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STOVEBOLTING!
Ready to get the truck on the road?
The Side Lot has the places with some action!
From West to East, South to North ... into Canada, of course!
Some groups have posted events that cover your roaming area.
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Joined: Dec 2001
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Welcome Hawaiiansteel. Sounds like you got a plan. Just tell your wife its a project for you and the garnddaughters. That should do the trick!
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Joined: Jan 2009
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Hey! Great idea with the grandkids.I think i'll use that as my ace in the hole if all else fails.You know... recoup my "investment" with money saved delivering my own construction supplies,riding in parades,taking the dogs to the vet...
Aw,the wife will see right thru that! Better play the grandkid card first huh?
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Joined: Nov 2004
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Just tell her that the old truck is keeping you out of the bars and chasing other women.  John
J Lucas 1941 Chevy 1/2-Ton 1942 Chevy 1.5-Ton SWB 1959 Chevy Apache 31 Fleetside 1959 Chevy Apache 32 Fleetside 1969 Chevy C-50 Grain Truck My Flicker Photos! [flickr.com]
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Joined: Mar 2008
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Jeff, sounds like you've got some good Scottish weather there!  We've got a warning for 50/70mph winds this weekend. I guess it's a little warmer where you are though!  I'm only about 40 miles from Edinburgh. Jock 
I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill. 1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr .
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Joined: Jan 2009
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Hey John,this town is so small and my wife knows so many people that I can't even sneak a cheeseburger(Darn that high cholesterol!)
without somebody ratting me out!! Besides,she tells me she has tried to give me away but hasn't had any takers...
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Joined: Dec 2001
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Hawaiiansteel: I heard she was going to put up posters, with you picture on it, in the fast food places that says "Do NOT Feed This Man".....LOL
I do have my grandkids down here in the shop often, just like I did my kids, and they go home with paint, sawdust and grease all over them and their clothes. They love and there parents have learned to put on some old clothes when they come to Pa-Pa's. Even the 3 year old gets nasty.....they love it. I let them help when/where they can and hopefully some day it will keep THEM out of the honky tonks and crack houses! I'm sure counting on it.
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Joined: Jan 2009
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Hey, just an update...the lady with the truck is still under the weather from going to the dentist.Hoping to get pics on Saturday so I can get some feedback from everybody.Oh well,I picked up a pair of old Homelite wiz chainsaws from the late '50's to make me feel better... Jeff
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Joined: Jan 2009
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Hey all,Just an update...
We haven't been able to come to an agreement on the terms for the truck.She wants more money and work trade than I believe the truck is worth.I think she paid too much for it and believes it's value is higher than is practical for the truck and it's overall condition.
Oh well,Just got to keep looking or take a road trip to the mainland and bring one back.there will be a Stovebolt in my future.
I'll keep you posted on what I find...Jeff
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Joined: Dec 2001
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Let it cool and maybe she'll change her mind. Did you make her and offer of what you thought it was worth?? Now, if you can trade off something like your labor then you may be able to streeeetch just a little bit. I've traded $50 worth of labor many times for a $25 item. No money exchanged hands and I got what I wanted.....just a thought....but I'm sure you have alread thought this thing through....I"m just trying to talk you into a Stovebolt 
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Joined: May 2005
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Definitely let it cool. When she sees she has no other offers she should warm up to a decent deal as soon as she comes to her senses... Maybe it was all that Novocain 
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