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Old Feb 27, 2017 | 04:52 AM
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Sorry to hear of your loss Tony, I pray the healing grace of God is swift!
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Old Feb 27, 2017 | 07:59 AM
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Sorry for your loss Tony, Hope you are well. Im praying for your family
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Old Feb 27, 2017 | 08:11 AM
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Sorry about your loss DG, My prayers are with you and your family.

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Old Feb 27, 2017 | 10:02 AM
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Chin up Tony, keep all the good stuff and funny stuff in mind.

When one door closes, another opens. Keep going forward.
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Old Feb 27, 2017 | 10:40 AM
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So sorry to hear of your Mother-in-Law's passing, Tony. Please let all of your friends on this forum help with your healing with all of our prayers. Lou.
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Old Feb 27, 2017 | 10:34 PM
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Sorry to hear about your mother in law Tony.
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Old Feb 27, 2017 | 10:56 PM
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Sorry Gunner
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Old Mar 1, 2017 | 08:50 PM
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My condolences to you Tony, your wife and family. My prayers are with you all.

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Old Mar 2, 2017 | 02:04 AM
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Sorry for your loss Tony. Man, you just can't catch a break...
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Old Mar 7, 2017 | 10:59 PM
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Thanks Members........I'm just checking in/still "hanging in there". Things are just starting to settle down with the loss of mother-in-law.

The furniture movers will be arriving tomorrow to transfer our belongings to our new home south of Baton Rouge (across the Mississippi River from my in-law's home). We are definitely not emotionally ready, but we have to make the transition.

The Vette project will make the trip across the River after the new home is organized (and all the moving boxes are removed from the "Vette Mini-Shop-Garage").

You guys take care.
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Old Mar 8, 2017 | 12:27 AM
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Glad to hear you are hanging in there Tony. Though the pain n memories will linger, there will be some things you can look forward to, distract you some and give you new things to focus on that will help in the healing process. And there are the prayers of those in your "family" to uphold you as well.
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Old Mar 8, 2017 | 05:47 AM
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Peace Tony, for you and your family.
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Old Mar 8, 2017 | 09:15 AM
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God Bless Tony, no need to rush things, take care of yourself and your family first!
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Old Mar 8, 2017 | 08:10 PM
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I don't envy you having to move your project to a new home. At least yours is somewhat "finished; mine's in a thousand (or more) pieces! When I first started my restoration, I told my wife there'd be no "new" houses until it was back together again!
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Old Mar 11, 2017 | 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Andy Tuttle
Glad to hear you are hanging in there Tony. Though the pain n memories will linger, there will be some things you can look forward to, distract you some and give you new things to focus on that will help in the healing process. And there are the prayers of those in your "family" to uphold you as well.
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I don't envy you having to move your project to a new home. At least yours is somewhat "finished; mine's in a thousand (or more) pieces! When I first started my restoration, I told my wife there'd be no "new" houses until it was back together again!

Thanks Everyone.......You All have stuck with me through "thick and thicker".

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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 03:43 AM
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"Just checking in". Things are about .05% better this week. We are just about done moving boxes/etc. to the new house.

The problem is........my itty-bitty Corvette garage is being used for "other things" for now............




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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 03:48 AM
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How did that new front bumper get in there with all the house stuff???

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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 08:16 AM
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That was fast. I didnt expect to see the garage built yet. It takes me a year to finish projects like that!!!. My garage is still sided with plastic and dirt and plywood floors
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Old Mar 19, 2017 | 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Rescue Rogers
That was fast. I didnt expect to see the garage built yet. It takes me a year to finish projects like that!!!. My garage is still sided with plastic and dirt and plywood floors
I chickened out and decided not to build it myself/still too sad from the events of the last 10 months.

It is a pre-fab building......but I still get the thrill of insulating/wiring/peg-boarding the walls/adding A/C.......and removing the shipping/skid-beams from underneath it so it can be bolted to the slab.......


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Old Mar 20, 2017 | 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by doorgunner


Doorgunner, can you take me through the steps it took to get your rear clip held in place like this? I.E. how many people helped, who did what, etc.
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