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A guy is coming from Chicago to pick up a set of $80 wheels; he is driving 2 ½ to 3 hours he should be here between 10:30p.m. - 11:00p.m. our time 12:00 p.m. Chicago time. Can you image driving that far for a set of Cavalier wheels. Oh well I pulled guard duty in the Army I guess I’ll practice my {Barney fiife} probably spelled wrong, One bullet in the shirt pocket. :LOL: :LOL:
I put them on a list I won't say which because it may be wrong I'm not promoting it.
Richard
Sounds like "Midnight Auto Supply" to me. :eek: :LOL: :LOL:
Don
I drove from St Paul. MN to Canton, OH to get a model of a B-25, I picked up a dash for my Mustang in Indianapolis, ID. I drove to Kingman, AZ to pick up my wife twice, and twice to Maryville, TN to get her.
I quess picking the wife up, doesn't count. :D
BEFORE they raised the gas price, we would drive anywhere to get just about anything! :LOL: :LOL: :confused: :HMMM:
Pat
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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
It turned out two car guys; we talked for about hour and a half. The guy that bought the wheels restores muscle cars on the side. He just likes cars like we do. I had my garage locked but then gave them the grand tour. Even though you can't see most of the cars a real car guy can see them. His best friend owns Pace Trailers from Indiana. We talked about Chip Foose, Boyd, and Unique Performance. My wife asked if everything went ok? She said you didn't tell them about your cars did you? I said no I showed them. Most of us car nuts are all the same, addicted I think we get high on cars. Great guys.:toocool:
Richard
We are pretty much the same, my wife hates to take me shopping I usually find something to drag home. One time I went with her to get our daughter a lens for her camera, we came home the owners of a 50 ford chopped top. I traded her wedding dress for a 60 Chevy.:toocool:Quote:
Originally Posted by HemiTCoupe
Richard
You can basically tell if someone is safe or not. My Son hates it when anyone comes to the shop because he doesn't want people to know what all we have in there, so whenever I sell something on Ebay that has to be picked up he freaks.
I just sold my old arc welder and a guy came to pick it up and you could see he was just an average guy so I gave him the cooks tour, just like you did.
Plus we work with the shop garage door wide open, so it isn't like people who drive by can't see inside. :confused:
Don
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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
You just never know who you are talking to on the phone, con artist or thieves, they make their living coning people or stealing, so you have to be leery. Like you said you can spot the real people right away. Every time some one comes to look at a car or whatever I have for sale I first shut the garage door, then we end up in the garage.
Not too long after we moved here to the country a terrible thing happened. A young couple, and like us, they liked cars, and Cats, they were working people, she was a
School teacher, he worked at the county garage and did cars on the side,
They had a fairly new Harley Davidson for sale, a guy came from about 100 to 150 miles from down State that was interested in the motor cycle, he was out to deceive them and one thing lead to another and he murdered the young couple after the husband helped put the cycle on a small trailer. It was so shocking to move to a small place after leaving the high crime area near Chicago and have something like this happen close by. The young couple took in just about every stray cat that came a long; they had some dogs they cared for also. It is a crazy world; good thing the guy that did the killing didn't get 10 miles away before he was caught. Even the country is not like it used to be with all of the drug dealing going on today, you just have to be alert.
Richard
in this day and age it doesnt hurt to be careful , but i would do the same as yall if the person seemed sane!..
I drove from Kentucky to Colorado to buy a set of Halibrands. Met the guy at 5:30 in the morning in a Walmart parking lot (before he went to work).
....and yes the drive was worth it. I got a killer deal on the wheels and didn't trust the guy to carefully pack "those old mag wheels".
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Originally Posted by Flipper_1938
O.K. you beat me :( , I was thinking I was the only nut to drive a long way for a car part -I drove from Utah to San Diego to get a complete top for my '35 for pieces when I chopped it-man, Kentucky to Colorado-how far is that? But it sounds like a good cause!
2300 miles round trip. But I managed to fit all four wheels with tires into my toyota echo (one front and rear in the trunk, the other pair in the back seat). Total fuel cost was only about $120.Quote:
Originally Posted by 35WINDOW
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Originally Posted by Flipper_1938
O.K., you beat me-wow, that is dedication, I took my Pickup and it probably cost me that to go 500 Miles-
A toyota echo is one heck of a parts chaser. I went to Michigan to pic up a skid of used sprint car headers and mufflers ($50 on ebay).....13 headers, two big flowmasters, and 4 smaller muffs.
