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**Getter-Done** · 03-12-2018, 10:36 PM

Which Swap Meet?
Was it the one in Ky.?

**davischevy** · 03-12-2018, 10:57 PM

Did they sell Twinkies there?

**Getter-Done** · 03-12-2018, 11:04 PM

I will have to ask my brother.
He likes twinkies.
I had to work so I was not able to go .
Maybe I will take that weekend off next year and set up a Snack booth

**davischevy** · 03-12-2018, 11:25 PM

Ha, I was just hijackin' special-K's hubcap post.

You never know, the snack thing might work. After all there are a limited supply of hubcaps, but Twinkies are forever.

**Getter-Done** · 03-12-2018, 11:27 PM

You got that Right.

**Boog** · 03-12-2018, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flashed

I have big plans for the Stepper , power steering is on the way ,Offy intake and 4 barrel carb coming too ,and headers . Disc Brakes soon ,already ordered the Booster /Master combo ,lowering spindles not far behind that .Also thinking about a 5 speed instead of the 3 on the tree .Got a seat cover already . Then just clean ,buff and drive .

Oh and dual pipes too. You gotta have that sound.

**special-K** · 03-13-2018, 08:43 AM

The swap meet was at the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, Maryland. Sorry I forgot to tell others. If you got on I-70 headed east you would have driven right past it.

Let me explain the significance of this hubcap. We go to swap meets hoping to find the deal of the century on a truckload of N.O.S. parts, rust free sheet metal, rare and unusual options, and a sausage, right? Well, didn't see any of that. They didn't even sell sausages. But sometimes it means even more to find that one silly little thing that you needed.

On my '95 K500 Suburban I am running 7" Accuride steelies with 76-91 hubcaps. I have a shiny nice set of caps, but for winter I run a tarnished and dull set. When I rotated the tires in early winter the one cap didn't fit too snug. The rolled edge on these aluminum caps gets crushed by the nubs each time they pop on and this one was hard to find a spot where it fit snug. I did the best I could, but danged if I didn't have a bare wheel when I got to where I was going that day.

Don't like a hubcap missing, didn't want to use a nice hubcap, only need one not a set, didn't want to buy a crappy cap off the board that shipping would make cost as much as a mint one, so all winter I have had a cap missing. It was horrible!

So there I was at a swap meet and there was my cap. It wasn't a shiny one, the only 3/4t cap laying there with other 1/2t caps, and I popped the question "How much do you need for that cap?". He said $5, I bought it, and could not wait to go home and pop it on. Never been so happy over a $5 part. Life is good... just in time to run the shiny caps!

*

* Actually, I left the dull ones on last summer thinking I should preserve the minty ones since they are getting expensive and will get harder to find.

If you want to know more about that hubcap feel free to ask.

Speaking of hubcaps. Last summer at Carlisle Trucks, me and GR8 68 came back from supper in a sideways raining storm. Backing in next to my tables the rain was pounding my window so I couldn't see squat. I got it to where I'd open my door to check if it could open between tables, look down at the ground and see this:
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The wind had blown caps all over the place and my two best 73-75 8-lug caps just had to land where my tires needed to be. All I could do is laugh. The next day it got even funnier when I was telling the story to someone and they asking me to sell them to him

68Timber · 03-13-2018, 02:16 PM

I love a great find like that.

yuccales · 03-15-2018, 09:11 PM

Lot of good it's going to do me now!

Went over to the BIL's house yesterday to get the Honda. Threw my back out bad today. Of course it's starting to snow. Might try to unload it this weekend.... or this spring.

**Getter-Done** · 06-03-2019, 10:36 PM

special-K
Can I hijack this thread?
Or is it to old to drag to the top??

**davischevy** · 06-03-2019, 10:54 PM

Speaking of Honda's, if I hook both the negative and positive battery cables to the positive post on my Ford, will the starter turn faster?

**Getter-Done** · 06-03-2019, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by davischevy

Speaking of Honda's, if I hook both the negative and positive battery cables to the positive post on my Ford, will the starter turn faster?

In a (positive )(Post) way the best I can tell you is/
That is why Chevrolet never produced a Tractor...
Because is was not slow enough.

.

**special-K** · 06-04-2019, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davischevy

Speaking of Honda's, if I hook both the negative and positive battery cables to the positive post on my Ford, will the starter turn faster?

It might, but if not insurance will pay for another starter and another Ford... and anything else that burned up.

My friend's dad's (Jim) shop is gone that's to an F250 that could cross circuits all by itself.

Jimmy bought a new '70 (I think) C/30 wrecker when he got out of the service. Used and used it, eventually sold to Dave's Body Shop. My friend who is younger than that truck was at an old junk yard where the man died and his son is piece by piece liquidating it all. My friend went to buy an S10 Blazer back seat, through Craigslist. Whle talking he catches a glimpse of a 67-72 with a wrecker rig among the dense stash of vehicles. He says to the guy, "I bet that wrecker says Dave's Body Shop on the doors and the PTO handle is a connecting rod". Yep, it did! My friend is negotiating the sale and will get in shape (it's all there) to give back to his dad... Jim!

