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Great Pinto Hoss! That one reminded me of this other one!

Originally Posted by 34_40

Great Pinto Hoss! That one reminded me of this other one!

i built a V8 pinto very similar and based on that car back in 78 or so .. that is one on my old cars i`m still looking for .. i hear rumors of it being around from time to time .. just never have lucked up on it .. its` hard to look in shut garage doors from just driving by .. the fellow i sold it to murdered his wife a few years later and spent like 30 years in prison .. i go to the area he lived in and neighbors remember him and the car but dont know what became of it .. i wish i had pictures from back then .. i dont know if i ever mentioned it here but i worked briefly with Bob Gliddens brother in law .. he got me a t shirt in the early 80`s .. it had the tbird that Bob destroyed in Atlanta i think .. i wore it so much it did not last long ,,

it`s 1976 and i`m cruising around in my R code 69 .. just left a buddies house .. he has a 351 blue 69 as well .. i leave a 4 way stop and another friend whips up beside me in a 440 challenger .. of coarse we get it on .. he jumps me about a fender and holds it there till we let off at the bottom of the hill .. he in the left lane barely misses a car coming up .. later in the day my buddie with the blue 351 gets a ticket for a drag race he did not do .. my car was blue as well .. years later he was telling me about getting that ticket .. i admitted it should have been mine ..

little excitement in the hood this morning ..huge double wide home being put in a tight spot down the road .. i often wondered how they make tight 90 degree turns and now i know .. they have a swing machine to put under the home and pivot it around . they had a little trouble with wet ground ,, and i`ts crazy the way these guys crawl around all under this thing even while i`ts moving .. just knew i was gunna see someone get crushed ..

as i said we sell them at lowes now but our policy is we can only replace something that is the exact part number ,, some ratchets and sockets that come in marked down sets or so have unique part numbers that only craftsman themselves can replace or deal with ..and i think most military issue stuff has unique numbers that we do not recognize .. the only craftsman product we have problems with is weed eaters .. dont buy a craftsman weed eater ..

don't buy a craftsman weed eater .. , LMAO no truer words posted.

good things come to those who wait .. a dozen posts or so back i was lamenting my desire for some new tires for the pinto and the inflated prices .. i searched fb and gregslist every day .. this morning these beauties popped up for less than half price and i pounced on them .. been riding on my same tires for over 20 years .. i still have to buy one more front tire at the full evilbay price but thats ok ,, i just have to keep them hid from the scum i was talking about in my deleted post until i can get them mounted . hopefully i can get 20 years out of these as well .. i`ll be 86 ... HA !!

Originally Posted by HOSS429

...hopefully i can get 20 years out of these as well .. i`ll be 86 ... HA !!

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...and the date code on those tires will be 50!

nice event a few days ago .. actually more cars there than i expected .. most all i have never seen before ,, if the place continues it will certainly become one of the biggest shows in the area .. i think this is the 4th or 5th year .. a little surprised that no one recognized me but i have cut way back on car activity in the last several years ..i noticed my pictures dont fill the page anymore .. i reset my camera to try to post pictures on city data but that failed .. i dont have a third party host anymore ,, if any of you are considering photobucket then dont unless you are willing to pay for hosting .. they promised me unlimited hosting years ago then changed ..my pick for best of show ...