This recent Monday, Labor Day, I still had to work (suppose that's how they came up with the name...)
The local fire dept has festivities all day including a flea market, food, music, a car show, and some other good stuff. Last week I helped churn some of the ice cream they served Monday.
I got up early and drove the GMC so I could check out the flea market on my way to work. (Lucked into buying a nice Rockwell drill press for a friend). Later I returned for a long lunch and to sample the ice cream before heading back to work.
The car show was forming up so they gave me a front and center parking spot.
Pic. 1 I wasn't there long enough for the judging which is OK by me. Though come Wednesday we learn I was apparently there long enough to get a picture in the paper. (editors choice award?)
Pic. 2 Pic. 3 You may notice I swapped out the square mirrors for some mismatched round ones donated by a fellow Stovebolter, they look better to me and seem to provide a better view of behind. Perhaps they're smaller/lighter and wiggle less, or might be curved slightly. The Drivers side is even tinted which is quite nice.
Been driving the truck a lot this week as I deal with car troubles.
That's a good thing because I'm beginning to get the hang of this old truck driving stuff again! I had driven my 52 pretty much exclusively for several years in school and came to quite enjoy the feel of it. However the GMC, though it seemed familiar at first, was kind of awkward and rough around the edges; harder to shift and drive it as smooth as I remembered being able to do. So now 10 or 13 years without having a running driving truck I'm quickly relearning the little peculiarities and tricks to operating such a fine machine, and it's more and more fun!
I'm having such a good time driving this thing that I'm seriously considering it for a 1,200 mile round trip scheduled for next week.
Grigg
