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Exactly. You never know when He’s coming back…or when you’re leaving. In the meantime I’m going to have fun.


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Nugent going to be in Paw Paw in August

The big guy, yea, question not.



High School buddy who punched his ticket, sure he ain’t coming back. Gone, is gone.








Best,
Ted

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Which, leaves zero chance of getting stuck in the Corps for 30 years and telling people how much work sucks.

You have a good looking old Ford Lloyd. Here is my old truck. It is a 59yr old pickup to hopefully soon be carrying a 56yr old man with 100+ yr old doubles to go hunt some birds.

RedofTX: Neat old stepside F100, 3 on the tree 6?

Headed home tomorrow, saw my first grouse of 2026, visited with the right people, saw some new real estate, serviced the critical equipment here and even caught a few fish.



I'll be back in about 75 days, fine guns in tow.

Yes sir. 3 on the tree and a 240 in-line 6. I get to work on it as work schedule allows. Safe travels home.

RedofTX, your old Ford pickup reminds me of the 1969 Chevy 1/2 ton step side I bought for a few hundred dollars right after I graduated from college, and money was tight. It had a straight six with the three-on-the-tree, and also had the deadly gas tank in the cab behind the seat. Super simple to work on, and even the EMP from a nuclear airburst wouldn't stop it. I just had to carry a spare set of ignition points in the glovebox because they wore out in about a year causing the gap to gradually close completely. Never so much as a miss until there was zero points gap.

Mine was a bright fluorescent green when I got it, but I needed to do a lot of body work on it due to the road salt used in my area. Rustoleum paint was on sale for $5.00 a quart, so I mixed and sprayed 3 qts. of jungle green with 1 qt. of black for a very dark green $20.00 paint job that held up surprisingly well. I always said my truck body had more fiberglass than a Corvette.

After doing the body work, I built a hard tonneau cover to help preserve the wood and metal of the bed. I used surplus pebble finish fiberglass panels over a wooden frame, and it was hinged on the passenger side of the bed. Access was on the drivers side, and a simple prop rod held it open. I could knock out a couple hinge pins and remove it in seconds to haul taller objects. Google says that hard tonneau covers were not produced until the 1990's and I never saw one until well after I built mine. So I may be the inventor of the hard tonneau cover, and screwed up by not getting a Patent. I drove it for 8 years and sold it for a profit when it had over 220,000 miles on it.

My grandad bought a new '67 Chevy short bed with a 350 in it, and a "glide" (Powerglide automatic tranny). As I recall the engine made about 250 hp. It was bright "highway" yellow. We opined that the bright yellow saved grandad's hide on more than one occasion, as his driving had become increasingly careless. He would pull out into the highway in front of oncoming vehicles. They'd see that bright yellow and hit the brakes in time.

I used to drive it to the drag strip in Jackson, SC and race it. That truck would go across a bottom plowed field, amazing for a two-wheel drive truck with street tires.

The beauty (& practicality) of old trucks...

One of the neighbors bought a step side Ford brand new in 1978, I think. Brown, with black wall tires and a 302 with a four speed. I remember it being a little rocket around town, but, the guy only kept it a couple years. He complained to my dad that first gear was way too low.

My dad told him if you needed a Pinto, why did you buy a pickup?

Best,
Ted

Now, even AI gets it.

And BTW the “huntin’” truck humbly acknowledges the 👍👍 @ 13:40 😎