Nice! And it's great that you saved it from Seth, too!! ;);):rolleyes::LOL::LOL::LOL:
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Nice! And it's great that you saved it from Seth, too!! ;);):rolleyes::LOL::LOL::LOL:
Thanks guys! Yes sir it is. I have definitely missed having a manual car to beat around in!Quote:
Originally Posted by falconvan
I was really surprised to get one. There were so many nice cars there, I never go expecting to win. I like to look at other people's cars and we actually checked out a few Model A's getting ideas for Allyson's Dodge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
Thanks and wow! :LOL: That is funny stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by rspears
Lol there's a fairly good chance that the dust would be thicker on it and more stuff piled on top of it if Ryan didn't have it.The scary part is my Trans Am is parked where the Camaro once was.Quote:
Originally Posted by rspears
Seth, I've become much the same, or worse! The '32 roadster sits patiently in the barn, waiting for me to get myself in gear and finish it. At this point the dust makes it look like an old barn find...... until the fiberglass body is known.Quote:
Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5
I can't say too much really. The 40 looks like a barn find now. No joke. I guess I could blame Seth for the 40 not being done? Since he sold me this I just abandoned the 40. :LOL:
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Well, if you've abandoned the 40, I'll swing by with my trailer and rescue it... now that you've got the Camaro going, you won't need or miss her right??? LOL....
You can swing by but the only 40 you are going to get will come from the convenience store. So save all that gas and just walk in to your nearest convenience store and buy your own 40. :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
It is abandoned but confined and secured. :LOL: The dust has it trapped. But at least no critters have made it a home. I routinely check in on him. Haha
Get my own 40 hah.. :LOL::LOL: Actually I was thinking about it later - I could round up a bigger truck & trailer combo.. Run out to California and pickup that 37 that R2 has abandoned! Then swing by and get that 40 from you... OH, and then there's a 32 that Mr. Spears has .... I could get quite a haul going!! :p:LOL::3dSMILE:Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
But then reality bit me in the butt! "Cause I haven't got the ambition to work on my own coupe, so who the he_ _ am I kidding! :eek::D:whacked:
Just bring your coupe and maybe I'll trade you the liquid 40 for your coupe. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
On a serious note, if you trek across the USA anytime to go to your other mansion and are near Iowa, let me know. I'll let you look at the 40. :LOL:
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Probably want to charge me a nickle to see it too! :eek::LOL::eek::LOL:
Be careful... I've been known to take folks up on that offer! :p:LOL:
...and a reminder: you do not look with your fingers!Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
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Originally Posted by johnboy
I see said the blind man.
Time flies when you're having fun!!! I've just been busy working and driving this thing before old lady winter rares her face...... (Which showed up yesterday)
The first 2 pics are from the Winterset covered bridge festival show a few weeks ago. That was a hour and forty five minute trip. I was in the mid 30s when we left so I grabbed blankets for the kids. Someone hasn't installed the vintage air system yet.
I stopped in the town we lived in when I was first born. My grandparents lived there for years after we left. The only place left the same is the COOP and the gas station next to the lounge my grandpa used to go to. We made many trips to the COOP back in the day. There was also a speed shop there until 2003 or so when the owner passed away. Lavertty performance center was the name. I spent my first house money there. Poor life choices. :LOL: Expensive life lessons as my Dad said. Haha
I was daily driving it as much as I could. A couple nights I had to drive in some pretty nasty storms. That no heater game is not bad but the no defroster deal can be dicey. :LOL:
All the car shows and get togethers are pretty much over with around here now. Last Friday was pretty nice so I drove down to a park we used to play baseball in all the time. It has some nice scenic areas. It is quiet and peaceful there so photo ops are no worries. (Even on the tracks in the pic coming in the next post)
I'm glad I was able to get more miles put on this thing before they started putting the crap on the roads. Hopefully I can take the kids one more time before winter is fully on. Shoot, Allyson has yet to ride in it. That should happen first. :LOL: I did take the kids to their last soccer game in it. They want me to take them to school everyday in it. :whacked:
This past Saturday night I took the car down to see a friend of mine in Creston. That was a cold ride back at 34*. :LOL: It's a 2hr trip down there and about 100 miles. I found a couple of old barns but no old gas stations. They've all been demo'd. That's sad. I did find a couple places that have some potential projects that need to be checked out. Haha
The EPA has taken care of the old gas stations at least around here they close the pull the tanks and its all gone. You getting any of that white stuff your way
Way cool pics Ryan. LOVE the barn. If the weather co-operates maybe I can pose the coupe for a pic or two?
