How old were you when you first discovered your passion for vehicles?

Would you ever lower a truck?

What's your preferred jam while hoonage ensues?

What's your typical Whataburger order?

How do you like your steak cooked?

If you were to build a sleeper with a typical budget, what vehicle would you use and what power plant would you use?

What state would you reside in if you weren't able to live in Texas?

Most f'ed up car/driving story of your life?

Favorite/least favorite beer?

Drink of choice?

What do you want your next vehicle to be?

How many JCI chili cheese dogs can you eat in one sitting?

Which car do you want to shove off a cliff?

In your opinion, what is the absolute worst modification that can be done to a vehicle?

3 favorite car related activities?

Preferred city for getting crunk?

Origin of user name?

Current hometown?

Original hometown?

Occupation?

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Thanks for leaving me out of the list, doobs.

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Thanks for leaving me out of the list, doobs.

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GTKYN: tholas (formerly known as hatchback)

Geez, didn't do it on purpose.


























Or maybe I did because you had the audacity to change your friggin username!

I was hoping you would pick FourFather - but this is good too.

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Initially I thought Mbarnes82..............

How old were you when you first discovered your passion for vehicles?

I don't remember learning to drive, though mom says I was probably about 6. The advantage of being on a farm. Obviously I was driving tractors around the same time, too. Elementary and Jr. High, dad used to stop by a garage to drink coffee with his buddies, before he delivered us to school. One of the mechanics was a drag racer, using injected Hemis in a rail. I bugged that poor guy to death, so that was probably the real genesis.

Would you ever lower a truck?

Good Lord, no. Trucks are for dirt roads and farms.

What's your preferred jam while hoonage ensues?

I installed my first 8-track tape player under the seat of my '67 Chevy Impala. First tape was Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago. But for old time driving fast music nothing beats Radar Love

What's your typical Whataburger order?

Mayo, Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato on the burger, fries, Dr Pepper

How do you like your steak cooked?

Medium, on a grill. If inside, the Alton Brown method with frying pan, hot oven, and smoked up house

If you were to build a sleeper with a typical budget, what vehicle would you use and what power plant would you use?

Got two 2nd gen Novas on the farm right now. A Yenko-esque 427 would be fun. Back in the day, a good 350 with a cam that makes it lope at idle. Today, LS-1 with a six speed. Painted some solid, un-assuming color with dog-dish hub caps and no outer signs of what lies beneath.

What state would you reside in if you weren't able to live in Texas?

Wow. Don't really know. I love Colorado, but it'd have to be somewhere away from the crazy politicians, gun grabbers and pot heads.

Most f'ed up car/driving story of your life?

Freshman year at A&M. Home for Christmas. Still dating the high school girlfriend (I was an idiot) but she moved 40 miles from the hometown. Coming home late at night (okay, early morning) from seeing her, rounded a corner at about 90, spotted a car with the lights off parked in a turnrow. Thought it was some lovebirds parking, so I honked real big. About a mile down the road, I see their headlights come on. Where I was, it was a 9 mile arrow-straight FM road to the old hometown. So I floored it. I thought they were coming to catch me and beat my butt.

Did you know a 1973 Monte Carlo tops out at about 120mph indicated? Oh, and it was a full moon night, so I'd shut my lights off except when I was in a dip and they couldn't see me. So I'm about 1/2 mile from the city limits, they've never gotten closer than a mile and a half back. I see red and blue flashing lights coming out from town. I think, "gee, wonder where that fire truck is headed?"

You guessed it, it was the city cop. I figured it out when he turned across my path and stopped. As I slowed, the pursuing car got closer and it was an unmarked sheriff's car with two little red and blue lights behind the grill.

Once it's all over, they realize that they can't get me for running from an unmarked car with no bubble lights. That and I was sober and terrified that I'd run from the cops. No ticket, even better they never told my dad.

Favorite/least favorite beer?

I was pretty religious when I went to A&M. Avoided all alcohol out of religious conviction. As I got older, I've gotten much more relaxed about it. But I still don't like the smell of beer. And the wines I've tried taste like crap.

Drink of choice?

Dr Pepper

What do you want your next vehicle to be?

I want to finish my projects. Mainly the '53 pickup. Then the '50 Plymouth. To show how old I'm getting, our next bought vehicle will probably be a new(er) all-the-bells-and-whistles Acura MDX when the current 2008 gets relegated to commuter status

How many JCI chili cheese dogs can you eat in one sitting?

Don't have those in this part of the world. One, probably.

Which car do you want to shove off a cliff?

Not sure there's any car I hate. Maybe a school bus, because riding one sucked as a farm kid. Especially if I could fill it with my choice of politicians.

In your opinion, what is the absolute worst modification that can be done to a vehicle?

Donk

3 favorite car related activities?

Driving back roads
Car show and museums
Figuring out what's wrong with a car and fixing it for good

Preferred city for getting crunk?

At my age, I wake up every morning crunked. Or maybe just creaky. I do love San Antonio, though

Origin of user name?

