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We kick this weekís show into gear with a
trip to Wallace Indiana where we met up with
a group of Model T collectors. Then we put
the pedal to the metal and head on over to
Decatur, Illinois for a tour of the Chevrolet
Hall of Fame Museum. In our final story weíll
head to the countryís largest vintage car
dealership. So park it right here for next
half hour of Heartland Highways.
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Hello and thanks for joining us today. This
week, weíre at the place where EIU all began,
the Livingston C. Lord Administration building
or more commonly known as Old Main. This is
the Cougill Foyer and one of the best times
of the year to visit old main is during the
holidays. Inside is the towering foyer tree
and outside, a string of white lights outline
the building. Now just a few years after old
main was completed and our universityís history
began, history was also being made as Henry
Ford starting manufacturing the Model T. We
headed to Wallace Indiana to meet a group
of people who collect, restore and drive these
pieces of automotive history.
Theyíre like rabbits they multiply. Ones
not enough you know you need two and then
it goes on from there.
Uh itís a disease. [Laughing] I used to have
a farming disease, now I got into Model Ts
and uh itís all Nickís fault, Nick Ellingwood.
>>Narrator Meet cousins Nick Ellingwood and
Evan Cork. Both are Wallace Indiana natives
and both are Model T collectors. It was Nick
who first caught the Model T bug back in 1988,
which eventually led him to buy an old garage
in Wallace for his restoration work.
This building it all fell in. It was a disrepair.
I get twenty-five hundred dollars for the
building and Evan and I worked all summer
with his tractor cleaning all the roofing
material up cause you couldnít walk from
the other and put the joists up. This was
in 1999 and here we go.
>>Narrator During the renovation of Nickís
shop, cousin Evan, who was a car collector,
started to change his mind about the Model
T.
He got me into it. The first year I owned
three and I really didnít even like ëem.
But, uh now Iíve got eleven and uh we have
a lot of fun, go to a lot of places, and a
lot of tours, and meet a lot of nice people.
>>Narrator After filling Nickís shop with
both of their collections, Evan decided to
build his own, just across the street.
There was a house here that burned and I bought
the lot, built the building, and then decided
Iíd put in an apartment and move in.
>>Narrator While they both have their own
spaces to work, Evan and Nick still work together
on projects.
If we get stumped on something you know one
or the other of us can figure it out and it
makes it a lot better with two people workiní
on things. You need two more hands once in
a while.
>>Narrator While they do help out friends
with their Model T projects, the shops are
not a restoration business or museum. But
if Evan and Nick are here, they say people
are welcome to stop in and visit.
We are here more in the winter than we are
in the summer uh and the doors always open
when weíre here. You know you can come in
and thereís a lot of old guys come in and
theyíll tell stories. Theyíre some of the
most interesting and sometimes private conversations
that you get into about this stuff and itís
all neat. Its part of America and how it grew
and how it done. Itís great.
>>Narrator In addition to his car collection
Evan has an extensive collection of Model
T bud vases, something thatís hard to come
by these days.
Theyíre uh they was used in early cars uh
in the twenties. In closed cars they had a
little bracket that uh screwed to the doorpost
on the inside and then the bud vase fit in
that and then there was a little screw holder
that would hold a bud vase in and then youíd
cut fresh cut flowers and put in there and
that was the early car freshener.
>>Narrator While vases may be hard to find,
the cars and parts for them are not after
all 15 million Model Tís were manufactured.
Henry Ford made the first car, his car, in
1903 and it was progressed A, B, and C up
until you got to T in 1909 and he stayed with
that T designation at nine. But there is Coupes
and Sedans and Roadsters and touring cars
and town cars and couplets he had a lot of
ëem. Thereís a lot of people interested
in this hobby. They do perpetuate the hobby,
because thereís people with means and knowledge
to reproduce the stuff that you need. You
can buy almost anything that you need for
model T through the network of the Model T
Ford club you know.
>>Narrator If you ask Nick or Evan both will
say their cars are not show cars, they are
for touring and thatís exactly what they
do.
We collect, and we drive, and we have fun
and that is what we do. We try to drive around
we donít at one time I built a show car and
it wasnít fun. You know cause I was worried
about somebody scratching it all the time.
>>Narrator Thanks to the Model T Ford Club
of America and its many chapters. Tours are
held around the country and on this day we
happened to catch The Indy 500 club ride.
This tour takes participants through the famous
covered bridges of Parke County Indiana.
Well our tour starts on a Saturday with a
short tour on Saturday and a full day tour
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and a short day on
Wednesday. We go from New Hampshire California,
Wisconsin, Florida, yup we got Arizona. We
got a lot of stuff going on.
>>Narrator On this day of the tour, one destination
was Wallace that included a visit to Nick
and Evanís shops as well as lunch at the
341 CafÈ. Even though the weather was a bit
chilly, especially if you were riding in a
convertible, these motorists donít seem to
mind and neither do their 4 legged companions.
>>Narrator Events like these really showcase
the many styles and colors; nope they werenít
all black, of the Model T. It gives people
who love these cars a chance to swap stories,
share advice and even get some roadside assistance.
