One you let get away.
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Topic: One you let get away.
Posted By: cabinhollow
Subject: One you let get away.
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 9:36am
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Years ago I had a David Brown bulldozer and two early 60's IH 3/4 tons trucks. Got offer more than I had paid for them and sold them. Still wish I had them. Now the 1970 Cougar was a lost cause after I rolled it. And then went sliding down the road, upside down and backwards for a few 100 feet. |
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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 10:17am
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I destroyed a 67 cougar, a 70 GT Torino and a 66 Chevellle SS making dirt track cars I let the girl of my dreams slip away when I was young and wanting to drink and race dirt track cars. I got her back last year at 50 |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 10:29am
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I gave away a 67 stang fastback and a full size Cherokee THEN found out I could have put the stang body onto the kee running gear...NO big mods involved either... sigh a 4 wheel drive stang... woulda shoulda coulda Jay ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 1:31pm
| Don’t fret jay, back in the 80’s there was a 4 wheel drive Camaro around here, and it looked FRIGGIN’ RETARDED!!!! |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 2:04pm
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probably jacked up high... when I merged the 1/25 scale models it was just 2" above stock so it looked good, NOT obscene.... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 3:09pm
| I wrecked a nice 72 GMC pickup way beyond repair once upon a time. It had been my Grandpa's. I was in grade school the first time that I seen the pickup, and vowed that I'd have it some day. A few years after my Grandpa passed away, I got it. Drove it for less than two weeks, and rolled it. I am pretty sure that Grandpa some how saved my sorry ass from getting killed in that wreck. I wasn't wearing my seatbelt, got ejected, and the pickup landed on top of me. The investigating sheriff said that in accidents like that, they try to determine if the seatbelt would have helped. He said that in my case, it didn't matter because I should have been dead either way. Glad to be alive, but damn, I wish I still had that sweet ride! Darrel |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 7:19pm
| I outta kick both Thad and Darrel's butt....but I don't thinks I can kick that high right now! |
Posted By: cabinhollow
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 8:19pm
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Another one I had was a FORD F8 dump truck. I don't remember what year it was, but the body was in great shape. Had a bad engine. Sold it for 2x what I paid for it and only had it for 4-5 months. |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 8:48pm
"I outta kick both Thad and Darrel's butt...." --- Specially Thad with that 66 SS  ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 10:56pm
Ain't no doubt that I need my ass kicked for that episode. Dumb thing about that was, that at the time I was still single, partying pretty hearty, and had a bachelor pad in my home town of Golva, ND. I'd been at a neighboring town about 15 miles to the north, socializing and such all afternoon and into the night, and headed back towards Golva at about 3:30 in the morning. I knew that I was super tired, so the whole way home I was going about 50 MPH, was chewing on sunflower seeds, had the radio blasting, windows down, and basically doing everything to keep awake. And did. Until I crested a hill about 2 miles north of Golva, where you can first see the lights of Golva. I remember seeing those lights and thinking to myself, alright, I am as good as home. Rolled up the windows, turned off the radio, and fell asleep. I learned that night that you are never home until you're HOME! A few months later, I was on a road trip a long ways from home. I was getting kind of tired on the way home from that one, too, when I came to the sign that said "Golden Valley County" (my home county). I thought for about a split second, Yay, I am home. Then I thought back to the last time that I had thought I was "home". I was pretty wide awake the rest of that trip until I was sitting in my driveway with the vehicle shut off. darrel |
shameless dude wrote:Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2018 at 8:06am
I had a 65 Ford Econoline pickup when I was 17 or 18 that I bought from Pawpaw for $400 and it was running just needed brakes. I got the wheels off, brakes off, and all I needed to do was put the front brakes back and it was ready to drive. Then I got a girlfriend  . Month or so later a neighbor stopped by and asked Pawpaw if it was for sale and he asked me and I said "tell him he can have it for $400 because I don't have time for it" .I see him driving it around every now and then  ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2018 at 10:05pm
| yep...back in 1973 sold my terra tiger so's I could buy a snowmobile....sold my semi tractor, but for about 8-1/2 times more than I paid for it, but now I could use that semi tractor! broke up with a sinnin'est gal I ever was with...but that turned out to be a good thing! bought a green combine twice, learned my lesson on them after both burned up, that was also a blessing! bouts everything else have been keepers! |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2018 at 10:37pm
| I been a keeping the old gal, I guess as long as she keeps cooking a little sumpthing every now and then I'll have ta keep her. Sure wish she could make coffee. I can't stand garlick, eggs, or chicken cooking. Smell makes me sick She likes them, sure stinks up the house. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 7:04am
Eat more chicken Tom. Those poor old chicken farmers need your support. When the house starts to stink just think of my poor starving little girls ......  ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: Animal Cracker
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 8:15am
I had a girl when I was in school Mid 70's I was blown away and in love,I thought. She broke up with me,I was crushed. Today she's bigger than a house. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 8:42am
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I had a similar one. She was my first girlfriend and she was THE ONE. But she didn't agree. Now she's got 4 or 5 kids from 3 or 4 different daddys ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 2:05pm
| that's what i'm talk'in about! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 2:06pm
| I LOVE chicky and eggs! first maiden grilling on my new flattop grill was eggs and bacon and sausage and hash browns! yummy! |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 2:42pm
What's what you're talkin' about???
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Posted By: johnkc
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 3:05pm
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There was a ratted out Amphicar I could have bought for a grand back in the early 80’s. Wish I had it now. ------------- I support the development of hybrid automobiles and alternative fuels as I need DIESEL fuel for my ALLIS CHALMERS! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 8:35pm
| T-bone....what Tyler said |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 9:07pm
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On second thought, maybe she's the one I'm glad got away ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 11:26pm
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[TUBE]Ze4gFWuYh50[/TUBE] ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 11:59pm
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I could have bought a WWII German Swhimerwagon for under a grand when I was stationed in Greece in '69 - '70. Probably worth a hundred grand now. ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 6:39am
This? : Now she's got 4 or 5 kids from 3 or 4 different daddys Hahahaha!
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2018 at 2:18am
| yep..that's the one! |
Posted By: wfmurray
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2018 at 9:26am
| Uncle rebuilt a Ford model A truck years ago . Had 9 ft flat bed ,overloads and 12 forwards speeds.Had a chance to get for 150 dollars . Was young and money was tight. |
Posted By: Harvey/pa
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2018 at 9:33am
| Yup, should have bought that WD-45D for $1500. was in good shape too. Horsey people wanted a John Deere, I was young & money was tight, 35 years later not much has changed except that old geezer in the mirror...Harvey |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2018 at 2:25pm
Amen to that
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