The Stovebolt Site Forums The Back Office News and Announcements Thank you for the donations ... 2023

A donation just now:

Alec "AWinLex" Wilder - Alec ordered an ODSS 2024 calendar and he put a little extra in the Stovebolt stocking.



Alec will get his calendar before the first - important because his '51 is 3100 is January! He said he's got the spot all ready for it.

Enjoy the calendar Alec and, on behalf of the Stovebolt Collective, thank you very much for the extra treat.

Another day another donation. This is great.

Phillip "TrknGMC" Pierce - Phil purchased two ODSS calendars -- one for him and one for his Dad (we call him "Senior"). He included a generous donation to Stovebolt.
Phil's been with us a long time and he and his Dad were regulars at the Stovebolt Homecoming at HQ, sponsored by the ODSS. Phil's title is "Bondo Artiste" as has a shop that does collision damage on vehicles. He's a very busy guy.

On behalf of the entire Stovebolt Collective, thanks for helping keep those servers in Texas running.

Another day, another three donations!

Two added a little something to the coffers when they paid for their calendars:

Victor "VEW" Walters - Another one of the ODSS posse. You regulars may be familiar with one of his previous Stovebolts: "Thor." We followed the sale of that 1958 C4400 Viking to TUTS 59 (one of the Southern Bolters Moderator). Fear not, Victor has plenty more Stovebolts in his life.


Kevin "klhansen" Hansen - Kevin is one of our great Moderators, covering Paint & Body, Doors, Making a Stovebolt Bed, Name that Part, News & Announcements, and is a Global Moderator. Behind the scenes, he's helped the Office Staff many times figuring out how to do a variety of things (including art )... and the Stovebolt Collective gets the benefit of his service. We've followed his regular project, a 1951 3100. He's got a lot of good posts all over the Forums.


Ron "WE b OLD" Steltz - Ron's fourth donation. He sent Stovebolt a gift for his birthday. Then he sent a gift for Thanksgiving. This is his fourth donation, so we are wondering if it may be his Christmas gift to Stovebolt. Ron is one of the icons of the site.


Want to say thanks to them on behalf of the Stovebolt Collective, keeping things rolling along.

A generous donation on Christmas Eve.

Dan "Gdads51" Gerhards - Dan purchased an IRWIPI and ODSS calendar and then added a generous donation making it his THIRD one this year.
"A year-end donation for keeping Stovebolt up and running in support of the best Chevy & GMC Truck Community - bar none!"

We are SURE you all know Dan. He's the Moderator for General Truck Talk and the entire Swap Meet, and a co-Moderator for the Midwest Bolters. He's done great things, helping others all over the place and especially as he turned the SM into more than just a post-in and leave bulletin board. He's done a bunch of research (which he really enjoys) to help Bolters find stuff, sell stuff, and even plenty of posts when he finds *deals* worth posting in the Other Online Sources, and Spotting Alert Network.
If that was not enough, he's helped with a few of the HOW TO: instructions for the IT Short Bus and is a Global Moderator which covers the entire Forums.

Dan has "contributed" a lot and adding a financial donation to boot deserves a major Thank You from the Stovebolt Collective.

We close out 2023 donations with these last two:

Tim "tclederman" Lederman -- Tim's SECOND donation from just last month, with the encouraging Memo: "Keep on truckin' ..." These kinds of donations help make it so.

The other from:

Bill "Sedgewick" Jesse -- A "BC Bolter," Bill's been with us a long time and it's good to have him still "truckin'." His trucks, Ol' Blu' and "Miss Blu, were in the Gallery back in early 2000's when even a few sentences were a "start."


We'd like to thank all those who contributed to Stovebolt financially over the past year. You have helped more than you may know. And we always want to thank the many folks who help make this site possible, from the volunteers, moderators and the participants helping in the forums.


John, Peggy and the entire Stovebolt Collective

Rolling into 2024

These donations for 2023 have now been listed in Thanks Ledger and specifically in the long Donations page. Over 18 years now being "ad free."

Again. Thanks to all who helped us keep things going around here. "The lights on" as many of you say.