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I have been thinking about upgrading my vehicle for some time now, getting something bigger, stronger, faster, and newer than my 2002 Ford Ranger pickup. Which is the best vehicle i've ever owned by the way, i've had it for 13 trouble free years myself, and I bought it used. I wanted something that I could get in and drive it to Wisconsin, or Florida, or even Macungie, and not have to rent a car or worry about it. The Ranger was a 4 cylinder, and it had around 165,000 miles on it. So I called Van, the car guy that used to be at the Chevrolet dealership in Appomattox that his father used to own. I hauled an Allis Chalmers bulldozer for his dad one time, all super nice people. Anyway, back to the story- Van said he was going to have 2 cars soon that he was going to sell himself, not through the dealership. The former school superintendent in Appomattox was going to take two cars to Lynchburg to trade them both on a new Chevrolet. Van said he told him that he could sell them for him and get him more than he would get trading them in. He knew the cars too, he had sold both of them new .One was a 2012 Malibu, with 85,000 miles on it, he said he was going to ask about $8500 for it. Exactly what I was looking for, something around that year model, mileage, and price range. The other car was a 2000 Impala...i'd already lost interest, I wanted something newer than the pickup, not older. He said the Impala wasn't the former school superintendent's car, it was his sister's. She was in a nursing home and couldn't drive it...hadn't been driven in a while...only had 24,000 actual miles. Back seat never been sat in. Now i'm really interested. Van said he was going to ask around $4500 for the Impala. So this was almost like getting a brand new 2000 Impala. Or about average mileage for a two year old Impala today, for $4500. I'm all in now, I figured it was a heckuva deal even if I put 4 new tires, new radiator and heater hoses, and a new belt on it, just for my own peace of mind. Turns out it didn't even need that, it had 4 new Michelin tires on it. So I thought I couldn't really go wrong with either vehicle, but I decided I would buy the Impala. ...until he sent me a message the next day, saying that the man had given the Malibu to his grand daughter, and he sold the Impala to his next door neighbor for $5,000.

I have two Nikons, an A900 Coolpix "point and shoot", the same one I take my road pictures with, and a D3300, the one I took the majority of the truck show pictures with. I have 4 different lenses for the D3300 but I took all the truck pictures with the same one, an 18-55mm Nikon lens.

I know what you're saying, and there's probably some I missed.

Thanks everyone, and you're very welcome. I love taking pictures of things!

Still available at Amazon.com Billy- better grab it now if you want one though.

Excellent read here about the whole convoy, the famous Letourneau (sp?) "snow train", ice roads, and early trucking in Alaska in general. I saw this book advertised in a truck magazine and ordered it from Amazon several years ago, great book.

Thank you, thank you very much.

The weather was great the whole time. I don't remember seeing many for sale signs, but there might have been.

Actually, I just looked through them and noticed I was missing some, so I went back and added a few more. Now i've probably got a lot of duplicates, but what can you do? I'm up to 494 pics there now, the ones I added should all be on the last page.

Here's some of the peoples pictures I have- I talked to Back in Black Pulling for a few minutes too, but didn't get a picture so here's one of his truck-

So, apparently the link was good- Thank you everyone!

I finally got most of the Macungie pictures uploaded to flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/28526133@N04/albums/72157697730431484 Let me know if the link works, if it doesn't i'll post a different one that won't work either.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28526133@N04/albums/72157697730431484

I saw a yellow Freightliner in Macungie. I'm trying to get all my pictures on Flickr, but i'm having much difficulty. I saw a Dodge pickup too and a Brockway. I saw a girl in a car, and a friend saw a girl in a car and sent me the picture. Neat looking house in Macungie. Is this an aluminum 5th. wheel? Sure looks like it. I have never seen or heard of an aluminum 5th. wheel before. A couple of big Mack trucks in Macungie.

So, what about the official group photo? We've still never seen that yet, have we?..I've been real busy on vacation though, I might have missed it. (Iron City Light courtesy of Jumper and Son)

This is mine, and the tag. yup, looks like iv'e had it a pretty long time.

I have one just like it, I wore it all day Friday, but I don't remember where I got it. I'm thinking probably at the Winchester, Va. ATHS show they have every September.

I totally agree, 100%!

First time I've played "fix that post" in a long time. Most of the original post is true- well, some of it anyway. And i'm proud to call you friend Randy.

You really do need to get there Larry. I'd see people at the Winchester ( Va. ) show, Farmer52 for one, plus others, and they told me for several years- "you need to go to Macungie!". This was just my second time, Zina's first, and she already said she has new friends now, she's going next year whether I do or not. But i'm planning to be there next year too, since she's going. She's the greatest!😍

I don't know for sure if it was the culprit, but I got a sausage sammich with peppers and onions on Friday, and it made me wish I had gotten a scrapple bistit instead! It tasted good, but something made me feel rather queasy for a while, thought I might have to make an early exit, but fortunately I made a full recovery.

Wow...I'm ecstatic...🤮

The greatest antique truck show on earth!