1958 F.W.D.

Yeah- dont you?

It's at the ATCA "Family Reunion" picnic held on Friday Evening starting about 5:30-6:00pm. ATCA provides burgers, dogs, sliced roast beef, piggy and drinks....Everyone else brings potluck stuff- potato salad, coleslaw, cheese trays, salads, deserts, etc. We brought a big tray of philly soft pretzels with dipping sauces- thought that would be cool for the out of towners. You have to sign up ahead of time. There are a few hundred folks there. Entertainment is a couple of gals doing karaoke and they're not too bad either!!! We never did it before and had a great time!!!

One of the raffle prizes....15 tix for 10 bucks. A whole poopload of prizes such as cleaning materials, buckets, waxes/polishes, bundles of rags, glass cleaners, wrench sets.....I REALLY wanted this super nice floor jack which was the next-to-last prize before the cash prizes (100, 250 and 500) were given out so when I didnt get the floor jack I was dissappointed. Never thought for a second we would get the big bucks...LOL

JT- this is what happened to the last guy who put a DD sticker on my truck........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i97EzIOF8dQ

Wanted to share what my wife said, but first I need to lay the foundation: I dont make her go to my truck shows, and she doesn't make me go to her girly shit shows or shopping at the mall or whatever else women like to do to their men to torture them like that. That being said, she knows that to me, Macungie is the super bowl/world series and stanley cup of truck shows all rolled into one. Since we only live about 20 miles away, she tolerates the antics that occur for 3 or 4 days. I usually take Friday off from work and drive the truck over and leave it- so she has to come get me friday night. Since we never tried the picnic before, I asked if she thought she might want to go. She said "sure why not." So we were there, enjoying the fantastic food and company of everyone....She liked the girls singing and I am sure everyone saw my "small" chasing those three blonde girls around in front of the stage (YOU GO BOY!!!) In the last few years we have had to cut back on magazine subscriptions, club memberships, etc etc etc to make the bucks stretch. As the door prizes were being handed out, she asked me if "this was one of the clubs I gave up." I said that yes it was. She then said "I really like this family atmosphere- these folks are all really nice people. Go ahead and spend the money and re-join on Monday." Then we won the $500 and when I handed her the cash, she said "YES. RE-JOIN!!!!" In all seriousness, for her to come to that conclusion was a big thing. ATCA impressed her, which is a hard thing to do sometimes....LOL

Dont know if I will make Gerharts or not- Since your Aunt Star works 12 hour shifts on the weekends, I have your cousins Small, Medium and Large to deal with and going to Gerharts is a long ride for a 2, 8 and 9 year old. But you never know. I also really want to go to the Brockway show in Courtlandt NY so I should pick one or the other.

Well if it isnt running we know his hearing is ok........

Vinny you little turd, I didnt see or hear from you once the whole weekend!!! I heard you were stuck on the bus for the picture..I looked for you while walking around, and was hoping your might show up at the FWD.....Oh well, looks like you had fun and got some goodies too. What's the estimate about the sidewinder being roadworthy??? I hope you and your family are well!!! -Uncle Yardo

LOL my Waukesha engine SN is long 10+ digits. FWD used an actual chassis number.

Whoever put a mechanical asshole into that Superliner needs to be kicked in the balls until he spits blood, and then 20 more times for good measure.

I am so irritated at myself for totally forgetting the gathering at DCR's "Mobile Headquarters." I was at my truck sitting under the awning, "Small" had just fallen asleep in his stroller (which was desperately needed) and a friend came along and sat down and we started telling lies........And when I looked at my watch it was 3:30..........dammit!!!!! LOL

I have a 1958 FWD pumper and the VIN is a letter and 5 numbers.

Look- Vlad is telling lies errr ahhh I mean stories using his hands just like an American Trucker!!!!

I believe the intention is to drop the car off on the way down from Conn (which makes sense- easier to get to Queens from Conn than from Jersey....) and then get a van service ride to his buddy's house.

Yup those are some of the ones that got cut due to running out of space. I hope to work on organizing the albums tonight and cut out those firetruck pics to make room.

My god there are some fugly dudes in that pic.......Who's that thin guy wearing the APGFD hat??

