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Re: Body Mods

Reply #45 –
either way, its one thing to say "ill do what i can to try to make it out", but its another to say "its impossible, life sucks, jobs are hard, women wont let me, my mom has to hold my hand the whole way"

its the half full/half empty thing

thats what we usually do lowcat, i didnt make it last year, but everyone in MD met up and drove out in one crew
It's Gumby's fault.

Re: Body Mods

Reply #46 –
Quote from: Tbird232ci
either way, its one thing to say "ill do what i can to try to make it out", but its another to say "its impossible, life sucks, jobs are hard, women wont let me, my mom has to hold my hand the whole way"


seems you're more offended than you assume I am. wtf is your prob? I just said it's impossible for some to drive halfway across the country just to see some cars. There ARE excuses, like having a job, school, and enough money to pay the bills and that's about it.

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Reply #47 –
im not offended, it just irritates me when people just say "no it wont work", "no i cant", "that sucks", without even putting much thought into it, last year, i wasnt able to make it, as the year before, i had my reasons, but i tried most of everything i could to make it, its not like i said "no, i cant do it", i said "ill do everything i can to make it"

like i said, its the half full/half empty ordeal, you can try to make it and fail, or not try, same end result, but the effort was made
It's Gumby's fault.

Re: Body Mods

Reply #48 –
I was planning on going last year, but after seeing the last years pictures i didnt feel like my car would belong there. Lots of people told me that it dosent matter and thngs like that, so again I decided to go, then my car took a dump on me. And from here I was planning on about $400  just in gas. I even had the money's saved up, but I ended up spending money just to get my car back to the point it starts. This year I have two cats. and the new one has half the miliage at 115,000
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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Re: Body Mods

Reply #49 –
Quote from: Cougars 2 go
It's nothing major and besides, everyone will (hopefully) see it at Cat Jam.  (I thought I have already told a bunch of people how I did it?)  Anyway, once you see it, you can see how I did it.


I didn't intend to bring tension to this body mod thread about attending Cat Jam. Relying on just typed words without body language, tone, inflection, etc, sometimes things come across differently than intended.
I'm sure there will be plenty of folks at Cat Jam to see everyone's mods and discuss them on this board with those that are interested but couldn't make it. Also, there will most likely be a CD or two containing everyone's snapshots taken during Cat Jam that can be purchased by those who were unable to make it.
"lol.. because not too many people care for that style of car"
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Re: Body Mods

Reply #50 –
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I was planning on going last year, but after seeing the last years pictures i didnt feel like my car would belong there. Lots of people told me that it dosent matter and thngs like that, so again I decided to go, then my car took a dump on me. And from here I was planning on about $400 just in gas. I even had the money's saved up, but I ended up spending money just to get my car back to the point it starts. This year I have two cats. and the new one has half the miliage at 115,000


Did you see my 85 t-bird gray/black???  I think I had the worst looking car there and I went.  It looked really bad when I parked it at the car show at Chilis next to the 20,000-80,000 dollar show cars.  I think most people on these boards worked hard to get their cars where they are at and remember vividly what it took to get them there.  Besides you have to start somewhere.  My car was also on the borderline of making it there or not.

As far as making it to cat jam or not, it is never impossible, but coming from California would be very impractical for a 3 day show.  If it were me the ony way I would do it is if I worked it in with a 2-3 week vacation.  Or fly in and leave the bird at home.  My family reunion is the last Saturday of July every year so it will normally collide with Cat Jam's last full weekend of July.  That makes it a difficult choice for me which will keep me from going most of the time, otherwise I would prob. be there every year, as it is only an 9-10 hour drive for me.  I was really glad to have went to cat jam just to see the cars on the boards up close.