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		<title>A hard rain&#8217;s a-gonna fall</title>
		<link>http://www.blackplate.org/2009/12/06/a-hard-rains-a-gonna-fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since my last post. My workaday work picked up somewhat and time for the Sprint became harder to come by. It doesn&#8217;t help at all that it&#8217;s now getting dark around 5.
In any case, I&#8217;ll start with the good news: the Sprint is now parked in my driveway, i.e., at home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for the last shoe to drop</title>
		<link>http://www.blackplate.org/2009/11/15/waiting-for-the-last-shoe-to-drop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1966 Giulia TI]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackplate.org/?p=296</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have ever replaced the shoes on a three-shoe system such as Alfa decided to produce on its interim 101 / 1600 cars, I feel your pain. Changing out brake shoes isn&#8217;t nearly as much fun as it sounds, and to most intelligent people it sounds like a pain in the arsenal. You are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pedal Pushers Pullover Prep</title>
		<link>http://www.blackplate.org/2009/11/13/pedal-pushers-pullover-prep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1966 Giulia TI]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackplate.org/?p=287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It took more bus trips than I care to take in a given two-day period, but between yesterday and today the TI went from a painted shell to a full-blown car with carpets, door panels, door seals, permanently installed seats, seat belts&#8230;. Even with the hours I had to spend on the bus, I decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinning the plates</title>
		<link>http://www.blackplate.org/2009/11/12/spinning-the-plates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackplate.org/?p=281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My car scene right now is a little like an act on the Ed Sullivan show, where a guy spins a dozen or so plates at once and everyone is amazed. Of course that guy has talent whereas I have a combination of trial-and-error know-how, persistence, and a few spare dollars to throw at problems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everything but the Girl</title>
		<link>http://www.blackplate.org/2009/11/03/everything-but-the-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackplate.org/?p=273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I could have titled this post about the &#8216;62 (or whatever) Sprint with some allusion to the devil-in-the-details or Kafka-esque navigation of impossible escape, but I&#8217;m trying to stay optimistically realistic, and not fall victim to the paralysis that sets in when you&#8217;re really, truly overwhelmed. The fact is, progress has been made: some thanks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Draw your brakes</title>
		<link>http://www.blackplate.org/2009/10/31/draw-your-brakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1962 101 Sprint]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackplate.org/?p=259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forward and payaaka, manhangle and den go saaka.
That&#8217;s how the song goes, or so says the internet. I decided today that the brakes on my Sprint are decidedly more Sicilian than Jamaican (duh). You can probably guess at a few reasons: They&#8217;re Italian, stubborn, stocky, and live in the dark nether reaches below the more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light at the beginning of the tunnel</title>
		<link>http://www.blackplate.org/2009/10/28/light-at-the-beginning-of-the-tunnel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you just get lucky. A car that sits untouched for 20+ years is basically a jumbo-sized can of mystery. The burden of proof lies squarely on its shoulders, since pretty much everything on it is suspect and presumed bad. Often these suspicions are confirmed with a glance (gaping hole in floor), poke or prod [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ongoing Volvo goings-on</title>
		<link>http://www.blackplate.org/2009/10/25/ongoing-volvo-goings-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Volvo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volvo 122S]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And hopefully soon to be outgoing.
As today was largely a taken up by Alfa coupe madness, I did not, as I had intended to do, spend the day prepping the Volvo for sale. I did give it a pretty serious bath (discovery: Fast Orange is an &#8216;unorthodox but effective&#8217; way to get rid of greasy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That which nature abhors&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.blackplate.org/2009/10/25/that-which-nature-abhors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1962 101 Sprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1966 GT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alfa Romeo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackplate.org/?p=239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatever perceived vacuum existed in my palette of Alfa colors has been filled two-fold in the past couple of weeks. I&#8217;ve waited to post on this in order to be sure that both and not just one of the deals would go through, and over the weekend the final movements of this rather loud symphony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giulia Going Grigio Grafite</title>
		<link>http://www.blackplate.org/2009/10/09/giulia-going-grigio-grafite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackplate.org/2009/10/09/giulia-going-grigio-grafite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1966 Giulia TI]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Body Work]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blackplate.org/?p=231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a rare moment of clarity and intelligence, I realized the Bondo work I was doing on the TI could, and more than likely would, be better done (or worse yet, undone and redone) by someone who gets paid to do this kind of work. Also, I&#8217;d lost touch with friends and family because they [...]]]></description>
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