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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">That tool is pretty cool! And to have a tool your father made is even cooler!</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Now that I see it I can imagine times when I'd want it instead of one of the other prybars I already have. </span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Do you have any idea how he made it? I'm asking about how he bent it - the ends could be done by an angle grinder. My first thought for bending it would be heat but that would take out the springiness, wouldn't it?</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks for sharing!</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Mark</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">1956 Daimler Regency Mk II '104' patiently awaiting attention</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">1995 Buick Century - my 'modern' daily driver ;-)</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">2001 Ford E150 Traveler van with wheelchair lift - almost 80,000 miles - obviously we almost exclusively use it to transport our handicapped son - I'm more worried about this dying due to lack of driving than getting worn out</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">A couple of other transportation pods (2005 Toyota Corolla, 2007 Ford Fusion)</span>
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On 02/14/2023 7:56 PM Philip Ethier <pethier7@gmail.com> wrote:
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Now I have a set of MG TF leaf springs that I removed and I do not know what to do with them.
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I suppose I could make knives or something...
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I still have the wrecking bar my father made out of a car spring. Probably in the 1940s or 1950s. It is very useful for trim in houses and as a foot-lever for hanging doors.
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier/52689555023">https://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier/52689555023</a>
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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; background-color: #efefef;">Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA</span>
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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: #efefef;">1973 Triumph Stag LE22439UBW "uncle jack", Sapphire Blue</span>
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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: #efefef;">2006 Gulf Stream Conquest Super C, 8.1, White</span>
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2017 Ford Fusion SE 2.0 Turbo, Oxford White
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