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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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Made a deal with wife...she gets new kitchen and I get a 5 speed for this:



A friend is a cabinet maker....when kitchen is done,I can order the tranny...
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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Dang Rich, at my house it would be one or the other!!
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I've been cutting corners to make it all happen...like dental work in Mexico..saved $6000 by going there......so now the door is open for the kitchen..and my friend is giving a heck of a deal on custom cabinets/counter tops...
Plan is getting tranny in April...finally...

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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by rihwoods
Made a deal with wife...she gets new kitchen and I get a 5 speed for this:

A friend is a cabinet maker....when kitchen is done,I can order the tranny...

I made the same deal....Kitchen remodel=$50K, 5 speed=$3K! The price we pay for our hobbies!
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 12:55 PM
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When I read the part about going to Mexico for the dental work I laughed only because my first ex-mother in law used to do the same thing, she'd go into Juarez for hers. I remember both sides of the Avenue lined door to door with dentists once you crossed over the bridge from El Paso. Sounds like a cool wife, 'cept that she wouldnt let ya get that Hemi in that Road Runner,,,Peace,,,Moosie
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 12:59 PM
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these kind of deals at my home must be paid cash...no cheques or credit cards allowed
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Originally Posted by Duke94
I made the same deal....Kitchen remodel=$50K, 5 speed=$3K! The price we pay for our hobbies!
Yikes..$50K....needless to say, mine will be much less in our California "above ground cave".....

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Originally Posted by moosie982
When I read the part about going to Mexico for the dental work I laughed only because my first ex-mother in law used to do the same thing, she'd go into Juarez for hers. I remember both sides of the Avenue lined door to door with dentists once you crossed over the bridge from El Paso. Sounds like a cool wife, 'cept that she wouldnt let ya get that Hemi in that Road Runner,,,Peace,,,Moosie
We go to Tecate,Mex...only 35 miles...dentist's here in Calif wanted $12,000..this is our Dentist office in Tecate...she is great...cute too...and her handyman washes our car...



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Too bad you couldn't get your cabinets done in Mexico too.
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Rich, what 5-speed you picking? A TKO?
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Rich, what 5-speed you picking? A TKO?
TKO 600...most likely with the side mount shifter and .68 overdrive..

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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by rihwoods
TKO 600...most likely with the side mount shifter and .68 overdrive..

Rich

Very nice. That'll liven up that ride.
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