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04-08-2007, 09:56 AM | #1 |
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No more`68 short project truck
This one was stashed in a hay barn:
The barn it was stashed in burnt to the ground.The frame melted over a beam and got bowed before the beam burned away.It`s a total loss,non-insured.That`s an original paint rustfree cab,original rustfree sheet metal,frame painted,new mounts,rebuilt T400,big block mounts.Just waiting for another day.Oh well.
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04-08-2007, 10:02 AM | #2 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
WHAT
o man that sucks |
04-08-2007, 10:09 AM | #3 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
Sorry for your loss, and the barn too. When did this happen?
s/t
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04-08-2007, 11:08 AM | #4 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
About a week ago.A friend`s (my machinist) family farm.No one lives there.An old farmer stores hay there and was getting a load out.The only thing we can figure is loose hay under or around the truck caught from the catalytic con"effin"vertor.It`s a mystery.Coulda spit a hot pellet????Like the movie...gone in 60 seconds.
It wasn`t insured as a garage,just never figured on this.
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04-08-2007, 11:24 AM | #5 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
Sorry for the loss. Your luck has to change and we hope it is soon.
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04-08-2007, 11:29 AM | #6 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
Thank God nobody was hurt. I am sory for your loss, I hope you can make a quick recovery
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04-08-2007, 11:29 AM | #7 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
Man oh man does that suck.
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04-08-2007, 11:45 AM | #8 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
It was a low priority future project.Maybe all the mothballs heated up and caught fire.I can only laugh.Everything on it came cheap,but it`s still a good bit if you add it up,I guess.
There was no livestock kept in the barn.The old guy drove out and to the neighbor`s house to call the VFD.We all know what happens to barns where fire`s concerned...POOF,it`s gone!The VFD didn`t want to bring their truck in under a power-line that went to the barn.All they could do would be keep it from spreading.It`s plenty damp this time of year,though.
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04-08-2007, 12:09 PM | #9 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
man I hate to hear that !!
sorry for ya and the truck too ,, man that bite's
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04-08-2007, 02:03 PM | #10 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
I'm sad now . It's always nice to have a future project in the waiting.
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04-08-2007, 02:32 PM | #11 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
i just ran out and threw all the hay out of my garage!..man that hurts......
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04-08-2007, 03:37 PM | #12 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
Oh man, sorry to hear that!My son and i are almost finished building a 70 GMC that we bought off a neighbor of yours. I;d like to bring it down and intoduce ourselves when its convenient for ya
Take care
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04-08-2007, 07:48 PM | #13 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
Sure thing,come on down.You can pm me I`ll get you my #.
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04-08-2007, 08:00 PM | #14 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
nothing survived then? to bad, sorry to hear the loss...
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04-09-2007, 09:12 AM | #15 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
Nope.The frame got so hot it bowed over a beam before the beam burnt through.The cab fell off.I guess the bolts gave out like they were torched.This was one of the old barns.You know,huge hand-hewned beams,pegged mortises,everything 150 year old wood but the stone foundation and metal roof(laid over shakes).Then,full of hay from last year with the truck skooted in the middle.The truck was dry,no gas tank,so it wasn`t a fire hazzard.
It was sitting in a shop,but the space was needed.
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04-09-2007, 09:40 AM | #16 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
I take it the pic is a "before the fire" pic?
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04-09-2007, 09:48 AM | #17 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
dunno shane, he mighta scrubbed it real good ...
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04-09-2007, 11:48 AM | #18 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
Crap Tim, that just plain sucks........ ......Jerry
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04-09-2007, 02:28 PM | #19 |
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Yeah,that`s the before shot.That`s the cab from my Ochre/White CustomCamper I parted.Too bad contents of building weren`t covered.We could forget we saw this picture and it could have been a prestine big block CST.I saw that a barn had burned in my area on the Baltimore news and it didn`t register.I didn`t find out for a few days.
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04-09-2007, 02:33 PM | #20 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
Sorry for your loss, that really bites.
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04-09-2007, 02:37 PM | #21 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
My grandpa's neighbor's barn burned down back in like '96 or '97. I saw the fire start, lightning hit it. Anyway, inside was a FULLY restored (and insured) 57 ford crown vic and 64 chevrolet impala, also fully restored. He had just moved his all original 4 speed 64 1/2 mustang he purchased brand new to another facility just a few months prior. I saw the cars after they had been pulled from the barn several days later... nothing left but rusty looking hulks of metal. There was no color or cloth left on them. Damn shame.
At least it wasn't a restored truck?
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04-09-2007, 03:14 PM | #22 |
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Re: No more`68 short project truck
Sorry for your loss Tim. That really sux.
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04-09-2007, 03:18 PM | #23 |
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That's terrible. Sorry to hear it.
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