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Ow!!! stop it!!

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I broke ground on a new O'Rielly's a week and a half ago. I've built a few. One time I was turning a new store over to the cooperation rep. and the new regional manager was there also. The rep said to the manager "If the customer needs something and we don't have it find it and add 10%. I don't care if it's tennis shoes, find it". I don't know how true it is but I did hear him say it. I ask him later and he said they have birthday shopped for people. You would think at some point I would get a hat.

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Their whole concept has changed in the past few years since they tossed out all of the extra junk they had in the stores and turned into real parts houses that went after the trade from shops.

I've gotten a couple of things that the local store had to outsource and have shipped in and I had to pay shipping but they can usually get it from the warehouse and here they have trucks running from their local warehouse store to other stores several times a day.

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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...39832666044449

Somebody had a welder and wanted to practice!

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With current price and availability of tires future burn outs may be inadvisable. fwiw Rumors of a rubber shortage keep popping up on the net.

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All I can say is wow! but from looking at the photos my question is where does the exhaust dump? Firewall maybe, maybe its the heating system


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The Exhaust dumps out in front of the cowl no doubt an open megaphone header.

It looks like someone killed off an MG Midget in the process. Add says it is sitting on a Chevy chassis..

The car almost looks like it got started by someone with big plans to build his "classic 2 seat sports car" using the MG body and Chevy chassis and probably the fenders off what ever the hood came off and failed due to a severe lack of skill out of basic first semester ag shop welding. Then some rat rod dude got their hands on it. At least that is how it looks.

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Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/15460604711...4AAOSwJz9hPCoU

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Somehow, I don't think "sophisticated" would have been the adjective I would have picked... :ack:

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Way too much deliberately crude and very suspect work on that panel It looks like it could have been made into a pretty nice truck before he got his hands on it.

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Heres 54 3600 a start for someone up in Vancouver WA


https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/...383699132.html

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Solid looking truck that looks like it is in Eugene.

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Oops didn't see its been moved to Eugene!! I agree

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I have a feeling that is where it has been all the time.

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For someone who needed an AD long bed:

https://medford.craigslist.org/tro/d...383298605.html

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Rare, and hard to find in good shape, service boxes (They look like they in good shape from what the photos show) Comes with a nice 49 too $7900! Not mine.

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/...373357568.html

Barn find! 1949 Chevy 3100, utility Bell Telephone truck. 216 Inline 6, 4spd on floor feels tight, no seat or battery, floors are mostly rust free. Running boards in nice condition, some dents. needs new grill. Minor rust, mostly straight, compartment doors open with trays in great condition. Be a great restoration rig for a utility company, or a Flying A exhibit for your gas station. No title. Comes with bill of sale, ready to restore! Any questions, call or text. Serious inquiries only. $7,500 obo

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That's one for someone to restore back to it's Bell Telephone glory.

I haven't seen the truck in over 30 years but a guy in this area who had worked for Bell bought his old service truck when the company sold/traded it and restored it to show quality way back then.

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New Ebay listing. 1950 S-10 conversion. "Amazing rat rod...running and driving at one time...gets a ton of attention." Too far for me to pick up but pretty near youngrodder. Now that he has his Suburban finished, this looks like the perfect next project. The hard part is already done.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/25515492167...QAAOSwSbthU1G2

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What engine is that?

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That thing is rough as a cob. Based on its appearance I would NOT trust everything was done properly....but I could be wrong.

I'd like to have the door as garage art though.

PS: Depending on which year S10 was used it could be a 2.8 (bad) or a 4.3(good!) V6

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Afraid you are correct, Its a mess.

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Last time I edit this if someone notices, I can't tell what happened to that rust bucket, a lot of money to pay for a pair of 5 window quarter windows and little else that is usable. it looks like it was under water for a while.

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Another "telephone" truck
https://salem.craigslist.org/cto/d/t...378096302.html

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Those guys who are into the "work truck look" right now will be all over that one. I'd restore it right back to how it should have looked on the first day on the job with the phone company though. That would be a great one to show up at the American Truck
Historic Society events with. They had one here in 2013 with hundreds of restored trucks
https://app.photobucket.com/u/mr48ch...8-65cd3b048820

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Another cool one
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/...387121658.html

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That fire truck is one solid looking truck. It looks like a fun rig to have just to drive in local parades.

