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Re: How much do you work on your car..??
[Re: Jeepmon]
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10/26/10 09:09 PM
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Southern by Choice
Shoozy
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In my effort to simultaneously kill posts on both this and the general forum  , I will answer about 4-5 hours per week when all was well. Time to check over all safety items, fluids, brakes, bolts, etc. Time to check over the trailer and tow vehicle. And time to wash them all once hooked and loaded.
Old, tired, and sometimes broke down. Me, not my car...
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Re: How much do you work on your car..??
[Re: Shoozy]
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10/26/10 09:14 PM
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Columbia, CT
moper
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I Live Here
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Columbia, CT
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What's a "racing season"?  I've driven my car 4 times this summer... But the farm is coming along nicely...lol
Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.
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Re: How much do you work on your car..??
[Re: racerx]
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10/26/10 09:50 PM
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Challenger 1
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Been working on the car 4 about three-4 months now prepping 4 paint,Let me tell you it has been a pain in the(you know what)  never plan on doing this again.Hope it pays off. 
The first year away from racing I did a total restore on my gold car including paint, I worked on it every extra minute away from work at home. It only took me 10 months total, start to end by myself. I loved doing the body work, can't wait to do it again on a dfferent car. I have 210 hours in the paint on my car.
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Re: How much do you work on your car..??
[Re: Challenger 1]
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10/26/10 10:56 PM
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Lehigh Acres, Florida
rickstershemi
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Been working on the car 4 about three-4 months now prepping 4 paint,Let me tell you it has been a pain in the(you know what) never plan on doing this again.Hope it pays off.
The first year away from racing I did a total restore on my gold car including paint, I worked on it every extra minute away from work at home. It only took me 10 months total, start to end by myself. I loved doing the body work, can't wait to do it again on a dfferent car. I have 210 hours in the paint on my car.
I'll ship the valiant up to ya so you can love doing body work in between 
Rickster
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Re: How much do you work on your car..??
[Re: Thumperdart]
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10/26/10 11:34 PM
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Las Vegas
Al_Alguire
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I Live Here
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Come on up this weekend and I will show ya..Gonna be doing some heavy wrenchin this weekend.
"I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know."
"It's never wrong to do the right thing"
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Re: How much do you work on your car..??
[Re: Thumperdart]
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10/26/10 11:36 PM
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BROOK PARK, OH
WILD BILL
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Senior Member of the Junior Dragster Club
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Way to much 
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Re: How much do you work on your car..??
[Re: Jeepmon]
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10/26/10 11:52 PM
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Bend,OR USA
Cab_Burge
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Bend,OR USA
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I know this is a broad question with an obvious answer (more when it breaks, less when it doesnt) but on average, How much time do you spend working on the car during racing season..??
Not much, as litle as possible  I'm like quicktree  dust it off, top the tank off and charge the batterys, work on it when it is broken or when I want to test or change somethings  My car is not fast nor is it a "race car"  
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: How much do you work on your car..??
[Re: dusturbd340W5]
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10/27/10 09:13 AM
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in a cattle trailer down by th...
Guitar Jones
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Paddle faster! I hear banjo music!
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Very little actually, the car is pretty much bullet proof and maintenance free, hey it's a Mopar. I am working on a stroker short block but the old 360 still gets the job done.
"Follow me the wise man said, but he walked behind"
'92 D250 Club Cab CTD, 47RH conversion, pump tweaks, injectors, rear disc and hydroboost conversion.
'74 W200 Crew Cab 360, NV4500, D44, D60 and NP205 divorced transfer case. Rear disc and hydroboost conversion.
2019 1500 Long Horn Crew Cab 4WD, 5.7 Hemi.
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Re: How much do you work on your car..??
[Re: Guitar Jones]
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10/27/10 09:27 AM
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Indy
FlyFish
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Indy
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When nothing breaks, I would say less than 30 min every 2 weeks...and that is mainly to wash the dirt off. I’m a family guy, and I spend most of my time with my wife and kids. A few times a year I go over the car checking problem areas and doing general maintenance for a few hours….but if something breaks, then it’s a totally different story.
67 Barracuda street car, 408, e85, 1.38 60', 6.44 @105.9 in the 1/8 mile, 10.19 @130.5 in the 1/4...so far....
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Re: How much do you work on your car..??
[Re: dustergirl340]
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10/27/10 11:42 AM
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Mt. Vernon, Ohio
dartman366
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Not much...it's been a tough little smallblock. Gets beat on and keeps going. I wash the car, check the fluids, check fittings and tighten things as needed, and go racing.
Pretty much the same thing here, unless I decide to make a change or something go's stupid. 
Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.
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