My Facetruck thread.

[davischevy]

The truck was red before the theft. It had a $200 tow and storage bill against it, so we just had the local salvage company go pick it up and told them if there was any value above that to send us a check. More often than not we take the difference in parts for other projects.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by davischevy

The truck was red before the theft. It had a $200 tow and storage bill against it, so we just had the local salvage company go pick it up and told them if there was any value above that to send us a check. More often than not we take the difference in parts for other projects.

We need the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" emoji here. I worked in an auto parts store many years ago and made the mistake of parking my car behind the store one Sunday. I came out after work to find it on blocks (they were at least nice, that way) with my fairly new (retread) tires and chrome wheels gone. Making minimum wage at the parts store and had to go buy tires and wheels I was so broke in those days I couldn't even afford to buy beer.

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

We need the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" emoji here. I worked in an auto parts store many years ago and made the mistake of parking my car behind the store one Sunday. I came out after work to find it on blocks (they were at least nice, that way) with my fairly new (retread) tires and chrome wheels gone. Making minimum wage at the parts store and had to go buy tires and wheels I was so broke in those days I couldn't even afford to buy beer.

I had flushed out a radiator for my '67 chevelle and set behind the Big A I while was working , Came out later to find it gone. Just makes it hard to trust people.

[Killer Bee]

Originally Posted by special-K

Just a daily thing? Not some event going on attracting happy fun seekers and other such undesirable heathens? All the good laws on the books they can't seem to enforce and they'll go on "an incentive" for petty crap to please a favored group. Some pervert with a van full of kidnapped screamin' kids drive by the cruiser. One cop says to the other, "Now their goes a nice quiet exhaust. I could hear grandpa's van load of grandchildren over it"

I don't know, but the signs have been going for few weeks now..

'loud' is a little subjective but I'm willing to bet there's been plenty of cites already..

[special-K]

Louder than stock is all it has to take, I bet. Any noticeable difference, loud or not. To me that sign says loud pipes are just fine anywhere else

[davischevy]

The trades are important to the future of our society.

[72 tigger]

Spotted this outside a local printing plant

[kingsolver72]

Originally Posted by 72 tigger

Spotted this outside a local printing plant

That’s hilarious.

[special-K]

There's an accent out of Baltimore where they say warsh the dishes. Not sure if they say take out the trarsh. I don't think so. I think they say garbage.

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by 3757chevy

80* here yesterday.Dug out the back yard for a 20' shipping container to store my new truck.Today we're supposed to get over 9" of snow. I finished just in time to walk in the house as they were kicking off the game. Although I fell asleep during halftime and missed the third quarter.

Two weeks later: Finally able to bring in my container Today. Still a little muddy ,but its set.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by 3757chevy

Two weeks later: Finally able to bring in my container Today. Still a little muddy ,but its set.

Looks good. I really want one of those.

My wife said I just wanted wanted one so I could fill it with junk.

Uh...Yeah.

[flashed]

Mine is full of truck parts .

[3757chevy]

Poised and ready for the trip home.

[special-K]

Sweet! '34, right? You don't see survivors like that all over the place.

That's an excellent job of placement on that Sea-tainer. All nestled down lower than the fence. Those things are great but they sure are an eyesore sitting out in plain view on a property.

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by special-K

Sweet! '34, right? You don't see survivors like that all over the place.

That's an excellent job of placement on that Sea-tainer. All nestled down lower than the fence. Those things are great but they sure are an eyesore sitting out in plain view on a property.

Thanks Tim. It's a '35. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=799203 I'll know more once I get it home, it had a restoration 10 to 15 years ago . The container fit nicely down behind the fence line. I'm glad I decided to get a one time use instead of used , So much nicer.

[special-K]

I had a used 20 footer years ago and I think it was retired because the doors opened and closed so hard. I think it had been dropped.

I figured the truck wasn't unrestored. But it's a survivor beings that it is all unmolested original all there. That's a great find

[72 tigger]

Arizona truck


Midwestern truck

[special-K]

Looks like they got tired of the lower front flapping and cut it off*. Wasn't doing any good anyway


* Or wiggled it back and forth to fatigue it and tore it off is more likely

[Steeveedee]

When I drove back to Illinois in '73 for "A" school in my '69 Camaro when I was in the Navy, I was amazed at the deplorable condition of vehicles that were newer than mine stacked up to 5 high, corroded beyond belief, in the wrecking yards. Just wow.

[Ol Blue K20]

As a California boy....that's simply amazing

[Boog]

Land Shark!!!!

[Steeveedee]

Then again, I bought a '72 Le Mans that lived in Malibu until I bought it, but unfortunately I didn't catch it until I got it home and started working on it. I gutted the disc brakes and some other stuff and sold it to a guy who I suspect just wanted the serial number plate off the dash. It was toast, for me. The roof was so crunchy that I could put my finger through the vinyl top. But I see guys in the midwest and the east who would have been all over such a nice (to them) specimen .

[Boog]

My dad used to say "the bought lessons you won't forget". By that he meant if it cost you some pain or money you likely won't do that again.
I bought a used camper one time for my daughter. It was right at camping time and I still hadn't found what I was looking for when I found one nearby and not too much money. My mistake was looking at it late in the evening and feeling rushed to find something. Long story short, I think we may have used it once or twice when problems came up. It had been in a flood and all the cable lift mechanisms were rusted inside the lower walls. The cables snapped and down came the roof. Once I saw what we had I was pissed. The flood evidence was in the walls. I stewed on it for some days then I took a sledge hammer to it. I completely destroyed it one weekend right down to the frame. I hauled off the pieces and nailed the camper name plate on the wall in the shop as a reminder. That mistake cost me money and pain. I had my heart attack the next morning.

[davischevy]

We replaced the stolen truck. It's a really clean truck, but it came from Missouri, so I figure it has rust in it's future.

[special-K]

Nice one. Maybe it was kept out of the slush more than most. I have bought trucks out of PA that were cleaner than Carolina trucks. The places where rust is worse is where you first had people looking to preserve vehicles from it. Look at how Hemmings Motor News comes from out of Vermont. New England had people stashing cars for the winter before anywhere else.

And you make a good point in your signature. Those colors we see should be purple, orange, and lime green. The colors used for halloween and horror type stuff