too.

F87M2. · 10-05-2022, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleWede

Wait, wut? This is in the 77 bug out in the parking lot

The face comes?

Esteban · 10-05-2022, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by F87M2.

The face comes?

The face comes off?

UncleWede · 10-05-2022, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by F87M2.

The face comes?

Off, yes. When driving, if my synched watch shows some random caller, I press the detach button and it hangs up on them.

3.0L · 10-05-2022, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by zgood4u

Did the same thing in my dad's garage as the kid helper. Don't know how he did it, drilling holes in fenders for antennas too.

Ha, did that as well. 3/4" or 1" hole saw. Man, did that make me sweat! We triple checked the hole placement before drilling.

Then there was routing the antenna cable to the radio...

Oh yeah, and don't forget installing a capacitor across the generator or alternator connections to eliminate the whine. Heh!

UncleWede · 10-05-2022, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

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Originally Posted by zgood4u

Did the same thing in my dad's garage as the kid helper. Don't know how he did it, drilling holes in fenders for antennas too.

Ha, did that as well. 3/4" or 1" hole saw. Man, did that make me sweat! We triple checked the hole placement before drilling.

Then there was routing the antenna cable to the radio...

Oh yeah, and don't forget installing a capacitor across the generator or alternator connections to eliminate the whine. Heh!

I'm remembering that cap trick. In the 77 bug, if I turn on the headlights, I lose the LA radio stations.

CarsAndGuitars · 10-06-2022, 11:41 AM

I threw out my back putting in my contact lenses this morning. Ugh

M_Six · 10-06-2022, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by CarsAndGuitars

I threw out my back putting in my contact lenses this morning. Ugh

Those damn things are heavier than you'd think.

Esteban · 10-06-2022, 11:50 AM

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I threw out my back putting in my contact lenses this morning. Ugh

I tried them but never really got used to them.

I'm sure they have newer, thinner, and better ones now but it's so simple for me to put on or take off glasses whenever I want. Besides, with the cataract surgery I had done some years ago I barely need glasses anymore.

CarsAndGuitars · 10-06-2022, 01:09 PM

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Those damn things are heavier than you'd think.

I didn't lift with my knees..

It was the lean over the sink for the close-up in the mirror that did me in.

zgood4u · 10-06-2022, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

Ha, did that as well. 3/4" or 1" hole saw. Man, did that make me sweat! We triple checked the hole placement before drilling.

Then there was routing the antenna cable to the radio...

Oh yeah, and don't forget installing a capacitor across the generator or alternator connections to eliminate the whine. Heh!

The worst ones were the automatic antennas that were on the rear fender, what a PITA!! Forgot about the cap trick, a lost art.

sygazelle · 10-07-2022, 07:00 AM

...when you used to have a orange 76 ball on your antenna.

sygazelle · 10-07-2022, 07:05 AM

....when you are up at 4am on a damn Bimmerpost off topic forum because you went to bed at 9am and you are wide awake.

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