Pictures of the Week

[other dog]

Turns out the ol' Saturn was totalled. She got a check for it in the mail yesterday.

Tomorrow she's going to go get this Impala.

I went by that used car lot- same one we got the Saturn from by the way- to look at a 2007 Malibu. She didn't like the Malibu, she liked the Impala. I said "you don't want that Impala, you want the Malibu." She said "I don't like that Malibu, I like the Impala." I said "you don't want that Impala, it's too big for you, and probably way more expensive." So we got the keys to both of them and she drove the Impala. All we did was sit in the Malibu, and I said "you're right, I like the Impala." It was way cleaner on the inside, and it was a 2001 model- you couldn't tell it had ever been sat in. And, it was the same price as the Malibu and only has 77,000 miles on it. The Malibu had 133,000.

I did some work too, I went to Neville Island with a load of beams. I hope we're done with snow and ice now.

While I was sitting there waiting to get unloaded this guy pulls in, stops right in the middle of the driveway, gets out,locks both doors, and saunters inside to check in. He had everything blocked-all he had to do was wait a few seconds until the guy in front of his truck put his tarps away, and he could have pulled in and gotten out of the way.

Must be that Volvo thing.

I saw a big Mack truck.

I went to Houston too, I left last Saturday so I could deliver Monday. It's nice and green down that way- hot too!

Lots of traffic on the road last Sunday.

[other dog]

It was nice just to get to go south for a change!

That's a lot of steel right there!

I saw lots of stuff in Texas, pretty much everything except randyp- birds, spacemen, elephants, bugs, horses...

Now that's a big crane!

Load of valves I picked up in Tomball, Tx. going to Williamsport, Pa.

Nice Pontiac, 66 or 67.

I saw this big Mack truck in Williamsport.

And these two Internationals almost covered up by the bushes and weeds-

 

[Underdog]

Good score on the Impala! That was a nice body style. Glad you found a clean one.

[other dog]

What else...oh, I saw a dump truck dumping

some dogs...

The Diamond T i've posted before, but this is a pretty good picture of it.

...and a girl in a car from the interweb-

And my girl friend wanted me to buy her a car too, since I have to pay the difference on the Impala and what Jo got for the Saturn. I said "I ain't gonna buy you a car, but I will buy you a new pair of jeans, since those are torn all to pieces!"

[Dirtymilkman]

She'll love the Impala! About the most generic car you can buy but they're so comfortable, get good mileage and float down the highway. 

[storkmack]

We had an 01' Impala that we had bought for an extra car.  My kids named it the "Business Car".  Bought it with 90K miles, put 40k miles on it over 4 years doing nothing but routine maintenance.  We sold it to a guy I work with, and he's put 30k miles on it and just had to do the trans.  All together a damn good car. 

[mowerman]

Last Impala I had was a 68 they were twice that size.lol...bob

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[Swishy]

Take Pride in your ride

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

n car tooo

 

cya

 

§wishy

[Dirtymilkman]

3 hours ago, Swishy said:

Take Pride in your ride

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

n car tooo

 

cya

 

§wishy

Are those factory headlights?

[Brocky]

Thanks for the pictures.. The Houston trip explains why you were not on last weekend..

[Swishy]

L@@kz 2 B a decent handfull

WotSezU?

cya

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[Mike]

Where's the soap...... I mean beef.

[Mike]

23 hours ago, mowerman said:

Last Impala I had was a 68 they were twice that size.lol...bob

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A friend in high school had a 65 Impala we would have fun in. Had a 396 4 barrel Muncie 4 speed close ratio, 4.56 gears. I sure miss those days. 

[66dc75]

My first car was a 65 impala 230 straight six with a powerglide slow as hell but I loved that car. Wish it had that hood ornament.

Had an 04 Impala too, real good car keep an eye on the coolant level they almost always need intake gaskets by 100k.

[other dog]

On 3/26/2017 at 4:27 PM, Underdog said:

Good score on the Impala! That was a nice body style. Glad you found a clean one.

Thanks, it's actually a 2002, I thought it was a 2001.

[other dog]

20 hours ago, Mike said:

A friend in high school had a 65 Impala we would have fun in. Had a 396 4 barrel Muncie 4 speed close ratio, 4.56 gears. I sure miss those days. 

