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Santa is coming
IN A STOVEBOLT!

Well I've been sorta worried
About Santa Claus this year
'Cause we live way down south
And it didn't snow down here.
But I'm telling you not to worry
'Cause I just got the word.
Everybody listen closely
And I'll tell you what I heard.

Santa's comin' in a Stovebolt
Instead of his trusty sleigh.
He'll have a truck instead of reindeer
To carry him on his way.
'Cause the weatherman had some problems
He couldn't get snow you see.
Santa's gonna come in a Stovebolt
When he visits you and me.

Santa can't bring his reindeer
He'll leave them far away.
But don't you worry 'bout him
He's gonna be here Christmas day.
He's got a big red Stovebolt
With four-wheel drive and all.
And there's gonna be a Merry Christmas
A Merry Christmas for all.

That Santa is one smart Bolter!

Thanks to Jim Bow for sending this in!

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Stovebolt Christmas
Hot or cold ... any way you like it

Grigg Mullen's 1952 Chevy 1-ton Longbed (Handsum)		John Ray's 1954 that "we lovingly call 'Sherwood.' I do truly enjoy your site. Best wishes for a joyous season.

It Ran When I Parked It Winners!
May we have the envelope please

        We had 53 entries for this year's It Ran When I Parked It photo contest, and some really darn good ones. Some hysterical. Some great tales and background info. Thanks to those who took the time to tell everyone just how easy it is to find such beauty in the wild.

        Judging was laborious but handled with calculating detail. The voice of motorheads far and wide for The People's Choice Award was tallied by the two beauties here (Joker's delightful Granddaughters). Thanks to them and Grandpa for their help in this annual artistic expression of our crazy hobby.

        So, now you need to know who won and what -- Read on ...

Stovebolt Feature ~ Lurch's 2007 Memoirs
Checking in with his Chevy buds, and sharing the love

        Lurch, the 1927 1-Ton Cattle truck, is quite the celebrity around Stovebolt and other parts, too!! Lurch had Dean "Rustoholic" Meltz pined to the computer to be sure we all had a real good account of what they all have been doing for the past year. And it's been plenty -- a gal with a REO, the rich and famous meets the rusty and infamous, bring the cows, and finding a distant cousin.

        A year's worth of adventures and a great read. Good writing, Lurch. Good typing Dean!

        Read on!

Looking at Stovebolts month after month
As if that doesn't go on already

        We have these calendars done so far, and have more entries coming in. Check on the Calendar Page to see all the details!!

        When I first saw your e-mail, it did not soak in -- thought it was just the announcement and would get to it later. Ten minutes ago, I went up on the site and see that Baxter is on the cover of the 2008 Large Calendar!!! Wow, wow, wow!!!! Our place went nuts here -- you will get our order soon once I revive the check writer. Thanks so much -- he is happy to be of service!!!!!! John Lewis and Baxter, 1953 Chevy Pickup

Posting pictures in the forums DON'T DO IT!		Stovebolt Super Stars The fuel that keeps us on the Info Super Highway
The reason we ask for a LINK to a picture (rather than posting / embedding the image itself):      1) it affects our bandwidth (which is costly)      2) it makes the page download slower (which really affects people on dial-up, and we've got a lot of them)      3) some European users have to "pay by the byte" (and we don't want to do that to them ... especially after they've seen the image once already!      3) American Classic Truck Parts is paying our hosting fee and we want to be good stewards. Otherwise, we may find ourselves having to cough up some hard cold cash. Not fun. Not good.       We've even taken the image button out of the menu to help curb this practice. Most of the gang is really good about not embedding an image and we greatly appreciate it.       You may have noticed, we are including more pictures in the Gallery, but even in there, we are using links to the pictures (which are larger and hopefully more helpful) for those same reasons. A side benefit for your post then, is that you can post a link to as big a picture as you like and it won't affect the rest of the posts in that thread!      Thanks for your cooperation! Thanks, Stovebolt Staff		Stovebolt.com has expenses like anything else and we sincerely appreciate those that help carry this load. Keeping this site moving ahead and FREE for everyone, has been made so by contributions from many and some cold cash by some. We are all grateful.       This month's contributors are: The Hollister Road Company Karl Nelson (2nd donation this year) Jeff "Rusty Rod" Backus (5th donation) Marty "delux54panel" Flores Tim Sheridan (3rd donation) George "Wrenchbender Ret" Capito (3rd donation) Mike "49 geezer" Stark (2nd donation) Here's a contri for all the great work you do. Know that having been a forum member here has saved me a lot of $ over the years of re-doing the old Geezer -- so here's something back!                Mike "49 geezer" Stark

