Stovebolt News - October 2006

The Stovebolt Page	New Stuff -- October 2006
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IRWIPI / V ote for the best October Gallery submission \ Thanks to the Super Stovebolters / New Links \ Mailbag
October Gallery Additions / Alternative Gallery for October \ Stovebolt Stats

It Ran When I Parked It
photo contest well underway

Somewhere back East, somebody's wonderin'
"How come they don't write?"

(Special thanks to Matt Frazier for some clever PhotoShopping!)

Well, no sooner had the flag dropped, the entries started coming in for the 2006 It Ran When I Parked It photo contest. We've already got another great bunch of submissions and a month left! We've got some dandy ones for the 2007 calendar, too (nice big 'uns). Lots of stories with them, too ... which have been fun to read.

These guys find these trucks here and there. We think Larry Norris will be destraught if his entry is ever moved! Russell Nugent found his in the in-law's neighborhood. "At least they aren't Chevy 'bolts going to waste" was Wade Herod's comment about the "phord" lineup. He has seen many with his job (Department of Transportation). Kip Bonds got his picture when he was duck hunting last year. Matt Droege was asked to haul his entry off the property -- but didn't budge it until he got his picture first! Chris Dooley is actually working on his entry (that's NOT a first ... but very cool!). Dave Gray also found his "entry" when picking up his new project. Eric Anderson has found a virtual treasure trove of old trucks ... but according to the owner, they are all staying in the IRWIPI pose!

We've got a nice line-up of prize donors -- and are still working on some others. Here's the one's who have stepped out to acknowledge these wonderful photographic expressions. Well, okay. Maybe not that. They are just a bunch of good guys and are happy to support what we are doing.

American Classic Truck Parts Header Buddy The Filling Station
Vintage Truck Magazine Mar-K Quality Parts
The Stovebolt Hooya Shoppe

Something new
Vote for the month's best Gallery addition

We thought we'd try something since "voting" is in the air. We hope to help encourage more discussion of the latest Gallery additions. We see the page is hit a lot (over 17,000 times in October). And we know there is a lot of chit-chat (direct email / private messages) between regular Bolters with the new guys or folks who have done updates. Well, we want to join in the discussion ... you never know what might be of interest or helpful to some of the other Bolters who are a bit on the shy side (yea, believe it or not, there are quite a few "quiet" ones out there).

So, each month, we'll have a forum thread for voting for the best submission. Can be a new one or an update. But here's the kick in the pants: you need to let us know WHY (hehehehe, we'll get you to writing!) you think it's the best of the line-up. Could be the story. The find. The task ahead. The absolute injustice of one person having that many Bolts. We'll run each "round" until the 15th of the next month (in this case it'll be November 15).

We've got some neato prizes still being donated to us from a follow Bolter. We'll let you know who wins and what they got. Ya nevah know. Maybe this will encourage others to send in their truck stories (we can't believe how some of the recent submissions have been long-time Bolters -- but that's okay). And then, it may encourage others to up-date their Gallery page ... and give us all some more details. We are all Bolt-formation junkies here, ya know.

Big Thanks
to those Stovebolt Supporters

Want to be sure to recognize our Super Stovebolters here who have made a donation to the site during the month of October. This is the kind of cash that helps us mail prizes!! Muchos gracious:

Dan Thornton	Richard "Tiny" Thomas
Randy "Mapleleaf" Jewers	Alvin (AChipmunk) Parris This is Alvin's third donation!

Mailbag
Such good stuff

"I bought this truck for no other reason then it was there and

I am a Stovbolter."

Dan Thornton has a 1957 1-ton GMC (Miss Gussy) as well as his first one (Miss Mae), a 1963 Chevy K-10.

New Links
The listing is up to 575

It's a big help for folks to refer links to our site. We get lots of offers (no rataan furniture for five years so far) but we want to stick with those that pertain to Stovebolting.

Mark Frances was looking for a bra for his 1948 Chevy Extended Cab. Bruce Graham suggested Wardlow Kustom Mask.

Scott Speedometer Service
Vintage speedometer
and tachometer
specialists since 1953

The Filling Station -- We've had their link for years, but we've updated their info - since they cover more years now
Go Paintless . Com -- "Paintless dent repair tools and equipment for less"
4 Truck Accessories -- "Accessories of all kinds" -- box/bed trim, tool boxes, splash guards, running boards
Wardlow Kustom Mask -- "Originator of the Hot Rod Bras"
Car Art On-line -- "Automotive prints available from today's top artists"

Rob "still lookin' Heddleston offered these two links for Martin Sr who's brother just got a 1958 Jeep:

The CJ2A Page -- Stories, images, tips, history, etc.
Early CJ-5 and Dauntless V6 Page -- Willys, Kaiser, and AMC Jeep CJ-5s and CJ-6s produced from 1955 through 1975 are the main focus of this website

October Gallery Additions
(in case you missed them) ... and don't forget to vote!

