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jgrisafi · 06-10-2009, 08:15 PM

YEA BABY!! I have been busy buying some parts while I was deployed, just wanted to share. Anyway, Let me tell yall, it is so good to be back in the United States. You just don't know how good you have got it until it's all gone. Freedom Kicks ass. Love you guys!!! Anyone want to help out, I have the next 25 days off?

jgrisafi · 06-10-2009, 08:19 PM

Some more pics.

jgrisafi · 06-10-2009, 08:24 PM

OH YEA!! The most important one. I'm the dude on the top row, second from the left. You know, the High speed, Low drag guy. HaHa!!!

Chevymann1968 · 06-10-2009, 08:27 PM

Looks like you have a fun 25 days ahead of you!!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!!

Ernest B.

PanelDeland · 06-10-2009, 08:29 PM

Enjoy your well earned time off.Glad you're home safe.Keep the pics flowing.

68gmsee · 06-10-2009, 08:44 PM

Welcome back... From a Vietnam era vet... And thanks for what you all are doing over there. It is much appreciated by the majority of us even though it doesn't seem like it from the media reports.

Are you going back or here to stay?

Twenty five days is a good start on your project. But, it probably won't be enough. I've been on mine for 20 years and the older I get the harder it is to get fired up. So, do as much as you can while your young!

texanidiot25 · 06-10-2009, 08:53 PM

I remember PMing you, where in Cypress are you?

I work part time, so, on my days off I don't mind coming to help if your close.

If you need some heavy lifting man power, I have a few friends that love to work on cars as well, but I'm the only 67-72 dude.

ol'blu72 · 06-10-2009, 08:54 PM

Welcome home and THANK YOU for serving! You shure can save a bunch of money over there, and sink it into your toys

I may need to Voulenteer for a trip soon to help with my truck.

jojo · 06-10-2009, 10:17 PM

Welcome home! Thanks for your service!

powell72 · 06-10-2009, 10:49 PM

Glad you're home, thanks for all you do. Now have some fun putting parts on that truck!

**70C10Toejam** · 06-10-2009, 10:59 PM

First and foremost--

Thank you for your service!!!

Just recently read "A Table in the Presence", man what an account of some of the first troops (Marines in this case) to reach Baghdad.

From the pics, i see Christmas came VERY early in your part of TX.

dan42 · 06-10-2009, 11:59 PM

God Bless you for serving, my friend - if you were closer, I'd be there. Have fun with all those parts and enjoy your days off!

JayDubBlazer · 06-10-2009, 11:59 PM

Welcome back, looks like you have plenty of things to play with. I did the same thing when I was in Iraq/Kuwait. When I finally got back it was like Christmas, empty boxes everywhere.... I had forgotten what I had ordered.

**El Jay** · 06-11-2009, 12:13 AM

Right off the top: "Thank you for your service!"

If I were a few thousand miles closer, I'd be there with you & your truck like "white on rice, & dots on dice."

Enjoy your "time off"

L.J.

Hoffman65burb · 06-11-2009, 12:54 AM

Glad to hear you made it back

vwdemon34 · 06-11-2009, 04:49 AM

Thank you for your service. God bless you and your family. And most of all welcome home

jim zag · 06-11-2009, 05:18 AM

We ALL THANK YOU from the BOTTOM of OUR HEARTS for your service to the country WE ALL LOVE SO MUCH!!!!

Southern C10 · 06-11-2009, 05:31 AM

Welcome home man!!! I will be home next month. Enjoy the time off.

big_al_71 · 06-11-2009, 08:01 AM

welcome back and it looks like you are going to be very busy building your truck....

thanks for your service.....

72BlckButy · 06-11-2009, 08:09 AM

Thank you for your service, and we're glad to see you back home.

Good luck with the project!

Number98 · 06-11-2009, 08:47 AM

Glad to see you made it home safe and Thank You for everything you guys do for us! Now have fun throwing some parts together

C20-67_N_MO · 06-11-2009, 08:57 AM

I don't think it can be said enough.....

