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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.

This isn't a big truck, but still a nice ride. I saw it over at the motel where we were staying and thought "he should have this at the antique truck show". Turns out he was at the show. Drove the Suburban from Ashland, Ohio. I talked to him at the motel, and he said he got it at an estate sale, he was the second owner, and it had 30,000 actual miles on it. Had the original 350 engine. He said the original owner took all the chrome trim off when he bought it new so it wouldn't trap salt and rust it out, but he kept it all and it came with it when he bought it. He said he probably would never have found it otherwise. The yellow paint is original too, he repainted the white and had to redo the interior because the seats practically just crumbled when you sat in them, just from age. I got several compliments on my shirt. Here's a nice looking unit for sale- Another Mack for sale- Another Mack for sale- A yellow B 81. Wow! Nice load of logs. Sharp looking blue White. Outstanding V8 R Model! Outstanding buffet here!

It is, it was one of my favorites!

Here you go- https://www.flickr.com/photos/28526133@N04/

...who dat is?

I talked to the owner for a while, nice guy. He used to drive for Trans-Con. Great restoration on that truck! I have close-ups of the signs too. There ain't nuthin' like a V8 Mack. I'm too tired to continue...i'll get back at it in the morning...zzzzzzzzz...zzzzzzzz.....zzzzzzzzz...

Lots of Superliners there too...is this a good pic or what? I'm still resizing and cropping pictures...

Well shhhh-oot!.at least I got to see Mike! It was a great show, great weather, lots of trucks I hadn't seen before, lots of old favorites- and don't worry Ken, I took 297 pictures. I haven't processed them yet, but here's a few- I'll post a link to flickr or photobucket or where ever it is I put my pictures ASAP. The one thing that peed me off was the Ford cabover with the 903 Cummins. I was all the way across the lot when I said "hey- that's a 903! I haven't heard one of those in years!" So I went over to the registration tent and waited for him to fire it up again and drive off, so I could get the sound on video...and by the time I figured out how to set the camera on video, it was long gone. And all I had to do was press the little red button with the video camera emblem on it. Dang it- now i'll probably never hear another 903 running again. Had straight pipes on it too. I saw this truck there too, but I never saw the owner. Kept looking for him all day. Brocky probably knows him, how many Diamond T's could there be in Waterloo,S.C?

Hope to see y'all there tomorrow, i'll be leaving here shortly.

They put them in all our trucks because they got insurance cheaper. It starts recording if you reach 75mph. so mine records a lot on I-79 in W.V.

I drained the gas tank, put new gas in it, took the carb. off, didn't see any dirt or trash in it, sprayed it out with WD40,still nothing. I didn't have any ether here. I guess if a new plug doesn't do anything i'll have to take it to a buffessional, but the plug was sparking good even when you pull the rope easy.

Many were texting, but they weren't wearing short shorts.

I get all the antique truck magazines that I know of, and I like them all. But Old Time Trucks has to be my favorite. Lot of Mack stuff in the last issue, and a very good article about Pacific trucks.

Those forage harvesters today really eat up some corn! We used to call them a "silage cutter", and they were pulled behind a tractor and blew the silage into a Gehl silage wagon- that's the only kind I ever saw. ...and if Mike was hauling silage, this is probably how he'd get it done-

It's been sitting since I used it in the spring to till the garden, but the gas had Sta-Bil in it.

Saw this wild creature yesterday. We always called them a walking stick, I don't know if that's the official name for it. This is the biggest one i've ever seen. Looks like a stick, eh? And I saw this p.o.s. tiller yesterday- I tried all day to get it started. I bought a Huskee lawn mower with a Briggs and Stratton engine in 2005 and from the day I got it until now i've never had to pull the rope more than twice and it starts. That was one reason I got the Huskee tiller. I pulled and pulled and pulled yesterday until I started to get a blister on my hand, and nothing. Took the plug out and pulled the rope, getting a good strong spark. Put new gas in it, took the air filter off and shot a little WD40 in the carb, nothing. Never hit a lick. I used it in the spring and it ran fine, probably has less than an hour total use since I bought it. And it's a piece of junk.

At Hubbard, Oh. about a month ago.

Oh. The old Whites were the only trucks i've seen them on before.

I wonder what became of Fred Craig's GMCs? All these, and several more, were in Winchester in '06 or '07. The yellow one had the V12 gas engine in it. I'd like to have the D860 myself.

Are you talking about the brackets on the front corners? About all the 7000 Whites had those, never did know what they were for.

That looks like if you hit a speed of 103.663 mph. the front wheels would start to lift.

I went to Moneta and unloaded lumber Monday- truck was clean as a pin, the truck washer guy had washed it over the weekend. Saw a metal spider and scorpion in Moneta. Instead of reloading treated lumber there I had to go to Dillwyn and get a load of kyanite going to Chester, W.V. The paper said the load was at the Upper Gieseke plant. Chester loads are usually at the Mullite plant just north of Dillwyn, but I figured they should know where it was so I went to the Gieseke plant. You have to go to the back side of Willis Mountain to get there, about a mile down a dirt road. The water truck had just made a pass when I got there... There it is right there- The clean didn't last long. And the worst part was, the load wasn't there, it was at the Mullite plant...grrrrr! I saw a smoking dump truck along the way. This fellow hitched a ride when I was leaving the Gieseke plant. 60 mph. on rt. 15 and it's still riding. He finally jumped off when I stopped at the red light at Sprouses Corner. Kyanite tarped and ready to ride. Load of pumpkins on I-81. Goats in the field. Goats on the cliff. The seldom seen and rarely photographed Summersville goat on Powell Mountain. Road shot west of Moorefield, W.V. Much dirt and rock was moved to make this road. Took a picture in the mirror while I was waiting to get unloaded in Chester of this woman's north side as she was walking south. I saw a raccoon in Chester too. A girl walking by the railroad tracks in McKees Rocks. I took a load from Lynchburg to Spencer, In, then got a load of bricks from Westfield, In. to Indiana University in Indiana, Pa. then went back to Mckees Rocks to load back to Lynchburg. Some random pics on the Indiana University campus- A girl in a car eating an apple...or it could be a pear. The wrecking ball knocking down this tower looking thing. A pig and a gorilla. I saw lots of big yellow machines this week. As the old saying goes "you can't swing a dead raccoon around by it's tail without hitting a big yellow machine." Steel I loaded in McKees Rocks. A girl in a car not eating an apple...or a pear.