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Please do not repost, forward or otherwise publish messages contained in these archives without consent from the respective author(s). These archives may not, in whole or part, be stored on any public retrieval system (FTP, web, gopher, newsgroup, etc.) by individuals or companies, without consent of the respective authors. Received: with LISTAR (v0.128a; list pre48-list); Sat, 25 Mar 2000 12:39:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 12:39:18 -0500 (EST) From: Ford Truck Enthusiasts List Server To: pre48-list digest users Reply-to: pre48-list  ford-trucks.com Subject: pre48-list Digest V2000 #11 Precedence: bulk ========================================================== Ford Truck Enthusiasts 1947 and Older Truck Mailing List. Visit our web site: http://www.ford-trucks.com To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with the words "unsubscribe pre48-list" in the subject of the message. ========================================================== ------------------------------------ pre48-list Digest Sun, 19 Mar 2000 Volume: 2000 Issue: 011 In This Issue: ADMIN: WOW! Sure is quite, guess I'll talk about my '36 for a bit.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:58:07 -0500 From: Ken Payne Subject: ADMIN: WOW! I just ran the Ford Truck Enthusiasts server logs for the first time in several months. WOW! A historical perspective: it took us slightly over 2 years to reach 1 million visitors. As of March, 2000, FTE is now receiving over 300,000 visitors per month! Expect **more** free services in the near future. We've added the archive search, updated message board software (if you haven't been by the message boards on the web site lately, you're missing a large and rapidly growing community) and free web based mail so far in March. We've got a few more items upcoming in the next two weeks. Thank you to everyone for making us a success! Ken Payne Admin, Ford Truck Enthusiasts ------------------------------ From: MBGNPI aol.com Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 12:40:04 EST Subject: Sure is quite, guess I'll talk about my '36 for a bit.... Didn't anyone withstand the Y2k? I don't think I've notice any messages on this list from any members, except for Admin. Anyway.... My upcoming project is a '36 Ford PU, my Dad had two (this particular one and aother) back in the '50's. In the mid '60's he took a job at the ShipYards in San Leandro, Ca., and stayed with a friend (who ended up building a home a few house down from him) for about year and a half during the week. Well, the guy didn't charge him any rent, and my Dad couldn't deal with the "free ride" thing, so he asked the the guy "Sam, I gotta give you something for letting me stay with you". Sam replied, "well, I'll take those two old trucks you have for my son". Dad, gave him the two '36's and (think one is a '35 though) and Sam paid another guy to restoe one. Well, the restoration went on for a bit, the restorer turned out to be a thief, and swiped a lot of the parts off the other truck, took the guts out of the Muncy 4speed, stole a bunch of the other parts. Sam got frustarted and the trucks sat at his place for about 10 years. He called me down on day in the mid-70's and said "Mike, come and get these damned trucks". So I did, one has been in a corner of my Dads shop for the last 25 years or so, the other out u nder a walnut tree fighting the elements. I just bought some rental property next to my Dads place, have both houses rented out, and i took the barn as storage. Last weekend we cleared a bunch of stuff out of my Dads place (two shops worth) and made room to start on the '36. Sam happened by too, he'd seen us rolling the '36 from one shop to the other, and says "Mike, come one down here for a bit, got something for you". So I head over to his place , he takes me into his shop and points up on the rafters and there's all this wrapped pieces of stuff in newspaper. It was all the chrome work done back in the '60's that the guy didn't know about, apparently Sam never really tructed the guy from the start, and never let him know he had all the chromeworks (Bumpers, latches, tailgate latches, window frames, etc.) stored away. He said he'd been hanging onto the stuff all these years after he'd given me the truck "Until he knew I was going to use'em". Pretty cool, huh? Well, I'm off for the weekend, then a quick 5 day trip to Mexico with the wife, look forward to hearing from you all (assuming I'm not just talking to myself here). Mike ------------------------------ End of pre48-list Digest V2000 #11 ********************************** ---------------------------------------------------------- Ford Truck Enthusiasts 1947 and Older Truck List Send posts to pre48-list ford-trucks.com If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, send an email to: listar ....To access the rest of this feature you must be a logged in Registered User Of Ford Truck Enthusiasts
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