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Just Do It !!!


You will never regret it.


Those Fayetteville people, or to broaden it, Arkansans, will always make you feel like family.

Heck, if they were able to welcome Martin and I in 2015 from England, and then this year myself and Craig, both originally from South Africa, imagine how good you would feel joining this very worthy cause.


PS. I am sure Clem would happily receive toys, gifts contributions by courier, mail, on foot, or tossed over the fence too.....

It’s all for the kids.

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Any cool trucks and their owners in our area are sure welcome to join us...

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Its ALWAYS a BLAST, cant wait!

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Just trying to get a head count on forum members that are planning to head to Northwest Arkansas for the truck show and toy drive.

If you're planning on coming please reply to this post or pm me.
We want to make sure we have premium parking and plenty of food.

Thanks, Clem & Kim

Tuba Christmas
 

Have A Very Merry Christmas Ya'll

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And a Very Merry Christmas to you too, Clem.

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:agree:
Have a good one up there.

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Merry Christmas!

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Right back at ya.

And Miss Kim and all the critters.


https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psrhubacrw.jpg

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Me too, Have a very Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas to yourself & Kim also!

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Merry Christmas Clem & Kim hope you have a good one
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Last entry......

Christmas last year.


Thought I would post this here for those interested





Right.........


Associated Charity time.


On our 2019 Road Trip Dennis, Craig and I will be visiting Clem and Kim Johnson in Fayetteville Arkansas again this year.

Trip reporting thread will be here:

http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/...ennis-reloaded

Unfortunately we are traveling too early by a month this year.

I have mode two of these amazing charity events in the past.


HOWEVER.....


I would still like to appeal to anyone who has the financial ability or inclination, to support Clem’s attempt to support for the Toys for Tots campaign in Fayetteville where he has yearly shindig with food, trucks and music at the Tuba Trucks workshop www.tubatrucks.com
Clem arranges and Sponsors a large part of it himself.

Toy Drive is described by Wikipedia as:

Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by reservist Major Bill Hendricks.

More info here.

https://www.toysfortots.org/

So if you feel compelled to contribute a toy or support to the drive please contact Clem via Tuba Trucks website and email or call to establish how you can help.

Poster lifted from FB.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psnj80jdkt.jpg


I do hope that those who can attend and bring a toy in October will do so and get to meet some amazing people in the deal.

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To raise money for the purchase of Christmas wrapping paper and tape after our toy drive, we are selling event t-shirts. 2019 and 2018 shirts designs are available plus a few from 2017. If interested please send your sizes, year selection and mailing address to rockhouse205@att.net. $15 per shirt includes postage in the USA. Pay by paypal to the email address listed here. Thanks for your help and support to a very worthwhile cause.

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Nice design for this years T-Shirt, sent you a pm about ordering and shipping

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It has been a while since the last post and a bunch of stuff has happened here at Tuba. Four projects were finished and 6 more started. A new body shop was built and the paint booth got some improvements, thanks Dennis. The Sinclair Service Station where my wife and I lived for 15 years has become a B&B and we moved up to a rent house we owned downtown. The B&B part is separate from the Tuba shops but still part of it. Seems that most folks that stay here like the idea that truck restoration is going on all around them and they walk around and see what's up. The following pics are of the trucks we have finished...

Hope all you guys are staying safe. It's not over yet but hopefully close.

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Good to see you back some nice looking trucks there keep them coming

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So great to see that you are doing well Clem!
I love to see the pics of your projects!
Keep at it, and stay well!

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Mighty fine looking trucks coming out of your shop. They are in better shape now than when they were new.

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Thanks, It's good to be back... miss this place.

Thanks Pal. Caught up with your build and you're still making improvements on perfection.


Thanks, just need more time, never enough time...


About this time last year a 65 custom shortbed showed up and we began the process of making the owners dream truck.

Static drop, disc brakes, stroker motor, 5-speed tremac, original color with a complete frame up, nut and bolt rebuild.

The pics show where we are now with bed coming soon...

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Another current project in the shop is this 58 Cameo. It's been here for a few years but the time had come to get it underway. When we got it it already had a 1964 327 motor and a 4-speed hydro automatic. After the tear down we sent the frame out to the powder coaters and rebuilt the 327 to a 300 horse Corvette motor. The hydro was a lost cause since the rebuild was very costly and parts were next to impossible to find so we opted for a 700R. We also changed the rear end to a 65 12 bolt to get posi and more gear ratio options.

