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I'm making engine noises as I type. I can't help it.
My wife kept saying we needed a pickup so we could stop hauling stuff in her minivan. I call it her minivan because no real man owns a minivan. At the same time, my sixteen-year-old son was determined that he needed a truck himself. He went online looking for deals. While I was discouraging him from blowing his hard-earned money on a vehicle he did not, in fact, actually need, I let him show me what he found. Then, when he found a nice '68 F100 with a good-running 302 (my favorite engine), I swooped down like a vulture and snapped it up myself.
Here it is:
It's in good working condition as is, but it's begging for some major modifications and paint. The details are top-secret, of course, but when I'm done, that guy from Amazing Grace and Old Codgers is invited to bring the Chevy of his choice for a late-night drag race.
Incidently, my son found a sweet old ride of his own, a '70 Galaxie with a 351, so everyone's happy.
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Garry Weaver
I'm appalled, disappointed and saddened by your choice in a truck. In Christian charity, I'm just going to assume that you are misguided. The only other possibilities are: That you are retarded, or that you are an out-right rebel.
In the assumption that you are simply mis-informed, let me advise you that Ford knew they had a problem, so they circled it. (Hence the blue oval with the name 'Ford' in it.)
Another thing that you probably don't know, is that Chevy people have car clubs. Ford people have support groups.
Also, no matter how much you spend on paint/body, tires/wheels, engine/mechanical, when you are all through spending money on it, it will still be just a Ford.
I write these things as a Christian brother, hoping to rescue you from the snare of the Devil.The devil in a blue oval.
Signed,Your saddened but hopeful friend,
Garry
David
Garry,
Note the number of Chevys on the road compared to the number of Fords. Then note Matthew 7:13-14 and Matthew 22:14. You know all those AWOL SBC members? Most of them drive GMs. I'd bet on it. Check the parking lot of any seeker-sensitive mega-church. I think you'll find the same thing. Don't be deceived.
wfseube
now THAT is very cool. We just bought a 3rd car, but the insurance is killer, so I'm thinking about dumping our minivan and buying a pickup to replace it - one that is rather old and requires little in the way of insurance. We just need something to haul around stuff.
David
Yeah, cheap insurance is one of the nice things about old vehicles. Another is that I know what almost every part does and how it works. And if it doesn't do what I want it to do, I can make it. New cars might as well be the starship Enterprise.
Then there's the "cool" factor. O, yeah.
Kristina
David, I fear for your family. I shall be praying that Satan's hand reaches no further into your family than this beast.
wfseube
re: starship enterprise - hehe - the car we bought is a Toyota Prius, and it IS like the Starship Enterprise, from the video console in the front to the bizarre looking engine compartment with all of its electrical apparatus to suppor the electric motor. I'm afraid to even open the hood...
David
Yep, I know. I find it very comforting to find a carburetor and points ignition under the hood. There's almost nothing that can go wrong that can't be fixed in my own garage. Technology--bah!
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