Recent content by bigratREO

What fun it will be !! My neighbor has ordered one. I can't wait till he gets it so i can watch him push it up the mountains around here. 84 mpg lol maybe downhill with a tailwind. Also it will be nice decor in the grill of a Peterbuilt. I think he said he had to pay 1k up front and wait till...

replies come from all ages Was at a event Saturday. We were sitting on the patio of my truck. A little boy abt 6 yo. stopped and was looking at it. I asked if he wanted to buy it. His reply was, if i did i'd get rid of all the junk on it, why i asked, so i can haul hay!!!! Highlite of my day.

mopar engine Ever consider a slant 6? These bad boys can be built to the max. and something different.

more info 6" stacks from a Peterbuilt. 210 led light around the patio, 20 more chicken lights to go underneath the patio. Had all the lights on the other night. People who saw it (from the blue glow) thought a UFO had landed

REO 1951 REO F23 Sitting on a Dodge motorhome chassis 440, 4bbl, 727 trans Tilt steering wheel, hydro buster brakes fron a Astro van, Saturn seats. Frieghtliner front bumper, Volare tailights. Custom patio, Walmart swing. Will be putting a Dana Spicer Ipe in the drive train this summer. It...

Cushman Husky Long ago, i was learning to ride my brothers 1958 Cushman Husky. Of course i crashed it, almost totaled out our neighbors brand new washing machine. He traded a running 1949 Harley for it. That was about 1962. Just thinking has anyone else been in a crash with a washing...

I'll be there I'll be taking my Aspen (silver and black) and a friend will be taking his white 34 Ford rat pu. Look us up.

I know everyone has heard that a thousand time. So here's mine. Just outta the Air Force in 1976 and a friend gave me a 1950 Pontiac sedan delivery. Didn't run and was used as a dog house. Solid body just a lot of dog crap! Cleaned it out and tinkered with it a while sold it for $50.00 STUPID ...

If you were riding with Robert Mitchum on Thunder Road. You'd pass my house about 3 miles from the town he screemed by.

towing trailer I once got a job towing trailers. Pulling out of Va. kinda hilly there. The guy showing me how to hook it up, said no need to hook up the brakes they won't work anyway. What a ride 14'X72' house behind me and no brakes! Downhill and no brakes they whould push the truck. I had to...

steering I used a tilt colum outta a Chey Astro van. My problem i had was to make it longer, very long! The steering box was on the outside of them frame. So i had to zig zag the rod. Took a lot of grey matter to do, but steers great. If you have to cut away the bushing, a pillow block works...

Cas Walker For giggles and grins, youtube Cas Walker Message to customers. I watched him every morning while waiting on the school bus. It's where Dolly Parton and others got their start. There's about 3 or 4 clips. I felt so sorry for the rock band and it was live !!!!

people I worked in a hardware store. A guy was trying to return a tool, i told him we didn't stock it and couldn't refund his money. He got huffy and wanted to talk to the manager. I said ok be right back, took a couple of steps and turned around and asked if i could help him. The way he...

getting old Something to look foward to. Those golden years are a bunch of crap! Lay something down your useing takes 6 or 9 min. to find it. But i'm still kicking. Just not as high.

A couple of rodders and i were talking about taildraggers the other day. The question is when and where did it start? I know it was before 1961 The 1952 Chevy i had in 68 was. Simple to do, just heat and bend the rear springs. Put riser in the front coils. Or haul a big rock as some did.