SteveSS
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I've tied hoods down with bailing wire more than once. I even had one fly up in my face at highway speeds. Just eased it off the road and took out a speed limit sign. Flying down gravel roads with bald tires. Duct tape on radiator hoses. I've heard you can use a pair of panty hose for and emergency V belt. I've filled pop bottles with water to cool off rear wheels bearings.
We always had a ranch. I never lived on one but I had to work it all the time. In about 1972 my dad bought a 1956 Ford Pickup and told me if I painted it I could do whatever I wanted. I made it red with white to yellow flames. Blacked out the grill. I was 16 and thought it was cool. We had a rickety old stock rack that kinda-sorta fit the truck bed but not really. We drove to Oklahoma to pick up a Charolais bull. On the way back the front wheels barely touched the ground. We had to keep stopping to pour water on the rear wheel bearings. I makes me laugh to think of what a sight we made.
We always had a ranch. I never lived on one but I had to work it all the time. In about 1972 my dad bought a 1956 Ford Pickup and told me if I painted it I could do whatever I wanted. I made it red with white to yellow flames. Blacked out the grill. I was 16 and thought it was cool. We had a rickety old stock rack that kinda-sorta fit the truck bed but not really. We drove to Oklahoma to pick up a Charolais bull. On the way back the front wheels barely touched the ground. We had to keep stopping to pour water on the rear wheel bearings. I makes me laugh to think of what a sight we made.