Wow! Ma had a '65 two door with a 327 and a powerglide, it was nice, ran great too. I once had a '68 four door Impala with a 283 and powerglide, now that was a large car. It didn't really run what i'd describe as being great, it was a little bit under-powered.

[mowerman]

Ya I also had a 62 Anna 65 the 62 was a 4-door 283 Powerglide but the 65 I was a convertible 327 and yes I sure miss those days especially picking up those old beauties for nothing paid 100 and a quarter before I let 62 and 110 for the ragtop can't complain too much though I have a old 2014 Mustang now that I really like but it wasn't very cheap 21000 it was still pretty reasonable for these days.bob

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[mowerman]

Damn auto spell I bought the Mustang brand new don't know why it says old hahaha auto spell isn't it wonderful.bob

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[tjc transport]

i had a 62 4 door with a 250 six and 3 on the tree. 64 2 door with 409 2 four barrels and 4 speed, 65 2 door 250 six auto, 65 2 door 327 4 speed, 67 2 door 307 auto, 68 2door 307 auto, 69 4 door 350/375HP auto ex NYSP cruiser, and a 71 2dr convertable with 402 and 4 speed. 

and all 8 of those were over a 10 year period. only lost money on one of them, the 62 six cylinder was rear ended by a drunk driver with no license or insurance. paid $50 for it, got $40 over the scales. 

[Mike]

On 3/27/2017 at 10:23 PM, 66dc75 said:

My first car was a 65 impala 230 straight six with a powerglide slow as hell but I loved that car. Wish it had that hood ornament.

Had an 04 Impala too, real good car keep an eye on the coolant level they almost always need intake gaskets by 100k.

Those hood ornaments cost more in the long run than those cars you had. I'd stick with the cars and let the ornaments out before daylight. Most I find don't know how to fix breakfast, cause mom waited on them hand and foot to get the cereal and milk, and everything else. My rant. 

[Freightrain]

On 3/28/2017 at 11:23 AM, 66dc75 said:

 

Had an 04 Impala too, real good car keep an eye on the coolant level they almost always need intake gaskets by 100k.

Mostly because of that WONDERFUL lifetime antifreeze crap.  Get it out and use some green and it won't eat the intake gaskets out of it.  

G/F's 09 Jeep has terrible heat.  Likely clogged heater core because of this red crap they put in.  I wanted to flush and use green, but she bought lifetime warranty on the truck and I don't want to jinx it.  I know they would void it when they do their annual inspection and found green coolant.  So now she has to pay a fortune to have core replaced(I'm not doing it).  She had it flushed a year ago, it helped some.  Still not hot.

That worthless red sh*t is "lifetime guaranteed".  They just don't tell you how SHORT of a lifetime it has.

[Mike]

Hey OD......that Saturn had many more miles to go, looks like to me. Many people here in Tennessee drive those every day. They don't worry about someone running into them or stealing it. They were really not out of any money spent, because, most likely it was not theirs to begin with. Now that is the American Way.    

[BillyT]

  Od, there used to be a great diner on Neville Island called Ginos probably long gone was on Island Ave! I used to go across the Island to get to my job.in   ...McKees Rocks every day! Houston is one of the most humid places on earth! Or maybe help the guy roll his tarps!

[other dog]

On 3/30/2017 at 11:42 AM, Freightrain said:

Mostly because of that WONDERFUL lifetime antifreeze crap.  Get it out and use some green and it won't eat the intake gaskets out of it.  

G/F's 09 Jeep has terrible heat.  Likely clogged heater core because of this red crap they put in.  I wanted to flush and use green, but she bought lifetime warranty on the truck and I don't want to jinx it.  I know they would void it when they do their annual inspection and found green coolant.  So now she has to pay a fortune to have core replaced(I'm not doing it).  She had it flushed a year ago, it helped some.  Still not hot.

That worthless red shit is "lifetime guaranteed".  They just don't tell you how SHORT of a lifetime it has.

Thanks for that bit of info Larry, I might just do that. We have a driver that used to be the service manager at Cardinal Chevrolet in Appomattox and he said the same thing- about the intake gaskets, not the antifreeze- that that was about the only issue with those cars, the intake gaskets.