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Thanks John. That's a good idea. We also talked about going to the Tampa Machinery Auction sometime down the road. Not sure what they have, but I hear it is all kinds of commercial stuff from tools to trucks.

You need to get back on the truck John. We miss your updates.

Don

BTW John, only 127 days till Daytona!!!!!!!!

I would definatly hit the auction don, the few ive been to had great deals, but i never had money when i went. i went to one a few months ago and they sold a industrial blast cabinet for $150, i only had 75 on me. This thing was huge too, easily four feet wide.


Hopefully i will be back on the truck soon, ive had alot going on, but things are slowing up a bit now. I also stocked up on some much neede tools, and working on cleaning and orginizing the shop, so i should be able to hit it pretty hard soon, not in time for daytona though, but i can save some money for parts,

Are you guys planning on the garlits trip next month?

Don, you guys are really doing top-notch work, and taking the time to add the information as you go. I think I read about maybe a magazine wanting to do a story, I hope I read that correct, you guys are sure deserving, working with out unlimited funds or so that’s what I believe. Anyway I hope it happens you, Dan, and Don deserves it. Please keep posting, you can tell by the views that people are really enjoying this as not all of us are as talented as you, and your son’s. If we pick up one little tip all of this reading is worth it.

Richard

See John, that's the kind of deals I hoped they would have. I imagine with the economy the way it is that lots of commercial type equipment is being sold off. Not that I like to profit from other people's misfortune. As for the Garlits thing, yep, still thinking about it, what is the exact date you have settled on?

Richard, thanks for the very nice words...........something I have come to expect from you at all times. As for the magazine thing, yeah, someone did mention to an Editor that they might want to do a little thing on a home type garage, and our names came up. I was very flattered by it, but we really don't have anything to show, most of our cars are only partially done. As for our shop, you know those neat, well organized ones that you see in the magazines.........well, that ain't us. Ours is more like the old machine shop where the guy had to blow an inch of dust off of whatever he was working on and had to dig through box after box until he found what he was looking for. So, I don't think we are magazine ready quite yet.

After Dan's RPU is running we plan a major cleaning and organizing party at the shop. I started already by going through all the bolts and stuff and am getting them into cabinets where we can actually find something we know we have. Just in the last couple of days I have sorted probably $ 1,000 worth of grade 8 bolts we couldn't find. We would keep buying more because we didn't know these existed.

Now, if a magazine ever wants to do an article on how to build a car in spite of yourself, we are good to go.

Don

Don, you are being too modest, look back through Tex Smith's career in the hobby/ sport business his books were all down to earth he didn’t show high dollar garages. Tex just had the know how from what I saw. I was talking to him at a Goodguys show, and bought one of his books there. I didn’t even think to ask him if he would sign it, he asked me if I would like for him to sign it. Remember the book Hot Rod Mechanix, and Rodder’s Digest those were working people in home garages mostly.

Richard

I loved Hot Rod Mechanix and always enjoyed Tex's articles in the other magazines too. He is (or was......is Tex still with us?) one of the true grass roots hot rodders. He came across as just a good old boy who could take the most common parts and turn out a nice, running car. I envy you for meeting him, I would love to have been able to shake his hand.

I was sorry to see Hot Rod Mechanix go away. I know it merged with Rod and Custom for a while, but then that stopped too. I still have almost every issue of HRM, and love to go through them occasionally. I think it was my very favorite magazine of all time.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

He is (or was......is Tex still with us?) ........Don

He's apparently moving to Oz. His first wife died a few years ago of cancer, he's since hooked up with an Auzzie gal, so he's moving down under to be with her. His "dollar a pound" roadster was for sale a couple weeks ago on Hotrod hotline.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

He's apparently moving to Oz. His first wife died a few years ago of cancer, he's since hooked up with an Auzzie gal, so he's moving down under to be with her. His "dollar a pound" roadster was for sale a couple weeks ago on Hotrod hotline.

Hmmm, that's pretty interesting Bob. I remember the $ 1 a pound roadster, but never saw the completed form. How did it come out, and did he hit the $ 1 figure?

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

............. but never saw the completed form. How did it come out, and did he hit the $ 1 figure?

Don

Supposedly he hit the number, also, somewhere along the line the name was changed to "junkyard dawg". Probably could do a web search and find more pics using that name and his together.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I loved Hot Rod Mechanix and always enjoyed Tex's articles in the other magazines too. He is (or was......is Tex still with us?) one of the true grass roots hot rodders. He came across as just a good old boy who could take the most common parts and turn out a nice, running car. I envy you for meeting him, I would love to have been able to shake his hand.

I was sorry to see Hot Rod Mechanix go away. I know it merged with Rod and Custom for a while, but then that stopped too. I still have almost every issue of HRM, and love to go through them occasionally. I think it was my very favorite magazine of all time.

Don

Don, I did a search on Leroy (tex) Smith but I couldn’t get results as to where he is or what’s happened to him. I would hope he is alive and well. I have all of my old car books also but it’s about time to stop the subscriptions. I really liked Custom Rodder but it’s gone like Hot Rod Mechanix, Rodders Digest, American Rodder, or Rod Action, I’ve lost track now. Some day I’ll try to get them altogether and sell them but for now I like to sit down with a stack and look through them. It was great when I didn’t have to have the reading glasses. I would get comfortable in my easy chair, cigarettes, ash tray, can of Pepsi, wasn’t much of beer drinker, drinking beer made me hurt, got me knocked through a plate glass window, to many black eyes. I did quit smoking though, and that was good.

Richard

The 16th of august don.

Ok John. That is a Saturday...........if Dan and Don aren't playing that night we will be coming. Dan took the month of July off, and Don plays every Saturday, but maybe we have enough time for them to make some arrangements to get someone to cover for them.

Don

Gee, only 127 days I wonder what I'm going to do...........LOL
BradC

Originally Posted by BradC

Gee, only 127 days I wonder what I'm going to do...........LOL
BradC

Brad, you took the movie "Around the world in 80 days" waaaaaaaaaaay too seriously!!!!!!!

Don

Who needs an english wheel, that tunnel turned out great the way you did it. That is looking very solid, whats next firewall maybe?