Theyíre all sharing the same problem hoping
the Model T gets there. Hoping it gets there
without breaking down you know and if it breaks
down can I count on Joe to have some parts
to fix it.
So do you have to travel with parts?
We do we do and we on this particular tour
and a lot of official tours weíve gotten
an official parts guy that holds a trailer
full of expendable parts.
This is a slower pace. You drive twenty-five,
thirty-five mile an hour all the back roads
and you see you see a lot more stuff.
These cars are fun cars, theyíre simple cars,
theyíre a challenge. You face the same challenges
as the people that bought these cars when
they was new. Keepiní them runniní, innovating,
and trying to make ëem better and tryiní
to do better with them and theyíre a great
avenue to meet the people. The people are
the hobby and you meet some of the nicest
people in the world.
For this next story we headed back to Illinois
to visit a museum dedicated to Chevrolet.
In Decatur, we met Lavelle Hunt, whose expansive
car collection got so large; he decided to
turn it into a museum.
Yeah, Iíve always been a diehard Chevrolet
fan. Um you know, I grew up my family always
had Chevrolets and I just you know I always
liked the Corvette. I always like the Camaro.
I always like the Chevelle and of course those
are all Chevrolet brands.
>>Narrator Like a lot of car enthusiasts turned
collectors, it doesnít stop with just one
car and Lavelle Hunt is no exception. It all
started with a 69 Chevelle and the rest, as
they say, is history. After building and outgrowing
garages at his home, he had the dream to one
day open his own museum here in Decatur. So,
when a vacant 30,000 square foot grocery store
building became available, Lavelle purchased
it and fulfilled that dream called the Chevrolet
Hall of Fame Museum.
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>>Narrator Specializing the Chevy cars and
memorabilia, the museum is designed to impress
as you step through the door.
I just thought you know thereís no better
way to start it out with the current year
Indianapolis 500 pace car.
>>Narrator A big Indy 500 Fan, Lavelleís
pace car collection is impressive and includes
the first Corvette pace car from 1978 as well
as the first Camero Pace Car from 1967.
These are actual pace cars that were used
at the Indianapolis 500 for each year, but
they didnít actually pace the race. They
were used for pace car duties, festival car
duties, track car duties and executive people
for the Indianapolis motor speedway or for
the 500 festival committee drove these cars.
This particular car here was assigned to the
Indianapolis police department.
>>Narrator Itís also the one that Lavelle
let me drive, around the parking lot that
is.
Since I wasnít taking this one home with
me, it was back inside to see more.
But, we start with the Corvettes uh from 1957.
We actually have a 1953 and a ë54 coming
into the museum, but the earliest one we have
in here on display right now is a 1957. Uh
it is a very, very rare car. It has factory
uh dual quad carburetors. It has the off road
camshaft in it. It has a lot of the original
paint on it. Um it is a factory black car
with red interior. And then we move on up
into the uh you know í58, uh í60, í61,
uh í63 split window, which is a very rare
car. Thatís the only year that they made
the split window in the back of the coup.
And then we go all the way up to uh 2009 here
as far as the corvettes go all the way up
to the 2009 Z06.
>>Narrator The museum also has a collection
of Camaros from the oldest to the newest.
It just so happens that the first Camaro that
we have is the 1967 Camaro Indy 500 pace car,
um which also belongs to a very good friend
of mine who is a well known restorer around
the city of Decatur. He restored lots and
lots of Camaros and uh he actually owned the
particular one thatís on display. But, uh
we have the í67 Camaro Indy 500 pace car
and then we also have the 2010 Camaro Indy
500 pace car that was actually used in this
yearís 2009 Indianapolis 500.
>>Narrator This 2002 model is particularity
unique and something you wonít see on the
highway.
And this particular model that I purchased
from my good friend that owned a Chevrolet
dealership uh was called a B4C, which is a
police uh pursuit model. Um it was not available
to the public. And I donít know how I ended
up with it, but it was not available to the
public and uh it was actually ordered special.
It has the leather interior and a 6 speed
transmission. It does have the all aluminum
Corvette engine in it. It has the uh no Cadillac
converters on it and itís basically a non-restricted
uh platform if you will. And uh so very, very
neat car and it presently has 120 miles on
it.
>>Narrator Between all the vets and Cameros,
on the walls and hanging from the ceiling
are hundreds of pieces of memorabilia.
It seems that uh guys that collect Chevrolets
has just as much of a passion for the memorabilia
as they do the uh cars themselves. Right along
with all that is you know the memorabilia
for each car. You know all the signage and
different things like that and all the Indianapolis
500 memorabilia. But, then in the back we
have what I have kind of turned into an old
vintage Chevrolet parts department. And uh
we have NOS parts from the ë30s all the way
through today new parts through today and
itís just kind of neat. Uh itís in an old
display case from 1914.
>>Narrator The museum about fifty percent
of the museum is Lavelleís private collection
with the remaining on loan from other friends
and collectors.
We have an old front engine uh rail dragster
that belongs to another friend Paul Berry
and then of course my good friend that owns
Bullock Garages. Thatís his car that he raced
for years and years and years which is a í67
Chevrolet Camaro drag car.
