What have you done to your other vehicles today.

[Hank70SS]

Man, you guys have been busy. Let's see, I changed the fuel filter on the motorhome the other day. Yup, that's about it.

[flash]

Chevy maher ,that van is nice . I been buying trucks here ,bought an off brand 66 Ford 4x4 ,a 72 Chevy longbed , a new trailer ,a 4 wheeler ,a 2000 Subaru and looking at a 70 shortbed stepper if I can sell some trucks .

[chevymaher]

Originally Posted by flash

Chevy maher ,that van is nice . I been buying trucks here ,bought an off brand 66 Ford 4x4 ,a 72 Chevy longbed , a new trailer ,a 4 wheeler ,a 2000 Subaru and looking at a 70 shortbed stepper if I can sell some trucks .

Thank you. I like it alot. It is fun to drive. My truck is a durango I got from my brother. A rust bucket. I am going to restore that one. Wow I got a alot of metal to fabricate.

I have had it for 6-7 years now. It earned its keep because I have owned jeeps a camache actually. And this thing is more sure footed in ice and snow than anything I ever owned. You are not getting stuck ever. I keep big AT type tires on it.

And I like its looks. It is actually the wife who don't even drives truck. I wanted a jeep. But she said you got 2 cars the van and the chevelle. Cant I have that. I said it needs so much work. She replied but look how bad the chevelle was and you fixed it. I said so the truck is your chevelle then? She smiled. Okay it is her baby and we keeping her.

I am getting a good tax refund this year waiting for that. Finish the boat up. She is finished with college now. Got her licence RN Nurse. She is hired at the hospital already. Friday was her last day at her old job. Monday starts paid orientation on the new one.

So economically things here just changed for the better. This is what we been waiting for. I go back to the chevelle after the boat is done. Well that and building a garage out back for all the crap I got sitting outside. But I expect the chev be done and driving within a year or so now.

I got my eye on the 536hp 578tq Crate Mercruiser 454 boat engine. Comes with a dyno sheet. After the vans Mercruiser it has I all about the boat engines. Slight burbling idle. And ungodly torque at idle. HP suffers some but they are so much fun to drive. A/C and stoplight traffic compatible. I am going to drive the chevelle. I mean alot like it is a regular car. No trailer queen going on here. It isn't raining Oh Yea I wanna burn alot of gas today LOL. Wear it out and return it to the car I bought. Get my moneys worth out of it.

Truck needs alot but I got it to where I think it will last till the chev is done now. Wait its turn in the hobbyshop rotation. Then new interior on the van and more engine mods.

I am a busy beaver here. I just got alot of different toys I fool with. And I fully expect a motorcycle to join the ranks here soon. Been a long time since I had one of those. Wife being a philippina a motorcycle is real high on her un needed cool things to have list. Got to love when the wife is onboard with the toys.

Just trying to enjoy getting old gracefully here.

[FlintTony]

Sounds like you are having a good time getting old. Keep it up!

[chevymaher]

Thank you Tony. I am.

Can't worry about what is gone. Mainly youth. Just got to enjoy what you got left.

I live vicariously though my son now. Trying to teach him all the old school ways. He is leaning into being a computer geek I see that now. But I am trying to instill the go get it make it your self attitude in him.

On my van site there is a woman who has a 93 astro awd. It threw a rod and she moved on to gen2 vans and has several of those. We been PM ing and i getting that one. It is going to be a father son project for his first car. He grew up in the van I got and he wants one bad.

Wife already hinted you know he is going to want a chevelle as he starts driving. Well there you go. I am roped into doing another one of those with him.

My self I would rather him spend all his money on that. Hang in the garage and work with dad. Than go out and eat Tide pods with his peers.

[FlintTony]

Good luck with the boy. I like seeing a father take an interest in their kids future. Way too many kids nowadays don't want a damn thing to do with anything mechanical. Sad. Like you say, they eat Tide Pods. Shake my stinkin head.
I watched a video yesterday where about 20 of those mask-wearing anti-fascist punks got their ass whipped by 5 Trump supporters. Made my day!

[Hank70SS]

I was, am a computer geek I guess. Spent 38 years fixing them or writing software for them. But that was my job, not my life. Today kids live inside a virtual world, playing on the computer, social media, etc. They don't know how to live in the real world and interact with other people. Go to a restaurant and see how many people are looking at their phones instead of the person or people they're with.

[chevymaher]

Originally Posted by Hank70SS

I was, am a computer geek I guess. Spent 38 years fixing them or writing software for them. But that was my job, not my life. Today kids live inside a virtual world, playing on the computer, social media, etc. They don't know how to live in the real world and interact with other people. Go to a restaurant and see how many people are looking at their phones instead of the person or people they're with.

LOL not my boy get him around other kids the tablet hit the table. They are running and playing the modern version of war. These days they are saving the world from zombies. He loves Boy scouts cant wait to go and run with the other kids there.

[FlintTony]

Originally Posted by chevymaher

LOL not my boy get him around other kids the tablet hit the table. They are running and playing the modern version of war. These days they are saving the world from zombies. He loves Boy scouts cant wait to go and run with the other kids there.

Sounds like you are raising him the right way! Good job!

[kevinw]

my son is 14 yrs old, and couldn't care less about my chevelle or 79 Trans Am. he is more interested in games on X BOX.