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Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime
This story will probably never end . I will eventually get up to today though .
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Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime
Later in 1983 I decided the old truck needed a better looking set of wheels . The Cragar SST was pretty new at the time and I decided on them . I used a 10" on the back with a radial tire (they didnt last long). They sold me an 8" roe the front (ughh) but they still looked better than the chrome wagon spokes . While doing the body work we also frenched an antenna behind the passenger door (sounded cool at the time)
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I was brainwashed by my first wife and we decided to get married after we graduated in may of 84 . But I made sure the truck got painted before that (we all have keep our priorities straight dont we ?). This is the same color blue that is still on it today .If you look behind the truck you will see the garage apartment we lived in ( I had to sneek parts in becuase the little wife didnt like me spending money) I ended up raising my daughter by myself till she was five . I would put her to bed at night and then go down to the garage . Dont worry I could hear her feet through the floor lol....Oh and do you ask about the wife ? Well all i can say is I still have the truck .......
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Somewhere around 86 I sold the big front wheels and got some 5" fronts . We also lowered it a lil more . This was as closed to finished the truck had ever been .
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Re: Ok Boys and Girls it's Storytime
Somewhere around this time I was spraying the truck some . One day It spit the rods out and cut the block and oilpan in half (ouch). So I built another one with square port heads and a mild solid cam . It was a stout twelve second runner . I ran this combo till 1989 , also around 88 I got me some Weld Wheels .This is how the truck looked in 1988 and you will see my daughter in the pic . That kid was co pilot to the thrashing of many a Mustang (those were fun to pic on back in the day).......................
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Well 1988 was good year and a bad year . I was waiting on pins and needles for Super Chevy to come to The Texas Motorplex . The time was almost near and a week before, me and my buddied were going to Hallsville Raceway but I didnt even make it out of town . I hit a Caddy headlight to headlight with my parents dually while hauling the Blue Truck(it totalled the caddy lol) . The truck came of the front of the trailer and hit the trailer jack square in the middle of the bumper . The left front fender and the grill were also ruined by smacking the back of the dually . Well with not much money or time some friends helped and we put a primered fender and grill that so pitful looking I painted it solid black .(it was sad believe me) But your never gonna guess what happened next ! I went on to Super Chevy with the ragged looking thing and runnered up . I think it is kinda funny that it was on page 69 and Brodix had an ad on the same page .(yall remember what is across my windshield now dont ya?)
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Well I finally got a bumper and a grill on it but left the fender primered for awhile becuase I figered it wouldnt match .Here are some pics from Hallsville Raceway around 1988 .
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Happy Birthday Jamie!! Damn I'm getting old.
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