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mowerman

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  1. welcome love that R model...bob
  2. that vise grip is ingenious ...good luck with it....anything new usually works real good.ok here here i go mecho,,,,,i was using a real old circular saw that i thought was working fine,,,one christmas wife decided to buy me a brand new one for some reason .....my god,i cant believe how good the new one works compaired to that beat up old one ..bob
  3. farmer 52,,,,he left but i still see him at watts yearly truck show,,,and he sends me text messages occasionaly bob
  4. lotta them (WERE) thrown off,,,not sure about the rest,,,heavy gunner was one of them,,,he sent me a PM shortly before he got throw out ,,telling he thought he was going soon,,,and didnt know why,,,,because he really didnt do anything...chev41 he was always on here,,,then just vanished....im thinking he might has passed over to the better side....two guys i did parts business with one had a BCR other brockway,,cant remember either one of thier stage names,just fell off suddenly bob
  5. yes and for some reason,,,this thing has really got my attention....it would look right nice in my driveway,,,,its like a barn find,withoutout the barn.....speaking of which i saw around a 59 edsel on a trailer a few days ago...and thats what this thing looked like car was immaculate looking but very dirty,,,like it had been inside somewhere for a really long time....bob
  6. As I mentioned before, nobody really cares on here, and when you’re standing face-to-face with somebody, the conversations usually go off a number of times
  7. You see you were still on windshield wipers… Bob
  8. I drove out 86 Brigadaire and a 70 Astro. I don’t remember I never had to use the wipers. I did like the Brigadaire Detroit 13 speed. It was nice and loud and bouncy. Not sure if I would want that at 66 ha ha. Bob
  9. Oh, that grouchy son of a bitch, DMV guy I’ll never forget him, and what he look like. He passed to me, but I never even got as much as a hi out of him.
  10. I do remember the salesman telling me I was doing a pretty good job with the two sticks. I told him I have a little bit of experience with them. I only broke in on a two stick an R model. Then went to the DMV with a two stick U model but that was it. I never drove one on the clock. Bob
  11. You know this is probably boring old people stories, but I got to thinking about B models and I think the only time I have ever been in one was 40 years ago I test drove a three axle B model they had for sale Los Angeles Mac dealership I was going to buy it, but I couldn’t get financed. They said the truck was too old to take a chance on….. bob
  12. Yes sir I hear you. I have also been in a lot of big rigs since 1960. and yes, I would almost swear I have seen two switches somewhere along the line. I have had a lot of antique cars as well through the years that I wish I had more photos of pretty crazy nowadays you just pull it out of your pocket and snap away what really boggles me as you can send it three thousand miles in a couple of seconds. … Bob
  13. Excellent man thanks for letting us know… Bob
  14. Oh, I forgot to mention if the sheet metal is in good shape, that’s 90% of the search for parts…. Bob
  15. Excellent good luck bud and have a ball with it from the photos sheet metal looks to be in pretty good shape… Bob
  16. Now more China lockdowns. What the f———-k is this?????? Why aren’t they just manufacturing here ?????? It’s not rocket science… Bob
  17. Absolutely nothing they do surprises me (IDIOTS)… Bob
  18. I believe the MR was using the same one for a number of years… Bob
  19. It looks like that one. It’s a little bit smaller three spokes black, and a little bit more square around the horn button.
  20. It looks like it has a MB steering wheel way cool
  21. Also, that sucker looks like it has lots of life left on it. Yes, I would like to have it…. Bob
  22. Well from that photo that I didn’t see you until I posted that yes that’s what it looks like and no I have never seen one with a steel nose either… sure is a tough looking unit… Bob
  23. I think we’re talking DM here but didn’t want to spoil someone’s post
  24. I heeeeeeeeeeeya. All they do is roll thier eyes 4????????? Bob
  25. Oooooooooooo ya 12 hour work shift forget about that. Good luck bud. Don’t drive yourself crazy and yes it’s your trucks. Do what you want. Bob
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