Jon Christensen's 1956 Chevy 3/4-Ton Flatbed -- "JC" adds a good project truck (third one)
William Bevins' 1952 Chevy 3104 5-Window -- This was his Dad's truck
John Milliman's 1965 GMC 4000 Fire Engine Tanker -- Latest acquisition for use on the farm
Chad Haning's 1948 Chevy Roadster Pickup -- "48roadsterpu" has owned this truck since he was 15
Jeremy Clark's 1972 Chevy Cheyenne -- Ready to move his Bolt from Texas to school in California
George Captico's 1970 Chevy C-10 Stepside -- "Wrenchbender Ret" has a great driving truck with an accessory or two
Jason Melenko's 1952 Chevy 1/2-Ton Update -- "52motorhead" has switched to an S-10 cab and LT-1 from old cop car
Doug Engstrom's 1960 Chevy Apache 20 3/4-Ton Stepside -- "DougE60" Bolt is ready to come back to life!
Dan Thornton's 1957 GMC 1-Ton -- "timsdad63" has his SECOND Bolt and a new helper
Scott Hood's 1951 Chevy 5-tonne Tipper -- "Chugger" has a complete Aussie truck and trying to get more info
Dave Kline's 1954 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- Truck had been in storage a long time. Didn't even need paint!
Norm Tew's 1962 Chevy 2-Ton Flatbed -- "spdzrus" finally has a Big Bolt and a support group to go with it!
Brian Tait's 1972 Chevy C-10 and 1971 K-10 4 x 4 -- One Stovebolt just isn't enough!
Cory Smith's 1959 Chevy Shortbed Stepside Update -- "Cornelius" has a bunch of new pieces
Brett Clark's 1965 Chevy C-10 Update -- "Sixty5C10" has added plywood bed and seats
Keith Paluso's 1965 Chevy C-10 -- "Make room honey, I'm bringing another one home!"
Spanky Hardy's 1946 Chevrolet Holmes Wrecker -- Neat picture of the '46 and the Lil' Spankster
Jim Arrabito's 1941 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- "Bitoman" has an update on Stinger and an interesting chrome deal
Al Falke's 1950-Something Chevy 1/2-Ton -- "Resto44" has a little of this and little of that in this old Bolt
Mark Francis' 1948 Chevy 1/2-Ton Extended Cab -- "MSPARK" has a serious WOW factor here
Sam Reed's 1954 GMC De Luxe COE -- "GMCPanel" has a BIG Bolt rare find
Steve Taylor's 1959 Chevy Apache 32 -- "Stevie-t" has gotten himself a "time capsule"
Dennis Rutkoskie's 1948 Chevrolet COE -- Fomerly a milk truck
Harry Bonne's 1937 Chevy 1/-Ton Update -- "Harry from Holland" sends us an update
Glenn Carpenter's 1952 Chevy 1/2-Ton Update -- "GEC52" has come a long way in a year
John Gott's 1941 Chevy 1.5-Ton G-506 Military Dump -- "42chevy" has a very cool and versitle Big Bolt here
Jeff Lauber's 1947 Chevy 2-Ton Update -- "Iowa trucks 59" gets the cab on and pieces are coming together
Will Kay's 1941 Chevrolet COE Update -- Will gets the nose on his cab
Steve Felten's 1957 Chevy 3100 -- One of the trucks from Kansas City Nationals
Link Shadley's 1951 Chevy 1.5-Ton Flatbed / Tiltbed 4100 -- Good story! Husband-wife team. Father-son telepathy! Very interesting ...
Steve Mosley's 1953 Chevy 6400 2-ton Update -- Mongo's paint job, and shots from the Kansas City show
Lane Fotty's 1959 Chevy 1/2-Ton Stepside Update -- This truck, since it now belongs to ...
Gary Lee Allen Berge's 1966 Chevy C-30 1-Ton -- An old farm truck now garage-kept and grocery gettin'
Des Leitch's 1934 Chevy 1.5-Ton (Australian) Update -- Des OZ was able to pick up a few "half doors"
Jeff Erickson's 1947 GMC COE 3-Ton -- "Rustednuts" an old BEER TRUCK!
Jackie Hannah's 1941 GMC 9314 -- Bolt gets new owner -- nice birthday present; all stock but the motor

Alternative
Gallery

John Fortune's 1950 Chevy Delux Coupe -- Well, some one cut this up like a pick-up and John's cleaned it up to be a "neat driver."
Allen Franklin's OTHER classics -- 1923 Franklin Demi-sedan, 1954 Ford Sunline, 1935 Ford 3-window coupe with rumble seat, and a 1954 Ford Sunliner

Stovebolt
Stats

Humming along still at a good clip:

Hits: The total number of files requested from the server -- 5,556,506
Bytes: The amount of information transferred in filling those requests -- 70,868,531,549 (you know how we're always talking about band width !)
Visits: The (approximate) number of actual individual visitors -- 154,890
PViews: The number of Web pages viewed by those visitors -- 1,398,631

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