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I have a request via email for a pic, Stovens, and if I get one then I'll post it up here.

meller

thanks for filling in for me mellow .. there just has been nothing going on in my world of late .. but i will share some local hotrod history .. these fellows have been gathering here every sunday morning at the local grocery for nearly 40 years .. telling the same lies week after week .. once in a while they relive their late teen years .. they are a bit older than me but i remember them well as hot rod heros to me .. the fellow with the camo coat with his back to us had a pretty wicked 340 cuda and was constantly challenging the local sherriffs dept to catch him .. he like me loved to drive hard after too much beer .. the fellow to his left with the red & white cap looking at me had a stought 383 roadrunner .. he lived near the school and took me home from ball practice a lot .. i rode in that runner a bunch ..the next fellow i dont know well .. the next with the red hat had a 390 torino that he showed out a lot in .. he would burn out every morning leaving my school after droping off his little brother headed for high school in hazel green the fellow with the blue plaid shirt i dont remember .. the next fellow with the red plaid shirt is featrured way back in post # 541 .. he actually owned this store in the 60`s and early 70`... he`s our previous commissioner ..the next fellow holding the water bottle is our current commissioner and now owns the car in post # 71 .. he had a neat 55 crown vick back in the day .. he hired me numerous time to haul hay ..kept most of the neighborhood kids in spending bucks that way ..the fellow in the green coat had a loud demon .. he was best buds with the first guy i spoke about .. the law knew them both well ..and their third running buddy actually just retired from the sherriffs dept recently .i dont know the fellow in white hat and shoes .. the last fellow with blond hair and beard was the most notorious hotrodder of the day .he lives next to me .. had the fastest 69 chevelle around .. didn`t tell anyone at the time he was running a 427 .. claimed the original 396 ..would beat everything cept frankies mach one ..from post # 206 .. all these fellows still get a rush when i drive up in my stang .. takes them back to their glory days ..

Thanks for the Introductions, Hoss. The knowledge and experience that is gathered around that table is invaluable, as is that picture. You are a lucky man to be able to call them your friends but, heck, you already know all of that, don't you?

P.S. that's truly one of those "I'd love to be a fly on the wall pics"

meller

you should be around when one of their wives walks in .. they go to spitting out their chewing backy and stopping their cussing real quick

hahaha, been there

What make of car is in that picture?

The caption below the picture said circa 1925 so it's probably a 1925 Ford T-touring - - - - but that's just a guess on my part.

i hope the link works .. i drove one of these to school in the early 70`s .. mine was a 406 six pac though http://jalopnik.com/#!5764393/some-o...-worth-keeping

That's really a nice car, I hope someday he decides to restore it.

Hello Hoss. Thought i'd check in after a long time. Whats been going on with you? I've been selling and buying/building guns

Lost alot of interest in modding my car, and now i'm more focused on firearms, as i just mentioned. Still love my stang, as slow as it is.

Hoss--the mention of 406 and moonshiner--reminds me of the days in the Army at Ft. Benning Ga and coming over into Alabama to Pheonix City drag strip--I had a 59 ford 2 door business coupe with a 4 speed
nascar/usac 406 with a set of 2x4s from H & M----traded it to a guy I worked for part time fot a 64 comet and tho I thought he was going to race it, he sold it to a moon shiner and it disappearred from the area---don't know where it went, but would like to have it back--was a 292 y block ex dept agriculture state Ill when I got it---plain jane as they could get--not even seat belts or padded dash, windshield visor only on one side----but it was 12 volt and had a 9 inch rear

Check it out, Gang, 8 coats for only $35.

The masking tape alone today would go beyond that.....

Can't wait for Springtime in Texas and the Wildflower Show !
Here's a pic from one of our Electrical Coop Mags.