Cool vehicles that I have owned, just smaller now

[Yadkin]

All 1/24 scale except the tractor, which is 1/18.

'56 International Cub Lowboy.
'66 Mustang coupe. Mine was a 289.
'69 F100. Mine had a 360 big block
'81 Vette. The model is actually a '79.
'85 TBird. I could only find the race car version of a model.
'98 Mustang GT.

[MadInNc]

I thought this was a post of your DD

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

I thought this was a post of your DD

Owned, not own.

[GTOguy]

I think the '69 F-100 fits you to a 'T'. If you had it now, kids would ask you if you were the original owner. I've been asked that in my GTO's before.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by GTOguy

I think the '69 F-100 fits you to a 'T'. If you had it now, kids would ask you if you were the original owner. I've been asked that in my GTO's before.

I've been asked that of my '64 TBird.

I paid $100 for the F100 back in the late 80's for a New York State "winter rat". The PO was a drunk, had lost his license and let the truck sink into his backyard. I trailered it home, put in new brakes, repacked the front wheel bearings. The original "three on the tree" shifter was a mess, so I put in a $60 Hurst shifter on the floor.

There was a ton of trash in the passenger compartment. I nearly filled the bed of the truck with empty whiskey bottles, cigarette packs, and other crap.

He had a slab of granite from an old toilet stall in the bed, which I kept in there for traction weight.

There was moss growing out of the rust holes in the front fenders, so washing the exterior was a waste of time. Baby Doll refused to ride in it.

[Tikiman]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

I've been asked that of my '64 TBird.

I paid $100 for the F100 back in the late 80's for a New York State "winter rat". The PO was a drunk, had lost his license and let the truck sink into his backyard. I trailered it home, put in new brakes, repacked the front wheel bearings. The original "three on the tree" shifter was a mess, so I put in a $60 Hurst shifter on the floor.

There was a ton of trash in the passenger compartment. I nearly filled the bed of the truck with empty whiskey bottles, cigarette packs, and other crap.

He had a slab of granite from an old toilet stall in the bed, which I kept in there for traction weight.

There was moss growing out of the rust holes in the front fenders, so washing the exterior was a waste of time. Baby Doll refused to ride in it.

You actually owned a truck that used to belong to Large Slob?


That's almost as cool as owning Jon Voight's Chrysler LeBaron (Seinfeld reference).

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

You actually owned a truck that used to belong to Large Slob?


That's almost as cool as owning Jon Voight's Chrysler LeBaron (Seinfeld reference).

Unlike Large Slob, the PO of my truck didn't crash it and kill his passenger.

[Tikiman]

Hey Yadkin! Check this out. Found this in my basement. Can you believe some idiot used a soup can to hold up this laminate beam? The ****ing thing is holding up half my living room. Probably some pointy-headed guy with a worthless college degree. Why, I bet he could learn a lot from Large Slob on how to actually build stuff.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

Hey Yadkin! Check this out. Found this in my basement. Can you believe some idiot used a soup can to hold up this laminate beam? The ****ing thing is holding up half my living room. Probably some pointy-headed guy with a worthless college degree. Why, I bet he could learn a lot from Large Slob on how to actually build stuff.

****in' A, man. You better put some oak stumps under that before it all comes crashing down.

[Tikiman]

Not sure what kind of soup it held, but I thought I detected a faint whiff of mulligatawny.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

Not sure what kind of soup it held, but I thought I detected a faint whiff of mulligatawny.

Had to look that one up.

[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

Had to look that one up.

Me too. For an STS described 'hillbilly', Tiki is a fountain of knowledge and a true renaissance man.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by GTOguy

Me too. For an STS described 'hillbilly', Tiki is a fountain of knowledge and a true renaissance man.

That guy was another poseur. Braggin' about his largess, yet living in, what I would describe as, lower middle class.

[Big bob]

Free rent in mental midgets minds. Look at them sucking each other off to feel better.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Big bob

Free rent in mental midgets minds. Look at them sucking each other off to feel better.

That's clearly projection, but in your case it's literal, with your cellmate.

[AUTOHOLIC]

Originally Posted by GTOguy

I think the '69 F-100 fits you to a 'T'. If you had it now, kids would ask you if you were the original owner. I've been asked that in my GTO's before.

One better than that, 5 years ago I had a kid ask me if I was the original owner of my 1957 Corvette. I said how old do you think I am, if someone was 16 when they bought it new (and I assume the average age of a new Corvette buyer in 1957 was likely at least 25 or older) I would have to be 78. I was 68 at the time. When I explained all of this to him he said “oh, yeah.”

[Frankie the Fink]

When I had a house built in rural Southern Maryland and was traveling too much to monitor things closely it was a f*ckin' disaster. The bubba builder spanned a 17' stretch with a composite beam directly under the kitchen appliances and a 2" crack developed at the top of the kitchen wall where it meets the ceiling - really, how much would another support "pier" on that span have cost ? $75 at the time ?

Then there was 5"-8" of standing water under the foundation. Took the threat of law suit to get things straightened out and one of my best days was when I sold the place 3 years later.

[Big bob]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

That guy was another poseur. Braggin' about his largess, yet living in, what I would describe as, lower middle class.

Just like you. The only difference between you and Doug is you got lucky and your meal ticket kept you.

[Onebadcad]

Based on your Tailgating Video Series, I think you should stick with cars you cannot drive!!

[Murray]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

Hey Yadkin! Check this out. Found this in my basement. Can you believe some idiot used a soup can to hold up this laminate beam? The ****ing thing is holding up half my living room. Probably some pointy-headed guy with a worthless college degree. Why, I bet he could learn a lot from Large Slob on how to actually build stuff.

So you’re saying this is standard practice in almost all homes? Who knew?

[Deadbeat Daniel] it has to be a photo shop, nobody would put their family at risk like that [Deadbeat Daniel]