I could see that I guess. Those old tanks could be an issue for sure. Yes sir, we have had 3 snow events so far. That is 3 too many. I've got a few pics i can upload later. Last Thursday I almost drove the camaro because it was so nice out. Good thing I didn't. The evening turned to rainy and crappy then led to freezing rain and snow. That would have been no fun to drive in. HahaQuote:
Originally Posted by cffisher
Thanks Mike. Do it! I'm going to try to get a pic of the orange truck, vette, and camaro before the snow is forced us in for good. :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
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I've been driving it when I can. Last week I listened to the meteorologists and got burned. At 9am they claimed low of 35* and no precip until 11pm. So I drove the Camaro. At 3 it was 23* and snowing. SOB! It was great fun with no heat. :LOL: We actually got an inch and a half that night but the wind blew most of it away before I left work.
I haven't received my permit for my lean too at home so I am going to have to re think my storage plans for this winter. We've already gotten snow 3 times. We have a couple inches stuck to the ground already. Bad deal. Haha
Awesome pictures, Ryan!
The Camaro got taken out of storage a while ago and I have been racking up the miles on it. I finally got the vintage air installed 7/3 and took it to Goodguys the 4th and 5th. I got my first raccoon with it this past Monday night. Thankfully it didn't do a lot of damage. It sure is more fun to drive with cold AC! :LOL:
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A big raccoon can tear up a car! A friend hit one on the highway, decided he ought to take his new BMW in to get checked and about fell over when they told him it was going to be $4000 to fix!
Better a raccoon than a skunk!
I've been battling the city to get a permit to allow me to add on to my garage. I guess battling is not the correct word but it feels like it. Just another thing messed up by covid. So in the mean time I got a harbor freight port a shed to store this in so I can get an open garage stall. All in all it is a better design than their old ones. The tubing on the ends and bottom bars actually are integrated so the covers can be tightened to help keep it from flapping around. I've got it anchored in 6 spots currently and will add more when the stakes arrive.
I thought your town would be kind of like our town. You build something and then go to the counsel and say hey by the way I did this. That's when they say okay and then give you a permit.
Seth, I wish it were but it's not. About 3 years ago they got a new city administrator and they went hog wild on everything. You had to have a permit to paint until citizens filed a law suite and things got changed. It's not as bad now but it still is a PITA. They will let you put up a pole building but the tin has to be horizontal and the front of it has to have 30% brick or rock on the front. Even if the front is in an alley facing other people's back yards. It's getting ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5
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Man I hate it when government “officials” are on that kind of a power trip. That’s just a self serving ego trip, nothing more.Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
I've been driving this thing as often as I can. Usually daily to work until it snowed and was crap for 3 weeks. I even saw Seth and his family in Ft. Dodge back in October. I'll post more pics later. Here's one to warm up your day. :LOL:
We got about 5" of snow here yesterday, the good news is that there will be no more lawn mowing required here this year! Other then that, snow sucks!
I DON"T miss it :D
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Warm up my day huh?!?!? Gee thanks. It was 72 yesterday and today is in the high 50's , 40 by the weekend. Here comes winter!
Mine is still green and growing. One of the downsides to living in the deep south, but at least we rarely get snow. We do get ice storms on occasion and they suck since they will take down power lines.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
That pic was early October. We had 3 or 4 snow events already. I thought we would be done mowing too. Then it was 60's and 70's until Monday night. We went from 78* to 58* in about 10 minutes. Now it's back to crazy mother nature. :LOL:
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I'm not sure if I shared this picture or not before. Here is my first Camaro I had and traded for Corvette parts in the early 00's.
AH.. another "field car"! rotflmao..
That's where mostly everything I've found has been. Or under a barn that fell down. :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
Nothing much has changed with the car until recently. I'm sure everyone including Seth will approve of my latest mods to the car. The LS just didn't do it for me anymore so I went back to a tree fiddy with turbas.