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Originally Posted by BarryGMC
Well this thread has been hijacked!!! I don't think Bob will mind . That's what I like about this group. There are a few purist , nuts and bolts guys. And it like that. But the most seem interested in the feel of the trucks. How they were when the were common. The sound and feel mean something to them. My grandfather closed his eyes when he heard a confederate Air Force B17 fly over his shop a few times this summer. He said he felt like he was 18 and fighting in the pacific in ww2. He felt young for a moment and I saw it. That's what's important. The spirit of these old rigs. The sound ,the feel. Every one loves the sound of the old b17. The model t or A. The quiet 90 hp ford v8 or the old jimmy sixes. It's the feelings they bring back. Keep it honest. Keep them real. Keep them running. Barry
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Barry, no way to say it any better than that! That's why I keep bugging you folks even though I don't own one of these GMCs right now. This site is the only one I have ever run into that seems to have a real interest in GMC trucks!There is the pre-59 GMC site too but it's not as appealing as this site and they way it works is antique to say the least.
Most sites are mainly filled with dropping them clear on to the ground with all kinds of late model gadgets and even converting GMCs to look like Chevys.
By the way I dig old warbirds too, especially the B-17. Several years ago my wife took me out to our airport for Father's Day to see the CAF's "Sentimental Journey", a beautiful polished fuselage B-17G. Wish I could have come up with the $450 it cost to get a ride in it. A pic of Mt. Rushmore from the side gunner window with the 50 cal. would have been awesome!
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Originally Posted by Foley
In the old tractor world Barry, we call it stack music. Ah yes, "The spirit of these ol' rigs". Amen
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Sorry I hi-jacked your thread Bob, but one thing lead to another----I hope more folks will chime in to help on your guage ideas. "Stack Music"---I will remember that one! Yes the spirit and the trip back into time is where it's at for me with all my old junk, from my lawn tractors to my trucks!
DAC