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	<description>A tinkerer's journal and look at life's debris.</description>
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		<title>BMW 2000 Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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Am I installing a Nixie clock in my car? 
No.
But I do like to sell off one hobby to finance another, and refurbishing and modding an old car can be a costly endeavor, so I am offering up this exquisite, Jumbo IN-18 Nixie tube clock for sale. I never got around to building an enclosure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cracked Dash Repair</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/cracked-dash-repair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/cracked-dash-repair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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Update: This did not turn out to be a lasting repair.  after several months, the main crack started to re-emerge, and the truck bed lining started to blister in spots.  Please do not expect this procedure to be anything more than a last resort option.  If &#8220;dash caps&#8221; or replacement used dashboards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New in the Stable &#8211; 1969 BMW 2000</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/new-in-the-stable-1969-bmw-2000/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/new-in-the-stable-1969-bmw-2000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>

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Ther&#8217;s a new obsession in my life, and believe me, I&#8217;m obsessive.  Lately I&#8217;ve been spending all my free time, energy, and money refurbishing this &#8220;Neue Klasse&#8221; BMW.
 An Unlikely Orphan
This car came to me in the most remarkable way.  
My Friend Hugh, who is a fellow vintage BMW enthusiast was given this [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Sand Hopper Progress</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/more-model-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/more-model-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Inkjet license plates and packing bubble head lights.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Suburba Car DIY 3-Wheeler</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/suburba-car-diy-3-wheeler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/suburba-car-diy-3-wheeler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>

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It was about 15 years ago that I purchased Vol. 3 of the Popular Mechanics Do-it-yourself Encyclopedia at an estate sale.  Inside that red, hardbound collection of reprinted PM feature projects, I found an article that would ignite a long-standing, sometimes dormant but never extinct desire to build my own car.  Specifically, my [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sand Scorcher Replica Progress</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/sand-scorcher-replica-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/sand-scorcher-replica-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Easy Projects]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that I have noticed about model driver figures, is that they tend to end up with a really alarmed, kind of Marty Feldman on crack sort of bug-eyed stare. I thought that by toning down the “whites” of the eyes a bit, I could achieve a more relaxed look.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Model Tire Sidewall Lettering</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/model-tire-sidewall-lettering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/model-tire-sidewall-lettering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ [1] [2]    [3]  [4]

In 1980 I saw a TV commercial for the most remarkable model car that I had ever seen.  It was a radio-controlled off-road buggy from Tamiya called the Sand Scorcher, and it could jump through the air, blast through water, and generally tackle the terrain like [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hybrid Car Ready in 1969</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/hybrid-car-ready-in-1969/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/hybrid-car-ready-in-1969/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/hypridpage1thum.jpg" alt="hybrid car" />In this 1969 Popular Science article, 2 Editors get a chance to check out GM's new Pinto-Vega-looking XP-883 hybrid-drive commuter car, and love it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fuel Injection Conversion Complete</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/fuel-injection-conversion-complete/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/fuel-injection-conversion-complete/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megasquirt EFI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finishing up the Megasquirt DIY programmable engine management  and fuel injection system.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>ECU and Distributorless Ignition</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/crank-position-sensor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/crank-position-sensor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megasquirt EFI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Installing The Megasquirt ECU and Ford EDIS.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>EFI Conversion Parts Stash</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/efi-conversion-parts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/efi-conversion-parts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megasquirt EFI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/efi-conversion-parts"><img src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/efipartsThum.jpg" alt="megasquirt" border="0"/></a>

a quick snapshot of most of the EFI parts.

]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Assembling the Megasquirt controller</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/megasquirt-fuel-injection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/megasquirt-fuel-injection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megasquirt EFI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/megaWiringThum.gif" border="0"alt="megasquirt" />Megasquirt Part II of converting a BMW 2002 to Megasquirt DIY Fuel Injection - Building the controller, cable and relay board.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>DIY Fuel Injection Conversion</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/megasquirt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/megasquirt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 04:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megasquirt EFI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/megaWiringThum.gif" border="0"alt="megasquirt" />Megasquirt - DIY Fuel Injection Conversion Introduction]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dream Bike</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/custom-motorcycle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/custom-motorcycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/dreamThum.jpg" alt="dream" /> Man builds the coolest motorcycle imaginable.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>VDO gauges</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/vdo-gauges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/vdo-gauges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/vdo-gauges/"><img src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/clusterthum.jpg" alt="vdo gauge" border="0"/></a> Making a custom center console insert for a 1973 BMW]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ramflo 1000 Firegurad FireGuard</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/ramflo-1000/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/ramflo-1000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 06:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Easy Projects]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/ramflo-1000/"><img src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/ramflo_thum.jpg" alt="ramflo_1000" /></a>Fire-guarding the Ramflo 1000 flamable air filter.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>BMW Back on the Road!</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/bmw-back-on-the-road/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/bmw-back-on-the-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debris]]></category>

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My experiment in public transportation is over.
In a way I miss the bus.  I have really come to love the reading time that the captivity of the bus commute afforded me.  And just when I started to attempt Kurzweil&#8217;s The Singularity is Near. Yowsa!
But the real point here is that my car is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>That German car smell</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/bmw-2002-seat-covers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/bmw-2002-seat-covers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>

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You know that vintage German car smell?  
I&#8217;ts a very complex, sort of musty but not unpleasant aroma,   somewhat organic and entirely automotive. You smell it when you first get into an old VW, Mercedes or BMW, most noticeably on a warm day after the windows have been rolled up for a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>BMW Motor back together</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/motor-back-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/motor-back-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>

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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>BMW 2002 motor apart</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/bmw-engine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/bmw-engine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 06:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>

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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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