>>Narrator And if youíre wondering, the answer
is yes, Lavelle does drive every one of his
cars in the museum. In addition to the museum,
there is the adjacent Dreamer Diners, also
Lavelleís idea. If youíre in the market
for your own classic car, you can purchase
one from the museums consignment area. But,
if you happen to own one already and youíre
looking for a place to store it, this is also
the right place.
We actually have an additional 11,000 square
foot behind in the back of this building where
we do actually do state of the art climate
controlled storage. And thatís a big part
of this whole museum thing is the fact that
we are able to do that.
>>Narrator With the help of many friends,
family and lot of long hours on his part,
Lavelle has been able to bring his love for
Chevrolet to the public. While he spends a
great deal of time here, he also continues
his career with Conseco Life Insurance.
You know this is my passion. You know this
is my life blood right here. This is what
keeps me going you know. And a lot of people
say well you never sleep or you never do this
or you never do that. You know and to have
something like this you got to work, work,
work or you canít do it you know. Itís been
uh really really neat to see the way the thing
has transpired and came along. I mean itís
just uh you know um like I said the day we
walked in it was just you would have thought
that we were nuts. We worked countless hours
in here and nights and now itís just really
gratifying to see the way the place has came
together.
>>Narrator So if youíre off the see the USA
in your Chevrolet or any other car model for
that matter. Be sure to stop by the Chevrolet
Hall of Fame Museum, located off US 36 east
in Decatur is open Tuesday through Sunday
from 10am-6pm.
Some of our favorite adventures were ideas
that came from viewers like you. If you think
thereís a place we should see or a person
we should meet, let us know about it. Just
make sure itís in the Illinois, Indiana or
Missouri area. Drop us an e-mail at heartlandhighways@weiu.net,
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After seeing all of the cars in these last
two stories you might be thinking that owning
on might be kind of fun. In this final story,
weíll take you to the place to browse and
buy classic cars. >>Narrator Sandwiched between
an original stretch of Route 66 and Interstate
55, sits a one-of-a-kind car lot that you
canít miss. With an every changing inventory
of 300 cars under roof and another 300 or
so outside, Country Classic Cars is most likely
the largest dealer of its kind in the U.S.
and maybe the world! But this sprawling complex
started with humble beginnings on farm site
about 10 miles away. After purchasing and
then selling a rare 1957 Chevy business coupe,
Russell and Anita Noel were able to reinvest
that money and buy more cars. Thatís what
got us started and the next thing you knew
I had three or four and five or six and just
kept investing. You know what basically we
made and buying more cars. >>Narrator In 1999,
a zoning issue at their farm forced the Noelís
to seek a new location for their business.
They told me we had thirty days to uh to basically
uh move our business. And this was a corn
field, so we bought it and uh we was going
to put up a small building and I said well
weíll at least put up a building that will
hold a few cars. So, we put up our first building
and then filled it with cars immediately.
And we was just going to do like a little
mom and pop you know just me and the wife
was going to work here like you know four
hours a day like we did at home you know.
But uh right away we figured out and thatís
how we hired Tim. He come out lookiní for
a job and we hired him and heís been here
ever since, so almost day one. And now we
have four full time salesmen and they do real
good. >>Narrator What started with one building
grew into several more, each housing a variety
of cars from the 1920ís up to the 1980ís.
Vehicles are packed bumper to bumper and feature
makes and models like Desoto, Hudson, Studebaker
and Dodge, just to name a few. I kind of like
to what I call reasonably priced probably
something less than twenty thousand that we
can sell ëem for. We have some nicer cars,
but my favorite ones are the cheaper probably
ten thousand dollar range. Thereís a lot
more people out there that can afford those
you know. >>Narrator About every other weekend
Russell travels the country purchasing cars
for the lot. Heíll also buy them out of the
newspaper and take in consignments too. Their
inventory moves fairly quick because these
cars are priced to sell, not sit. And a lot
of times we get a car in and we think well
what should we price it at? And we price it
and it sells right away and then we always
wonder maybe we should have priced it higher.
But my theory is you canít go broke making
a profit. So, [Laughing] weíve had a lot
of dealers come in and buy uh you know several
cars at a time. So, that tells me that weíve
priced ëem right which means we bought ëem
right cause we made money and theyíre going
to take ëem and make money. So thatís good.
>>Narrator The cars here come in just about
every size, color, style and condition, from
turn-key to TLC. Full restoration is generally
left up the buyer, but some cars will get
a new paint job or interior work. Of the 600
cars in stock, Russell says about 70% of them
actually run. While browsing and kicking tires
is common for shoppers, Russell does have
a few rules when it comes to his cars. I donít
like for people to open the hoods outside
and let you know they donít some of them
old cars you got to be careful to open the
hoods. I donít like them opening the car
doors and uh but they do pretty good most
of the time. Yeah so thatís about it really
and if youíre interested why weíll let you
road test one. Itís really nice that people
can come and look at ëem and you know and
you never know theyíll come back maybe and
buy one someday but uh yeah we charge a dollar
a person for ëem to look at ëem and I think
thatís reasonable for six hundred cars they
can look at so. >>Narrator With so many vintage
cars in one location, Hollywood has called
upon Country Classic Cars to supply vehicles
for major motion pictures. Probably the first
one was uh Ali and uh they had fifty cars
in that movie and they rented forty-six of
them from us. So, that kind of helped us pretty
good, because uh you know we got the cars
back. They did a little bit of tearing up.
