[TheForge] Anyone there? OT:

[Marc3rd]

Wow what a story.
I just sold my 68 f250 and right about now 1.25 sounds good. lol
been a slow season.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anyone there? OT:


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>
> Jerry Frost wrote:
>> Okay, I AM surprised; you SOLD your woody! I'm thinking the closest we 
>> came
>> when I was a kid was a Chevy wagon with some kind of wood veneer-like
>> substance on the sides and both folks swore NEVER again. Then again I 
>> never
>> was one of the cool kids, when we went surfing we took a pickup truck.
> I was never a surfer..fishing, tide pool collecting
> diving and small boats etc mostly.
> I bought the woody for $25 and managed to get it running
> after working on it for days. The wood was pretty rotted
> on the bottom and the sway bar was broken..it had a
> straight 8 in it.
> Was really poor then and when someone offered $150, i
> went for it! Hey, it was 2 months rent and i was making
> $1.25/ hr, working in a gas station nights and weekends
> while going to school.
>>
>> Jer
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
>> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:59 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anyone there? OT:
>>
>>
>>> I actually had a 41 Pontiac woody that i'm still kicking
>>> myself for selling. Bought it in the 60s from a metal
>>> sculptor, Stewart Carlyle, who'd lived in it for quite a
>>> while. Cleaned it out with a flat shovel.
>>>
>>> Jerry Frost wrote:
>>>> Frankly I wouldn't be surprised at any kind of car you had in the yard.
>>>> California, within sight of the beach? I'd be surprised if you didn't
>>>> have a
>>>> woody!
>>>>
>>>> Jer
>>
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