Truck Restoration

[tugboat-2]

Thank you Jesse. And no they didn't send any back issues, but this one is great and should keep me busy awhile.

And yes, I will join in the Discussion Groups shortly. At the moment, I'm trying to get the old place tightened down for the winter,..firewood in and stuff put away, cleaning gutters and doing weatherstrip stuff. Clean up my driveshed so I can get my tractor in for the winter etc and so on. Give my kitchen wood cookstove a tune-up before the steady winter fires. My truck needs a winter tune-up grease and oil also,....and,...it snowed real hard today but luckily didn't last,..but,..makes you hurry along!

Actually, I am just trying to keep this thread on page 1 a while longer also, hate to NOT see it!

CHEERS!
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[JESSE1]

Tug, have you picked out a truck from the classifieds yet? I don't know if they'll send one but with your membership you will receive an issue of Showtime, which shows pictures of all trucks that attended the national show. The national show is in early June at Pleasanton, CA. You'll receive Showtime around September.

[czechsonofagun]

That's really pretty! And nice surprise, for the thread title I actually expected some silly lowered ride. This is a real truck and beautiful too.

[tugboat-2]

Yes Prokop,..it really is a "pretty" truck,... (although I prefer to say "handsome"),..I think he did a fantastic job. I would be so proud to drive that "Big-Red-White" beauty on cruise night with the antique cars and the "silly-lowered-rides",..OH Yeah!

...er,...ah,...no offence intended,.. "lowered-ride-builders". (I put lowering blocks and fender skirts in the rear of my 48 Dodge as a teen as we tried to attain that "boat" look,..and hollywood mufflers of course!).

No, Jesse,..I haven't made a choice yet,...but I'm still dreaming out loud. May have to settle for my buddy's restoration for a while. Besides I don't have "quite" an adequate shop to work in,........yet. My old driveshed needs a little renovation first,..especially if it is going to hold an Oshkosh, FWD or Autocar I'd prefer. Did you get a chance to check out that 4400TD as yet,...sounds interesting?

CHEERS!
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[JESSE1]

I took the truck to its first "show" today. Actually it was the Henderson, Texas Heritage Days, aka as the Syrup Festival. They use a mule powered ribbon cane crusher and then boil and make the ribbon cane syrup. Lots of antique tractors, a '34 Ford PU and one BIG RED TRUCK. Many antique cars but they are located in a different area. The scale JD and Farmall were built by two men for their grandchildren. Both use the engine, clutch and transaxle from Cub Cadet garden tractors.

[mjncad]

That would have made a neat photo if your White and the Ford pick-up were parked together.