You know, they ate in them and stuff a little
mess needed cleaned up. But that was really
good so course then that enabled us to buy
more cars. >>Narrator With access to classic
cars on a daily basis, you might think that
Russell has amassed quite the personal collection.
Every once in a while Iíll bring one in and
we just bought one today. I donít know if
you seen it up there a little í79 Chevy Malibu.
Belongs to an 80 year old man he bought it
brand new and you know that cars never been
racked. Itís just got 60,000 miles. That
would be a good one to keep, but you know
the trouble of keeping them. Youíve got to
store them inside and you know an old car
you really need to drive ëem to and I just
donít take time. But one of these days I
might try to collect some for myself but not
right now. >>Narrator For the Noels, they
never imagined their hobby would turn into
such and successful business, but now, they
wouldnít have it any other way.
When we opened this up we just thought weíd
have a little small business. Again we thought
weíd just be here like four hours a day.
And have I told my wife I never will forget
that when we opened up it was just 40 some
cars I said Iíd like to get eighty or ninety
cars. And she said itís crazy to have that
many cars. So, I donít know she probably
thinks Iím really crazy today with over six
hundred, but she likes it. She likes it and
I do to. So, I donít know I think one of
these days I might want to retire, but then
what would I do if I retired.
[Laughing]
>>Narrator So if youíre in the market for
our own vintage vehicle or just love looking
at cars, check out Country Classic Cars of
Staunton, Illinois. Theyíre located just
off Interstate 55 and are open Monday- Saturday
from 9am to 5pm.Want more information on the
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Thatís all the time we have for this weekís
show, from Old Main, Iím Kate Pleasant and
Iím Lori Casey, thanks for watching.
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HELLO BENDY + NEIGHBOR & the INK MACHINE Halloween Mod! FGTEEV-ers LETS CELEBRATE! Surprise Gameplay
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I thought of you really fun of you, and I played you know boring old chapter one again. Is that fun?
Go for it
Why don't you play ready and go I'll tell you what I just did, see that ink machine right there
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Makes you go up to it in stare at it get really close ok, I promise no. No look. Okay. Let's just see it
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okay, I
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Chapter 2. Oh look at that says happy Halloween up there. This is a Halloween update. We're going down a
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Mitsubishi Eclipse - Everything You Need To Know | Up to Speed
Donut Media:
- It's possibly the most
underrated tuner car
of all time!
A dark horse that was
overshadowed by its much cooler,
much more popular, jock brother.
Sound familiar Lars?
It was born from an unlikely marriage,
and fought to put fear in
the hearts of muscle cars
at drag strips all over the United States.
And despite its proven pedigree,
and the fact that it helped
revolutionize import culture,
twice, it's still looked down upon today.
This is everything you need
to know, to get up to speed,
on the Mitsubishi Eclipse.
(80's chiptune music)
In the 70's and early 80's
Chrysler was importing
fuel efficient Mitsubishis
and rebranding them as Chryslers.
In return, Mitsubishi
got to grow as a company.
But Mitsubishi wanted to
sell directly to Americans
through their own dealer network.
The only problem, was that Japanese brands
had a voluntary restriction
on how many cars
they could bring to the United States.
If you want to learn more about this,
watch our Integra episode.
I'll leave a link in the description.
Anyway, Mitsubishi and Chrysler
decided that it would be
more profitable if Mitsubishi
built more models in the US,
with help from Chrysler.
This partnership was
called Diamond Star Motors,
or DSM,
taking its name from the pointy
logos shared by both brands.
DSM would build a new
factory in Normal, Illinois,
and the first car they would
build would be a two door,
four cylinder coupe.
The Eclipse, Eagle Talon
and Plymouth Lazer are all
pretty much the same car,
and I'm just gonna refer
to them as the Eclipse.
OK, right, they're a little
different, but not by much.
The Eclipse debuted in 1989
and came in four trim levels.
The GST and GSX being the
absolute ones to have.
Why?
Um...I don't know, maybe
because they were powered by one
of the finest and most durable
four cylinder engines ever?
The 4G63T.
Sound familiar?
It's the same turbocharged four
cylinder engine that powered
the frickin' EVO!
(engine backfire sounds)
One of my top five favorite cars ever.
Do you guys even frickin' know me?
The 4G63 is the foundation on which tuners
would build the Eclipse
into one of the most capable
tuner cars of all time.
The engine wasn't the only thing
the Eclipse and EVO shared.
While the GST was front wheel drive,
the Eclipse GSX came with all wheel drive.
(engine roaring)
The same all wheel drive
found in the EVO Three.
This means that the Eclipse is basically
a two door EVO.
- (in tandem) Whoa...
- So what did most people
do with the hyper tunerable,
turbocharged two door
coupe with tons of grip
from all wheel drive, made in the US of A?
They took her to the drag strip!
