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mowerman

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  1. fortunately i retired with a 2014 mustang with only 43000 miles on it so atleast i have a real dependable ride.still dont like to drive anywhere .bob
  2. thanks ill see if i can find some close,,,i dont like to drive too far our hobby shops are too far away ill try to find some on line take another look in my supply draw lol bob
  3. im thinking he should use that trans in the R model since these 15 and 20 speeds were not built to handle alotta torque,,,im not an authority on them i heard that from some of the older hands,,bob
  4. and yes my pop and all my uncles were in the big one also ,,bob
  5. same here mark,,,my grand parents came here from Greece never took a handout my grandfather started a trucking bussiness which was back then a horse and a wagon,,bob
  6. ok gotta lotta work done today,,hell thats the most ive done on this thing,,in over 20 years, front wheel, body mount, fuel tank, and battery box,,,ill try to put the engine together tomorrow,,bob
  7. if thier working and paying taxes and carry thier own insurance i dont see a problem,,and thier usually doing ball busting jobs nobody wants,,bob
  8. lol wine woman and song...i also blew off a big money making opportunity because of it,,,,lotta fun though and i still made out ok.as far as fully loaded cabs,,they have always been very expensive.bob
  9. After looking at your interior, I’m starting to have second thoughts about painting it green, but then a steering wheel and a shifters and I think the dashboard are also chrome after as many years as I’ve had this thing hanging around, I’ll be happy just to see it put together tolerable I pretty like like the green and black paint job black tanks, black spokes, black breather
  10. I was wondering if you painted the mirrors and the brackets minor chrome I was thinking about painting them, but it seems like too much work there too skinny. I think I’ll just add them.Chrome
  11. Finally, getting after this thing, I bought it years and years ago and have picked at it through the years now I am serious to get this thing complete more progress tomorrow…… bob
  12. As far as prices go on a kit, sometimes I look at some of these spec sheets on some of this older shit and it’s amazing how much money they were spending especially back in the 50s for a brand new rig
  13. I wanna say I bought some grille extensions from him for my DM but I can’t remember who it was. I thought it was him.
  14. lol I hate all shit weather but is gods gift for our reservoirs rain makes my yard a sloppy mess it’s mostly dirt and I can’t move the Mack till it somewhat drys up otherwise the. Tires just dig real deep ruts as far as snow goes I hate everything about it again gods gift for water table we have been in severe drought here before
  15. gotcha ill start another one for that got gym in the morning then afternoon free
  16. I did accomplish one little thing glued the shield onto the Smoke stack after it took me an hour or so to figure out where i was
  17. Oh, I already have one. It’s on the first page of antiques and classics or are you talking about the model? I just started on it and the wife came home threw off all my concentration. I just put it back in the box and went out. I started raking leaves
  18. Thanks for that Larry I don’t even know where I got that picture from
  19. right on man,,,,nothing like fresh eggs,,,,talk about gods gift,woohoo,,,,ok i got the model out,,,,its taking me alittle while to figure out where i left off,,, then the old lady called,,,reminded me of a important phone call i was supposed to take care of and threw off all my concentration,,,now it about lunch time...bob
  20. hell even a strong head wind with doubles felt like the brakes were dragging.lol.bob
  21. ya i used to run a 237 years ago and a buddy of mine had the 285,,,and he used to blow my door off up hills,,,bob
  22. apparently they also are not telling us,,that it was only people over here legally for temporary visits,,,vacation,,,visiting relatives shit like that,,,they have had ample opportunity to get proper paperwork all along,,and joey,,,,i believe the left is probably making a mountain out of mohill as they do with everything else they dont agree with here,,,,,thier all millionaires doing all the whining,,,why dont they just get out of here and take two of them with them,,if thier so worried about thier health and well being..my sister in boston was telling me a while back,,,that area let so many illegals come there the mayor was begging the residents to take some of them in,,,aaaahahahahahahahahahaha,,,like thats ever going to happen lol.bob
  23. Weather has been wacky everywhere. Ours right here isn’t much different than it usually is, but we usually have a lot more snow and rain this time of year. It’s been really dry.
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