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Hi guys, It's been a few years but my LEE1 replica still isn't on the road again. I posted the pic from the rebuild engine earlier but while doing the first testrun it broke down after 17 minutes. Didn't have anything positive left the start over so left it for about a year... Anyway, beginning of this year I started to rebuild the engine again and last month we did a succesfull testrun. 440 is alive and running like a beast. Also I painted the enginebay of the car in T3 Light Bronze Metallic. Looks awesome! At the moment I'm getting the brakes working again (car has been standing for 4 years so brakes need tlc...) and after that engine will go in. Anyway, the plan is to drive again in about 4 to 6 months. Can't wait! Here's a link to my Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClemYvCM0tj/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY= I'll make a pic from the enginebay soon. Serge

Any New Year's Eve plans? My wife never stays up until midnight anymore but I always do....usually watching Christmas cartoons.

One of the car-related YouTube channels I watch recently highlighted the poor performance of the Ford Lightning electric truck in cold weather (below). A previous video he made about the truck showed how the range dropped dramatically when towing. The towing video went viral after a conspiracy website completely misquoted it to further their agenda. He has since traded the Lightning for a Hummer EV. I accept that electric vehicles will take over eventually, but we're still a long way from that point at the moment.

Electric car owners in warmer climates that got the extremely frigid temperatures found out one thing about their better for the environment vehicle's....they won't charge in such cold temperatures . One Tesla owner in Virginia found out the hard way when they tried charging at home and when that didn't work they drove to a nearby Tesla supercharger spot where it once again failed to charge, in fact it drained the battery further . That would explain why I only seen one electric car on the road over the frigid weekend. This is why I say automakers should be throwing their money into hybrids instead of only electric cars. For one our national electric grid is not up to the task and is proving quite vulnerable to weather and attacks.

We're all meeting at MM's house. You wrote the rules here MM so you should realize that it is violation of the terms of service to mention cheesecake without having enough for everybody.

I'm still lurking around here, Hobie. We had an ice storm yesterday and managed to get through it without losing power. Last time we had an ice storm, we lost power for 3 days. Stay safe and warm, everybody. Wishing you peace and joy this Christmas, my cousins. And a Happy New Year!

How's everyone doing? Thought I post a pic of the almost rebuild engine. Next step will be painting the enginebay in T3 light bronse just like the original LEE1 had. Will probably take a while but I'll post an update when it's done. Serge