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No Dave, thank you! I talked to a guy there, he used to work for Truck Enterprises and was a Peterbilt salesman. I think he said his name was Logan?..anyway, nice guy, we talked for a long time, a lot about P.L.Duncan. I asked him where you were and what you were up to but said he didn't know.

Just send 20 to me. i'll send obommer 10, keep 9 for me for ...i'll think of something, then send Bill a dollar. That's how the gummint would handle it...maybe I should run for congress.

I remember going to Palmer's sawmill in Powhatan,Va. when I was a kid. They had several stationary 6-71 GMC diesels powering the mill, running wide open...sounding great. Then I remember going there the last time and being disappointed that they were all gone, replaced by electric motors.

Wow, if every member sent him 5 bucks, about the price of a six pack or pack of smokes, that would be...hmmmm...a substantial amount of money.

It's $8 well spent. Dave said last year that what they charge for admission doesn't even pay the electric bill.

Tiller update- I stopped in Appomattox on the way to Petersburg yesterday and got 2 new drive tires on the pickup. While I was there I picked up a can of starting fluid off the shelf. Got it out of the toolbox today and got the tiller out. I set the starting fluid down on the edge of the deck and pulled the rope one time before I tried the starting fluid, just to see what it would do. Summich started right up.

You've got some great pictures there too.

I'd like to hear that Case with the turbocharged GM diesel and big chrome stack running one time.

You're welcome, no problem sharing the pics. Probably be a while before some members can fly in from Washington to see it. Still nothing like being there, there's way more stuff there than that- the many displays around the perimiter are worth the price of admission. It's hard to take good pictures there anyway, everything is so close together you can't get far enough away to get the whole truck in the picture because you're bumping into something else. Dave's done an outstanding job!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28526133@N04/

Yeah, took a trip to Petersburg today. They've really got a lot more trucks since the last time I was there! I'll have a picture link to flickr or where ever it is I put pictures as soon as I get them uploaded. I had to charge my camera battery first, the battery sign said it was full but it expired after about 125 pictures. Hadn't charged it since I left for Winchester, and I took over 200 pics there. Here's a few I took with Jo's camera- Never seen a Studebaker this big before- what a hood! What a hoss! Nice '67 427 Chevelle- Bought this at the gift shop- Saw this one the way home-

That reminded me of this mild looking Fairlane in Winchester- but it was all motor-

F 950 with a Detroit Diesel in it.

It's a terrible disease, my uncle- Daddy's older brother- had it for several years before he passed. He was in a V.A. nursing home in Richmond and didn't know anybody when they went to see him. Finally Daddy said he didn't want to go any more, he just couldn't stand seeing him like that any more. I think it made him afraid he might get it too, but i'm glad he never did.

Great!

Gee, I really need to check my e mail more often- had 258 unread messages on aol. Oh, How about now? NEWESTBOOKPRINT_1_PDF.pdf

Yes, it was Kenworth warranty. I had the trailer about 13 feet off the pavement, I stepped it off before I dropped it. I was still worried about it, but it was still there safe and sound when I went back to get it. It was at a pull-off right by a roadside vegetable stand.

I got it on my hotmail e mail, I have to sign in on outlook.com to get my e mail. I'm gonna send it to myself on aol and see what happens.

Anybody else get the link to work? https://a.gfx.ms//pdf_57.png What does this do, if anything?..nothing...never mind...stupid computers. (Freightrain,2002) https://col126.mail.live.com/mail/ViewOfficePreview.aspx?messageid=mgVHxzOttH5BGugwAhWtfbkA2&folderid=flinbox&attindex=1&cp=-1&attdepth=1&n=99545856 How about this?

No smoke Vlad, it just lost power. I was going up the hills on rt. 50 in West Virginia about 25 mph. bobtailing. Cost me a trip and 2 days lost, but at least it didn't cost Jeff anything, it was all covered under warranty. He did pay me for my down time though.

I sent him a link to the truck show pictures, and he sent me a link to his on-line biography...not sure if this will work, but i''l give it a try- https://col126.mail.live.com/mail/ViewOfficePreview.aspx?messageid=mgVHxzOttH5BGugwAhWtfbkA2&folderid=flinbox&attindex=1&cp=-1&attdepth=1&n=60217259 Hey, he even mentioned me in the "Ratty Truckstop" chapter- He asked me to get some pictures of the Steel City Truckstop if I was in the area, and I did and sent them to him, that was several years ago.

A couple from the Winchester show.

The Conco is at P.L.Duncan's, not far from Fork Union at all.

I didn't see the Dart. We were there from about 8:15 until 12:30 I think, and walked the place over and over and back again, I was pretty tired when we left. I heard a guy say there was over 300 trucks there, but I never heard an official count. There were quite a few that weren't there last year. I talked to the man who owned the U model, he's working on restoring two pup trailers and he said he hopes to have them ready by next year's show.

I almost forgot, after a great trip to Winchester. My work week wasn't all that great- I left Monday going to Boyers, Pa. and got back Friday. The turbo went out on the truck Monday night in the middle of nowhere. I had to drop the trailer at a wide spot along the road and bobtail to Truck Enterprises in Keyser,W.V. They didn't have a turbo in stock and had to order one from Lancaster, Pa.so I was stuck there until about 5 pm. Wednesday. Bad turbo- New turbo- Road shots on rt. 50 in W.V. A rabbit. I saw myself again. Sunset. A girl in a car. Not a good picture, it was almost dark, but this time of year you have to take what you can get- seatcover season is almost over.