Sooooo.....my wife just hit a deer..... Kinda sad, he didn't make it....but she's alright, cried it out and now she watches the hockey game and if we win she'll be good for the rest of the night..... But anyway, no reason for y'all to feel bad... View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5edIVgiTU4
That is amazing -- I can't wrap my head around the craftsmanship on that car -- to think that he scratch built it! Great find.
I have looked at it at least a half dozen times and it still makes me grin. Old school metal/sheetmetal master journeyman with a love for his craft-
that last one is too cool. I had one of those 620 Dastun pickups. what a stupid simple truck that was. Beat the hell out of it for years and then gave it to a friend who did the same for many more years.
copy that its a model kit for sale on e-bay. and check the pic, its a stepside. never seen that truck in a step-side down here. best small truck ever. king cab long bed. what a bargain those were. reg cab long bed made great donors for 1/4 mile drag cars too with a SBC in them. great lines. i liked them.
Great trucks, but in the North East they rotted to pieces in no time and the electrics would get wonky. I remember my buddy's truck.... when you stepped on the brakes, the dome light came on!
Too funny. Are there vehicles that don't rot to pieces in the Great Northeast? They started putting very caustic chemicals on the roads in OR a few years back. There must be a good budget for it, because the temperature doesn't even need to get down to freezing and the tell tale grain drill like tracks can be seen on the roads. That stuff will etch pits in aluminum and rust the underside of a car or truck in no time at all. Nasty $h!t. Hate it!
They use that here too, some kind of brine solution. I live about ten miles from the largest rock salt mine in the North East, so they use it liberally. The Seventies were the worst for cars and rust.... '73 up Chevy/GMC pick ups were the absolute worst. You'd see a '67-'72 model and the rocker panels would be gone, but a '73 up.... the whole truck would be going!
Now that you mention it, I remember those old Chevys going south here too if they lived at the Coast. Fords seem to do better.
just noticed something....that Baja Racer model has the same tank as my ol Maico did ...and yes that's the head on the seat- it was due for it's 15 min. head gasket change.... Baja: Ha-ha!
