"All I wanna do is have some fun..."

[ProjectBazza]

So I had this earworm song running through my head damn near all weekend, and while I was driving around and mulching leaves yesterday afternoon it finally dawned on me why.....

I've been busting my *** working on the house ever since we bought the place 2 years ago, and I'm getting close to finishing things up. Or so I think (knock on wood).

When I was a kid in H.S. I built myself a SB Vega, and under the right (wrong?) conditions, particularly with the "Lincoln Locker" rear end, it could scare the bejeezus outta me! And I've never forgotten that car.

As I've told my wife dang near a thousand times (and @barbee6043 a week or so ago when we spoke on the phone), I want to build just one more car that "scares me" a little before I'm too old to enjoy such tomfoolery. I don't to want sink a gazillion dollars into it, and it doesn't have to be pretty ("all hat and no cattle"), but I think I'd like it to have enough power, and traction, to be able to "pick" the front tires under ideal conditions. (Under non-ideal conditions? Full on hooliganism! )

So, next summer is the shed/shop build-out, and next fall/winter I'll be looking for...something. I'd love to do it now, but I can't put the cart before the horse. (And if barbee's '66 Farilane is still available next fall: SOLD! No questions asked.)

Anyone else have the same itch?

 

[FISHYPETE]

Ha! You’re already old. Just get yourself an old Imperial and relax LOL

 

[69conv]

I got friends dropping like flies. I can do it and I'm gonna!

Buying from afar

 

[barbee6043]

As I've told my wife dang near a thousand times (and @barbee6043 a week or so ago when we spoke on the phone),

So, next summer is the shed/shop build-out, and next fall/winter I'll be looking for...something. I'd love to do it now, but I can't put the cart before the horse. (And if barbee's '66 Farilane is still available next fall: SOLD! No questions asked.

Next Fall! Heck at my age by then I will be long dead, and then you will have to deal with my wife. Easier said than done!!!!

 

[ProjectBazza]

Ha! You’re already old. Just get yourself an old Imperial and relax LOL

That's just what my body tells me!

My brain, on the other hand....

 

[ProjectBazza]

I got friends dropping like flies. I can do it and I'm gonna!

Buying from afar

Yeah, I have to admit that this has occurred to me as well. Too many friends passing away much too soon.

(I've been following your thread, and I sincerely hope the inspection goes well!)

 

[ProjectBazza]

Next Fall! Heck at my age by then I will be long dead, and then you will have to deal with my wife. Easier said than done!!!!

Dang! It's all the timing, sir! If I had the space, and the shed/shop ("shep"?) was done, I'd be all over that Fairlane like white on rice.

But with 5 trucks taking up space at our place, not to mention our two "Daily's", my wife is starting to get a little concerned about my sanity!

 

[barbee6043]

Dang! It's all the timing, sir! If I had the space, and the shed/shop ("shep"?) was done, I'd be all over that Fairlane like white on rice.

But with 5 trucks taking up space at our place, not to mention our two "Daily's", my wife is starting to get a little concerned about my sanity!

Just trade me a truck or three!!!!!

 

[ProjectBazza]

Just trade me a truck or three!!!!!

Well, here's a snapshot from my FTE Forum signature:

The '68 is staying with me "forever", as there's a lot of sentimental value attached to it.

The '67 will be for sale next spring (will be asking somewhere in the $8k-$9k range).

The '92 F150 is pretty rusty, and I'm thinking of taking the new ("new-ish") drivetrain out of it and putting it in my '68. After all, overdrive and an automatic (my knees aren't so good....).

The '92 F250 I just bought out in Portland, OR, and it's replacing the F150:

The '95 F150 is truly a rusted-out POS, and completely unsafe to operate on any public road.

So if'n you think you may be interested in a pretty clean '67 F250 Camper Special from Barstow, CA....

 

[dart4forte]

Don’t want to be that guy, 80 plus years old, in a wheelchair, in a nursing home, sitting there watching a car show saying to himself “Gee, wish I had done that”.

 

[ProjectBazza]

Don’t want to be that guy, 80 plus years old, in a wheelchair, in a nursing home, sitting there watching a car show saying to himself “Gee, wish I had done that”.

Exactly! I already have too many regrets.

 

[barbee6043]

Well, here's a snapshot from my FTE Forum signature:

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The '68 is staying with me "forever", as there's a lot of sentimental value attached to it.

The '67 will be for sale next spring (will be asking somewhere in the $8k-$9k range).

The '92 F150 is pretty rusty, and I'm thinking of taking the new ("new-ish") drivetrain out of it and putting it in my '68. After all, overdrive and an automatic (my knees aren't so good....).

The '92 F250 I just bought out in Portland, OR, and it's replacing the F150:

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The '95 F150 is truly a rusted-out POS, and completely unsafe to operate on any public road.

So if'n you think you may be interested in a pretty clean '67 F250 Camper Special from Barstow, CA....

Texas has more old and new trucks than God himself!!!
We drive only rust free non salt belt pickups!!! Except the rusty ones the Northern Pilgrims brought in!!!!
I had a good 95 Ram 3500 Cummins I hardly over drove or insured. A huge pine crushed it last spring!!!! Was...$4000 truck here....before.
I got that out of it crushed anyway.