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Hello all,
First off let me say I'm not new to the site but decided to create a new account. I lost the email and password to an old one that has since been lost in time....
Now for a quick story.
I used to be known as user name Dadsold76. The name meant a lot to me and still does. The reason why is back in 2009 my dad handed down his beloved Green Machine 1976 Ford F100 to me. This truck has been in the family for 20 something years by this time. I can remember waiting for my dad to come pick me up on his weekend and as soon as he made that turn into the neighborhood I could hear that deep rumble up the road. The excitement from the sound and eyes lighting up as it turned onto my street. Ill never forget those days.
Well, being 20 at the time I started tinkering with it. It had sat for some time and looked more like a leaf pile than that of a hot rod. After getting it running and adding parts here and there, new exhaust, new carb, new floorplan, wheels etc....needless to say.... I got bored with her. I needed it to be meaner.
So one night while in the garage I started tearing it down. Carb came off, then manifold, then heads and so on. This lead into pulling the motor, sending it to the machine shop for a little "No replacement for displacement" treatment. Spent tons of money on parts and well... in the middle of it.. it came time to move. So it was put on hold. Then another move, and another.
So now I'm years into it and still hasn't seen the road in most of them. And what do I see on the side of the road... a shiny new F150 on 35's and I'm hooked. Had to have it. So I took it home.
Of course the Green Machine took the ultimate back burner spot then. and eventually I wanted more toys on the new F150. So a trip to summit and taking back over 5000 dollars in parts and placing an ad on craigslist for the Green Machine to go happened.
Sure enough a few days later someone was at the house looking at her. Engine still on the stand and her still sitting pretty in the garage the man said Deal. And the next day he came back.... loaded her up...... and I watched her roll away.
That was one of the worst days of my life. I regretted it as soon as the last strap was tight and the hand was shook. The guilt of letting her go. Never to hear that rumble again or see it pull around the corner to light my eyes up. I let young stupidity and shiny new things take her place.... but it didn't. The f150 was sold for a lightning then that for the wife a car and so on.
So out of years of guilt I desperately take out another ad on craigslist to find her again.. and GUESS WHAT!!!.................... no reply...
........4 years go by and nothing. Just many times of my wife saying "I'm tired of hearing about that truck"..... then last week I get a strand voicemail from someone unknown....
"Hey my name is ====, I bought a truck from ===== a few years ago, a 76 f100 here in ======. I'm moving and looking to get her gone. The guy I bought it from told me you were looking for it so I wanted to ask if you wanted it back? "
I was stunned, eyes watering, heart pounding... then I knew my wife would be like... we don't have the money... errrrr
Needless to say three days after the phone call we took an 8 hr drive and shes sitting in the back yard as we speak
Shes of course way worse than she ever was but shes back.
Mine all mine forever Just got her to the house today 12/9
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