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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 559 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 559 | Not quite ready for that yet | | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 | With all of those so called truck drivers out there, or better yet “steering wheel holders”, she’ll do just fine! Throw her into the fire! I have complete confidence in her! She has a good trainer! Her mother!!!!!
Jim | | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 559 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 559 | Butt kisser  | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,400 ODSS Lawman | | ODSS Lawman Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,400 | Jim, that comment is commendable, and hilarious.
My plan is to come early and leave Saturday, have some plans Sunday that I cannot move. So whenever the party starts, I'll do my best to make it.
SWEET Sergeant At Arms: Old Dominion Stovebolt Society BUNS?!?!?!Where we're going, we don't need no buns.....1950 GMC 450 1951 Chevy 1/2-TonThe GreenMachineIn the Stovebolt Gallery | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,470 Bond Villain | | Bond Villain Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,470 | Roache ... we have a butt load of logistics to work out ... Talk to me, Goose (offline... PM will do)
Jimbo ... who you callin' a "so-called truck driver" ????
~ John "We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are" 1948 International Farmall Super A1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump2001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 | John e o,
Wasn’t referencing you in that post! Pretty sure you know what I was referring too!
I watched a guy backing into a dock the other day. At least, 30 tries, and it wasn’t a blind side docking! After he left, another real truck driver did it in one shot!
I learned on a truck with manual steering, no A/C. You made your attempts count with that set up!
Jimbo. | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,470 Bond Villain | | Bond Villain Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,470 | 30 tries?? I have heard that with the extreme shortage of CDL drivers, they have dumbed down the standards considerably. I'm told they've even removed parallel parking from the skills test.
But I should talk ... Took me two tries to back into the job site the other day ... The entrance is at an angle and a steep down grade. Engineers stakes .... mud .... and I'm making the turn on the blind side. Road I'm backing off is a dirt lane with trees close ... and I get yelled at if I leave ruts anywhere but on the job site. Trailer is the 48 foot demo trailer ... beat up and sometimes has a mind of its own ...
I'm just glad the boss wasn't there to see me all arms and elbows driving like a new NAFTA driver ...
~ John "We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are" 1948 International Farmall Super A1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump2001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 559 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 559 | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 | NOOOOOOO! It was just brought to my attention, that I have a wedding to attend to on the 23rd  I’m broken! That’s both events I’ll miss this year! NOT FAIR! Jim Need a tear Imoji! Here's one from my phone. 😢 and one from me for you. 😢 _-Peggy
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,436 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,436 | Darn it Jim!
If you can’t be there lighting fires under a fuel tank while wearing the official Stovebolt dust mask?
I guess it is not even worth my time to make the trip.
Don
Last edited by 2-Ton; 08/21/2023 2:33 AM.
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery'46 2-Ton grain truck | '50 2-ton flatbed | '54 Pontiac Straight Eight | '54 Plymouth Belvidere | '70 American LaFrance pumper fire truck | '76 Triumph TR-6 Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 | Thanks Peg! Don, that is a great pic! Almost as if it were staged  Crying myself to sleep tonight! Jim
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,393 Camp Commandant | | Camp Commandant Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,393 | Jim, I missed one Winchester truck show since the first one I attended and Still hear about it. Are you sure you want to go there. This site has some classy ways to get out of a wedding invite https://onefabday.com/say-no-to-a-wedding-invitation-decline-etiquette/If you really must get a dolled up for said wedding, what about Thursday and Friday, huh? You can do it!
~ Billy Old Dominion Stovebolt Society: Exotic Animal Division 1946 Chevrolet Cab Over Engine | In the Gallery | Video | More pictures1959 GMC 860 | Pictures1950 GMC 450 Flatbed W/W, Air Brake equipt (25% Owner) | Pictures1950 Chevrolet 3800 | PicturesI've got a trailer and I'm not afraid to use it! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 | Jim,
I'm not taking you off the list.
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery || In the Gallery Forum"I didn't see this one coming. I don't see much of anything coming. :-O" | | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 283 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 283 | I'll be planning on being there Friday and Saturday! I can't mess up my consistent attendance for many years ! Marylyn needs a Road trip and so do I ! | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 | I'll be planning on being there Friday and Saturday! I can't mess up my consistent attendance for many years ! Marylyn needs a Road trip and so do I ! Me and Jethro may be calling you to set up a convoy. If not on the way up, at least on the way back.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 | Billy,
You’re reading my mind! ( not that it’s hard to do, mind you).
Joe mentioned he was going down Thursday also. Still on my radar!
