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I'm back with 2nd truck!
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Texas
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My wife has helped me alot since the start of the restoration of the truck in 2001. She was there to help us pull the old motor, clean it out, and install the new engine. She's not the kind to sit on the side and watch she was right there with me turning a wrench and asking how something worked and what other things were. She was there for the engine's break in
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1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Edmond, OK
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my gf hasnt done anything, but she wants too... wants me to teach her things.. dont mind at all...
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BAD BOW-Silverado XST
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Senior Member from Austin, TX
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I'll come and race ya!!
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Trucker.
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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My wife loves the trucks. She's tried welded, primed and turned wrenches on the 83.
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: DFW, TX
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No help from mine, just understanding (most of the time).
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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My girl friend helped my get all the paint out of the bed and prepare it for the do-it-yourself spray in bedliner. It was alot of nasty work and she was there the whole time.
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You get what you pay for
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Location: Cherryville, NC
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My wife help?? You have to be kidding me.
![]() There is no way in the world I could ever work with my wife. We don't see eye to eye when it comes to working. Me and her both are too hard headed. We get mad at each other real easy doing these kind of things. She wants me to do things her way, and this ain't going to happen. I demand for her to do things the way I want them, and that ain't going to happen either. Ahhh....love. Ain't it a wonderful thing? ![]() Now, all you single guys get married real quick. I don't want all of you to miss out on all this fun I've been having.
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That's funny Mike, my wife and I are the same way. We end up just getting mad at eachother when we try and do something together. We are both pig-headed too! Glad to hear we're not the only ones out there.
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Ultimate Diesel Dude
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Southwest Missouri
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Well, my fiance hasn't helped much on my truck (haven't had to do anything to it for a while), but she did help me rebuild the engine in my old school bus and reinstall it, and she's right beside me remodeling the house we will be living in. Last night, she was measuring and cutting sheet rock while I was hanging it and nailing it up. We work great together! She's the best.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Pacific Northwest
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My wife is a real help with everything too. Good women.
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I'm back with 2nd truck!
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Texas
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Mike that sounds like us alot as well. She wants to do it one way but I tell her no we're doing it this way. But all in all it's very worth it.
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Well, my wife is certainly no mechanic, but she doesn't mind me working on the truck, as long as it's not the whole summer
![]() One other thing. My wife definitely understands and appreciates the money we save by me doing most of the mechanical work on our vehicles myself. And for me, the money savings translate into being able to afford some pretty cool tools. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Lake Jackson, TX.
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I DONT WANT NO WOMAN TOUCHING THE GHOST
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You get what you pay for
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Location: Cherryville, NC
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Jeff,
Heather is not going to like that. ![]()
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Mike 1985 Chevy C-10 |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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My wife has been pretty support of. She was the one who got me to do the engine swap in the first place,(305 out 461 In) after going to a couple of car shows. Its a really fine line I have to walk she has put me on a budget to help stop the impulse buying.
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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I order stuff online all the time.
![]() I got my missing parts from theZeb tuesday and Ill be getting some gun cases (to carry rifles) from Cabelas today. I love to buy stuff. I just wish I had more money so I could buy better stuff.
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Lake Jackson, TX.
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Mike , actually i was kidding a little
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Elkhart, IN
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nice cover Jeff, maybe Heather will just hit you with her truck now, rather than run you over.
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Chanhassen, MN
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LOL!
I love how you guys always got my back ![]() What's that saying? Oh yeah... Silly boys...Trucks are for GIRLS!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() It's funny actually because since I've been putting in a lot of time and effort into my truck, my husband refuses to drive it. He's scared of messing something up and getting yelled at. We're another one of those that don't work too well together. I'm a "let's give it a try and see how we do or how it looks" type of person. He's a pre-judge, it won't work or look good type of person. For example, when we first moved into this house, I wanted to get some curtains. Something nice with a scarf decorative thingy along the top and I found a really cool pattern that looked funny alone, but would look good with the right curtains. He wouldn't let me try it because he didn't think it would look good even though I said we'd return them if they didn't. Well, last week, my friend wanted me to come over and decorate her new windows anyway I wanted to, so I got to use my idea and it looked awesome. Her husband complained the whole time because I was decorating a window instead of being in the garage working on his 84 C-10 he just got. But yes, SOME (not all) women shouldn't mess with trucks...then again, I know some men that shouldn't either :p
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Edmond, OK
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heather, if only all women could be like you!
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#23 |
I'm back with 2nd truck!
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Texas
Posts: 3,775
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How true
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You get what you pay for
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She is a rare breed no doubt.
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