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Unfinished project, professionally built, all parts included except gauges and glass. From being an amateur hot rod builder, I am aware that this truck has far more money invested in just parts than his $9995.00 asking price. Note that the paint job alone is claimed to have cost $10,000!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/12492978722...sAAOSwK3thV8gA

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This fire truck is sweet. Typically they have low mileage and are well maintained. Original 265 V8 is very unique

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Bang! Sold in one day! I thought it was one heck of a deal.

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There is actually seems to be such a thing as a mr_patina_head Kustom paint job but a guy would have to be a real fool to pay someone 10 K to make his truck look like a junk yard reject.

Still on that one the pretty solid body and a long parts list add up real quick to well over 10K.

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Original 54??







https://bend.craigslist.org/cto/d/po...389203143.html

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Sounds like the add was written by a flipper or a relative of the guy who owned it.

Still if it is original chassis wise a quick wheel and tire change back to stock wheels (which are probably somewhere on that property) would let a guy paint it back stock and do a few things to have a nice pretty original truck.

Everyone who has been here for while knows that I think that the "patina" craze is one of the biggest jokes laid on car folk outside of laying frame but I'd rather look at that truck with faded and a tad tired original paint with no rust showing than a primer job that may have been slapped on it years back to hide something. That is what you did if you went to sell an old car or truck back in the 70's and 80's that had dead paint or what is now called patina. you sanded it down and laid a few nice coats of primer on it and threw a for sale tag on it with the fresh primer. You would see a half dozen like that for sale at big swap meets.

Still the real value is in what you don't have to do and don't have to go out and buy to make it nice. If it is as good as it looks that might save either a few hundred hours of body work or a few thousand dollars at the body shop and at the body parts peddlers. Sometimes our bargain trucks cost us more in the long run than putting out a bit extra to start.

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I see the ad has been "deleted by author" wonder whats up?

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What a fool to do what he likes with his truck! At least he didn't chop it :lol:

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Fake patina is like some of those psychedelic paint jobs that were a big fad in the 70's. Some stayed around in the 80's without getting sanded off and some got hid out in the barn because the owner while no longer wanting to be seen in the car felt that he had so much money in the paint job that he couldn't sand it off and start over.

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Well said... I don't know why it is soo hard for people to understand to keep their opinions to themselves when it is a negative comment. If I see something that I don't like or is not my style, I just keep moving. I see no sense spouting off about it at great length.

Marc

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I like a truck or car with some natural patina, that shows that it has been used over the years, but I don't think I've ever seen painted-on patina that looked totally real. Maybe I've seen some that was not real but it fooled me, but I don't think so. To me the worst is when clear is sprayed on it to protect the patina, especially if it's gloss clear. Not criticizing anyone's ride. We all have ideas about what we want and like, that's what makes the hobby great.

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Doing your own fake patina at home is one thing Paying the "patina king" 10K to paint fake rust on your truck is totally another thing.

Some guy with a 70 something beater sedan sanded most of the paint off and let it sit and rust and proudly shows up with his "patina" car at local shows. It looks like what gets tagged as an abandoned vehicle here in town.

I full and well understand the concept of taking a truck that has what most guys call great patina and building a decent chassis for it and installing a great engine and drivetrain combo and even upgrading the interior while leaving the exterior alone. That might put a truck on the road two or three years earlier than putting the time and finding the money for the body and paint.

I'm at that point of decision right now. Do I continue with my plan for a chopped stretched and sectioned cab on the long bed frame or do I take my cab off the frame and use another cab to do a far simpler build to make a mid July deadline for a show that I have already paid my entry fee and reserved my room for.

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If you think people don't paint their patina trucks just to save money, then you definitely don't understand the concept. Myself and others just enjoy the look of a time-worn truck more than paint, and enjoy the freedom of not worrying about maintaining the paint.

Some of us like blondes, some like brunettes. It's okay. Move on.

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The old Bambi adage is true on forums: If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all.