Thank you very much for your service! We do indeed appreciate everything you guys do for us here in the states.

And man with all those parts you have looks like thats just more than 25 days worth of fun!

Take care!

**DREW67** · 06-11-2009, 09:11 AM

Welcome Home!!! Thanks for your Service!!!

70rs/ss · 06-11-2009, 09:21 AM

Welcome home, glad you all made it back. Like many others here, if I were anywhere close, I'd be there for ya. We all owe you and your brothers and sisters in arms a debt of graditude, and free labor would be the least we could do for you, you have done so much for us. GOD Bless!! Enjoy the 25 days of "Normalcy" if you can!

UltraBlue71 · 06-11-2009, 10:20 AM

Thanks for your service, You Army guys amaze me, you are true heros! Keep in mind this is coming from a Airforce WEINIE!

I wish I could lend a hand on your truck, enjoy your time off, brother, its well deserved!

06-10-2009, 08:15 PM	#1
jgrisafi Velocity Speed Shop Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 172	Back from the middle east!!! YEA BABY!! I have been busy buying some parts while I was deployed, just wanted to share. Anyway, Let me tell yall, it is so good to be back in the United States. You just don't know how good you have got it until it's all gone. Freedom Kicks ass. Love you guys!!! Anyone want to help out, I have the next 25 days off? Attached Images __________________ --------------------------------------------------- My Build Thread ..... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=288143 My Garage ..... http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/OCD69

06-10-2009, 08:19 PM	#2
jgrisafi Velocity Speed Shop Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 172	Re: Back from the middle east!!! Some more pics. Attached Images __________________ --------------------------------------------------- My Build Thread ..... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=288143 My Garage ..... http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/OCD69

06-10-2009, 08:24 PM	#3
jgrisafi Velocity Speed Shop Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 172	Re: Back from the middle east!!! OH YEA!! The most important one. I'm the dude on the top row, second from the left. You know, the High speed, Low drag guy. HaHa!!! Attached Images __________________ --------------------------------------------------- My Build Thread ..... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=288143 My Garage ..... http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/OCD69

06-10-2009, 08:27 PM	#4
Chevymann1968 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Houma LA Posts: 193	Re: Back from the middle east!!! Looks like you have a fun 25 days ahead of you!!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!! Ernest B. __________________ 1968 GMC Rebuilding Stage 2001 Camaro SS SOLD

06-10-2009, 08:29 PM	#5
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06-10-2009, 08:44 PM	#6
68gmsee Active Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Centrally located between Houston, Austin and Waco. BCS area. Posts: 7,947	Re: Back from the middle east!!! Welcome back... From a Vietnam era vet... And thanks for what you all are doing over there. It is much appreciated by the majority of us even though it doesn't seem like it from the media reports. Are you going back or here to stay? Twenty five days is a good start on your project. But, it probably won't be enough. I've been on mine for 20 years and the older I get the harder it is to get fired up. So, do as much as you can while your young!

06-10-2009, 08:53 PM	#7
texanidiot25 Eat My Rust Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cypress, Texas Posts: 3,362	Re: Back from the middle east!!! I remember PMing you, where in Cypress are you? I work part time, so, on my days off I don't mind coming to help if your close. If you need some heavy lifting man power, I have a few friends that love to work on cars as well, but I'm the only 67-72 dude. Last edited by texanidiot25; 06-10-2009 at 08:54 PM.

06-10-2009, 08:54 PM	#8
ol'blu72 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Hampton Roads VA Posts: 333	Re: Back from the middle east!!! Welcome home and THANK YOU for serving! You shure can save a bunch of money over there, and sink it into your toys I may need to Voulenteer for a trip soon to help with my truck.

