Freightrain

Give me 40 acres,......lol.

Well, you could always relegate him to permanent tire washer?? LOL!!!

I'm green RED with envy................

"Excuse me while I whip this out"............ AhhhhHH! For my next impression........Jesse Owens "That hands steady as a rock"............."but I shoot with this one".

I hope he left the top of the hood dull. Imagine driving into the sun .....ugh!!!

Reverse painting. Quite a nice job too. Better then the "30 yr old kids" here at my work. Been years back, our white shop truck had a HUGE penis drawn on the hood(the whole hood). I was PISSED beyond all pissed. Of course all you hear is "No me" (anyone remember Family Circus cartoon and the ghost "not me" when someone did something wrong). Total disregard for the company property. Still makes me mad when I think about it.

I know he had all the vents taped over. He has thin blood and cold all the time now so I imagine 20 yrs ago he was the same. I met him about a year before getting out of trucking. Don't recall him complaining about it but likely was just used to it. If it is like my B model...it is drafty and you either freeze or the heater burns you up. No middle ground at all.

My buddies last truck: Very similar to yours, but no air ride and a bit more wore out. Always liked it though as I had built a model of one many, many years before knowing him. Just before selling it off, we got it all washed up and took it out for cruise night. Back in the late 80's, early 90's we had about 12 miles of 5 lane that was packed all weekend. Had lots of fun out there with the hot rods. After cruising we took it to the local hot spot(bar) for some pool and fooseball. Wow..was that a longgg time ago.

Glad I never got into smoking. Glad to hear you are stepping up and putting a stop to it. Just don't replace smoking with eating! My friend did and now he's 320#! Ugh, it's killing him worse then smoking did.

I used to do that kinda stuff. Not so much anymore. I remember back in the early 80's, college, parking was a premium and I usually got a front row spot due to knowing who left when and where. Anyhooo, my buddy had a '57 F100 and I had my '70 F100. We found a spot where the two vehicles on the sides had parked to the other side of their spots, leaving a pretty wide opening. Since his '57 only had door locks on the passenger side(remember those?), I backed in on the right side, he on the left. Door handle to door handle(mirrors folded in). We actually barely went over the lines on each side. We got out and went inside. Didn't have cameras like now, so no pictures. It was good for a laugh back then.

Good to hear from you. Hope you have a Merry Christmas!

Didn't someone post that one a few weeks back? maybe a month?

Man...that woulda had me pissed to NO end. Really, that completely empty parking lot, you are in the corner BEHIND the curb and he whacked you. Jeezus. Even worse when you get to stand and watch it happen cause you are too far away to do anything. Sorry to hear, hope they pay before 2015!

Where's your hands? Between some pillows. Those aren't pillows!! Classics.

No idea what ever happened. Did a little googl'n and found this: http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/6640946/union_city_nj/avella_s_garage.html and this http://www.yelp.com/biz/avellas-highpoint-garage-north-bergen?nb=1 this http://www.manta.com/c/mm7qvgv/avella-s-garage Seems like maybe he is still around, but it has been 5 yrs so who knows what happen in the mean time.

http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/6678-highpoint-towing/?hl=%2Bsteve+%2Bavella

Here's one to beat all. My g/f, years back when we first started dating.................came to the house and saw my VHS collection. She grabbed DUEL and said "Let's watch this!". Me: "Huh, say what?" Her: "Ya, I remember seeing part of this once and want to see the whole thing". She sat and watched it intently, never missing a thing. This from a girl that fell asleep watching Uncle Buck!! Come on...Uncle Buck is hilarious and how can you fall asleep from boredom and watch DUEL like there is a test afterwards? Women....you will never understand them.....LOL!

I used to go down to Dover, OH fairgrounds for the annual steam show. Very cool, lots of neat sights and sounds.

My truck is still in "General Towing" colors. I like the color scheme and I still get comments from people that remember the truck. Though the bunk kinda throws it off, the typical color scheme is there and I will keep it that way. I used to bug the previous owner for picture from back in the day, but once he sold the company he packed it all away and doesn't seem to interested in digging it up for me. I'd like to do an article for WOT(ha, ha, ha, well I used to want to).

Sounds good. Need to get a shot of my arm and then photoshop it into three arms holding onto three sticks and then post it. LOL All close together:

Pretty clean lil ride. Joe will love them spokes!!! Bet the 8 bag on that short wheelbase rides like a buckboard? Heard they aren't smooth to being within. That short has gotta hurt.

This has been making the rounds on a few forums I frequent. Bet that steam engine is 2-3x the weight of the newer version. Plus the 100% torque at zero of the steam engine gives it LOTS of advantage.

Pretty cool find! Looks a little weathered, but not beat to death. Good job!

Ohhh, I knew that was coming. Ben, there is plenty of room. I made the stick bend around to allow the g/f access to the bunk without too much fuss. You can shift them all without them getting tangled up with each other also LOL!