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Offline DP65GS

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First time GS owner and restoration!!
« on: November 18, 2019, 05:12:45 PM »
Well it?s my first Gs. It?s a 65 post car. Wish me luck and thanks in advance. I?m sure I?ll have plenty of questions

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Re: First time GS owner and restoration!!
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2019, 05:18:13 PM »
Welcome, and well, BRING IT ON!  From having blood tests done before starting mine to the one last week, the IRON count from the rust has gone from 300 PPM to about 200,000 PPM LOL.

Have fun and please post pics! Bill in Two Rivers, Wi.
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Re: First time GS owner and restoration!!
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2019, 05:38:09 PM »
I tried to post pics but won?t let me for some reason from my phone. And thanks
Derek Rome Maine

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Re: First time GS owner and restoration!!
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2019, 05:53:27 PM »
Every forum uses a different process. I have a flip fone and a desk top, so you know where Im at haha. Edouard will be here in a while to help. He's the left coast whiz kid with that stuff. Me? Im an old dummy. (But I can post pics!).

Are ya able to work on the Buick all winter?  We're already frozen in!   Bill

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Try these image upload tutorials. (Re: First time GS owner and restoration!!)
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2019, 05:57:51 PM »
Dear Derek, Bill,  and mid-60s Buick caregivers who get tangled up with technology from time to time.

I tried to post pics but won?t let me for some reason from my phone. And thanks


Unfortunately, there is a size limit on the images you can upload to the forum.  That makes it hard to use your phone.  However, there are some tricks to get around that.  The simplest is to use Dropbox as "parking space" for your image.  Here is the tutorial I wrote on how to do that:

http://65gs.com/board/index.php/topic,4533.msg33499.html#msg33499

If that doesn't work for you and you have Apple phone, there is a more involved tutorial that also works but requires additional steps:

http://65gs.com/board/index.php/topic,4533.msg33499.html#msg33499

If neither of those tricks work for you there is still a third possibility, but I've never tried it personally.  There is a website dedicated to making it possible to post images on forums - postimage.org:

https://postimages.org/

It seems a bit odd, but they have been around for 15 years, so I suppose they can be trusted as much as anything on the Internet these days.

Let us know if you manage to get unstuck with any of these methods.

Cheers, Edouard  :occasion14:

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Re: First time GS owner and restoration!!
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2019, 06:09:08 PM »
Dear Derek, Bill,  and mid-60s Buick caregivers who get tangled up with technology from time to time.

I dont get tangled up; I just avoid it LOL... Now what was that point clearance again? Hmmm....  Bill
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