[TheForge] Anyone there? OT:

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Marc3rd wrote:
> Wow what a story.
As i recall , all 4 tires were different sizes and only 
one of them was still inflated...and so on. I was 
mechanically ignorant/innocent and it was very educational.
> I just sold my 68 f250
Waaah! I've a modern, 82 f350 now and it seems so 
insubstantial compared to the 40 through 60s trucks i 
used to have.
and right about now 1.25 sounds good.
Sigh
  lol
> been a slow season.
And it's all the season there is...Once the rains start, 
most of the customers seem to melt away...around here anyway.
It's been slow for most everyone.
> 
> ----- 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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