(engine roars)
Before the two lane blacktop was reserved
for American muscle cars
with big block engines,
and rear tires wider
than Jessica's unibrow.
But when the Eclipse came onto the scene,
racers saw that there
could be an alternative.
The Eclipse was completely refreshed
for the 1995 model year.
It had a sleeker body,
and the 4G63T now made 210 horsepower.
This car was in every racing
game you can think of.
Ridge Racer, Gran
Turismo, the Forza games,
and of course, Need for Speed Underground.
♪ To the windows, to the wall ♪
The American tuner scene can be split
into two distinct time periods.
And the Eclipse is
notable in the fact that
it helped set them both off.
In the first era, tuning
culture was Eclipses, Hondas,
and like, four guys with VW's.
I knew all of them.
There was me,
Ross,
Cam,
and Nick.
Ross, I'm sorry we couldn't see each other
when I was in New York.
But it was the release of one film
that opened the floodgates
for all Japanese cars,
and marked the beginning
of a new tuning age.
2011's Fast Track: No Limits.
JK, it was The Fast and The Furious.
The Fast and The Furious was
released on June 22nd, 2001,
and almost immediately after,
tuning, and the Eclipse, went mainstream.
In Paul Walker's very
first scene in the series,
he's driving a 1995 Eclipse
in the Dodger Stadium parking lot.
This Eclipse in particular
was not powered by the 4G63,
but a 420A from the Dodge Neon.
But none of that mattered,
because after The Fast
and Furious came out,
tuning was the (bleep)!
For about 10 years everyone and their mom,
my mom in particular,
was putting aero-boonie body kits,
giant wings and underglow on their cars,
and that is 100 percent because
of The Fast and Furious.
The franchise's effect
on the car world has been
talked about to death, but
something that gets lost
in the conversation is the
Eclipse's contribution.
It helped set off the second
wave of the tuning scene.
The Eclipse came back in
2004's 2 Fast 2 Furious.
♪ I'm too fast for y'all ♪
It wasn't Brian's this time
but it was still a hero car
with a ton of screen time.
The purple one wasn't as cool, I know, but
think about it.
The Eclipse was there for the genesis
and the renaissance of tuning culture,
but none of the credit.
Why?
Because it went out with
a whimper, not a bang.
(groans)
By the time people saw Brian O'Connor's
lime green Eclipse in theaters,
Mitsubishi had already updated the Eclipse
for the 2000 model year.
Their partnership with
Chrysler had ended so,
this Eclipse was no longer a DSM,
and the car was beginning
to lose its charm.
All whee drive, yeah,
that's no longer an option.
Well, what about the 4G63?
Nope.
At its most powerful,
the third gen Eclipse
came with a 210 horsepower V6 engine,
which was about the same as the 4G63T,
but it wasn't nearly as tunable.
The suspension was also set up to be
softer and more comfortable.
It wasn't as sporty as the
first and second gen because
it wasn't supposed to be.
- That is a bummer.
- If you wanted a performance oriented,
turbocharged, all wheel drive Mitsubishi,
you had to get the EVO
which finally came to America in 2003.
The Eclipse was updated again in 2006
with styling that was inspired
by the second generation car,
and a new 263 horsepower engine.
It had a dedicated following,
but that wasn't enough
to keep sales from declining
ever since its debut year.
In its final year of production,
Mitsubishi only sold 1,173 Eclipses.
But that wasn't the end for the Eclipse.
Back in like, 2016 there were rumors
that the car would be back.
Would Mitsubishi bring back
the two door performance coupe
to take on the new wave of
budget performance cars?
The wave that it frickin' started.
It started it.
And I'll be honest, I was optimistic.
I know, I should learn by
now, never get your hopes up.
- You know I'd take
you with me if I could.
- My naive thinking was
shot down the next year
when Mitsubishi confirmed
that the new Eclipse would be
(screaming and grunting)
a crossover SUV.
Really?
Really Mitsubishi?
An SUV?
An SUV?
You already have the Outlander,
which is, an SUV.
Why?
Why did you have to
bring the Eclipse into...
(soft chuckle)
Know what, I don't
understand and that's fine.
The Supra, the RX7, the Skyline,
and even Mitsubishi's own
EVO are legendary tuner cars
that live on thanks to
The Fast and The Furious,
and the scene that it made
a worldwide phenomemon.
♪ Do doo, do doo doo ♪
- Phenomenon.
♪ Do doo doo do ♪
- But why not the Eclipse?
Well it's simple really,
the Eclipse lived longer.
Unlike it's Fast and Furious brethren,
it didn't die.
It was kept on life support for 12 years.
Living off the DSM name and the,
reverence people had for that car.
And Mitsubishi is doing that again,
but with this new crossover thing.
The Eclipse was a groundbreaking car
in more ways than it gets credit for.
It was an import, built in Illinois,
and I think that's another
reason people look down on it.
It wasn't technically JDM.
It was never out of reach, or exotic.
But that doesn't stop it
from being one of the most
important tuner cars of all time.
That's everything you need to know
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How the Body Reacts to a Brazilian Butt Lift
The Doctors:
Can you talk about the mentality of women
that you were telling me that if you don't put enough fat
in their butts, that they think you're a lazy surgeon
or you're not doing a good job,
and can you talk about the reason why you might not
be putting all of this fat in somebody's body
in the first place?
