If your interested -- those two candies are still available.
R. Reul
1951 3604
rreul@cin.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hartman" <dhartman@sunvalley.net>
To: "David Clark" <DCLARK3@MMCABLE.COM>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 2:10 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Back in Time aka today in Idaho
> Heck David- you've got a couple years on me, but that's the way things
are
> here in Idaho... still. Only thing I think you overlooked was those
> little sugar candies stuck to the wax paper by the hunnerds, in nice
little
> rows. Then there's the 'Necco' coin wafers. Remember those? The other
> day while at work I sent an email out because we'd mis-placed a FedEx
> package, and I started the message with 'One-Adam-12, One-Adam-12...' and
> everybody responded wanting to know what the heck I was talking about.
>
> Now, to stay within the rules and talk trucks... for those of you that
are
> still with us, I propose the following for review and comment:
>
> The ole girl starts right up in the morning, even in below zero temps. On
> the short drive to work, she gets wound up to about 2950 RPM's. Here's
the
> concern... in the mornings when it's colder, the speedometer reads ~ten
> miles per hour faster than when the temperature outside is warmer. Even
at
> the same RPM on the same highway. The trans is an electro-mechanical
> overdrive, but the speedo cable is completely mechanical. Ponder this one
> fer a while, and let me know what y'all think. That is... if'ns there's
> anybody left.
>
> Don
> '55 2nd DeLuxe
>
> At 10:40 PM 12/6/00 -0600, David Clark wrote:
> >I graduated High School in 1959 in a little town in North Georgia. My
first
> >truck was a 55 Chevy TF..and the fun we had in that old truck can't be
> >imagined, unless you're around my age. A lot of those memories are
brought
> >back to life through the old 57 sitting out in the garage. This came to
me
> >from an old friend and I'd like to share it with anyone that loves old
> >trucks, and the way things were back then.
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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