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dieseldude

dieseldude

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Hey Bear - will you allow me to crash at your place if I start the collection?
 
You gotta be kiddin. I'm already bustin' at the seams!

I got the infection so bad that my sister eventually kicked out one of the trucks stored in her garage, and my brother did the same soon after. Now I'm paying $150 a month each to store the two finished 40s until the market improves.

Then there's the eight trucks parked here at home, and two others at my buddy's ranch. I've been infected so badly, that I've even gone over to the dark side, the darkest side: Land Rovers.
Projects in-the-waiting I say. Good buys I tell myself. Future investments.

My family really thinks I'm nuts, the neighbors are grudgingly tolerant of the used car dealer in their midst, and my little girl now recognizes even the rare ones as we're driving down the road. She sees so many here at home that she tells me she wants one painted PINK just for her! But it's my mom's fault--she never bought me any of those little Tonka trucks when I was a kid to get it out of my system.

I was only joking with you, the way you said how your wife would react to another Land Cruiser, but I do find there's a certain attraction to these that continues to keep growing.
I don't know if it's constantly being on the prowl for hard to get parts, or less rusty vehicles. I do know you kinda become an expert in one very small segment of life, and there's a very real sense of satisfaction in being a so-called expert at something--at least that's how I describe the disease.

But I do have to laugh when I see a lot of these guys trying to tell their wives that they will build her a troopy, for her and the kids, but the women only want a new Hummer or Suburban or Lexus, with all the chrome and electric hubcaps and keyless locks and fine, Corinthian leather. They don't want to hike up their skirt to climb up into any damn vehicle, let alone something with no carpet, no aircon, crankup windows, and an old Model T kind of style. "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew," they all say, "Can't you buy something NEW?"

I'm obviously divorced, and have come to realize that yes we men ARE from Mars, but where the hell do the women come from? But ya gotta love 'em, and that's a whole 'nuther addiction. Been there, done that, and yep, keep doin it.

Thanks for jokin along! But seriously, you really should thank your wife for being so understanding of your hobby. There are a whole lot more of the selfish kind out there. I know!

Oh, I do like the clean looks of your pickup; you got it from So Cal?

Bear
 
Put down the Sauce Bear... it helps you accumilate
 
Hey Bear.

I am very fortunate that my wife somehow buys into my twisted logic. Living in the suburbs with 3 Cruisers and one Heep along with my Jetta DD and her minvan, it is a bit odd. At least it keeps most of my neighbours away.

She was previously married & I find it hard to believe that I'm still better than her ex. I'd love to meet him one day and shake his arm right outta his socket. He set the bar so low, even I can crawl over it.

Funny enough - I can't get my wife to change her DD - an eight year old Chev Minivan. A mid 90's 80 Series would suit me fine OR better yet, diesel troopy. She outright refuses. No interest in any of the fancy stuff. Doesn't even like power windows or anything electronic. Hates leather.

I got my 45 from SoCal (Carlsbad). I saw it listed for sale at a couple of spots & thought it was too much, but haggled down to something I could live with (I paid $ 13,000). I didn't want a project 45 as parts are really impossible to get up here - I haven't seen another 45 since the late '80s. There's only three 40's left in the area - city of 130,000 & I've got two of them.
 
Dan,

Congrats.

By the way, you don't find 45s running around the roads here either. They never were plentiful, although lots of 40s were brought into the country, but 45s only back in the mid 1960s. And 45 specific parts are either scarce or non-existent.

Thanks for taking the kidding good-naturedly!

Bear
 
You know what they say - birds of a feather . . . . .
 
LOL......I know the feeling all to well.

I had to move over to collecting guns......hell of alot easier to store :)

only 8 or so of the 15+ Cruiser left at my place......and thats a "sane" amount right?????

but for me Connie was part of the reason we kept bringing more Cruisers home.......she is a car chick, I found her working on a car lot.......not a bad place to shop, I ran a Car Fax on her.....she had low miles(for the vintage) and no accident history, title was clean.......so I took her home.....and she uses the day I bought the 45lPB as our aniversary date :D

I keep dragin more guns home, somedays I feel like i shouldnt tell her what I got.....hell she would know(there are 100's of them) but each time I do....and she gets a kick out of it ;)

Bear said:
You gotta be kiddin. I'm already bustin' at the seams!

I got the infection so bad that my sister eventually kicked out one of the trucks stored in her garage, and my brother did the same soon after. Now I'm paying $150 a month each to store the two finished 40s until the market improves.

Then there's the eight trucks parked here at home, and two others at my buddy's ranch. I've been infected so badly, that I've even gone over to the dark side, the darkest side: Land Rovers.
Projects in-the-waiting I say. Good buys I tell myself. Future investments.

My family really thinks I'm nuts, the neighbors are grudgingly tolerant of the used car dealer in their midst, and my little girl now recognizes even the rare ones as we're driving down the road. She sees so many here at home that she tells me she wants one painted PINK just for her! But it's my mom's fault--she never bought me any of those little Tonka trucks when I was a kid to get it out of my system.

I was only joking with you, the way you said how your wife would react to another Land Cruiser, but I do find there's a certain attraction to these that continues to keep growing.
I don't know if it's constantly being on the prowl for hard to get parts, or less rusty vehicles. I do know you kinda become an expert in one very small segment of life, and there's a very real sense of satisfaction in being a so-called expert at something--at least that's how I describe the disease.

But I do have to laugh when I see a lot of these guys trying to tell their wives that they will build her a troopy, for her and the kids, but the women only want a new Hummer or Suburban or Lexus, with all the chrome and electric hubcaps and keyless locks and fine, Corinthian leather. They don't want to hike up their skirt to climb up into any damn vehicle, let alone something with no carpet, no aircon, crankup windows, and an old Model T kind of style. "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew," they all say, "Can't you buy something NEW?"

I'm obviously divorced, and have come to realize that yes we men ARE from Mars, but where the hell do the women come from? But ya gotta love 'em, and that's a whole 'nuther addiction. Been there, done that, and yep, keep doin it.

Thanks for jokin along! But seriously, you really should thank your wife for being so understanding of your hobby. There are a whole lot more of the selfish kind out there. I know!

Oh, I do like the clean looks of your pickup; you got it from So Cal?

Bear
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"I keep draggin more guns home...but each time I do...she gets a kick out of it."

What with your arsenal, John, better she gets a kick out of it, rather than gets a bang out of it!

By the way, before you took her home, did you look under the hood, check with the dipstick, and take her for a ride?! On most used ones, you also probably wanna change that oil; for the ones that have a big trunk out back, you might want to give that suspension a good workout, too.!!

Thank-God I'm writing this fairly incognito--talk about becoming target practice for the Ladies Sheriff's Reserve!
 
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