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Old 01-11-2004, 03:43 PM
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Default Boss JBL At Home, Finally

After 2.5 years of Fridays & Saturdays the bossjbl is finally home for body work. I took it for a little
test spin around 8:30 am. It runs great and is a real handfull. My goal now is to complete the car in
rough fasion by March and then take it to Thunder Hill or Sears, for sorting out and a good general
thrashing, before paint and other finish work .

Leaving the shop. The Big morning. My stomach was in a knot.



Home, finally.



Not one but two go karts.



View from my office. I think I'll just take the door off permamently.



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Old 01-11-2004, 08:48 PM
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John,

Sweet.

After all this time and travail, it must feel good to have her home.

But, I do recommend that you leave the door on the office.

You still have to make money to pay for things after all.

And I have found that if I leave my toys visible from my office, that my income drops directly in relation to proximity of the toy to my office.

Unfortunately, I have a really big picture window (12 feet wide and 6 feet high.) that I look out of every day.

Therefore, I only keep things that I have to do outside of my window. (Actually, the wife puts out the bits for my viewing pleasure.)

Now, what do you mean it is a real handful?

It has to behave better than the shifter cart!!!!!

Maybe you just need to get some tire temp in that thing.
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Old 01-11-2004, 09:39 PM
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Richard,

Not really a handful. I think I was just so excited to drive it and the damn thing really is so nasty. I'll be fine once I get a little seat time, should be around March / April.

Ok, good thinking. I'll leave the door on.

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Old 01-12-2004, 08:22 AM
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Even in "primered spot" paint motif and sans hood...that is one bad ride.

Congrats and keep the pics coming.

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That is one bad ass looking Cobra.
Good luck at the track but with that Go kart you have there I see a little advantage over those without the karting experience.

Do we have any East Coast owners of the JBL?

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That is a fantastic car! The JBL is really something special!
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Old 01-12-2004, 09:35 AM
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Hi John,
Congratulations. Like fine wine..., right? Looks cool. Enjoy!
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Awsome! It's a great feeling knowing she's under your lock & key! Can't wait to see it in paint!
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Even in "primered spot" paint motif and sans hood...that is one bad ride.


Bob
Wait a minute.

That is the offical, as delivered, paint job for a JBL.

That way no one cares about the odd rock ding or track rash.

It also saves a lot of time as there is no need to wax or polish.

The lack of hood and decklid is an unfair aero modification.

JBL only permits these modifications to bikinis.
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I'll be out in the garage tonight, spraying primer over my Lister's paint job and yanking the hood off of my JCF.
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