Gallery Additions
The ones we added this month

• Steve Suedekum's 1941 Chevy 3/4-Ton -- "Steves41" is getting her fixed to be a daily driver
• David Giorgianni's 1936 Chevy -- "36 dude" will be driving this Bolt around in Peru
• Ken Charlton's 1968 Chevy C-10 Pickup Truck -- Third generation for these old Stovebolts (4th on it's way)
• Richard Brown's 1947 Chevy Thriftmaster 1/2-Ton -- "mazzer" has a truck just like Grandpa's
• Phil Stewart's 1953 Chevy 2-Ton Dump Truck -- "plasticman" put his first Stovebolt to work
• Dave Hemphill's 1941 Chevy 1.5-Ton Stakebed Update -- "Big Red 41" has accomplished much since last Spring
• Jim Allen's 1951 Chevy 1.5-Ton Flatbed -- "Lassentrucks" says "Kermit" is in pretty good shape
• Jim Allen's 1954 Chevy 2-Ton Dump Truck -- "Lassentrucks" reveals more of his Stovebolt motor pool
• Jonathan Perry's 1950 GMC Pickup Truck -- "YES............." he and his wife did the work!
• Jeremy Odegard's 1949 Chevy 3600 3/4-Ton -- Just waiting til spring to start back to work on her
• Brian Glass' 1958 Apache 3100 Shortbed Fleetside -- "briang" encouraged by Bolters to save "Cooper's Ride"
• Holden Westland's 1956 Chevy Bread Delivery Truck -- "Bring the Bread" plans on a "Tiki Lounge on Wheels"
• Bill Wolf's 1942 Chevrolet 1.5-Ton Military Firetruck -- Restored as a tribute to his Father
• Mark Libecki's 1961 Chevy Apache SS -- Over 10 year to do ... now having fun!
• Tad Wilson's 1954 Chevy 3100 1/2-Ton -- Traded a '65 Stepside for this one -- straight up
• Dwayne Wright's 1969 Chevrolet C-20 Longhorn -- "Longhorn321" likes her!
• Tom Johnson's 1930 Chevy Universal LR 1.5-ton Truck Update -- "Cartunman" says it's “Lookin’ like a truck!”
• Greg Lally's 1964 Chevy 3/4-Ton 4 x 4 Panel -- Greg has a very thorough write-up on his Stovebolt
• Eddie Caton's 1949 GMC Pickup Truck -- Eddie's been with us a nice long while - and here's his Bolt
• Mick Casey's 1947 2nd Series Chevy 3/4-Ton -- Found all in pieces
• Jan de Graaf's 1946 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- "Pipercubjan" has two -- one for him and one for a friend
• Philip Southwick's 1964 Chevy C-10 Fleetside Shortbed -- Two years to get to this point
• Dustin Bell's 1953 Chevy 3100 1/2-Ton -- "DBell" says it was parked since 1968 -- but no more!
• Samson Goin's 1949 Chevy 3100 -- "kentmasters" loves them inline sixes!
• Bill Shubert's 1929 Chevy International 1/2-ton -- frosty54" has a real Love / hate relationship
• Kerry Mallory's 1966 Chevy C-10 Shortbed Stepside -- Found behind a used car lot
• Dave Sanders' 1950 Chevy 1/2-Ton Update -- "DMSanders" got the bed done
• Nathan Dennis' 1965 Chevrolet C-10 -- "Nathan 1965 Chevrolt c10" has one pretty much like Grandpa's
• John Milliman's 1949 4400 Update -- Update on the in-progress frame-off resto