trav123 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 hiwell i will start off by saying i think i was on here before but a long long time ago.anyways so my name is travis and i am a 13 year old kid that is a truck freaki live in winnipeg manitoba canadamy hobbies are building 1/25 plastic model truck kits, helping my dad work on his kenworth ( i know its a kenworth mwaaahaha ) drawing trucks and playing bass guitari love macks and my favorite truck is a mack r modelnow the reson for this is my dad owned one and the best part was he signed the paper at manitoba mack ( i mean he bought his new mack r model ) the day my mom was going into laubor ( sorry for spelling mistakes ). so it was sort of funny how on my birthday my dad bought the first truck he has owned and it was my favorite too.anyways so thats my interductionthanks for looking travis l Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/11740-hello/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Welcome to BMT! Quote Barry - Watt's Truck Center Parts Manager and BMT Webmaster...1-888-304-MACK Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/11740-hello/#findComment-44869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Hi TravisThat was an awesome story,Glad to have you here, Welcome to BMTYou know what would be a cool ending to your story?If you and your Dad did a search for that old Mack using the Vin #Then when you got older and could afford to do it. Buy it back LOL sorry... Thinkin out loud w/key board Quote GLENNGRANDKIDS :Gods little gift to us for not killing our kids while they were growing upAll I want, is just to be luv'd and for my Check Engine light to go out on my Volvo. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/11740-hello/#findComment-44872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Travis to the BMT site. Have you driven the Kenworth around the block without anyone knowing it yet? It's more fun that way. I used to do it with my brothers 1948 Chevrolet. I could barely see thru the steering wheel but, I could shift the gears on the fly. The more difficult part was starting it. You had to turn the switch key on in the middle then, press the starter button on the floor at the same time the accelerator pedal and clutch on the floor. I was pushing with both arms into the seat to brace myself for this task. But I became good at it. I would drive around the block for about a mile or so, come back home and put the old Chevrolet back in the same spot so no one would even know it had been moved. By the way.....My first truck model I built was a Kenworth. I painted it black with red fenders with red panel inserts on the sleeper and cab doors. I also cut the doors so they would open and close. I put red velvet interior in the cab and sleeper with a bunk. Installed a red light inside the cab and sleeper with the small battery under the bunk. I installed plastic tinted windows that looked good if I say so myself. I won second place with it in a model show at my local Ben Franklin Store. That was the fun days that I once had.If your dad don't need ya around sometime....I could sure use a son about your age to help me rebuild my old B61 Mack truck project boomarang I call it. Well anyway keep on trucking and building models. mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/11740-hello/#findComment-44873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trav123 Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 (edited) thanks guysin2trux thats the best part about it is we know where it is my dad sold it to a guy that has a fleet of only r models. hahahaha he fell in love with that truck everytime he saw my dad drive past and when he herd the news that my dad bought a freightliner fld ( worst truck he owned) he was there faster then a cheetah on cocain hahahahahahahahahahahahahe polishs it every winter and leaves it in the heated shop and when its not raining outside and its hot he takes a load of cattel with it and he takes the no gravell route hahahahahahe didnt touch one thing on it yet hahahahaha as he loves it how it ismy dad told him if he ever sells it to let him know and he will buy it backanyhowmikethanks for the welcomelast month we where coming home from a family dinner and my dad had to take the kw home anyways we turn on the road and he starts slowing down and comes to a stop. when he said do you want to drive? my face dropped to the floor ( not realy hahaha) lets say though that i never knew how hard it was to do the clutch my leg slipped when i let it out and it was rocking well going hahaha and the the time i staled it when we where finaly at the end and lets also say the 3406e cat was yelling help me help me he's putting me to tourcher hahahahaalso that kw model you built sounds sicki like it and its a fun hobby and also keeps me out of troubelthanks again for the welcome and i will post pics of the mack in the photo gallery soon i found some real good onestravis l Edited December 12, 2009 by trav123 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/11740-hello/#findComment-45095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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