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Doing crazy stuff makes the car stories better. But sometimes you do need a truck to bring back bigger pieces.
This 1953 jaguar engine and trans came from Hudson Falls, NY
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My 1790 cubic inch V-12 tank engine came from Rochester, NY
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i went from tupelo ms to chicago for the fenders for my 37 not sure about the miles both ways , flippers got me beat , but what was gonna be a simple pick up and go turned into something else as i took the wife ArrrrrrrrrGh!
and that alone was another grand or so!!!
Don, I been trying to get over to Ft. Myers to look you up during my trips to Florida. So far I haven't made it, but have at least one trip planned this year. But after hearing about your son, not sure if it's still a good idea.:eek: :LOL: :LOL:Quote:
Don wrote: My Son hates it when anyone comes to the shop because he doesn't want people to know what all we have in there,
Maybe if tied a white cloth on the antenna and got out of the car with my arms raised, I might be allowed to approach.:LOL: :LOL:
Even at 61, I still love to drive. Don't hate flying, but do prefer driving. We travel to Florida from PA 2 or 3 times a year. Have only flown once in the past 15 years. I have a business meeting in Seattle this summer, even with the gas prices, the wife and I are thinking about driving our Mountaineer out for the meeting and then spending a couple of weeks sightseeing before heading home. Can't beat driving to truly experience this beautiful country of ours.:D :D :toocool:Quote:
HemiTCoupe wrote: BEFORE they raised the gas price, we would drive anywhere to get just about anything!
Even at 61, I still love to drive. Don't hate flying, but do prefer driving. We travel to Florida from PA 2 or 3 times a year. Have only flown once in the past 15 years. I have a business meeting in Seattle this summer, even with the gas prices, the wife and I are thinking about driving our Mountaineer out for the meeting and then spending a couple of weeks sightseeing before heading home. Can't beat driving to truly experience this beautiful country of ours.:D :D :toocool:[/QUOTE]
You are right about seeing the USA, 1986 we drove 6,000 miles in 27 days taken in the sights of this great Country. I would like to drive again in a street rod just take it slow and enjoy the ride. At 61 I co-pilot most of the time, I have to keep a close eye on the driver, she say's she doesn't know how she made it all of the years with out me helping her drive, I say I know.:LOL: :LOL:
Richard
Richard, about 10 years ago my wife and I went to Vegas along with my daughter and my wife's parents. We rented an Explorer in Vegas and drove up to Zion and then to Bryce Canyon and then down to the Grand Canyon before returning to Vegas. WOW, what a trip.:D :D
My wife let me drive the straight roads, but for the mountain roads she insisted on driving. She knew I'd be driving and gawking :eek:, and she wasn't interested in dying.:LOL: :LOL:
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Originally Posted by mopar34
Bob
The trip we took 1986 was in a new conversion van, we thought about renting but for the time we would have it and the miles we decided to buy a new one. Those were good times working making good money and gas wasn’t so bad. We took our 14-year-old daughter along now she is 36. At 14she made the trip miserable for us, didn’t want to see what we wanted, didn’t want to eat where we wanted, and on and on. We missed the Grand Canyon; we decided to go in a different direction to see my sister living in New Mexico. Hope to see it someday. Now it’s different my 36 Daughter wants to spend time with me going out for coffee, and just having good conversation. I love her with all my heart but those were some tuff years. Where was the Super Nanny? :HMMM:
My wife thinks she can drive better then me, so I just let her think that until I catch her running up on a car at full speed, then she says I see the car. We were on a two way street an older guy was riding a bicycle it was at night and he could hardly keep the bike on the edge of the road. I told my wife watch the guy on the bike; she said he has no business on the road at night as he trying his best to keep her from running him off the road. I said just because you don’t think he should be on the road at night doesn’t mean that you can kill him. Then she admitted she can’t see at night and I’m ridding with her which one of us is crazy. :LOL: :LOL:
Everyone that grew up in this Country should be able to take a trip to see the beauty.
Richard