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vision386

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  1. Mike,the cab still looks to be in pretty decent shape? worth saving in my humble opinion..................................Mark
  2. Nice wagon behind the B-Model,looks right at home! there was a similar Great Dane beside the road near me with a "putt-putt" reefer unit still on it,i stopped to see if a could find out who it belonged to,but never could find anybody around,it's gone now,prolly in the scrapyard or beercans by now.........................Mark
  3. That's a damn shame! that would have made a great hobby/play-toy truck,hard enough to find a decent Cruiseliner,let alone a single axle...........................Mark
  4. Are you shitting me? parting out? WTF? that is WAY too clean a truck to think about cutting apart,bumper and grille surround are worth their weight in gold alone!..............................................Mark
  5. Looks great! Dr.Bill would be proud,i sure enjoyed the sound of that Cummins in the Youtube video featuring this truck.....................................Mark
  6. Sharp trucks! I like it when someone restores a truck and keeps somewhat of an original appearance,without goobering it up with too much chrome and bs!.................................................Mark
  7. Shit like that pisses me off! especially when there's no reason for it!..................................Mark
  8. Lol! never thought of the quarters in the glad hands! only "dirty trick" I ever pulled once,i was trying to back into the ONLY available spot left in a truckstop one night (raining like pouring piss out of a boot) and sure enough,the Werner supertrucker next to me is in the bunk,fast asleep with his highbeams and fog-lights on! My solution was to paint all the bothersome lights with a can of rubberized undercoating,worked great! once the heat cured the stuff.it turned into Titanium and I was able to see to back in! I also had some friendly folks take my un-done laundry out of the washing machine and throw it on the floor, my solution for that was to go back outside,fill a large drink cup with the nastiest fifth wheel grease I could find,and add it to their laundry as a special thank you!..............................Mark
  9. Mike,put me on the list for a western R-Model just in case you need the room!.....................................Mark
  10. Effing ridiculous! that is incredible,i don't see how anyone can justify that type charge! sound like some damn crooks to me! sorry that had had to happen,there are still a few towing companies in this world left that know what it's like to be a small business/owner operator and charge accordingly............................Mark
  11. Some nice stuff in line for that auction! couple really nice A-Cars,and trucking memorabilia....................................Mark
  12. From what I was told by an ex-Brockway factory branch sales rep., they were an extra cost factory option (the grille guards) I have one I saved from a junkyard in South Jersey with "PN" on it (Port Norris Express- Port Norris,NJ) I always admired the craftsmanship on the grille guards,not many things like that made anymore........................................Mark
  13. Orville made sleeper cabs for several different truck manufacturers,including (but not limited to) Autocar,Brockway,GMC,Chevrolet,Diamond reo,T,International Harvester and quite a few more........................................Mark
  14. Ernie,do you remember the Turnpike had a couple of these Oshkoshs? probly long gone by now,but i remember seeing them at the maint.yard down by New Brunswick..............................Mark
  15. Very cool Paul! thanks for posting the pictures,that GMC-6 was pretty popular,the same guy that had the Nomad I told you about also had a 40' Studebaker coupe with a 6 in it,only saw it once and remember it had a set of Clifford Research headers on it and sounded great! I wish I had taken more pictures at Atco and Englishtown back then..........................Mark
  16. Lol! not exactly sure if you can even sell your soul twice? (there's a lien on it now Lol!)sounds like an awesome car,be real hard fro me to give up something with that much family history anyway! any "back in the day" pictures?..............................Mark
  17. Tom,pick me up on the way to the mall,i have a "wishlist" too!..................................Mark
  18. Paul,bring the 55" i'll give it a good foster home! you're not that far from me,and you can come visit it anytime you want,deal? Lol!...............................Mark
  19. Nice! man,that truck is sharp! sits really nice too! thanks for posting the pictures..............................Mark
  20. Al,gold is also a pretty good color on a GTO! what'ya think?.................Mark
  21. Vinny? Vinny?.....................WTF? thought he'd be all over this one! looks like a decent truck................................Mark
  22. Damn! a Safari? I got one similar,my Grandad had a 56' 150 Handyman wagon,cut it apart at the firewall and made an orchard truck out of it! That is indeed the AMT kit,an original issue, I've had seems like forever!...............................Mark
  23. I've seen them cooking in a big aluminum pot with a propane tank hooked to it,thought it looked a little dangerous myself,just wondered if the payoff was worth the effort.........................Mark
  24. Like to add my wishes to everyone for a safe and happy Thanksgiving! BTW,never had fried turkey (really) what am I missing?.........................................Mark
  25. Awsome! I've always loved the Nomad as a Gasser/drag car still kick myself in the ass for not buying an ex-gasser that ran at Atco,NJ in the seventies,about the closest I came was a model I built of the car some years later. I could have bought the streetable chassis (less the engine/trans.) in 1982 for $1300.00!...............................Mark
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