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So glad to see you building the Cameo Clem.

As always, Tuba trucks only producing top work.

Look after yourselves.

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I didn't realize they still made the Cameo in 58, but I just checked Google and indeed they did during the early part of the year. The steel fleetside was also available in 58.

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The Cameo project is awesome, Clem. I hope you will share some more progress on it even if it is kinda out of the 60-66 group.

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Thanks Rian, You take care as well.

First year of the fleetside, last of the Cameo. The 58 Cameo had the most chrome and stainless of all four years. Some don't like the quad headlights as much but I do like the bling.

Here's a few pics of the body work on a very rusty cab. A truck that spent 20 years in a field... floor pans, cab corners, inner cab corners, step pans, rockers, kick panels and 2 hinge pockets were all replaced or patched. Whew!

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The wheels for the Cameo... is there anything better than artillery wheels

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The "Puff" is a 1948 custom cab that I build in the late 70's. A cammed up 235 six with offy ad-ons and a 4-speed granny got me through 20 years of driving. Drove it to Cali one summer in the 80's to play beach volleyball and see the coast. We've shared lots of miles, many trips and lots of stories.
About 20 years ago the Puff was my only vehicle when I met my wife Kim and we bought the Sinclair Station where we lived for quite a while. Unfortunately the Puff was retired to yard art and became our Christmas tree stand that we displayed out on the corner. The Puff was an actor in several TV commercials as well as backdrop for lots of graduation photo shoots but the years were not kind on her and the neglect was all my fault. After 40 years of ownership and several failed attempts to sell her, I never did, till now.
A guy named Phil bought the Puff when he drove by and saw her. He opted for Tuba to rebuild her as a street rod with all the street rod stuff. Mustang 2, power rack and pinion, posi 4 link, horsepower and overdrive, all the stuff...
So here we go.

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How awesome to see the gas station, which I see somewhat as a home away from home, in America, when you bought it.

You and Kim have done an incredible amount of work there over the years.

Sorry to see your child go, but we know life will always balance things in the end.

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Hi Clem
Just having a look at your latest work, all I can say is the quality looks awesome, the 65 your building is going to have a very happy owner.

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We're working on a 63 short fleet for a great guy who is really into his hotrod truck, always love an actively involved customer. This truck is a 5-3 static drop with power disc and 12 bolt posi. The engine is a Corvette Ram Jet and the trans is a 4L60E. Powder coated chassis and all new paint in one of the more popular color combo of the time, baby blue and classic white.

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Looks good Clem. What is the color cod you used on the '63 for the interior? Pictures make it look real close to the original Fawn.

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Thanks Karl,
The color is sunlit sandstone beige ( F5285 ID ) in Nason single stage with a
1 to 1 mix of matting agent.

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Great to hear from you Clem. Beautiful truck. The owner is very lucky.

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The Tuba Trucks Team has been working on this 1966 Chevy longbed for a nice guy that intends to make it a daily driver. He commutes to Little Rock often and needed a dependable and comfortable classic with air conditioning and a great sound system. The 350 - 350 combo with a 3:23 rearend gear makes dependable highway driving happen.Vintage Air and Bluetooth plus a Classic Instruments cluster and deluxe steering wheel brings in the creature comforts. When finished we really hope he loves his truck and drives the wheels off of it. You go Dale...

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Very nice indeed.

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Awesome trucks, Clem... Great attention to detail. better than new, what are you guys using for cab floor treatment. Matte finish looks like tinted Raptor Liner.

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Thank you sir. You are right, we are using GatorGuard, much like Raptor or Rhino just much less expensive. We use it on top and underneath the floors, inside fenders and inner fenders, everywhere we can. We mix it thin with a little lacquer thinner and spray at 60 psi to get a finer pattern. Then it's topcoated with enamel paint.

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Great results with Gator gaurd. I use Raptor for undercoating,.....tinted Raptor with extra urethane paint almost 50%. and reducer....Spray top of dash over epoxy primer and on plastic parts over adhesion promoter....Not up to your level. But I keep trying to make them nicer...Cheers .Ed

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It's the time of year when TubaTrucks holds a toy drive. Because of the Covid mess we're in, there will not be a big gathering of people, just a drive through to drop off any toys you wish to donate. As far as we know... Christmas will not be cancelled and that makes this years drive extra important. If you wish to contribute but can't make it here, you can mail us your donation, see the address in the flyer below, add the 72701 zip code. Thanks to all that help to make a bunch of kids have a Merry Christmas.