It's been 2 years as of Sunday. :(

[Longhorn Man]

As stated on my longhorn page....

It was a bad day, and it got worse as it went on. On the 29th of September, 2000, at about 10:00 P.M., I was involved in an accident that killed my truck.
I don't believe in getting a cool vehicle, just to put it away, and not drive it. Of course, I took it to the opposite extreme, and put about 100 to 300 miles a night delivering pizzas for a small local store. The money was great, and I enjoy driving so much, that it was even fun.
Well, I was on my way to a delivery, and was stopped to make a left hand turn off of the 'main drag' onto a side street. I was distracted by some activity on the road I was about to pull onto, and scanned the road for oncomeing traffic. Well, I saw the car coming, and it was a 1/2 block away, so I proceeded with the turn. I did see the car, but failed to notice the speed in which it was traveling. In the blink of an eye, this Mada Protege was slamming into my truck.(at an unproven high speed) No one was injured more than scratches and small bruises, but both vehicles were totaled. The police, and my insurance company, were not interested in hearing my theory that she was speeding, so I was at fault for not yielding to oncoming traffic. If you were to look at my truck,(which I had weighd in at just over 7,000 pounds) and consider that this Mazda would be lucky to weigh more than 2500 pounds, I think that you'll agree that she couldn't have been doing the claimed 30M.P.H.
Have you ever had one of those days...?

Here's a few before pics....

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Even though it looks super nice, it did have some rust...it's all in the camer angle.

Looks liek a screamer, but it really wasn't. Just a damn pretty motor. (350 with just shy of 300,000 miles)

Original wood (!!!) Also original TH350 that was broken.

This was the angle most ppl got to see...why you think that old engine died after I got it??