Obvious. Home, class year.

Current hometown?

Also obvious. Canyon. The one in Randall County. Not Canyon Lake, or Lake Ransom Canyon, or Canyon HS in New Braunfels.

Original hometown?

The teeming metropolis of Hale Center

Occupation?

Farmer. Not fully retired, but not working as much land as I used to.

Holy crap. I got to thinking that the mechanic had an unusual name, so he would be easy to Google. I was right. These are some the cars I saw almost every week growing up. I also attended the 1968 Springnationals in Dalls with his brother-in-law, who is my age.



I'm not 100% sure this is his. Hee always ran Hemis as I recall. But I was 13, what did I know.



He didn't buy this one until I was in high school. It was fast, but damned squirrelly. I remember one time he trailered it out to a FM road near my house, and half the guys in town drove out to watch him run it down the highway.



More photos of the altered

Have you tried MD 20/20 Orange Jubilee? It's a wine.

You'll wake up feeling pretty crunk.

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Have you tried MD 20/20 Orange Jubilee? It's a wine.

You'll wake up feeling pretty crunk.

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the last time i had the old MD was junior year. a buddy of mine and i were doing a beer power hour and weren't quite drunk enough by the end. so we walked to the corner store and bought the MD to finish things off.

brutal.

Used to have half a fifth to pregame, perfect amount that it only took a few drinks to get down in the bar

Worst hangover was my first bumwine night. Had a pint of Thunderbird and went to friends place with 2 bottles of MD and a bottle of Cisco. He had a 30 pack and a handle of tequila.

I woke up on tile floor shirtless and shoeless, all the bottles are empty and none of the 7 other people who were there knew what happened.

Good times

I love the fact that the old guy used the word donk

What's the word? Thunderbird!

I'm sure Canyon has a story or two from when he was a kid about driving on ice up there in the panhandle.

I am from the panhandle as well. Lived in Dimmitt and Tulia as a kid. My dad's family has been in Castro County for 100 plus years.

Visited palo Duro canyon SP over spring break so drove through Canyon and Hale Center. Enjoyed the panhandle plains museum, even had some cool old cars. Also enjoyed the Jack Sisemore RV museum - had one car and some motorbikes.

Too bad I didn't spot you farm and old muscle cars along the route.

Bonus questions:

Spouse? Kids?
List of all the cars you have owned or driven regularly?
What vehicle would you buy with a budget of $50k?
Most expensive car ever driven/been in?
Fastest vehicle ever been in?

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Have you tried MD 20/20 Orange Jubilee? It's a wine.

You'll wake up feeling pretty crunk.

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Silvy, with age comes wisdom. I have never had MD 20/20 and there is no plan to try it!

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Have you tried MD 20/20 Orange Jubilee? It's a wine.
You'll wake up feeling pretty crunk.

we walked to the corner store and bought the MD to finish things off.
brutal.
Worst hangover was my first bumwine nightI woke up on tile floor shirtless and shoeless, all the bottles are empty and none of the 7 other people who were there knew what happened.

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You know, if you're trying to make me regret my decision to go alcohol-free in college, you're really, really doing a lousy job.

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I'm sure Canyon has a story or two from when he was a kid about driving on ice up there in the panhandle.

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I grew up two and a half miles off the nearest paved road, and we never had 4WD vehicles growing up. It was much wetter in the 60s and 70s than now, and we learned early how to handle slippery stuff. I drove the '67 Impala 4 door down muddy roads that folks now wouldn't touch in a 4WD.

On icy and snowy days, I'd go to the school or church parking lots and cut donuts on the snow and ice. At the time, I was being a stupid kid, but I learned a LOT about driving on ice that way.

I also learned how to pull the emergency (parking) brake and make the back end slide like a bootlegger turn on a dirt road. Never did a full 180, but I could do a controlled 90 degree slide. Did it once on a gravel parking lot and ended up with the nose of my car about 2 feet from the side of my best friend's '71 Mustang. I was never worried, he was a bit less blase.

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Visited palo Duro canyon SP over spring break so drove through Canyon and Hale Center. Enjoyed the panhandle plains museum, even had some cool old cars. Also enjoyed the Jack Sisemore RV museum - had one car and some motorbikes.

Too bad I didn't spot you farm and old muscle cars along the route.

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Last week was the most beautiful Spring Break weather we've had in years. Great timing.

Farm is not on any major road, and the "muscle cars" are future projects. If you recall the Azteca plant south of Plainview, in the 1990s I farmed the land it is on, and the land across I-27 to the south. The Panhandle Plains Museum is a jewel, not to be missed. Haven't been to Siemore, but I'm aware of it. The owners seem to be good people.

Hale Center has a good Ag museum, I have two tractors there that were my dad's.

Anyone coming this way, I'll be glad to advise on where to go, even give you my cell in case of emergency.

Canyon,

I posted a few more questions above.

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You know, if you're trying to make me regret my decision to go alcohol-free in college, you're really, really doing a lousy job.

