Ian's Tennessee Honey '64 Short Box Step-side - England

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

I made a "stretcher" for the springs so that the blaster could get in between the coils and I could get the paint between them too

Another genius idea!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Johnny_Lamebridge

Another genius idea!

I love these simple solutions to real problems.

Nice one and thanks for sharing Ian.

[ibrown50]

This is not really truck related but I thought I'd share an experience I had earlier in the week. I have been a lifelong fan of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. The singer/song writer and front man Phil Lynott died in 1986 and every year on the anniversary of his death a group of his friends organise a series of gigs (known as the "Vibe for Philo") in his home town of Dublin, to celebrate his life and music. People come from all over the world, it's an amazing three days.

Anyway Phil is buried out on the coast a short train ride from Dublin, so on Monday (the anniversary of his death) me and my mate (also called Phil) decided we would go and pay our respects (if we could find his grave!). We got to the train station in Howth and were clearly looking very lost when a gentlemen, who introduced himself as Gerry, asked where we were "off to". When we told him he said he was also going to the grave, had just ordered a taxi and we were welcome to share it, we gratefully accepted.


This is where it got "special". He then mentioned that he was going to visit Philomena and would it be ok with us if we called there first. Philomena is Phil Lynotts mum !!!!! suffice to say we agreed. (sorry about the pictures I cannot get them the right way up)



I cannot ever remember meeting such a lovely person, she was polite, utterly charming and very hospitable. Although she has much Phil's memorabilia loaned out to museums etc all over the world there is a room in her house where she keeps some of his gold and platinum discs, his juke box and a few more personal items. She was happy for us to browse the items telling us funny stories attached to many of them. She even "made" all of us try on his cowboy hat.





Gerry it turned out as well as being a friend of Phil Lynott, had roadied for (amongst others) Thin Lizzy and Rory Gallagher, he was great company and kept us amused for several hours with some truly amazing stories.



The "Vibe for Philo" is always a special few days but this year for me at least it was extra special

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

This is not really truck related but I thought I'd share an experience I had earlier in the week. I have been a lifelong fan of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. The singer/song writer and front man Phil Lynott died in 1986 and every year on the anniversary of his death a group of his friends organise a series of gigs (known as the "Vibe for Philo") in his home town of Dublin, to celebrate his life and music. People come from all over the world, it's an amazing three days.

Anyway Phil is buried out on the coast a short train ride from Dublin, so on Monday (the anniversary of his death) me and my mate (also called Phil) decided we would go and pay our respects (if we could find his grave!). We got to the train station in Howth and were clearly looking very lost when a gentlemen, who introduced himself as Gerry, asked where we were "off to". When we told him he said he was also going to the grave, had just ordered a taxi and we were welcome to share it, we gratefully accepted.


This is where it got "special". He then mentioned that he was going to visit Philomena and would it be ok with us if we called there first. Philomena is Phil Lynotts mum !!!!! suffice to say we agreed. (sorry about the pictures I cannot get them the right way up)

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I cannot ever remember meeting such a lovely person, she was polite, utterly charming and very hospitable. Although she has much Phil's memorabilia loaned out to museums etc all over the world there is a room in her house where she keeps some of his gold and platinum discs, his juke box and a few more personal items. She was happy for us to browse the items telling us funny stories attached to many of them. She even "made" all of us try on his cowboy hat.

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Gerry it turned out as well as being a friend of Phil Lynott, had roadied for (amongst others) Thin Lizzy and Rory Gallagher, he was great company and kept us amused for several hours with some truly amazing stories.

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The "Vibe for Philo" is always a special few days but this year for me at least it was extra special

Chance meetings, being what they are, are often so much more than that.

Which is why my motto is always "Be Nice"

You are an awesome guy yourself, and here "Chance" paid you back double.

Like Martin and I meeting a whole raft of amazing people on our road trip, and one of them being Mike and Sarah Losh, through Clem, which culminated in us getting to meet some of the Gas Monkey guys, your world is a whole lot better for a chance meeting.

Thanks for sharing, at our age, the trucks we drive and music we like means this is totally appropriate.

For those who do not know Thin Lizzy...........

Click Links below.

The Boys are back in town.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JG3UiGHv0FU

Still in love with you.

http://youtu.be/261uidoVOVk

Whiskey in the jar.

http://youtu.be/wyQ-tScuzwM

I do not want to apologise for hijacking your thread Ian, as I grew up on a diet that included Thin Lizzy too.

Links for those who never knew them.

[ibrown50]

Originally Posted by mjh1965

Thanks for Sharing Ian . What an awesome trip made even better by a chance meeting . I like you grew up with the songs of thin lizzy playing on a tape cassette in my first car . Glad you had a great time .

Thanks Martin, I had "Live and Dangerous" on cassette tape in my first car, played until it snapped!

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Chance meetings, being what they are, are often so much more than that.

Which is why my motto is always "Be Nice"

You are an awesome guy yourself, and here "Chance" paid you back double.

Like Martin and I meeting a whole raft of amazing people on our road trip, and one of them being Mike and Sarah Losh, through Clem, which culminated in us getting to meet some of the Gas Monkey guys, your world is a whole lot better for a chance meeting.

Thanks for sharing, at our age, the trucks we drive and music we like means this is totally appropriate.

For those who do not know Thin Lizzy...........

Click Links below.

The Boys are back in town.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JG3UiGHv0FU

Still in love with you.

http://youtu.be/261uidoVOVk

Whiskey in the jar.

http://youtu.be/wyQ-tScuzwM

I do not want to apologise for hijacking your thread Ian, as I grew up on a diet that included Thin Lizzy too.

Links for those who never knew them.

Thanks Rian and thanks for posting the links, excellent choices three of my favourites

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Very Cool story!!! Bucket list addition

Thanx Rian for the links... Whiskey in the Jar is one of my all time favorite songs...

Bucket list indeed, if I live until I'm 100 it's a day I won't forget. The two surviving members from the "Whiskey in the jar" video played together on stage on Monday, they've both got a lot less hair but for two guys well into their 60's they can still rock

[ibrown50]

I finally got a top coat on my hood this weekend. As I have limited space, painting anything in my garage is a challenge, painting something the size of a 64 C10 hood more so. I have two problems, first is space, I need to be able to get around it to paint it and second I need to keep the paint clean. Getting the hood as near vertical as possible was the best solution.

To achieve this I "knocked up" a frame (don't laugh) ,



Not my finest carpentry but it certainly did the job



Before and after




Next job to get it fitted