Monday, April 20, 2009

Dodgin' on the City Streets and Country Roads

This should say everything! We are legal with antique tags, registration, and insurance! How exciting! I didn't start this blog soon enough to capture exactly what a labor of love this Dodge was for C; how much work and fabrication he has put into it over the last year.
Complimentary picture of the Wagoneer (still in the driveway, runs, but is waiting on a transmission swap so that it can drive).
On the street!


C turning off of Main Street. Only two gauges so far and neither is a fuel or mph gauge - yikes!


Spring time dirt road driving. Twilight.


Just a pretty picture! According to C, the windshield on these trucks are worth quite a bit because over the years so many have been broken (very fragile once the glass is taken out and it is removed from the truck). I'm sure C could have built a replacement, but the original gives the Dodge a Look.

C driving; very serious. Truck was making a little bit more road noise than it should (yes, we know the cab is open so we can hear it all better).

Country road and shadow puppets - if you look really closely, you can tell that I was there!

Something about the truck not shifting right, but I think C fixed it because we got going pretty fast. Just look at how big that truck is compared to him! You can completely rest on those front fenders and all of the running boards (leave the rear ones alone for now - we don't want to find out if they can support your weight or not) - they are tough.

Main Street and the windshield - did I mention that you can put the windshield down just like on some of the Jeeps? Very cool.


Me! Yes, I knew better about the hair - I should have gone with a ponytail. Later I fought with the tangles. Any more advice from convertible people?

C's baby got a bath because he never puts anything away muddy (yeah right!).

1 comment:

Miriah said...

C arrived about 35 minutes ago. He and R are I think taking the Ford out to test the brakes, but they maybe taking the Dodge. We are all killing time before Mike's shindig and praying that E will take a nap.