I have a couple of new old truck enthusiasts to introduce to you. Our
twins, Sean Cameron and David William were born Friday night. I was thankful
that they agreed to wait to come until after finals week was done. The babies
appear to be doing well, but my wife had and is still having a rough time.
I promise to get them indoctrinated early into the old truck hobby, though
they'll surely also be into Corvettes, muscle cars, and Jeeps (their mom is a
self-proclaimed hard core 4 wheeling "Jeep chick". . .Wrangler (real Jeep), not
Cherokee. . .her words, not mine). Since my wife refuses to get rid of her
Jeep, I'll probably get rid of my 86 pickup (darn . . .and it only has 214K
miles on it. . .has lots of life left in it) and get a 96-99 GMC Yukon. At
least I can sport truck that so I don't have to be too ashamed to drive it. I
had hoped to have the TF Chevy Sub on line, but with work, school, and now
babies, it will have to continue at the current slow restoration pace for a
while.
My dad had my brothers and I buy and restore our own cars in time for us
to get our driver licenses, so I guess that's good enough for my kidz as well.
Old trucks should be a good first vehicle. . .maybe a 6 cylinder stock resto at
that. . .to minimize the hot rodding till the brain cells catch up with the
hormones.
So now where do I find Ole Truck hats and T-shirts in nano-size to get
them started?
Mark Noakes
58/56 Chevy Suburban
59 GMC Suburban
66 Corvair Monza (my first car)
86 Corvette Indy convertible, SCCA Solo2 BSP#32
86 Chevy Silverado
97 Jeep Wrangler Sahara
Knoxville,TN
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