Right.
So, one thing that people have to understand
about fat transfer is that you're actually taking the fat
completely out of the body, and you're putting it back in.
And that means you've disconnected the fat
from the native blood supply, okay.
And so, when the butt receives the fat,
or whatever area receives the fat,
it now needs to revascularize that fat.
So, what does that mean?
That means that the two highways need to connect.
Within the fat, there's a little microscopic highway
of blood vessels still,
and the rest of the body now needs to reconnect to it.
And that's why we say don't sit for two weeks
or don't go to Vegas and run around
within the first two weeks.
Take it easy, let the fat revascularize,
meaning let it become reconnected to the body.
There's two things that I'm worried about
when we're talking about this tourism with surgery coaches.
Number one, Chris, I highly doubt you had a true,
informed consent process.
I'm willing to bet you did not know the potential risks.
And what I will say is if a patient knows all the risks
and they are informed and they give an informed consent,
then they are shouldering some of that burden,
they know there's risks.
But the second element,
and I'm sure you have this Dr. Patel,
is there's gotta be someone you can contact
the minute a problem arises, the minute there's an issue.
And my biggest concern hearing your story, Chris,
and certainly nor the story of your aunt,
is there was nowhere to turn.
If these are this risky, and you're going to unaccredited
facilities, there's no informed consent,
and there's nowhere to turn when things go bad,
that's what's really scary to me.
Dr. Patel, before we let you go,
what is the one word of advice you would give to someone
who's considering--
Dr. Warden has expressed, obviously, his concerns,
but what is the one word of advice you would give
to someone considering a Brazilian butt-lift.
Start with a board-certified plastic surgeon.
We go through a very, very rigorous process
to become board-certified plastic surgeons.
And when you look at board-certified plastic surgeons,
at least you know that their work is real.
A board-certified plastic surgeon is not gonna put up
fake work or somebody else's work.
That's what worries me is if this ideal image
that these surgery recruiters are putting out there--
And I know, quite frankly, they're using--
Leslie told me they're using some of your before-and-afters
to promote their practices.
To me, this becomes really scary.
I've had them stolen in seven or eight
different countries already.
I've contacted their boards of those nations,
and they haven't done anything about that.
And again, like you said earlier, I think it's important
to say that there's amazing doctors all over the world.
Oh, absolutely.
Plastic surgery was created by doctors in Italy,
and Great Britain, and Brazil, and Mexico.
All of our forefathers were all over the world.
And so, we're not saying that you can't
have an amazing doctor in another country,
but here at least you can know what you're getting
when you go to a board-certified plastic surgeon,
and if you know that they have a lot of nice pictures,
and good before-and-afters, and you can meet people
that have had surgery with them
and you meet with them in a consultation
and you get a good feeling about their staff,
that's when you know that you can go.
You don't need a recruiter, you don't need a consultant,
or somebody to get you a doctor,
you need to call their office, talk to their staff,
set up a consultation, and meet the doctor,
and that's who should perform your surgery.
If I can button it up, my tip,
it's all about safety first.
Chris, I'm gonna use you as an example.
Yes, price is a concern.
Yes, you want to see results, but your safety,
your life, come first.
Make sure that those things are the priority
whenever you're having anything done.
2003-03-20 #13 Western Kentucky vs #4 Illinois - NCAA Tournament First Round
Jeff Schreiner:
Stuck In Mountains Without Chains
Nomadic Fanatic:
first of all let me just point out it is
beautiful in this area of Northern
California it has been a long time since
I've seen trees taller than like ten
foot high shrubs or palm trees so we're
back in the land of tall pines and it
looks like any firs yet but tall pines
and alders at least I up a little bit I
didn't do a whole lot of planning for
this trip but I got on I forgot where I
was at but anyway they started flashing
a sign at the bottom when we hit a
thousand feet that said chains required
which means chains required on the drive
wheels like I don't have chains oh well
then I started looking at some reports
after I pulled off found this campground
I'm here at about 1,500 feet at the
bottom of the Siskiyou Pass so anyway
got really cold here last night down to
25 degrees last night today's high is 50
and it's gonna freeze every single night
so I'm not the only person out here
there's there's four or five of us here
there's a van camper right here I'm at
the top of the hill here and yes that
trestle up there that there's trains
going by it's neat it doesn't bother me
it's kind of kind of cool actually but
for some reason I totally forgot about
the Siskiyou pass and February is
usually not a good time to pass it
although I did it last year and it is
passable with chains and stuff well in
the daytime it usually usually only goes
down to like 40 or 50 for a high so I'm
gonna monitor it closely I am still
several days ahead on my video so don't
worry about me guys I can guarantee you
that I am gone from this area and
probably at least in Oregon possibly
back in washing
and already by the time you see this
video here but just letting you know it
happens I don't plan everything out as
well as you guys might think I kind of
just play it by ear and then I'm like oh
big flashing sign chains required I
don't have chains why would I want
chains I just stay away from cold areas
where chains are required usually
although I've hit a spot like that
pretty much once a year since I've been
doing this for some reason if it wasn't
so cold this this is a really nice area