06-10-2009, 10:17 PM	#9
jojo printing is my trade Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 349	Re: Back from the middle east!!! Welcome home! Thanks for your service! __________________ Jojo's '70 stepside build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=344184

06-10-2009, 10:49 PM	#10
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06-10-2009, 10:59 PM	#11
70C10Toejam Hellasick Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Death Moans, IA Posts: 876	Re: Back from the middle east!!! First and foremost-- Thank you for your service!!! Just recently read "A Table in the Presence", man what an account of some of the first troops (Marines in this case) to reach Baghdad. From the pics, i see Christmas came VERY early in your part of TX. __________________ I keep two MAGNUMS in my desk. One's a gun, and I keep it loaded. The other's a bottle and it keeps ME loaded. I'm Tracer Bullet. (Calvin and Hobbes) This life was a test. It was only a test. If this had been an actual life, you would have received instructions on where to go and what to do. RED meat is not bad for you...FUZZY BLUE/GREEN MEAT is bad for you!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUILT FORD TOUGH WITH CHEVY STUFF--sticker at Goodguys

06-10-2009, 11:59 PM	#12
dan42 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cali Central Coast Posts: 5,191	Re: Back from the middle east!!! God Bless you for serving, my friend - if you were closer, I'd be there. Have fun with all those parts and enjoy your days off! __________________ '67 SWB Fleetside ZZ4/350/Tremec 5-speed/4link/Scott's IFS - and fun as heck! SOLD Click here to support the board Philippians 4: 6-7

06-10-2009, 11:59 PM	#13
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06-11-2009, 12:13 AM	#14
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: Back from the middle east!!! Right off the top: "Thank you for your service!" If I were a few thousand miles closer, I'd be there with you & your truck like "white on rice, & dots on dice." Enjoy your "time off" L.J. __________________ '69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck

06-11-2009, 12:54 AM	#15
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06-11-2009, 04:49 AM	#16
vwdemon34 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: lake worth florida Posts: 56	Re: Back from the middle east!!! Thank you for your service. God bless you and your family. And most of all welcome home

06-11-2009, 05:18 AM	#17
jim zag ENGINE BUILDER Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Shortsville n.y. Posts: 344	Re: Back from the middle east!!! We ALL THANK YOU from the BOTTOM of OUR HEARTS for your service to the country WE ALL LOVE SO MUCH!!!! __________________ JIM ZAG

06-11-2009, 05:31 AM	#18
Southern C10 Is it done yet? Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Whispering Pines, NC Posts: 826	Re: Back from the middle east!!! Welcome home man!!! I will be home next month. Enjoy the time off. __________________ 1972 Chevy SWB New 383 Stroker/350 Turbo Some day i'll paint it John 3:16 MY BUILD THREAD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=398108

06-11-2009, 08:01 AM	#19
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: Back from the middle east!!! welcome back and it looks like you are going to be very busy building your truck.... thanks for your service..... __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

06-11-2009, 08:09 AM	#20
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06-11-2009, 08:47 AM	#21
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06-11-2009, 08:57 AM	#22
C20-67_N_MO Champagne Taste on Beer Budget Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: High Ridge, Missouri Posts: 2,190	Re: Back from the middle east!!! I don't think it can be said enough..... Thank you very much for your service! We do indeed appreciate everything you guys do for us here in the states. And man with all those parts you have looks like thats just more than 25 days worth of fun! Take care! __________________ Coming Soon: Project 1970 Country Truck

06-11-2009, 09:11 AM	#23
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06-11-2009, 09:21 AM	#24
70rs/ss Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 7,271	Re: Back from the middle east!!! Welcome home, glad you all made it back. Like many others here, if I were anywhere close, I'd be there for ya. We all owe you and your brothers and sisters in arms a debt of graditude, and free labor would be the least we could do for you, you have done so much for us. GOD Bless!! Enjoy the 25 days of "Normalcy" if you can!

06-11-2009, 10:20 AM	#25
UltraBlue71 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: OKC OK Posts: 489	Re: Back from the middle east!!! Thanks for your service, You Army guys amaze me, you are true heros! Keep in mind this is coming from a Airforce WEINIE! I wish I could lend a hand on your truck, enjoy your time off, brother, its well deserved! __________________ "You can put lipstick on a pig, sure it's pretty pig, but it's still just a PIG... 71 LWB Last edited by UltraBlue71; 06-11-2009 at 10:21 AM.

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