Hooray Hooray the First of May · 1:49am May 2nd, 2016
And I think we all know how the rest of that goes.
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Here in Michigan, it was cold and rainy, not at all a good day for you-know-what.
So instead, I finally collected them all!
I have a lot of cars and trucks. I think it's something like a dozen. And I have a house out in the country, where nobody cares too much about how many cars or trucks you have on your property, especially when the township's voters have decided to get rid of the police department, and--by extension--the local ordinance officer.
But the one thing I have not had for a very long time was all my cars in one place.
That changed today. I finally got the last vehicle that was sitting in a storage lot and had it towed home.
She's a 1980 Chevrolet P-30, ex Frito Lay truck. Powered by a 3.9L Cummins, coupled to an Allison trans, sitting on six 225/70R19.5 load range F tires (apparently, Frito Lay didn't care about power or ride comfort; they just wanted something that wouldn't break).
I'm kind of curious to charge up the battery and see if she'll still run.
I'm also kind of curious if the brakes work at all. My guess is no.
'No' seems a safe bet.
Biscuit
why are you hoarding cars
Wow, they must have really wanted those trucks to make fast deliveries if they didn't bother with brakes.
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That is what I'm also assuming.
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It had brakes when it was parked nine years ago (I'm assuming that's when I last drove it; that's when the plate expired).
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I'm not hoarding cars. All I have is a 69 Chevy truck and a 77 Olds and a 78 Chevy truck and a 80 Chevy P-30 and an 88 S-15 and an 88 GMC Suburban and an 89 S-10 and a 92 Astro and a 97 Grand Marquis and a 01 Caravan and a 02 Impala and a Ranger whose model year I don't know and . . . okay, I'm hoarding cars.
3911799 what do you even do with those cars
I shouldn't throw stones from my glass balcony--I'm the real hoarder. My Patriot is filled with all kinds of stuff. There's like at least 20-something books in there.
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Mostly drive them until they break, and then park them in the backyard.
I had to cut back on buying books. After building bookshelves in the kitchen, I realized that I was out of space for books.
Of course, a lot of books can fit into a 1980 P-30. . . .
What, why, how many vehicles are we talking about here?
Twelve?
~Leonzilla
3911812 cars were made for books
they are the perfect sepulchers of endless books. Trust me.
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Blasphemer!
Oh, ye of little faith to have given up so soon. Fold-down shelves attached to your ceilings, fold-up ones under the floorboards (especially with glass floors so you can see what literature lies beneath), lined up the chimney (you don't need that fireplace for fire anyways, you have books!), and much more can be done by the truly enterprising. Try harder Biscuit, for there is no such thing as 'too many books!'
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Yes, a nice round dozen.
I've always liked the idea of having lots of cars in my yard, all of which are in various states of repair and which I am working on to drive or to sell. There are two major reasons why I don't:
1. My yard is tiny, with room for four cars, tops. And only if I don't want to be able to get inside any of them.
2. I have the mechanical aptitude Capuchin monkey. Possibly less, now that I think of it... They're clever little buggers.
Is this a case of "goin' to do something with them later"?
Or is selling/scrapping them just not worth the effort compared to parking them?
As a car nut that can't really afford to indulge in the hobby, I'm curious. Please tell me you're not going to let them rust and rot...
I bet the brakes still work! For one application. On the second attempt, something will pop.
If they worked when it stopped, well, it hasn't had any exposure to road salt since then.... Just weather.
I was under the impression that old cars simply grew on country lots. Remember to water your cars regularly!
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Don't go too crazy around the chimney; a good fire does wonders for keeping moisture (and thus decay) out of your books. That's why your average mansion library will have a large fireplace in it.
One of our customers has an old like 1975 box truck, with a chevy powertrain, and it says 'ford' on the title. It's been parked behind his shithole for god knows how long. He keeps bugging us to fix it, and I keep reminding him that we actually did go over there and jury rig the brakes and get it started so he could drive it to us for real fixing. That was 5 years ago.
You are definitely in a different demographic than most fimfiction users.
Aint Cummings deisels the ones with the flamethrower in the air intake that you can jury rig with a turbocharger to make a really crappy jet engine for school science fair?
no police? do you have the Purge?
if the truck has been sitting for 9 years, don't start the truck, the fuel tank may have oxidised from the inside, the gas has gone bad, the fuel pump primary filter could have broken and will send metal thruought the fuel lines and your fuel injector pump could be stuck. diesels cost a pretty penny.
The country is weird.
Michigan's flat right? Do you really need brakes?
Watch out for those old rusty cars and trucks, and especially vans! A guy riding a motorcycle behind one didn't see the rusty radio antenna snap off until it skewered him! The wound became infected, and so ...the poor guy died of van aerial disease.