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Posted by: ctc911ctc Dec 28 2020, 08:57 PM

I am past the point of any expectation as to a christmas gift. However, I always pay special attention to purchasing my darling bride something special and thoughtful.....always pays off.

I got a gift from my 19 year old son, that I rebuilt the SIlver Bullet with (74 2.0), and he could hardly contain himself while I opened it.

Best Gift EVER!

Posted by: Jamie Dec 28 2020, 09:13 PM

QUOTE(ctc911ctc @ Dec 28 2020, 06:57 PM)

I am past the point of any expectation as to a christmas gift. However, I always pay special attention to purchasing my darling bride something special and thoughtful.....always pays off.

I got a gift from my 19 year old son, that I rebuilt the SIlver Bullet with (74 2.0), and he could hardly contain himself while I opened it.

Best Gift EVER!

Posted by: Jamie Dec 28 2020, 09:15 PM

QUOTE(Jamie @ Dec 28 2020, 07:13 PM)

QUOTE(ctc911ctc @ Dec 28 2020, 06:57 PM)

I am past the point of any expectation as to a christmas gift. However, I always pay special attention to purchasing my darling bride something special and thoughtful.....always pays off.

I got a gift from my 19 year old son, that I rebuilt the SIlver Bullet with (74 2.0), and he could hardly contain himself while I opened it.

Best Gift EVER!

OK, I give, what is it?

Posted by: ctc911ctc Dec 28 2020, 09:20 PM

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I just discovered how to really enlarge the image and now I see what it is! Kool! Where did he find it?
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The guys in our local Ace (very local, 200 yr history) have a very old version of this hanging in the fastner isle - saved us time/money over the years making certain that the size and threads are correct....

How many 19yr kids do you know that know the difference between and 20 and a 32? Or a 1.0 vs a 1.5?

Posted by: Jamie Dec 28 2020, 09:23 PM

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I just discovered how to really enlarge the image and now I see what it is! Kool! Where did he find it?
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The guys in our local Ace (very local, 200 yr history) have a very old version of this hanging in the fastner isle - saved us time/money over the years making certain that the size and threads are correct....

How many 19yr kids do you know that know the difference between and 20 and a 32? Or a 1.0 vs a 1.5?
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Or know the difference between a teener and a real Porsche!

Posted by: Jett Dec 28 2020, 09:26 PM

Truly the best gift! Where did he get it from?

Posted by: iankarr Dec 28 2020, 09:41 PM

Very cool! I bought one for myself (sigh) last month. Here's the amazon link...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016J3Z49I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Posted by: 914xr75 Dec 28 2020, 09:41 PM

Best gift ever! Just know that when you have something like this you become like the guy with the pickup truck in the neighborhood. Everybody asks you to help them move, or in our case to check a thread. lol.

Posted by: 914Sixer Dec 29 2020, 07:57 AM

Can't get any better than that.

Posted by: 76-914 Dec 29 2020, 09:55 AM

Smart Kid. For the rest of you, you can use a Tap & Die set with a thread gauge. Harbor Freight has them for for < $20. PS, don't try to thread anything harder than aluminum with the HF set.

Posted by: rick 918-S Dec 29 2020, 10:27 AM

Very thoughtful gift.

Posted by: Root_Werks Dec 29 2020, 11:40 AM

Very cool gift, smart kid!

Posted by: Grelber Dec 29 2020, 11:56 AM

They have those exact sizers on the fastener aisle at all of the Lowes. Saves us a lot of time with customers.

Posted by: Jett Dec 29 2020, 01:56 PM

QUOTE(iankarr @ Dec 28 2020, 07:41 PM)

Posted by: Front yard mechanic Dec 29 2020, 07:14 PM

Wait a minute you got a gift to check the size of your nuts?