I got bored and decided to paint my mailbox

[chevyman350_82]

So I got bored the other night and wanted to paint my mailbox to match my truck im not done yet but for free handing it I think I did pretty good for first time doing flames

[team39763]

That looks awesome.

[chevyman350_82]

Thanks man! Im still not done but getting there...never knew a mailbox would take so long to do I spent 2 hours drawing and taping it lol

[The dream]

Interesting job, before i saw any of the pictures and only read that you mentioned flammes i though a different color scheme on it and something that has been done before, but once i saw the pictures and saw your design its different and cool. congrats. 

[zieg85]

I hope you wait til after the graduation mail box bashing.  That is a ritual around our parts, a shame but it happens.

[chevyman350_82]

Yea I hope nothing like that happens but I really need to finish it up this weekend because im pretty sure the mail lady is pissed at me because mail box been down since Wedensday night lol

[eventhorizon66]

I hope you wait til after the graduation mail box bashing.  That is a ritual around our parts, a shame but it happens.

Reinforce your post, buy another mailbox, fill it solid with concrete, and put it up for graduation mail box bashing day.

[chevyman350_82]

Sounds like you have had a couple mailbox bashings yourself...but good idea I THINK I live where no one would do that so for now just gonna think its not going to get smashed

[oldyeller]

That looks good.  Last year I painted flames on Kelly's toilet seat.  They turned out pretty good.  I know what you mean by a lot of work on such a small project.

[chevyman350_82]

Yea I was thinking if this turns out good I may try to do the toilet seat in the shop and call it the "hot pot" lol I saw in on a photo contest one time it was pretty cool 

[Blazin]

A guy not to far from me got charged for having his mail box reinforced with a 1"x1" box tube cage. A kid swatted it with a ball bat from a moving truck, broke his arm in three places. The cops charged the owner of the mail box with reckless endangerment!!!

[eventhorizon66]

A guy not to far from me got charged for having his mail box reinforced with a 1"x1" box tube cage. A kid swatted it with a ball bat from a moving truck, broke his arm in three places. The cops charged the owner of the mail box with reckless endangerment!!!

That's ridiculous.  Anytime I hear something like that it really boils my blood.  I really think that it should work so that at the very moment someone is breaking the law, they have forfeited any rights they may have.  Their rights resume afterwards, but at the moment the crime is being committed all bets are off.  Common sense, right?  This way if some punk vandal breaks his arm in process of committing vandalism, that's the breaks (so to speak).  I don't see how justice could be any swifter.

[Lt.Del]

With my property, I should be able to do whatever I wish.  New England Democrats!  If I was a cop (oh yeah, I am  ) I'd say, "that's what you get for being a delinguent" and make the kid go the house and apologize for being a nemisis --while wearing his cast of course.

You can't even protect your own property anymore.  What has Amerika come to?

I'd like to see what the kid's parents said when he told them how he broke his arm.

Nice mailbox by the way

[VileZambonie]

You may as well put up one of these on it.

[zieg85]

My mailbox has been hit 3 times and blown up once.  I keep bringing out the hammer and dollies.  One time I had to tac on it with the welder.  On the positive side when they blew it up it actually straightened out some of the previous damage before the door blew open.