this is a state recreation area of sorts
and it cost money outside of the winter
season so I think it cost 8 or 16
dollars a night to disperse camp here
after April and up until like October or
something like that but if you're here
in the wintertime it's free that's kind
of cool
there's also usually a host on-site in
the on season times but you can get lots
of solar because it's wide open you know
that's cool and the water I guess you
can't really see how clear it is but the
water is pretty darn clear and people
like to come here and fish I guess - so
all those times when it was 90 degrees a
couple weeks ago in Arizona I'm like man
I'm gonna put this buddy heater away
it's pointless having it no I'm glad I
didn't put it away I need it the only
bummer part about this place I know I
have the antenna up but that's because I
tried to put my Wi-Fi device on top of
it as you can probably see up there my
hotspot device but no TV stations no
Wi-Fi no cell service at all this is
literally a dead spot and probably for
at least 30 or 40 miles back up Mount
Shasta and this is ski you pass no
service on i-5 so I pulled out the my
hard drive one of my external hard
drives and I started watching in this
series 24 Jack Bauer from the beginning
yesterday and got all the way through
the ninth episode of the first season so
do have some entertainment I got my
mandolin and my guitar I might break out
and play a little bit and just keep warm
it's really tough because I can't look
at my phone to find out if it's gonna be
warmer tomorrow or the next day so what
I'll do is probably get on the bike and
go back down in elevation to find out
what's going on with the past conditions
and I'll just do this every six or eight
hours I think speaking of the bike let's
try to start it and see if it emulates
what it's been doing
let's see how she does here at cold
starts it's really hit and miss huh
kidding me right now I don't get it I do
not get it I hate stuff that I try to
diagnose and then it does it sometimes
and doesn't do it other times it started
out fine cold that time so it's
definitely a flooding issue eventually I
will show you my problems with trying to
get this thing started so let me just
point out for those of you who have been
following me for the last four years on
the road it's comical when it comes to
these buddy heaters because every time I
need them to work they never want to
work right so this is worth sharing with
you guys that I had no problems here
using this I even unattached the hose
from the propane bottle up front and
used it for the campfire yesterday and
then reattached it and everything still
works perfectly
so maybe the little buddies are the only
reason I've had problems I haven't had
no problem with this dual big buddy here
and I'm so glad to have it actually it's
heating me out I just wanted to show you
how both elements are still working
great put this medium actually all the
way down to low for the rest of the
morning here and I know this units
really bulky guys it's you know I just
put it on the floor when I want to use
it and then I put it back up top and
store it away when I'm not using it it's
no biggie but I do like this Olympian
wave catalytic heater that and Mike
living in fur he has and you know it's
really slim and goes away if I put a
quick release on it now I could mount
that sucker to the wall right there or
maybe on that part of the wall right
there or something but hey I'm I'm happy
to have heat today I'm not gonna
complain at all is Jack's a happy camper
are you happy camper yeah you're pretty
happy huh good I'm glad actually turned
the heater off now because I'm gonna
keep the driver's door open here for a
little bit to work on a few things been
talking with a few mechanics oh hey
Jack's
when talking with a few mechanics about
my alarm issues well it could be related
to the latch itself
I'm gonna check a few other things so
I'm gonna take the panel off and a few
people want me to check the wiring from
the latch and the wiring that's in the
boot in the actual hinge right here and
so what I'm gonna do is the same thing I
had one of the lights on my bike went
out one of the side marker lights and so
I reached under there and just started
touching all the wires until I got it to
emulate turning on and off on the bike
so what I'm gonna try to do is I'm going
to close this latch so that it now it'll
turn the dome light off in 20 seconds
and once I start messing with wires I'm
going to try to emulate the process of
having the dome light come on randomly
which would then set off the master
alarm in a normal circumstance so take
this off and have a look
all right so here's what we're looking
at this latch right here this is the one
that Chevy Titus will in Olympia quoted
me $250 apiece so if you undo these
three things this thing is loose in here
but you cannot get it out that's because
this whole window thing which you can
see the rivets in there in there this
entire piece is actually keeping this
from coming out so it'll be loose once I
loosen it up but there's no way to get
it out unless you remove this entire
window mounting thing so kind of a pain
in the butt to do but if they think
that's bad fine whatever also I'll just
mention for those people that can't
believe they quoted me $1,500 they said
parts and labor so 250 P 250 dollars
apiece for the two latches on both sides
and they said six to eight hours of
labor I am not even kidding you call him
and ask him this is a 2000 Chevy
expressed 3500 ask him how much it costs
to replace two door latches in other
words how much to fix a broken dome
light between $1400 and $1700 at Titus
will Chevrolet in Olympia Washington no
joke absolutely asinine yeah I kind of
thought so too that's why we're gonna
try to do it ourselves but we're gonna
keep an eye on the dome light here right
here the dome override is not turned off
okay I got the latch closed and so I
don't want to do this with two hands of
basically I'm I'm looking at the wiring
from the latch and I'm trying to get the
dome light to go off trying to see if
