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She Needs A Name.

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OK, so I bought this from these pics. I didn't go and look first, just bought.   To be fair, JWS encouraged me. The man who can see no potential in houses or junk furniture, was excited. I tried to harness his enthusiasm, and for awhile I did, but it waned as soon as I got in it to drive it home. What was I thinking? I mean, the back of my shop t-shirts say For the Love of Junk. Reuse - Repurpose - Reimagine I was not feeling the love here.     I like all the retro look. I like the low mileage, I even like the old shape of it. But this?  I did not like.     So I ripped and tore and scraped and sweated and hurt my knees and choked from the cleaner and scraped some more. Then I scrubbed and together we patched and painted. John is using phrases like listen to that motor purr and we are going to "trick this out" His TV watching fluctuates between Gas Monkey...