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| | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,225 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,225 | Look'n good John! Mike B  | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 364 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 364 | NICE! 
Keith
If it were easy they'd have grade schoolers doing it!
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,602 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,602 | Slow and steady is the way to go! Nice work.
| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | Looks like you went right to work on it as soon as you got home. Looking good. Keep chippin' at it. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 190 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 190 | | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,089 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,089 | Cletis, I wonder how that show affected most of you guys. I think I heard that comment ("I'm gonna go home and work on my truck") a LOT from different folks over the weekend. I guess that makes sense. The truck is looking good and notice the garage was tidy! Peg
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery"Success comes in 'cans' ..." | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 | Cool! You can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel huh? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 222 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 222 | Looks great! I only wish I was that far along.
Hey John, while I am here, what type of horses are those that you have on your profile page? They are beautiful and seeing them working as a team is a pleasure reminiscent of the past.
Rick | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 1,159 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 1,159 | Thanks everybody! Rick, Those are Belgians. My lead horse is 18.3h & 2,600 lbs and the off side is 18.1 h and 2,400 lbs. Back in the Spring, we made the decision to retire them and they are no longer on our farm -- they've gone to a different farm to be pasture buddies for a show horse. And at 20 years old, it was taking too much out of them to be on pasture 11 months out of the year and then work 4 weeks at Christmas time. And as I didn't have a lot of time to work with them anymore ... I think they're happy with retirement. See you at Winchester??  John
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 793 Bondo Artiste | | Bondo Artiste Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 793 | John,
Looking real good, keep up the hard work.
~ Phillip
1949 GMC Suburban - 10 year project
1952 Pontiac Chieftain Convertible straight 8 hydramatic
1945 GMC half ton truck - Driver- Sold 9-15-25
1946 Chevy COE - SOLD 1-5-26 BUH BYE CHEVY!
1959 GMC Half ton long bed NAPCO
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | John,
Looks Fantastic !
S~! to Peggy for keepin your shop so tidy ! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 222 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 222 | Hi John,
The, keeper of the calendar, has decreed that I may have one day off next weekend to go to the show. I'll have to drive up from the DC area and back the same day. Which day would be best for a one day visit? | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 | | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Hip Hip Hooray for John. Looking good pal. Shop is clean, truck looking good, interior coming along good. I think the boss may be a litte miffed because she doesn't have any wrenches in her hand....you do let her work on it don't you.  to Peggy and yes, I did say I'm gonna go home and get right on the panel....BUT the truth is I have only been in the shop once. I had to rest for a day or two then the school district called wanting me to ride...I say RIDE not drive the school bus so I started that little part time job. HOWEVER, my running boards were on the front porch when I got home..and took me two days to open them. BUT, I'm gonna get right on that panel starting TODAY,hehe. Victoria got sick mid week and is just now recovering. I'm taking good care of her though and she said HI. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 460 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 460 | Good to hear you're taking care of Victoria and that you're both getting better, Alvin... it's not a lot of fun being sick especially when you're on a trip at the time... Despite that, I see you from the pics that you all had a wonderful time in Kansas... hopefully next year you'll both feel great and you can have your 37 there too...  Hang in there and get well soon! ~Trev | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,276 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,276 | John Truck looks great coming along nicely. Peggy the shop makes me sick I feel like you guys are rubbing it in, I risk injury just walking in mine. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,089 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,089 | The shop clean? SW, that was a nice surprise for me to see, too!! (I didn't do it ... I pick up some stuff when I'm out there ... but before this picture, it was too hard to get around. Mostly because he had parts and boxes everywhere. The best I can do is pick up stanky rags and toss them into the trash can -- if I can reach it.)
John was out there all day yesterday, so I'm sure he'll give you another report.
Alvin, hope Victoria is feeling better by now. Seems like KC took something out of all of us. I wondered if we all picked up a little bug. We were in a pretty big crowd of people most of the time.
Riding a bus? That's a switch.
HH - oh John's shop shouldn't make you sick. You should see some of the others in here. Incredible!
Peg
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery"Success comes in 'cans' ..." | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,729 24601 | | 24601 Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,729 | Yep, got the new wiring harness pretty much installed, so I tested it (everything okay except no high beams or dome light...). Then I decided to crank the motor (hadn't run since we went to Winchester last Spring). Started right up. So then I replaced the shift tower, put the clutch and brake pedals back on, installed the accelerator pedal and we were off to the races! Went for a ride down to the end of our lane and back. Everything went well except for a slight exhaust leak, a small radiator leak (at the drain cock -- I may have forgotten to put teflon tape on it) Shop? Mine is nothing special and it is far too small (aren't they all). Ask Bill Marlow! If you want to see a nice shop, go see 42chevy\'s truck & shop John
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 63 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 63 | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 513 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 513 | i wish mine was that nice, looks good
1949 Chevy 3600 Flatbed all orginal 1964 gmc 4000 1973 gmc 6000 2005 chevy duramax 4x4 1994 chevy 1500 Trucks are GM and Tractors are Orange "I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom." - General George S. Patton | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 110 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 110 | truck is looking good john, i love my big bolt... | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 623 "MONGO" | | "MONGO" Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 623 | Missed this post earlier... Looking Good John, I like the color.
The truck show got me motivated too, I been looking at picking up a school bus, and I picked up a 261 to replace the tired 235 in big red.
MONGO | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 382 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 382 | Looking good, John! | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 242 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 242 | Well John;
now I have envy, the truck is looking sweet
1942 G5106 1.5-ton Chevy cargo dump Gallery pageOld Dominion Stovebolt Society T/Sgt. Gott (28 years of service with the USPP) 1940 Chevy G506 4112 cargo dump 1942 Diamond T G509 969A 4 ton wrecker 1942 Ward LaFrance G116 series 2 10 ton wrecker 1944 Ward LaFrance G116 series 5 10 ton wrecker 1931 Ford AA with a WEAVER crane 1944 Sterling HC 165 tractor 1944 Autocar U7144T w/ 10 ton trailer
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 | Way to go John, looks good.
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