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General Site Info => Welcome => Topic started by: Bounty Hunter on January 29, 2014, 09:21:46 am
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Howdy 73-87 Chevy Trucks Brothers and Sisters,
Glad we found this site, it's really cool to see a bunch of great folks that love, appreciate or tolerate the fine vintage American Iron trucks as much as we do. When I say "we" I mean my wife (she's a new member too, "Harleygirl"). We have been married for 31 years...exactly...today's our anniversary. Ya see, Old trucks actually had a lot to do with our getting together...we met in a four-wheel-drive club! When I first saw her, a tall redhead driving a huge GMC 4 x 4 lifted 6" and running on 36" Kelly tires and sporting that big Warn winch on the front...I knew that was a girl that I just had to get to know.
We didn't "date" like most young people do...we went on off-road trips. To the desert, the High Sierras, the dunes at Dumont, Pismo, and some of the most beautiful camping spots imaginable. I ended up proposing marriage to her while sitting on the tailgate of "Old Grumpy", the '77 Chevy 3/4ton 4 x 4 ya see in my avatar.
After we wed, her GMC made way for a Blazer...more seats...as our two became three, four, and eventually five. Old Grumpy remained our heacy work truck, a role he still fills today.
The old, tired Blazer eventyally became kinda empty after all the kids grew up (our youngest, Clayton, is serving in the ARMY, he's a Specialist statined in Georgia) so Harleygirl returned to her 4 x 4 roots and found a local '79 shortbed that badly needed some TLC. That fine truck is "Cinnamon Girl", our pride-and-joy. She (the truck I mean) sports a 468 big-block we built in our garage, with Edelbrock aluminum heads, Performer RPM manifold and cam, Doug Thorley tri-y headers and 2 1/2" dual exhaust that exits thru a pair of big 'ol Supertrapp mufflers. What an amazing rumble that truck has! And talk about fun to drive...we swapped the stock Turbo 350 auto trans for the Granny 4 - speed and fed it thru a Centerforce three clutch to a beefed up diff with an Aulburn locker.
Old Grumpy has seen plenty of changes in the decades i have lived with him, The utility body came as a result of the stock bed being t-boned by a Suburban. "Grumpy has a 468 big block too, and a very similar build as Cinnamon Girl except for a more aggressive Engel Racing cam...hence the name "Old Grumpy". The granny 4-speed is fed by a Centerforce two clutch, and the 1 1/2ton drive shafts turn a Detroit Locker out back. The 36" Parnelli Jones Dirt Grips are load-rated "E" to support Grumpy's 7000 pound empty weight...and usually a whole lot more when loaded with wood, metal, or the 250 gallon transfer tank we use around the ranch.
So, there we are...my wife and I are enjoying life doing kinda the same things we we doing 30-plus years ago...stuck in a rut i guess...but the way i see it, it's a mighty fine rut to be stuck in...
Have an awesome day everyone, be Blessed, Live Well, and Drive Safe 8)
P.S. i'm trying to add a couple of photos...but i don't think i did it right... :o
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Great story and happy anniversary. My wife tolerates my truck so you are lucky. Welcome from NW Indiana
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Welcome
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That's a wonderful story. Hello and welcome from Fresno.
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great story! Happy anniversary! and Thank you to your son for serving. welcome from the PNW.
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welcome from Maryland. there's a couple ways to upload pictures, the one i use is photobucket. i use them cause it wont matter what the size of the picture is and you can edit it from there also
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m387/rebel_cowboy_83/stuff/imgcode_zps0a45dac2.png) (http://s333.photobucket.com/user/rebel_cowboy_83/media/stuff/imgcode_zps0a45dac2.png.html)
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Welcome from up north, Sacramento area.
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Hey Chevy Truck Brothers and Sisters,
Gonna try again to figure out how to post pics...if this doesn't work i will go back and re-read the threads on posting photos. My screen looked different that the one in the photo thread, there isn't any "Additional Options" or a "Browse" button to add the file. Sadly, i can handle a torque wrench far better than a computer... :o
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Okay, i got a photo to show up...but it's tiny...not the best way to give Cinnamon Girl her 5 minutes of fame!
Gonna try again with a larger photo...
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All Right...small pic again...back to school for your Bounty Hunter... :o
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to get the pictures large on the page instead of an attachment, right below the bold icon is the image icon, click that and it give you this
[ img][/img]
place your image URL in between the two and you get this
(http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=27744.0;attach=24947;image)
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Very nice. Howdy from Oklahoma.
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Welcome from South Carolina.