Oregoon
10-18-2008, 12:09 AM
Hey, I'm Fitz, 35, father of two, trucker, grad student, freelance writer, skateboarder, surfer, ninja, wizard, pirate, and as my old lady tells me, royal pain in the ass.
I've been an armchair rodder ever since the 3rd grade, when I saw an Anglia with big-ass back tires ripping across the Thurso River Bridge in my hometown in Scotland. My love for cars was cemented in the fourth grade, when I met my oldest friend in the world, who grew up in a body shop, and to this day, lives, breathes, and sleeps for cars.
Over the years, I've owned a variety of projects, none of which came anywhere near completion, but all of which were drivers, of some sort. I've had a '57 Willys Truck, '73 Travelall, '75 Cherokee, '64 Bug, '69 and '70 Busses, '84 Landcruiser, '70 Volvo... All fun enough, I guess, but not bought because they were what I wanted, but because they were good deals.
Nope, what I wanted was a two-wheel drive truck, Ford, Chevy or Dodge, done in the mud-spattered hillbilly-hotrod style of the trucks I grew up around on the farms and in the foothills west of Portland. And if it was a weird variant like a panel, suburban, or crew cab, even better!
Flash forward to Thursday, when I spotted a relatively straight '66 Carryall on cranklist. An hour or two later, and $900 poorer, I drove it home.
Though I've surfed around here, dreaming of trucks, I never really had much reason to join. Seems like you guys like the same style I have in mind for my truck, so I figured I'd best sign up. Plus, I don't want to strain my oldest friendship too greatly...
Thanks in advance for your help, and sorry for any dumb questions.
I've been an armchair rodder ever since the 3rd grade, when I saw an Anglia with big-ass back tires ripping across the Thurso River Bridge in my hometown in Scotland. My love for cars was cemented in the fourth grade, when I met my oldest friend in the world, who grew up in a body shop, and to this day, lives, breathes, and sleeps for cars.
Over the years, I've owned a variety of projects, none of which came anywhere near completion, but all of which were drivers, of some sort. I've had a '57 Willys Truck, '73 Travelall, '75 Cherokee, '64 Bug, '69 and '70 Busses, '84 Landcruiser, '70 Volvo... All fun enough, I guess, but not bought because they were what I wanted, but because they were good deals.
Nope, what I wanted was a two-wheel drive truck, Ford, Chevy or Dodge, done in the mud-spattered hillbilly-hotrod style of the trucks I grew up around on the farms and in the foothills west of Portland. And if it was a weird variant like a panel, suburban, or crew cab, even better!
Flash forward to Thursday, when I spotted a relatively straight '66 Carryall on cranklist. An hour or two later, and $900 poorer, I drove it home.
Though I've surfed around here, dreaming of trucks, I never really had much reason to join. Seems like you guys like the same style I have in mind for my truck, so I figured I'd best sign up. Plus, I don't want to strain my oldest friendship too greatly...
Thanks in advance for your help, and sorry for any dumb questions.