In high school (early 80's) there was a pretty good group of guys that had 4x4's as daily drivers, which were also back-country 4-wheelers and Saturday night cruisers. Some were well-used 1/2T's, some retired 3/4T farm trucks, and a flatbed dually or two. (Rural Oklahoma - what do you expect?)

One of our gang (Buddy) had a 3/4T highboy with the 300 six. He ran with all of us, and we soon learned that when - not if - you got stuck, that was the truck (and driver) you needed. He couldn't run much above 65 on the hwy, but that truck would move about anything it hooked to. Had these ridiculous-sounding duals and short glasspacks...with those low gears, it sounded like a wasp on steroids.

Out-of-towners and FNG's always made fun of Buddy's truck...but we never did. If you ever watched him 'wheel or pull someone out, you learned respect.

It didn't hurt that Buddy's Dad ran the town wrecker service, and he grew up riding shotgun...so he had technique and considerable know-how. It also meant he could have had just about any salvaged truck or powertrain he wanted, but that highboy was always his weapon of choice.

Good old days, fond memories, and those old TVW, 300-6, small block, straight pipe, flatbed trucks are an indelible part of the picture. No fuel injection, no diesels, no computers, no bluetooth...but still had some great times.

The engineering and hardware that made those trucks function then still functions today. Sites like this exist because gearheads want to keep them alive and drive them forever. Anyone who thinks all the good trucks are made of integrated circuits and shiny paint has much to learn.

 

ok, what is a FNG?

 

sorry...F'n New Guy...sometimes the TLA's from the Army sneak in.

 

yeah cool cool (i have no idea lol)

 

Couldn't have said this any better myself!

blue924.9, FNG = F***ING NEW GUY. No fun when you're the FNG, but all you can do is wait it out til another FNG comes along.

 

Ok, so what's a TLA? And don't say FU or LOL or GTFO either!!!!

 

T(hree) L(etter) A(cronyms)

 

Welp I learned something new today!! All them acronyms

 

USMC - Uncle Sam's Misguided Children

US ARMY - Yes My Retarded *** Signed Up

MRE - Meals Rejected by Ethiopians

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fouled up

etc.

 

OT (off-topic)

BOHICA - Bend Over Here It Comes Again
FLA - F'n Lost Again
ROAD - Retired on Active Duty
NFG - No F'n Good
NUB - Non-Useful Body
WTF - What The F?

There are many others, but these were pretty much daily use while I was in.

 

My '91 was a Custom, without a headliner. I wish I would have gotten to drive it in a good hard rain. The doors on my '93 make the clang when you shut them, plus the rattles from the panels being old, brittle, and held on absent two-thirds of their clips.

I can only hope that the King Ranch jockey at the least to buy Argo a six-pack for his trouble. But Argo is right to vent; the guy sounds like he was a grade-A d-bag who needed to chow down on an entire humble pie.

We in the Navy also sometimes used the FNG acronym, but "booter" or "boot-camp" was more common. Some also said U.S. Navy stood for "U Should Never Again Volunteer Yourself." That might make a good subject for the off-topic forum...

 

You did good Argo. That was very nice of you. The good karma will come to you at some point and the bad karma will come to "King Ranch" guy at some point.