I think I have a problem.
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Laughing Gas
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From: Behind the wheel, IN
I think I have a problem.
Even though the fridge and the pantry were full of other and better sounding options for breakfast this morning, I decided that I wanted cereal. The sole reason for this decision was the fact that we were out of milk, and it would give me the opportunity to drive the truck this morning before it rained.
Hello, my name is Jason, and I am addicted to driving my fat fender ford truck.
Hello, my name is Jason, and I am addicted to driving my fat fender ford truck.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Richland, WA.
Hi Jason, I too must state I am addicted to driving my truck also.....lately it's been called Ol' Paint. Ol' Paint has been feeling ill though and she hasn't wanted to go anywhere just sit and rest in the driveway. Please tell more of your adventure so I can relay it to my old girl and maybe she will decide to get up and moving some. Thanks.
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Laughing Gas
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From: Behind the wheel, IN
Hi Jason, I too must state I am addicted to driving my truck also.....lately it's been called Ol' Paint. Ol' Paint has been feeling ill though and she hasn't wanted to go anywhere just sit and rest in the driveway. Please tell more of your adventure so I can relay it to my old girl and maybe she will decide to get up and moving some. Thanks.
Now last week, I took a nice long drive to a car show. Round trip was 70 miles total, and included a fair bit of time going through construction zones on the freeway. Narrow lanes + uneven pavement + manual steering with a fair amount of play = a little too much excitement. I also decided to see what the old truck would do, so I put the pedal down and made it up to 70 before I decided that was probably a little too fast for the old girl.
You'd think that would be fun enough, but no. Now I'm looking for an excuse to go on an even longer drive.
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Logistics Pro
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From: Pt.St.Lucie , Fla.
Drove the stock truck to pickup a pizza about a month ago on a thur. evening around 6 pm. Not too much traffic & it is within 3 miles away . Had to explain to the gathering onlookers hat I had better get home before the pizza turned cold .A very nice short drive to charge the battery and circulate the fluids . Not much going on in Aug & Sept . Too hot . Car show season starts in Oct with a show every weekend . Lake Mirror Classic in Lakeland on the 16th , Our show the TCVCC at Tradition on the 22nd (very close ) will be helping w/ parking & judging . Need to be there at 6 am .Fall fest in Palm City ( also close on the 29th . Yeah , car show season is 1/2 month away .
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Laughing Gas
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From: Richland, WA.
My old girl will love hearing these, if I could just get my tendon all healed up then maybe she'd be willing to go out on a date night to Wendy's where all her other friends have out at on Friday evening.
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From: Southern SC.
Today is "National Drive your Studebaker Day". So the beast took a ride into town and ran a few errands but we didn't see any other Studebakers or any good old fat fenders! It was still fun
Fleet Owner
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From: Central PA
If you have an addiction this is the place to be. We won't cure you of your addiction, we will feed it and he'll you get more of your drug. We are enablers.
I think anyone who owns a nice old car or truck likes the attention we get.
I think anyone who owns a nice old car or truck likes the attention we get.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: HUDSON, FL
when I am out of milk I "MOODY" to the store.now publix is just 1/4 mile from my house,but "MOODY" wants to go to a store that is 3 miles away,so away we go.my wife says why do you go 3 miles for milk when publix is right around the corner.i just tell her that moody likes the other store better
Logistics Pro
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From: Moro Bay, AR
My 53 "Someday" has been my daily driver and my salvation since I put it on the road in '08. My first wife used to call me up to say she was taking the truck to work because her Mercedes wouldn't start, used to ask her if she tried turning the key. ;-) When she passed away in '09 the truck and I spent many long nights cruising the highways and back roads, not sure where we went, but usually put 3-4 hundred miles a night.
It has taken me from coast to coast, from the Gulf to the Arctic Circle, and I could still depend on it to do it again.
At the moment it is in semi-retirement while I'm getting ready to do a few things to make it a more comfortable ride. All new interior, IRS and new wheel and tires. Hopefully it'll be back on the road next summer.
It has taken me from coast to coast, from the Gulf to the Arctic Circle, and I could still depend on it to do it again.
At the moment it is in semi-retirement while I'm getting ready to do a few things to make it a more comfortable ride. All new interior, IRS and new wheel and tires. Hopefully it'll be back on the road next summer.
Cargo Master
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From: Bakersfield, CA
Grasshoppa, you have much to learn.
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There isn't anything like it. I drove mine to pick up lumber yesterday, tires squealing due to bent tie rod, plus I scratched up the new paint on my tail gate to boot . But it was still worth it. An air brush will fix the paint, and the tie rod is supposed to ship Monday, I just love driving that old truck.