Paul, we parted ways last night. In fact as I type this my wife is picking him up and taking him to get his rental car. He is taking his son to Dorney Park today (Illiya is a bit "trucked out" and Dad wants to give him some non-truck time...lol) and then they are departing the area for Niagara Falls, then to Ct- I think there was discussion of meeting Matt Pfahl, perhaps you might be able to get it there????? Then I **think** his intention was to drop the car at Kennedy and his buddy from Jersey picks him up, has him overnight and then drops him back at Kennedy Saturday early afternoon. I could have that wrong though,

Here is a link to my photobucket with pix of Macungie 2013 and our visit to the Mahon Family "Truck Farm" in Basking Ridge NJ on Sunday 6/16- however not all of the Mahon pix posted because I ran out of room. I apologize in advance, I am sort of new to photobucket, I re-activated an old account that I forgot I had. I have to go in and organize everything into albums- right now its just one big jumble of Macungie 2013, The Mahon Collection, FDNY and Philadelphia Fire Department apparatus pictures, some FWD firetrucks, and some other misc. crap. Please feel free to go in and look around. I hope to organize it all into albums soon, and maybe pay the people to get some more storage space. http://s631.photobucket.com/user/yardo1075/library/?sort=3&page=1

Paul- Vlad will be staying at a friend's house in Jersey on Friday, maybe you could fed-ex it there?? I dont know where though, hopefully Vlad sees this.

HOLY FREAKIN' SHIZNIT!!!!! WHAT A WEEKEND!!!! This has got to be one of, if not THE best hobbies out there. Today I was honored and privileged to "be Vlad's Chauffer" and take him to see the Mahon Family Collection in Basking Ridge NJ (near the I78/I-287 split...) and all I can say is: I'M NOT WORTHY!!! I'M NOT WORTHY!!! ​I'M NOT WORTHY!!! I'M NOT WORTHY!!! ​I'M NOT WORTHY!!! I'M NOT WORTHY!!! Gary Mahon, his son and his employees (the caretakers of the collection) are among some of the finest people I have ever been introduced to. Imagine if you will, FOUR pole barns, 80' wide by 250' long, stuffed full of TRUCKS, TRUCKS and MORE TRUCKS.......Mostly Macks (more AC Macks in one place than I have ever seen before in my life......) with a few A-Cars, a couple of Sterlings, some Brockys, and one or two others thrown in for good measure. Oh- and I can't forget the MOPAR muscle cars- these little old things with the word "HEMI" on the hoods, I dont know what that means but it kinda seemed important I guess. I didn't waste any of the camera card space on them.......PFFFFFFFFFFFF JUST KIDDING- Of course I took pictures. One thing that really blew my mind- his parts room- imagine a "room" 250 feet long by 15 feet wide, with 12' high shelves on both sides. Down the center of the room are big stuff- engines, trannies, rears, big sheet metal pieces.....And on the shelves....parts of everything you can imagine from pistons to nuts/bolts and screws. Wow. But you know what- this hobby isn't anything without the people. We can break each others balls about those works of Satan 2-strokes, or MC Macks being trashpackers, or Peterbilt-PACCAR drivers.....But in the end we all have one common goal: to share our love of TRUCKS- enjoy each other's toys, enjoy each other's company, help each other out with parts or advice or just to say hello, hows yer week going? The people made this weekend what it was- I had a fucking fantastic weekend with all of you guys, and it was my pleasure and privilege to help out a friend and his son who traveled halfway around the planet earth to see this little ole' party that we call "MACUNGIE." Here's a pic of Russians breaking bread with myself and my wife- I made a spaghetti & meatballs (by hand with pork/beef & veal- no frozen bullshit) for my new friends tonight. Tomorrow I have to go to work, but my bride will be picking up Vlad at the hotel and taking him to get his rental car- she helped him on the computer tonight as I cooked to find and reserve the car for dirt cheap- because she's awesome like that. I took a shitload of pix of the Mahon Collection of course, and will post the link to Photobucket when I get them downloaded, might not be tonight as MY ASS IS TIRED!!!!!!!

U- Model Wimmin? What are they one legged or something?

http://s631.photobucket.com/user/yardo1075/library/?sort=3&page=1 HERE IS THE LINK TO MY PHOTOBUCKET ALBUM, 475 PICTURES TAKEN BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. NOTE: A bunch of pix of "Small" just bypass obviously, there's more truck pix past him. I will edit and add comments at some point. Getting ready now to head out to get Vlad and Ilya and go see what kind of shit we can get into errr ahhh I mean see what kinds of things we can find to do today.

HERE IS THE LINK TO MY PHOTOBUCKET ALBUM, 475 PICTURES TAKEN BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. NOTE: A bunch of pix of "Small" just bypass obviously, there's more truck pix past him. I will edit and add comments at some point. Getting ready now to head out to get Vlad and Ilya and go see what kind of shit we can get into errr ahhh I mean see what kinds of things we can find to do today. http://s631.photobucket.com/user/yardo1075/library/?sort=3&page=1

I think its a 6-53 but not 100% sure, but absolutely a Weed eater.

I dont remember giving you permission to pass me???? I'm downloading the 400+ pix that I took yesterday and today onto photobucket as I type this. Will prolly take 1/2 the night- in the morning I will post the link so that everyone may enjoy.