Jim
Last edited by 53 green 1- ton; 08/24/2023 12:59 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 818 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 818 | Jim life’s tough at the top I’ve got two football games this weekend both grand finals I would like to watch and a 40th wedding anniversary to celebrate remember happy wife happy life so I think you might be able to get to Winchester and do everything else as well Stovebolt time is good time
57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
| | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,470 Bond Villain | | Bond Villain Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,470 | Stovebolt time is good time No truer words EVUR. But it's even better with a Kiwi around .... It's not where's the party ... It's not what's the party ... It's not when's the party ... It's not even why's the party .... TP *is* the party! And bring some VB with ya, mate! 
~ John "We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are" 1948 International Farmall Super A1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump2001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,194 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,194 | Stovebolt time is therapy time! Therapy for the soul! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 | Peer pressure from 10,000 miles away! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 598 | Its official that the "Stovebolt gods" have it out for me this year! I'm officially out! The Company man, has me heading to Texas that week now! Batting 0 for 2 this year! I'm glad that I did get to see an abbreviated version of the gang for some momentous occasion earlier in the summer! Going to miss you all! Jim | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 | Jim Sorry to hear this. I guess that means you are really out. I'm sure the ODSS gang will come up with another chance to get together later in the Fall. Saw some of the great photos in the "What to bring" thread. I need to get some more of those up. Need John to help with the image captions. He pointed out a bunch of stuff but I wasn't in the "intake / output" mode; just intake and stare. 
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery || In the Gallery Forum"I didn't see this one coming. I don't see much of anything coming. :-O" | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,470 Bond Villain | | Bond Villain Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,470 | Mike ... Are we convoying? Not entirely sure yet when I will be driving though ...
~ John "We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are" 1948 International Farmall Super A1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump2001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,410 ODSS President | | ODSS President Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,410 | "The last shall be first and the first last!"
-I'll neither be the first there nor the last to leave but I plan on being there.
-I'll be bringing my used and serviceable exhaust system for Nick.
-Is Hambone coming? I ask because we have unfinished business inside one of his Muncie 319's.
-Receiving a large order of dinosaur blood from Sweet.
-Hope to be driving my truck with a recently installed 261, replete with knees bent running about stories of fortune and misfortune, spiced with gnashing of teeth, flat out lies, half-truths and oddly, occasional honesty.
-I'll be bringing an appetite and a road weary body in need of a flat place to rest my head.
-Does anyone have an extra AD lower front fender rod thingy, and is the R different from the L? It has holes on both ends and attaches from the lower fender to the watchamacallit deal over there that ensures aerodynamic possibilities beyond 70mph. For compensation I can offer a half bag of chips or a power bar that is too sweet for me and tastes like raw oat meal.
~ Cosmo
1949 Chevy Half Ton
Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.
"...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 559 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 559 | I think we will be departing 10ish on Thursday. Jason Wood will be driving his Loadstar out with us as far as I know. Kayla has to get out of school, but school is half day, and she leaves early every day.
We can most certainly convoy.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 443 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 443 | I have yet to “Roger-up” for the festivities because Joyce and I were supposed to be camping in Maine (home of Milliman), the entire month of September. We had even planned on visiting “The Bone”, between his shifts at the maple syrup factory. My mom has been having some health issues, so we canceled the trip in order to be close to her. If the current situation remains in effect, I have every intention of visiting my brothers in Winchester.
Take care,
George | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 | I do believe the brothers will be glad to catch up with your doings great and small. I've added you to the list.
Sorry to hear about your Mom. Certainly hope she'll be alright.
So, does that mean The Bone is in a sticky situation??
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery || In the Gallery Forum"I didn't see this one coming. I don't see much of anything coming. :-O" | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,059 | "So, does that mean The Bone is in a sticky situation." That can be taken in a least 3 different ways. Since this is a family friendly site we can surely discard one of those differing ways. I am going to go with it is merely just a quaint, yet corny Peggyism, which I find endearing. Regardless, it does seem a bit shennanganish to be in this quite serious, and specific thread, no? 
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 | We can never use the syrup without sticky left behind. I just figured if Doug is working in Maple syrup, he would be stuck with same. hehehe
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery || In the Gallery Forum"I didn't see this one coming. I don't see much of anything coming. :-O" | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 | Sweet dreams - Billy Marlow. He's set up Camp Stovebolt this afternoon. John's got the picture unless Billy posts it / them himself. He's resting and in a peaceful place ... above the ground.  Can't believe there's been 4,986 views in this thread. :0
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery || In the Gallery Forum"I didn't see this one coming. I don't see much of anything coming. :-O" | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,139 | If Joe is there, how about a few more images!! I've started a thread for them .... so they can be in one spot.
Last edited by Peggy M; 09/20/2023 11:49 PM.
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery || In the Gallery Forum"I didn't see this one coming. I don't see much of anything coming. :-O" | | |
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