EDIT: Sorry if all this somehow relates to prior posts

**Ol Blue K20** · 06-04-2019, 06:43 AM

Wow! I forgot about this thread. I can't sleep anyone know a remedy???

**davischevy** · 06-04-2019, 11:42 AM

I slept in a 1972 Cheyenne in Idaho in 1973. I don't think I could do it now.

**3757chevy** · 06-04-2019, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Wow! I forgot about this thread. I can't sleep anyone know a remedy???

I have found if I log out and go to bed I can get some sleep...

Quote:

Originally Posted by davischevy

I slept in a 1972 Cheyenne in Idaho in 1973. I don't think I could do it now.

In 1976 I slept behind the rear seat of a Gremlin.

I know I couldn't do it now ...I don't drink like that anymore.

**Steeveedee** · 06-04-2019, 02:44 PM

I slept one morning about 4 hours on the back seat of my '69 Camaro. I was on my way back from Navy "A" school in Illinois and dropped a fellow sailor off at his grandma's house. I had the promise of a couch, but when we got there, he said that he was afraid to scare his grandma with a stranger in the house. I understood, though I didn't like it.

FWIW, I had Gabriel HiJackers on that Camaro!

powerdriver · 06-04-2019, 09:02 PM

I have 44 buses to Find everything wrong with them I can ... Then Fix them .

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Warrens69GMC · 06-04-2019, 09:42 PM

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**special-K** · 06-05-2019, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Wow! I forgot about this thread. I can't sleep anyone know a remedy???

I "hear" there is a now legal remedy available at your local dispensary.

**davischevy** · 06-05-2019, 01:34 PM

Speaking of shows, there is an antique sewing machine show this weekend. That should put you to sleep.

**Getter-Done** · 06-05-2019, 02:15 PM

Harbor Freight having a sale this Weekend.

powerdriver · 06-05-2019, 05:11 PM

Week or so ago my 4 year old granddaughter was riding in the old pickem up and asked why my truck was dirty .Still had coats and hoodies stuffed behind the seat , few shop rags and a few tools in the door pockets . I told her I use this for work and besides I just cleaned it last year .. She grinned and I winked and down the rode we went .

Fast forward to this last Sunday . Oldest granddaughter (a bit of a princess ) who is 11 and the 4 year old decided to go to town with me . Oldest gave me the stink eye and asked when was the last time i cleaned out the truck . Without missing a beat the 4 year old said "Last Year" then grinned from ear to ear .

So guess what I'm doing this weekend ?

**Steeveedee** · 06-05-2019, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by powerdriver

Week or so ago my 4 year old granddaughter was riding in the old pickem up and asked why my truck was dirty .Still had coats and hoodies stuffed behind the seat , few shop rags and a few tools in the door pockets . I told her I use this for work and besides I just cleaned it last year .. She grinned and I winked and down the rode we went .

Fast forward to this last Sunday . Oldest granddaughter (a bit of a princess ) who is 11 and the 4 year old decided to go to town with me . Oldest gave me the stink eye and asked when was the last time i cleaned out the truck . Without missing a beat the 4 year old said "Last Year" then grinned from ear to ear .

So guess what I'm doing this weekend ?

More coats behind the seat? Getting kind of close to summer, ain't it?

**3757chevy** · 06-05-2019, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by powerdriver

Week or so ago my 4 year old granddaughter was riding in the old pickem up and asked why my truck was dirty .Still had coats and hoodies stuffed behind the seat , few shop rags and a few tools in the door pockets . I told her I use this for work and besides I just cleaned it last year .. She grinned and I winked and down the rode we went .

Fast forward to this last Sunday . Oldest granddaughter (a bit of a princess ) who is 11 and the 4 year old decided to go to town with me . Oldest gave me the stink eye and asked when was the last time i cleaned out the truck . Without missing a beat the 4 year old said "Last Year" then grinned from ear to ear .

So guess what I'm doing this weekend ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

More coats behind the seat? Getting kind of close to summer, ain't it?

I thought maybe you were going for another drive in the pickup...

03-12-2018, 10:36 PM	#176
Getter-Done Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: TN. Posts: 7,724	Re: Hijack Thread Which Swap Meet? Was it the one in Ky.?

03-12-2018, 10:57 PM	#177
davischevy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Harrison, Arkansas Posts: 9,786	Re: Hijack Thread Did they sell Twinkies there? __________________ other Larry Build thread, Arkansas K10 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=755797&page=5 The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

03-12-2018, 11:04 PM	#178
Getter-Done Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: TN. Posts: 7,724	Re: Hijack Thread I will have to ask my brother. He likes twinkies. I had to work so I was not able to go . Maybe I will take that weekend off next year and set up a Snack booth

03-12-2018, 11:25 PM	#179
davischevy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Harrison, Arkansas Posts: 9,786	Re: Hijack Thread Ha, I was just hijackin' special-K's hubcap post. You never know, the snack thing might work. After all there are a limited supply of hubcaps, but Twinkies are forever. __________________ other Larry Build thread, Arkansas K10 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=755797&page=5 The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

03-12-2018, 11:27 PM	#180
Getter-Done Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: TN. Posts: 7,724	Re: Hijack Thread You got that Right.

