03-13-2012, 12:50 PM | #126 |
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Glad I'm not the only one that caught the Retch Sweeney reference, '72 Redneck!
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03-13-2012, 12:53 PM | #127 |
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When ya say something like "hey, Buddy....I need a intake gskt set for a '63 GMC...BB V-6...351E".....an the Parts Jockey pipes back at ya..." Cleveland or Windsor "...?
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03-13-2012, 12:55 PM | #128 |
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The sheet metal, though rusty, has sat outside in Kansas for 50 years, yet has NO hail damage!
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03-14-2012, 12:25 AM | #129 |
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When it's raining and cold out which leads to your windshield fogging up and having to use your hand to wipe the windshield off so you can see.
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03-14-2012, 09:56 PM | #130 |
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you dont put anything small in the bed cause it will probably fall through the rotted hole in the wood.
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03-14-2012, 10:28 PM | #131 |
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when grandma pulls up next to you at the stop light and gives you thumbs up
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03-14-2012, 10:50 PM | #132 |
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when you open the door...no courtesy lights, absolutely no upholstry on the door, the signal light lever is only for the signal light, and there are no knobs sticking out the top of the door to lock it.
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03-14-2012, 11:11 PM | #133 |
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when the heater and radio were both options, but every truck came with an ash tray, standard equipment.... smoke em if you got em.
and every time someone gets in your truck they slam the door...and you cringe a little every time. |
03-15-2012, 03:31 PM | #134 |
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You have a HOT and COLD warning light
You drive with both feet even if it's an automatic (at least untill the cold light goes off) |
03-15-2012, 06:07 PM | #135 |
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And then they cringe when you punch them as hard as they closed the door.
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03-15-2012, 06:31 PM | #136 |
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so true!!
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it takes two hands to open the glove box
you go for a cruise just because its cool when randome strangers start a conversation with "my dad used to have one of those" |
03-18-2012, 01:01 AM | #139 |
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1. ~"Going to buy parts" means a trip to the junkyard.
2. ~You drag home three parts trucks so you can work on the "other" truck in the yard. ~AND~ 3.~When you go to the local "You Pull It", you hope it's all there when you return! |
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kids come up to you and ask where the steam goes?
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07-04-2012, 11:16 AM | #141 |
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Sometimes if we're going out to dinner I'll wander outside waiting for my wife. I have to stay away from the truck otherwise I'll end up dirty for sure. It always starts with just grabbing a wrench to "adjust this just a little bit....."
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When you fix one part and another part breaks as you finish fixing the first part
when you get a full workout from just driving to the corner store (standard) when turning left involves about ten complete turns of the steering wheel and when some one looks inside and says "its a standard"?
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07-04-2012, 03:46 PM | #144 |
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....you fight the bolts with a torque wrench and you get more beat up than your truck!
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You know what dwell is.
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When someone knows what you mean by "standard" .. lol
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When you get done fixing and you know you have something and your constantly trying to come up with excuses to go for a drive.
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07-04-2012, 11:28 PM | #148 |
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When you look in your rear view mirror and see gun racks
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When u ask the neighbor how they are doing and the response is "better then that old truck."
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Every other word out of your mouth isn't meant to be heard in public while working on removing rusty bolts!
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