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I have a '76 Snapper Comet with 8 HP and a 32" cut. My first car was a '62 Ford Fairlane station wagon that I bought for 50 bucks. The Snapper is faster.......
-------------------- www.signcreations.net Sonny Franks Lilburn, GA 770-923-9933 Posts: 4116 | From: Lilburn, GA USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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My work truck is a '95 Silverado ext cab with 216k miles.
I use an '02 Tahoe 4x4 to haul all of our instruments for gigs; two guitars, a banjo, mandolin, upright bass, mixer, monitors, big speakers, 8 mics sand mic stands, guitar stands and equipment and all five band members. I hate pulling trailers...
Our 13 year-old son drives our newest vehicle....a 2 1/2 year old quarterhorse.
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-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7404 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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Primary Driver 1996 Ford Explorer XLT V6 4wd
Lifted 3 inches
Roof racks for hauling Kayaks & Canoes.
My wife drives a 2004 Mercury Monterey.
If gas gets too pricey I'll drive the 1984 Ford Ranger. 4 cyl, 4 speed, no AC, no Heat, no power steering.
Hey, it still gets 29-32 mpg & its paid for.
-------------------- Ryan Culbertson The Sign Shop at Quick Copies Greenwood, SC
Rock and Roll means well, but it can’t help tellin’ young boys lies. Mike Cooley - Drive By Truckers Posts: 453 | From: Greenwood, South Carolina | Registered: Apr 2007
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Right now I have a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer, which is an alright but not spantacular vehicle. I got that after getting rid of my 95 Saturn POS. My first vehicle was a early 90s red S-10 (probably my favorite as of thus far). As for a dream car, anything that transforms into a giant robot and shoots lasers from its eyes, or a just a really big pickup.
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First car '55 chevy 2 door. First new car, Ford Pinto. Shop truck is Dodge Hemi. "RT" also known as red truck is a 36 chev. http://www.acatnapinn.com/images/truck.htm
-------------------- Tom & Kathy Durham House Springs, MO Posts: 654 | From: House Springs, MO | Registered: Apr 1999
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I trade Chevy trucks every couple of years. The last one is a 2005 Z71, bright red, regular cab with a tonneau lid, so I can carry all of my paint and an 8' ladder. I used to keep them gold leaf lettered, but I got too many calls from bozo clients wanting some little nit project. Most of my clients are recidivists, anyway. I have some 250 new car dealers I paint showroom windows for.
For a fun treat, I just bought a 97 SL500 Mercedes convertible. What a joy. It is the smoothest car I have ever driven. Some cardiologist in AZ had it and traded it in the the benz dealer down there. A buddy of mine trades Benzes and made me a ridiculous deal on it. New Chrome five spoke wheels and a mega tune box. Talk about showing up to the client in style. So far everyone has accepted it and no one has given me any guff about charging what I do to paint windows. See it at: www.prestonmccall.com
-------------------- Preston McCall 112 Rim Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 text: 5056607370 Posts: 1558 | From: Santa Fe, New Mexico | Registered: Nov 1998
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i drive a power chair 5 mile per hour top speed.
-------------------- Jimmy Chatham Chatham Signs 468 stark st Commerce, Ga 30529 Posts: 1766 | From: Commerce, GA, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Interesting post. I used to be a hard core gearhead. I'm still interested in cars just not as ate up with it as I used to be.
My first car was a 46 Ford sedan. It never saw the road. My first driver was a 55 Chevy sedan. Had a lot of fun with that one. I had a Stingray Vette new in 64. Cool car, fun to drive but too radical an engine for everyday driving. My favorite, I guess, would have to have been a 49 Ford pick up I had in the eighties. It had a hot 302 in it, would smoke the Camaros and Mustangs, had an overdrive transmission, was decent on gas and looked way cool. Our shop truck these days is a Pt Cruiser that also serves as our family car. Easily the most utilitarian vehicle I've ever owned. Very comfortable to drive, not fun, not fast but comfortable and , yes, I've still got the black S-10, it's got over 400,000 miles on it and it's presently on loan to my son.
Edited to add...I think the new Mustangs are really cool. Ford did a bang up job with the styling as Chrysler did with the Cuda, GM meanwhile is still hitting foul balls...Camaro???? Sorry but the racing stripes aren't enough to tie it in to the first generation car.
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-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
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This is my 53 Chevy 3/4 ton. I started restoring it in May of this year. Right now everything is off the frame and in primer. Should be on the road this spring.
She will be a great shop truck when it is finished. When I start putting it back together I will put some picks up.
-------------------- Adam May 205 S. Sangamon St. Lincoln, IL 62656 217-735-9939 headhoncho@ampstudio.net www.ampstudio.net Posts: 149 | From: Lincoln, IL | Registered: Jul 2004
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You do what you can with what you got... actually this '78 Toyota just keeps going, and going...not to mention I can experiment with different paint schemes, and not worry about toasting a high dollar ride. This truck has been a good one.
Neither of these pictures is great, but here's some detail:
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I don't currently have any pics up, but my work vehicles are a '99 Ford F550 42' bucket truck w/material handler and a '93 Ford E150 van, and my family car is a '05 Mercury Monterey.
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Hey Adam, heres my current pic of my 1951 Chevy 3600, I told you I got alot of work to do....
-------------------- Ken McTague, Concept Signs 57 Bridge St. (route 107) Salem MA 01970 1-978-745-5800 conceptsign@yahoo.com http://www.pinheadlounge.com/CaptainKen
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"A wise man once said that, or was it a wise guy?" Posts: 2425 | From: Salem, MA | Registered: Apr 1999
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Ken, I'm not a mechanic but I think the steering wheel goes INSIDE the cab of the truck.
Just Kidding.
Look forward to seeing it when it's done.
-------------------- Ryan Culbertson The Sign Shop at Quick Copies Greenwood, SC
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My first car was a '72 chevelle I bought at 15 before I could drive. I ripped out the 250ci straight 6 for the v8 from car number 2, a 71 impala
since then i've had around 56 more vehicles: cars, trucks or motorcyles. The days of changing cars frequently are over though...kinda. I bought a 2 door convertible Suzuki sidekick in september. Couldn't drive it because of my broken foot and sold it in october when I decided I didn't like the convertible part..
I long for a chev/gm crewcab 4x4 pickup with a long box...
Gotta make some dough first..
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-------------------- Gerald Lauzé FeatureWorx Creative Fabrication 206-19148 27th ave Surrey BC Posts: 264 | From: Cloverdale ( Surrey ) BC | Registered: Mar 2006
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