wow what a long week...in a good way. OT all week...but it didnt matter since i was so excited to pick up my truck on friday. So the plan was to meet at dans at 7. well i got off at 4 got home at about 445...got to bed at 5...woke up at 6 and got to dans. 1hr of sleep.
got to cecils house and dan helped with batt box and started to crank. after calling her beautiful, sayings shes a good girl, she had some nice curves...she fired off!
dan gave me some quick tips and off we go! well passenger side wiper moter is out, and well, the driving side works yet it is like useing a wet peice of carboard to wipe the window. got to the gas station and parked her. Well lets just say i put on a show how not to pull out of a gas stall. because of my inexperience with the lack of power steering and standard transmisson people just watched as dan smiled and directed me around some vehicles hahahahahahahaha
weather got clear as we left the gas station and was smooth driving all the way up! well there are 2 side stories....
So as im still getting used to figure out the rpms to shift on from a rolling stop and such i shifted into 5th instead of 2nd and bogged it down really bad...seeing as i was in the middle of the intersection and put it in second and droped the clutch. the deuce now looked liked it was apart of fast and the furious movie as the tailend swung around skipping all 8 wheels...what a adventure!
so the second story and the favorite of the 2....while in the little town next to yelm or it was yelm not sure its just pass the reservation lots of street lights and other cars and people. three ladies decided that she wanted to use the law pedestrians have right away or something im not to sure...i think she just had a LACK OF BRAINS...*zombie???* anywho she walked in front of me as she stared at me acting like i had to stop right then. well i did but not after a few mumbled choice words....and maybe a flat spot.
will post pics when i get home as im at a buddys watching them play poker since i was out maybe 5th hand
oh yea im going to be at dans on monday with a buddy to go for a little drive
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hi im scott
1967 m35a2 whistler "crossfire"
In Memory Of CPL Kenny "CrossFire" Cross 1/23 Inf 3-2 Sect Tomahawks KIA Aug 27th 2006. 1968 m103a3w/shelter"the man cave"
Beautiful truck. I used to drive a bus and I came to the theory that the bigger a vehicle people loose perspective on its speed. I had to lock the wheels when they would pull out right in front of me!
....because of my inexperience with the lack of power steering and standard transmisson people just watched as dan smiled and directed me around some vehicles....
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....as im still getting used to figure out the rpms to shift on from a rolling stop and such i shifted into 5th instead of 2nd and bogged it down really bad...seeing as i was in the middle of the intersection and put it in second and droped the clutch. the deuce now looked liked it was apart of fast and the furious movie as the tailend swung around skipping all 8 wheels...
Wow! I'm sure glad I was nowhere nearby when all this was going on! With as little experience as you appear to have with driving vehicles with manual transmissions and steering, a "drive-away" recovery was perhaps not the best thing you could have done. A deuce is not the best vehicle in which to master those skills...especially not while on a public thoroughfare.
All that is "water under the bridge," now, though. I'm glad you got it home okay. It is a nice looking truck, I must admit.
came from ft lewis it has markings paint over. i'll remove the paint and see what unit as CARNAC had no info on the vin
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PS, whats that CIVY in the pic for???
its my other truck size comparison to a ranger with 33's and 3" lift
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Wow! I'm sure glad I was nowhere nearby when all this was going on! With as little experience as you appear to have with driving vehicles with manual transmissions and steering, a "drive-away" recovery was perhaps not the best thing you could have done. A deuce is not the best vehicle in which to master those skills...especially not while on a public thoroughfare.
All that is "water under the bridge," now, though. I'm glad you got it home okay. It is a nice looking truck, I must admit.
Well i have experience with driving a standard its just i dont do it often...
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hi im scott
1967 m35a2 whistler "crossfire"
In Memory Of CPL Kenny "CrossFire" Cross 1/23 Inf 3-2 Sect Tomahawks KIA Aug 27th 2006. 1968 m103a3w/shelter"the man cave"
And my first stick driving experience, and during a "pioneer day", A buddy and I was "recruited" to drive to the site with a deuce, and haul kids and a couple parents around for the day. The kids were at 8 different stations, we had to pick them up, drop them off and move the group from there to the next station. Round trip 5 miles each trip.
Trouble was my buddy had a license and never drove it, I knew how to drive it but no license. Gotta love learning the manuals. So they brought in my team chief, he got the truck there, and said here it's yours, don't kill us. And everyone made it out without a scratch (well that I hauled anyway)
thanks i'll get some pics and video of it running tomorrow
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hi im scott
1967 m35a2 whistler "crossfire"
In Memory Of CPL Kenny "CrossFire" Cross 1/23 Inf 3-2 Sect Tomahawks KIA Aug 27th 2006. 1968 m103a3w/shelter"the man cave"
Got my deuce :)
