It sure was fun getting to meet you, John. But holy Anna McTavish, I don't think we've had anyone at Homecoming in all these years as utterly fearless as you about ripping your truck apart (650 miles from home) to fiddle with something ... ! You rolled in on Thursday, asked about pulling into the shop to do something about your transmission and the next thing I know, you have the T-5 on the bench and completely disassembled .... la la la like it was nothing. (WHAT DAT NOISE, Eh??) And back together. I went to check on something else and when I came back, you had the tranny back in and the rear end all torn out ... la la la like we all do that every day just for giggles. Incredible. You were a tazmanian devil ... with wrenches. You reminded me of those guys in the DC Model T club who drive a Model T in front of a crowd, get out and completely disassemble it. Then they go eat lunch. After lunch, they reassemble the car and drive it away. I'm pretty sure you could do that with your panel by yourself. Of course, I don't know too many people who go cruising around with their T-5 collection, either ...

I bet you and Lugnuts could work up a pretty good T-5 floorshow (throwing flaming wrenches and parts, juggling, making stuff disappear ...)
And on the comradeship, I do believe you gave as good as ya got
