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darz5150
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2024 21:11
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There's a new show on Discovery channel. Mud Madness. Seems like a good one so far. Some of you razor owners might like it.
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darz5150
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# Posted: 19 Apr 2024 11:55
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After watching the show. Dug out a new old stock t shirt from our racing days. And a couple pics of some of what we used to build.
We custom built dune buggies and off road mud trucks.
Vega station wagon 429 cobra jet
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Dune buggies
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darz5150
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# Posted: 19 Apr 2024 12:07 - Edited by: darz5150
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Don't know why I have trouble getting full pictures to post???
Vega again
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53 5 window chevy
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paulz
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2024 09:40
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Cool stuff Darz! I don’t think we get the Discovery channel on Sling but I’ll have a look.
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2024 17:31
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Darz, My grandpa, came over from Ireland when he was 3, had one of those 5 window Chevy trucks. Scared me that the gas tank was right behind the seat. The start button was on the floor near the gas pedal. Thanks for posting that.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2024 17:38 - Edited by: gcrank1
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My dad had one too! Kewl truck, 6v iirc, '53 or '54 (I was just a kid). He built a topper, and a boat, out of marine grade plywood (maybe old Mechanics Illustrated plans?), that was before the commercial toppers were available. It was painted with marine grade paint too.
The topper had bent, rounded over top sides; it looked 'right' on that truck and lasted a long time (he kept it when he traded in the truck) but it never went on another. He bought a new long box Chevy fleet side and it was that style from then on.
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paulz
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2024 20:32
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In high school back in the early ‘70s I worked at the local Chevron station. We had one for the shop truck. Being a budding hot rodder, I had to dump the cutch for a burnout. Blew the driveshaft. Station owner hired us young kids and was used to the monkey business, didn’t get fired. Wasn’t as bad as the kid who filled a Porsche engine, which had the oil cap on the outside, with gasoline by mistake. Didn’t even make it out of the station.
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