03-13-2018, 08:43 AM	#182
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Hijack Thread The swap meet was at the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, Maryland. Sorry I forgot to tell others. If you got on I-70 headed east you would have driven right past it. Let me explain the significance of this hubcap. We go to swap meets hoping to find the deal of the century on a truckload of N.O.S. parts, rust free sheet metal, rare and unusual options, and a sausage, right? Well, didn't see any of that. They didn't even sell sausages. But sometimes it means even more to find that one silly little thing that you needed. On my '95 K500 Suburban I am running 7" Accuride steelies with 76-91 hubcaps. I have a shiny nice set of caps, but for winter I run a tarnished and dull set. When I rotated the tires in early winter the one cap didn't fit too snug. The rolled edge on these aluminum caps gets crushed by the nubs each time they pop on and this one was hard to find a spot where it fit snug. I did the best I could, but danged if I didn't have a bare wheel when I got to where I was going that day. Don't like a hubcap missing, didn't want to use a nice hubcap, only need one not a set, didn't want to buy a crappy cap off the board that shipping would make cost as much as a mint one, so all winter I have had a cap missing. It was horrible! So there I was at a swap meet and there was my cap. It wasn't a shiny one, the only 3/4t cap laying there with other 1/2t caps, and I popped the question "How much do you need for that cap?". He said $5, I bought it, and could not wait to go home and pop it on. Never been so happy over a $5 part. Life is good... just in time to run the shiny caps! * * Actually, I left the dull ones on last summer thinking I should preserve the minty ones since they are getting expensive and will get harder to find. If you want to know more about that hubcap feel free to ask. Speaking of hubcaps. Last summer at Carlisle Trucks, me and GR8 68 came back from supper in a sideways raining storm. Backing in next to my tables the rain was pounding my window so I couldn't see squat. I got it to where I'd open my door to check if it could open between tables, look down at the ground and see this: The wind had blown caps all over the place and my two best 73-75 8-lug caps just had to land where my tires needed to be. All I could do is laugh. The next day it got even funnier when I was telling the story to someone and they asking me to sell them to him Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

03-13-2018, 02:16 PM	#183
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03-15-2018, 09:11 PM	#184
yuccales Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 3,588	Re: Hijack Thread Lot of good it's going to do me now! Went over to the BIL's house yesterday to get the Honda. Threw my back out bad today. Of course it's starting to snow. Might try to unload it this weekend.... or this spring. Attached Images

06-03-2019, 10:36 PM	#185
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06-03-2019, 10:54 PM	#186
davischevy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Harrison, Arkansas Posts: 9,786	Re: Hijack Thread Speaking of Honda's, if I hook both the negative and positive battery cables to the positive post on my Ford, will the starter turn faster? __________________ other Larry Build thread, Arkansas K10 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=755797&page=5 The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

06-04-2019, 06:43 AM	#189
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06-04-2019, 11:42 AM	#190
davischevy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Harrison, Arkansas Posts: 9,786	Re: Hijack Thread I slept in a 1972 Cheyenne in Idaho in 1973. I don't think I could do it now. __________________ other Larry Build thread, Arkansas K10 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=755797&page=5 The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

06-04-2019, 02:44 PM	#192
Steeveedee Who Changed This? Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 10,088	Re: Hijack Thread I slept one morning about 4 hours on the back seat of my '69 Camaro. I was on my way back from Navy "A" school in Illinois and dropped a fellow sailor off at his grandma's house. I had the promise of a couch, but when we got there, he said that he was afraid to scare his grandma with a stranger in the house. I understood, though I didn't like it. FWIW, I had Gabriel HiJackers on that Camaro! __________________ ~Steven '70 Chevy 3/4T Longhorn CST 402/400/3.56 Custom Camper Simi Valley, CA

06-04-2019, 09:02 PM	#193
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06-05-2019, 01:34 PM	#196
davischevy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Harrison, Arkansas Posts: 9,786	Re: Hijack Thread Speaking of shows, there is an antique sewing machine show this weekend. That should put you to sleep. __________________ other Larry Build thread, Arkansas K10 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=755797&page=5 The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

06-05-2019, 02:15 PM	#197
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06-05-2019, 05:11 PM	#198
powerdriver Registered User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Excelsior Springs Missouri Posts: 221	Re: Hijack Thread Week or so ago my 4 year old granddaughter was riding in the old pickem up and asked why my truck was dirty .Still had coats and hoodies stuffed behind the seat , few shop rags and a few tools in the door pockets . I told her I use this for work and besides I just cleaned it last year .. She grinned and I winked and down the rode we went . Fast forward to this last Sunday . Oldest granddaughter (a bit of a princess ) who is 11 and the 4 year old decided to go to town with me . Oldest gave me the stink eye and asked when was the last time i cleaned out the truck . Without missing a beat the 4 year old said "Last Year" then grinned from ear to ear . So guess what I'm doing this weekend ? __________________ I Have My Grand-kids Exactly Where They Want Me Last edited by powerdriver; 06-05-2019 at 05:26 PM.

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