maybe there's a short somewhere if it
rubs some metal somewhere looking at all
these wires here dome lights not coming
on
okay well I don't think we've had the
problem anywhere in the back door with a
short or a wire it was causing that to
happen next I want to look behind this
boot in the door hinge itself okay see
that wiring harness right there and we
never once set off the dome light that
is the part that is baffling to me can I
do this same exact thing on the
passenger's side but I can't figure out
what's going on because if there's no
movement at all and in the middle of the
night or randomly in the daytime the
dome light just comes on and says door
jar master alarm everybody nearby wake
up I will say the last time that I was
able to emulate it was actually here on
the driver's door and so what I had done
is the door was open in this position
and if I just applied a little more
pressure that would kick on the dome
light but now today as you can see
nothing happening here I just don't get
it today I can't even make the dome
light come on that is so weird
again I appreciate all the mechanics who
have been emailing me and giving me
suggestions and stuff holy cow I just
got the dome light turn on guys I was
getting ready to put away the driver's
side I'll show you here so the dome
lights off right now right you're gonna
be able to hear it click but underneath
here can you guys see that green wire
right there listen here clicking this
green wire is my problem oh my gosh
oh my gosh I'm so relieved I just saved
myself $1500 well I gotta find out why
it's shorting out but here I'll grab
that green wire again where is it right
there
clicking on and off and what a relief
man I was so worried a couple days ago
thank you everyone for your help I'll
find out what I can do with this green
wire it's also sad to think that if I
hadn't gotten my hands on this myself
and it just dropped it off at Chevy they
would have just done the door latches
charged me for it and then said well
didn't fix your problem probably all
right so keep in mind I am NOT a
professional electrician but the green
wire is no more there will be no more
short i rewired it to the red wire and
went hardwired it right into the fuse
box here with its own 25 amp fuse here
and by the way if you think that now
you're gonna be able to pull this wire
and my alarm doesn't work no pulling
this wire out makes physically the alarm
to go off no matter what this is not
powering the alarm it's just helping it
understand the door and dome light
system tapping it into the fuse box
itself so showing this is not a weakness
of my alarm system by any means if I
were to pull this back out of the fuse
box the dome light would come on and the
master alarm would go off just so you
guys know but fixed totally fixed a big
huge shout-out and thank you to my
friend Sean it modified Auto and Alton
Illinois bud thank you for keeping me
motivated and for continuing to give me
more ideas of stuff to search we got it
dude you and I remotely so that was
awesome
I'm so glad that it had nothing to do
with the latch ever so everybody else
was wrong every mechanic I talked to and
pretty much every viewer who tried to
tell me just replaced the latches it
never was the problem although the
latches being open will set the dome off
there are lots of other things that can
set the dome light off thus the master
alarm so it is not as simple as
everybody always says and it never is
but you know what just marked off a huge
huge thing off of my to-do list and the
bike seems to be running and starting
when I want it to at least no matter you
know it takes a little bit of time but
gonna work on the carb when I get back a
little bit feeling really really good
back to t-shirt weather
because it's like a balmy 45 degrees
right now I just got off the phone
thanking Shawn at modified again so much
for that and I brought up one more point
just wanted to let you guys know that
viper in san antonio the company it's
not called viper I'm not gonna name the
company but the company told me over the
phone that there is absolutely no
warranty that I am eligible for to get
this problem fixed and that was kind of
fueling some of my frustration I think
the whole world following me thought you
know Eric it's a Chevy problem you need
to replace the door latches and I just
it just didn't make sense to me this
prefer a light that comes on it's gonna
cost that much money so in the end it
literally was a bad install a bad wire a
bad faulty problem with the installation
of the certified Viper installer and it
literally should have been covered by
Viper but I find it I just find that
funny because I can't imagine how earth
I would have been if I gotten back to
Washington paid Titus will and then they
just go well sorry didn't didn't help
kind of their whole runaround thing but
anyway gonna be heading out tomorrow
feeling feeling good
The Great Outdoors (7/10) Movie CLIP - The Old '96er (1988) HD
Movieclips:
Yeah, that should do it.
Good idea.
I'll have the Royal Canadian Mounted
beef barley soup.
- Ooh, yeah.
- And then that bucket of salad.
- I'll split that with you.
- You will? That would help.
And then the medley of perch.
That's my favorite. OK.
Miss, what's the Old '96er?
That's our world-famous
Paul Bunyan's blue ox steak.
It is a 96-ounce prime-aged beef steak
and if any member of your party
orders the Old '96er and finishes,
everybody eats for free.
- Not bad, huh?
- Wanna go for it, girls?
- How about you, Chet?
- People like it.
- I'll try it. What the heck?
- Has anybody ever eaten one?
Oh... no. Not in my lifetime, no.
Bon appĂŠtit.
Oh, good God.
Let's check it out.
How is he?
That's good. Processing very nicely.
All right, continue.
- All right.
- I did it!
- That just about does it.
- He's not done yet.
He may take a while
with that last bite but it'll go.
- That ain't the last bite.
- Sure it is.
There's nothing left but gristle and fat.
- Oh, God, no.
- No problem.
If I can get a dessert down him,
can we get some
Paul Bunyan hats for the kids?
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