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11-27-2008 05:44 PM #1
Well I'm leaving tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. to go out to SD for Pheasant hunting and to stop at Dave's to pickup my coupe. I talked to him yesterday and he said it's ready for me to pick it up. EXCEPT for one thing.......... he's holding on to my doors (see attached photos)
Ya think he's holding them Hostage????
Or maybe he's so attached he just can't let them go?????
Or...... oh ya, he said he would bring them out to me in the Spring so he could see my son's 66 Mustang Fastback. Shucks he could just come and see the 66; he wouldn't really need to keep my coupe's doors hostage would he?
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11-28-2008 06:44 AM #2
Tom was just here, dropped off the trailer and headed west for some pheasant hunting with his brother.... He'll be back on Sunday to pickup the couple... and yes, the doors are being held hostage til spring.... still need a bunch of work on them before they're ready to shoot. Suppose I should get out in the shop sometime this weekend and get his coupe together!!!!!Tom will have plenty to do on it, he's going to put in the floor, steering, seats, brakes, and all that other stuff....
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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11-30-2008 01:33 PM #3
Well, the coupe is on it's way back to Tom's.... Got the body shaped up, and all mounted, kept the doors here cuz they need a ton of work... and now Tom's gonna run off to Florida, then come home and work on the car in the spring, I'll let him tell ya what all he plans to do...
Anyway, here it is loaded up and heading east----on slippery roads!!!!!!
hmmmm. can't get pictures to load???? keeps saying upload failed????
Oh well, I put some new pics in my gallery for anyone who's interested....Last edited by Dave Severson; 11-30-2008 at 01:44 PM.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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11-30-2008 07:35 PM #4
I got home at 6:45, roads were glare ice only for about 5 east of Dave's...... until I got about 5 miles west of Albert Lea and then all blankty blank happened, not really that bad. I called my son and asked him to help me unload the coupe, I was 30 miles from home, roads were dry, I was clipping along at 65. AND then my dash lights began flikkering, the amb meter bounced all over the place and BINGO no dash lights or tail lights. I still had my headlights, so thinking the worst I shut the heater off. Thought maybe the alternator might have gone out and I'd be running on the battery. Called my son back and told him the problems, and said that I was going to get off the interstate. AND then more snow/sleet, the road turned glare ice. I got behind a slow moving Semi and finally got on a backroad. Bad choice, it was even worst. But I got home and after several attempts to back up into my driveway I got it done. I shut off the truck and put on the emergency brake..... and it skidded back out the driveway about 6 feet. But the coupes home and in my garage now....... covered with salt and sluch, but home.
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12-01-2008 02:46 AM #5
Nasty trip, but glad you made it safely, Tom!!!!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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12-01-2008 08:36 AM #6
Sounds like a real adventure, Tom. Glad you and the coupe made it in one piece!
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12-01-2008 03:26 PM #7
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12-01-2008 06:09 PM #8
Tom the coupe looks great, nice job to Dave. Have a safe warm trip to Florida." "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
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12-01-2008 10:51 PM #9
Yep Tom looking like a very nice rod you have going there . Dave is worth his weight in Gold .
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12-02-2008 12:31 AM #10
Where you going to in Florida, Tom.
I live in Brandon / Tampa we have car club meetings twice a week.
We've got a few guy's that built thier cars from scratch here too.
That's the stuff I like to look at to get idea's for my project.
Kurt
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12-02-2008 06:17 AM #11
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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12-02-2008 09:34 AM #12
I'm sitting idle these days since they side lined me.
I would like to meet some of the guys I talk with on here.
Drove up to my grandmother's funeral friday buried her saturday
then drove back saturday night. Its about 1000 miles one way,
and it rained the whole way back to florida. Got lucky though
we did'nt get any black ice. I got to see family I had not seen in 20 years.
Grandmother thought no one would come to her funeral, Her great grandkids
showed up, came from all over the United States.
The pastor even remarked he had never seen such a turn out for a 90 year old person before. I think she would have been very pleased to know how much
every one really loved her. KurtLast edited by vara4; 12-03-2008 at 04:27 AM.
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12-02-2008 04:52 PM #13
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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12-03-2008 03:57 AM #14
Thanks Dave; Kurt
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12-03-2008 09:26 AM #15
Grandma's are our link to our childhood. Mine could make me feel like a 5 year old when I was 32 years old. I miss her. I'm sorry for your loss." "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
I saw last night on fb about John. The world sure lost a great one. I'm going to miss his humor, advice, and perspective from another portion of the world. Rest in Peace Johnboy.
John Norton aka johnboy