This was one of my eccentric ideas ..what was yours?

[Sheepdip]

This is the one that got me educated on time, money and commitment to these old vehicles. I turned every nut and bolt on this puppy at about 25 years old.. and to this day when I listen to people who have not a clue as to what it takes I just chuckle.

Wish I had better pic's but this was taken from an old paper picture. You can see my buddy's 72 Suburban behind it as we pulled the motor and drive train for a rebuild.

[70cst10_05]

My cousin text me one morning and pointed me towards an online auction for a 72 Suburban. There was only about 5 minutes left and I didn’t have a user profile yet to bid on it so while I signed up for one I had him throw in the next bid. $100 increments and got outbid right away. Each time you bid, the timer extended 2 minutes. By that time I had my user ID and had located the video of the suburban lot running and driving so I was comfortable enough going the extra $100 fully expecting to get outbid again right away. That didn’t happen and I was the new owner of a 72 suburban. Haven’t done much work to it since I got it. New rear springs and switches to ralleys.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by 70cst10_05

My cousin text me one morning and pointed me towards an online auction for a 72 Suburban. There was only about 5 minutes left and I didn’t have a user profile yet to bid on it so while I signed up for one I had him throw in the next bid. $100 increments and got outbid right away. Each time you bid, the timer extended 2 minutes. By that time I had my user ID and had located the video of the suburban lot running and driving so I was comfortable enough going the extra $100 fully expecting to get outbid again right away. That didn’t happen and I was the new owner of a 72 suburban. Haven’t done much work to it since I got it. New rear springs and switches to ralleys.

I got a job one time backin 1971 working at surverying for a nuclear plant and I drove around the land site in a rig just like that one you bought ,, It was called the " CRUMMY ".. Sure could haul a lot of tools and it was long inside too.

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

I got a job one time backin 1971 working at surverying for a nuclear plant and I drove around the land site in a rig just like that one you bought ,, It was called the " CRUMMY ".. Sure could haul a lot of tools and it was long inside too.

I grew up in NW Oregon and knew what a crummy was. Neighbor across the street was a logger and left in the mornings at dark-thirty in the crummy. When he came home after work, he often looked like he'd been through a war. Seeing him helped convince me not to work in the woods.

[MJN]

Spotted my '56 Napco sitting out in a field while out wheelin' with friends as a freshman in college. I kept an eye on it for a few years and finally, with the help of his neighbor that worked at Carquest, got the owner to sell it to me. As a broke college kid, I scraped together enough cash (good thing frozen pizzas were cheap yet) and pulled it back down ORV trails (old railroad grades) to the house I lived in. Got lucky no one else spotted it or knew what it was sitting out in the field. My parents weren't totally disappointed since its a Napco so that was a win but they were surprised by it. I still have it and still working on the restoration.