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Re: [oletrucks] future project

To: "David" <David@gardener.com>, "Brad Newman" <bkn6@airmail.net>,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] future project
From: "Tom Warner" <twwood@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 18:16:51 -0400
Lots of them in Florida.
Tom Warner

----- Original Message -----
From: David <David@gardener.com>
To: Brad Newman <bkn6@airmail.net>; oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] future project


> Brad,
>
> I thought that convertible trucks were not legal to drive on the highway.
>
> I tried to look it up, but forget where I heard it.
>
> Sounds like a great idea though.
>
> David Edwards
> 1954 3100 5 Window
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brad Newman <bkn6@airmail.net>
> To: oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 9:49 AM
> Subject: [oletrucks] future project
>
>
> | As the completion of a 2 year, frame off restoration of my stock 49
> | comes into view, I'm already looking for my next project, and would like
> | ya'lls opinion.
> | My son is 13, and is already trying to convince me that we need to find
> | him a truck and start working on it for his first vehicle. He, of
> | course, would like more of a rod than a stocker, which is fine by me,
> | and somewhere along the line he got it in his head that he would like a
> | convertible AD! I have seen a couple of these in different magazines,
> | and must admit they looked pretty sharp. I have found a 54 3 window cab
> | that is in pretty good shape everywhere except for the roof, so its a
> | good candidate if I decide to do this.
> | Has anyone ever attempted this? Am I getting in over my head? There is a
> | company here in Dallas that will make both hard tops (glass) and soft
> | tops for any vehicle, so that part is easy. It seems pretty straight
> | forward, but I'm the guy that originally thought that my frame off on
> | the 49 would take about 6 months. What do ya'll think?
> | Thanks
> | Brad
> |
> | oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>

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