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drive up to chicago. Rolled over 75K miles

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Took my wife to labor & delivery. Daughter born.

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I drove across town to pick up my degree since im still waiting on parts

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Took my truck into the back country of Colorado.     Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

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Changed the oil in my wife's equinox and fixed my window switches so they work now. Just had to clean the contacts.

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Not my happiest moment...

 

Cleaned out my grandfather's shop on Saturday. He passed away recently at 90 and I was promised his tools. Being he was a retired auto mechanic (a real mechanic, not a technician), you can imagine the tools he had from being in that profession for nearly 50 years...he owned his own repair garage for nearly 40 years.

 

I would guess most of his tools were older than me, some have his name stamped on them, likely from the days before he had his garage.

 

Was pretty surreal since I helped him build that shop as a kid, and used most of those tools at one point or another on some fixit project or wild fabrication project.

 

 

 

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Sorry to hear that, Steve. I went through the exact same thing 23 years ago. May he rest in peace.

 

I hung my grandfather's Champion plastic display spark plug & sign in my barn, along with his metal name plate off his toolbox. I have his toolbox still loaded with all his machining tools from when he worked at Norton Co. as a machinist. He retired from there, and worked as a mechanic out of his garage until the day he died. Prior to Norton, he worked at a Buick dealer as a mechanic for a time, flew bi-planes for fun, hunted skunks during the depression for pelts, and also repaired oil burners (heating units) to get by. A true jack of all trades. He used to run an ad in Hemmings Motor News, and would get Model T parts from all over the world that he'd rebuild, restore, and ship back. I remember seeing a package from Hawaii on his desk as a kid - a Model T distributor he rebuilt & sent back to the guy.

 

When the bank wouldn't give him a loan, he built his house himself out of lumber leftover from the Hurricane of '38. I always loved the story he told of when the same banker that turned him down happened to be driving by as he was building the house - the banker recognized him, stopped, saw what he had accomplished, and suddenly decided he "had made a mistake". Well, my grandfather told him he can stick the loan right up his ass, and get the hell off his property, HAHAHAHA! A proud moment! Loved that, lol. :D

 

That's what made things a little easier to handle - remembering the good times. The stories of his youth, and all the times as a young kid that he attempted to teach me about auto repair as we leaned over the core support of various different cars that would come in. I still have and use alot of his tools that are older than my dad and I combined! I use his pneumatic grease gun daily - that thing is at least 40 years old - probably more. I also still have his 100+ year old Model T ignition coil from his garage.

 

 

 

Well ... so much for Photobucket .... :banghead:

 

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Found out today my wife volunteered my truck for parade duty in September

 

 

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Found out today my wife volunteered my truck for parade duty in September

 

 

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Time to have a talk with her.

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Ravenkeeper Senior Enthusiast

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Found out today my wife volunteered my truck for parade duty in September

 

 

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You too?

 

Time to have a talk with her.

 

I have, still get volunteered for parades. Told her one time that I'm working that day, "well, you can take my car." HELL NO!!!!

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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I am not to worried about it, truck is almost 8 yrs old. It was funny she said what are your thoughts about hanging signs. I said depends what kind (can I out them on). She said well I already told them no. She was shocked at my answer

 

 

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Picked up my buddy from fleet and drove him home because he had to turn in his pool car. How the heck does all that, plus a large bag in my bed, fit in a tiny impala and still have room for him. Besides his height no wonder he can't wait until he gets whatever the Ford suvs are, Explorers I think? Then he had to drive most of the way back in his POV to attend training. 2da5937987de4c1cf5a451fe90b3b49f.jpg

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Started a new project truck, well my first truck my dad gave me years back.

 

2005 avalanche, took the fender flares off, going to get a fresh coat of paint and going to add some color, paint the grill smoke the headlights and tail lights, then worry about the shocks.

 

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Picked up my buddy from fleet and drove him home because he had to turn in his pool car. How the heck does all that, plus a large bag in my bed, fit in a tiny impala and still have room for him. Besides his height no wonder he can't wait until he gets whatever the Ford suvs are, Explorers I think? Then he had to drive most of the way back in his POV to attend training.

 

 

My 2013 Impala had TONS of trunk room.

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