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| | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,799 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,799 | I'm about to do a southwest road trip. I just bought a crankshaft grinder from a machinery vendor in Lubbock, so I'll be headed that way in a couple of weeks to pick it up and haul it back to Tennessee. A side trip to Trenton is definitely in the works to visit Coilover's shop, and if anyone else along the way is up for a meet and greet I'd love to put names to faces and collect a few pictures of the guys I've been communicating with for a long time. No definite schedule yet, but I'd like to get this trip done before the snow flies!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 | Jerry Post your planned route or PM me. Thanks
Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
“I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one!
Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop!
USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 351 | I'm not far from Trenton, so would be happy to meet there. I've been wanting to visit Coilover's shop, anyway. Keep us posted on timing.
Cheers!
Doug | | | | | Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 75 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 75 | Hey Jerry.......I’m on IH-20 just over 100 miles south of Lubbock. Several years ago you sold me a transmission, then met my daughter who was visiting in Tennessee at the time and she hauled the trans back here to Texas for me. If IH-20 or IH-30 are in your planned route to head back east, it would be a pleasure to meet and thank you in person. The Interstate route would also take you east toward drdoug’s place in Prosper. Hope you have a nice trip, good weather and lots of chances to meet your fellow bolters.
Dickie
5ptstar
'53 3100 Short Bed
Texas Peace Officer - supporter of the Badge and the Blue Line
Pain is part of life, Misery is an option.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 | Jerry,
I wish I could come visit your old butt out there. Just a little to far for me to drive!
Chris | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,799 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,799 | My most recent visit to San Antonio was an all expense paid vacation in January 1968, courtesy of the U.S. Air Force! I'd love to spend some time there and see some of the sights I didn't get a chance to back then! I'm sure there are more appealing places to be than Lackland Air Force Base, in a basic training barracks!
My trip is on hold for a while- - - -I've spent the past week nursing a swollen hand that's probably a badly infected result of catching a sliver of hot steel off my lathe in the second knuckle of my middle finger. Now most of my fingers resemble link sausages, and holding a pen or a coffee cup is a lost cause! The antibiotics my family practitioner prescribed last week aren't helping much, so I've got an appointment with an orthopedic hand specialist coming up in a couple of days. Hope he doesn't have to do any slicing and dicing!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 351 | Ouch! Sorry to hear that, Jerry. Hope all goes well with the orthopedic doc.
Doug | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 | | | | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,644 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,644 | Sorry to hear about your mishap Jerry. It’s hard to get anything done on old motors or trucks if your hand is swollen, so I hope you’re finger gets well really soon!
Chuck
1950 Chevy 1/2 ton (all original)
1951 Chevy 1/2 ton (future streetrod)
1941 Chevy coupe
1938 Chevy coupe streetrod
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | I am sorry to hear of your hand's condition, Jerry.
You most likely do not have to be told: do what the doctors tell you to do. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 473 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 473 | Hang tough Jerry....hope your on the mend. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,799 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,799 | Well, it's not what I wanted to hear, but maybe it will solve the problem- - - - -surgery about noon tomorrow to clean out infection in a couple of knuckles on my right middle finger. Maybe I'll have a fist instead of a "paw" after that! Right now, none of the fingers will flex much at all, and bending the middle one even a little bit puts me into orbit!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 | Praying for you my friend | | | | | Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 789 Former BMW Rider | | Former BMW Rider Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 789 | Keep us posted Jerry. We're all pulling for you! | | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,599 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,599 | Must have used that middle one way more than the others!
I hope to see that over worked finger again!
Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,799 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,799 | Not being able to operate a camera and a keyboard properly, or grip a pen to fill out inspection reports definitely cuts down on the pocket change. The guys down in Florida who dispatch my inspection assignments are very supportive and understanding, but having to rearrange other inspectors' territories to cover mine puts a kink in their business, also. Maybe I can get back on the road pretty soon!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 789 Former BMW Rider | | Former BMW Rider Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 789 | Hey Jerry,
How did you fare today with your hand surgery? Routine soaking (internal and external) with that 'White Lightning' should cure just about anything that ails you, LOL!
I hope you're doing well and on your way to quick recovery.
Take care, | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 | Andy,
I wonder if he understands that there are easier ways to take a day or two off of work and still use a sick day! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 789 Former BMW Rider | | Former BMW Rider Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 789 | Chris,
I never thought about that angle! You might be on to something there.......
I'm sure when HRL sees this he will straighten us both out!! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 | Wouldn’t be the first time he has attempted that. Only advantage I have is that I’m slightly more mobile! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,084 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,084 | Hey Jerry, been offline for awhile busy with a couple vintage Tractors my Dad gave me. Just saw this regarding a Texas trip and recall you have a gun buddy in Houston. If you make it this way would love to get together for lunch with you guys. There are a few Houston bolters around, maybe we can get a group together. My son did a summer engineering intern with Trane up in Clarksville and loved it. He is sold on the smoky mountains. My father in law used to say the Good lord ran out of landscaping budget when he got to Texas. Let us know if coming this way.
Allen
Yeah, well, that's just like, you know , your opinion, man - The Dude
1948 Chevy 3600 - goal Original restoration, Current Stage 1 - Disassembly and getting body in primer
1954 GMC 3100 goal Hot Rod, Current Stage 1 - Get body in primer
1931 Ford Model A 5 window Coupe - Old Skool Hot Rod
1945 Ford 2N Tractor - Runs great
1964 Ford 2000 Tractor - Use it every week
1974 Stingray Corvette
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 362 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 362 | I haven't been checking in to read up on the forum as often as I used to. Allen, do you still have my number? If y'all plan something in/around Houston, give me a shout! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,084 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,084 | Will do Eric. I figure the least I can do for all help I've gotten from Jerry is to buy him lunch at one of our Tex Mex joints.
Allen
Yeah, well, that's just like, you know , your opinion, man - The Dude
1948 Chevy 3600 - goal Original restoration, Current Stage 1 - Disassembly and getting body in primer
1954 GMC 3100 goal Hot Rod, Current Stage 1 - Get body in primer
1931 Ford Model A 5 window Coupe - Old Skool Hot Rod
1945 Ford 2N Tractor - Runs great
1964 Ford 2000 Tractor - Use it every week
1974 Stingray Corvette
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,599 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,599 | If you have never met Jerry in person, you are in for an interesting meeting!
Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 | That’s an understatement! | | |
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