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From: springfield Missouri area
I'll keep working on the picture thing. I see you live in Hattisburg, MS. How did you fair during katrina? My father -in-law lived just south of Hattisburg and he lost his trailer and everything. We moved him up here and built him a small house.
10-4 on the tree huggers, these were actually river huggers though(canoeers)
10-4 on the tree huggers, these were actually river huggers though(canoeers)
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I was in alabama during Katrina. The eye of the storm went down the highway I was traveling down (highway 5). I was going home from work because they closed early for the storm. Trees were going down left and right I saw a blinking arrow sign fly across the parking lot where I work. Cars and trucks were being swept into ditches. I was in my 73 Gran Torino station wagon and I didn't have any trouble keeping it on the road. I was scared out of my mind though!
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From: Hattiesburg, MS
Yeah...Katrina didn't go so well.....
About the only causality was my 79 F-350 4x4. A giant pecan tree fell on the shop where I was storing the truck. I took this pic a couple months ago, when I began cutting the cab off and stripping the frame. I've been buying donor trucks for the past couple years. Finally got the last piece of the puzzle a few weeks ago. Gonna start assembling it shortly. By the way....this is a 640x480 pic.
About the only causality was my 79 F-350 4x4. A giant pecan tree fell on the shop where I was storing the truck. I took this pic a couple months ago, when I began cutting the cab off and stripping the frame. I've been buying donor trucks for the past couple years. Finally got the last piece of the puzzle a few weeks ago. Gonna start assembling it shortly. By the way....this is a 640x480 pic.
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From: Costa Mesa, CA
As for the "all day" on the bed supports - watch it there too. Remember we took a good hour + off to get that stupid 2k lb. welding table loaded on that guys trailer. Besides it only took me 3/4 of a day
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From: Lawrenceville, Ga
and, no, they haven't. Axle holds up to jumping now and so do the welds.
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So the truck had to be re-built from the frame up anyways. In a way, it worked out better this way. I scored 2 un-believable donor trucks. One for the frame, the other for the body. Both are "survivors".....completely original and un-hacked. This way, I'm starting with a clean slate. Instead of someone else's ghetto-fabbed mess.
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Hey, thanks for the sympathy!! I had bought the F-350 several years ago. I had been keeping in a covered garage for a few years because I needed a frame for it. The previous owner had swapped in a 460. Instead of getting a rear-sump oil pan.....he cut out the engine crossmember. So the truck had to be re-built from the frame up anyways. In a way, it worked out better this way. I scored 2 un-believable donor trucks. One for the frame, the other for the body. Both are "survivors".....completely original and un-hacked. This way, I'm starting with a clean slate. Instead of someone else's ghetto-fabbed mess.
So the truck had to be re-built from the frame up anyways. In a way, it worked out better this way. I scored 2 un-believable donor trucks. One for the frame, the other for the body. Both are "survivors".....completely original and un-hacked. This way, I'm starting with a clean slate. Instead of someone else's ghetto-fabbed mess.wow nice job on getting those 2 donar trucks that are both unhacked...lol kinda rare usually the po hacks them to hell adding dumb stuff to it...nice finds!
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From: Trabuco Canyon, SoCal
ahahhahehehe!