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Originally Posted by AnotherWs6
Ewwww, is all that AC equipment actually in the glove box area or s it just the picture?
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Mostly, yep.
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Originally Posted by AnotherWs6
Just finished the thread, one of the best I have read anywhere. It was like reading a good story - which is what it really is right? As I was reading I was struck with this negative kind of feeling quite a few times. It was sort of wishing, disappointed, guilty feeling. Hard to describe, but it comes from the fact that my truck is nowhere near that nice and I know it never will be. Not jealousy. Like "if you worked a little harder you could......."
But then I saw your comment about it not being fair to wives, kids, etc. That hits home. You are absolutely right. These crazy kind of clean, perfect cars are OUR passion. "Our" being the owners of such things. WE are the ones who put all of the time, money, care worrying, research into them. Because it is OUR passion. Expecting your family members to have the same protective sense for the car can suck all of the joy out of owing it and using it with your family. You're stressed, possibly angry. They're nervous and trying not to do anything. I can see all of these things potentially happening. So I feel good about owning something that I am not super anal about. I took the family (wife and 2 year old daughter) out this past weekend for the second time in my truck. I let my daughter stand on the front seat. I let her try to find the ignition hole with the key. And it feels good to be in something fun where nobody is super paranoid about it. I had not thought about that or how important it is. I already have another vehicle that no one is allowed to look at. (Not literally) So is my truck perfect? Nope. And I don't want it to be!! But it sure was fun watching you make yours so.
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Sorry I missed your posts. Thanks for the kind words. It is a good story and I had a ball. There is some romance to me in the fact that in my mind and really in this thread that truck will always be perfect. I'll never watch her fade. So I definitely got the best out of the experience and luckily covered my cost. Which is more than I could have done spending my spare time on a golf course. But to your other point, my favorite picture of this truck is one that I won't post because it's got my little girl in it...(I'm kind of funny about posting that kind of thing in an open forum which is probably silly)...but she's in the back seat, in our neighborhood, the top's off the Blazer, hair blowing, and she's laughing like crazy. It's perfect. It's what I think of most when I think of that truck...and a bigger part of the story than was represented here.
I don't think it's our last project...which fires me up, because now that little girl has gotten big enough to turn a wrench.