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This shouldn't surprise anyone here, but I had already graduated.

Old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyways.

Unfortunately we spent the first half of the week in the Ruidoso area and didn't arrive at Palo Duro until last Wednesday. Wednesday - great weather. Thursday and Friday, cloudy, rainy, not the. best visibility. Still, we enjoyed it. Somehow had never been to palo duro before.

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Preferred city for getting crunk?

At my age, I wake up every morning crunked.

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Saw the questions, dubi. Was eating supper and enjoying an evening walk first.

Spouse?

Fish year at A&M, Corps Trip to the (in)famous Rice game of 1973. Stayed at a fish buddy's house, met his younger sister, then a freshman in high school. Promptly forgot her. Four years later, I'm finishing up cramming a four year degree into five and a half years, met her again through a different BQ buddy, who was a mutual friend. We started hanging out together, got to be real good friends with no intention of permanent relationship because our future plans were incompatible. We got to be much more than friends, but still tried to forget each other when I graduated. Didn't work. Coming up on 34th anniversary this May. She's class of '81, works at the local Weapons of Mass Destruction Factory.

Kids?

How much time do you have? Oldest is class of '09, was a cadet in C-2. Has my smarts and his mom's people skills. Works his butt off at multiple jobs and put his wife '08 through medical school, both financially and every other way of support. She's amazing, too. Drives GPrix GTP with the supercharged 3.8, and one of the Novas in the barn is his project. He drove it until it swallowed a valve. He's updating it, but it's on hold until Residency is over.

Daughter drove the '74 Nova some in high school, as well as the '94 Caprice. She's USAFA '11. Has my personality and her grandmothers' (both) good looks. Also has my wife's Type A personality. The Nova experience was good for her. Academy Freshmen and Sophomores can't have cars, but upperclassmen often would seek out underclassmen to be their designated driver while partying. She was one of the few who could drive a manual (male or female) so she was called often. Which meant they reciprocated by loaning her their car when needed. She's currently driving an'06 Chevy pickup, because she's into horses.

She married another Academy grad, a civil engineer. Great guy, despite being a Yankee. She's currently a T-6 FAIP, trained on T-38s, and will likely get a fighter at the end of this tour. Hubby is ROTC instructor at a college near her base.


More in a bit.

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I'm sure Canyon has a story or two from when he was a kid about driving on ice up there in the panhandle.

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I grew up two and a half miles off the nearest paved road, and we never had 4WD vehicles growing up. It was much wetter in the 60s and 70s than now, and we learned early how to handle slippery stuff. I drove the '67 Impala 4 door down muddy roads that folks now wouldn't touch in a 4WD.

On icy and snowy days, I'd go to the school or church parking lots and cut donuts on the snow and ice. At the time, I was being a stupid kid, but I learned a LOT about driving on ice that way.

I also learned how to pull the emergency (parking) brake and make the back end slide like a bootlegger turn on a dirt road. Never did a full 180, but I could do a controlled 90 degree slide. Did it once on a gravel parking lot and ended up with the nose of my car about 2 feet from the side of my best friend's '71 Mustang. I was never worried, he was a bit less blase.

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This is what I was hoping for.

List of all the cars you have owned or driven regularly?

Oh my. This could take a while.

Growing up, a succession of 50s and 60s chevy pickups on the farm, as well as John Deere 4020s and 730s.

When I was a kid, we had a BMW Isetta. Dad's buddy bought one with the roof cut off, used it as a golf cart. Dad got an intact one. The little egg would go 50. Should never have let dad sell it.

Dad had a 1957 CJ-5 Jeep (okay, we had one 4WD) He'd drag it behind the car when we went to Red River NM, or when he went hunting. Before I had a license, I drove it to school. Shouldn't have sold it, either.

First actual car was grandad's old '67 Impala four door, 300hp 327, powerglide. Drove it 120 once to impress a girl. No seat belts, bias tires, drum brakes, good times.

In high school, bought a 1950 Plymouth 2 door for $50. Still have it.

1973 Monte Carlo through A&M. Lots of flaws, but it ran and handled well, and the memories are priceless.

Also during A&M, had a short WB '65 chevy pickup that I rebuilt the 327, put in a mild cam, headers, etc. Highlight of that was drag racing and stomping my buddy in his brand new Ford pickup with a 460. Another to the "wish I hadn't sold it" pile.

Since then, a succession of Chevy pickups on the farm, for family cars, a 78 Malibu, 85 (wrecked) 89 (sold to Saudi Arabia) and 94 (just sold) Caprice, the '01 Honda Oddy (308K miles and counting) 2008 Acura MDX.

Also have a 50's chevy 2 ton truck for a later project, the bogged down S-10/53 Chevy PU project, and a Fireo carcass. Son's '74 Nova project plus another '74 Nova body. Also have 70 and 71 Ford bobtail grain trucks. 4960 Deere tractor. 7720 combine.

I like Canyon (live on the south border of Amarillo, myself) and folks from Canyon.

Lots of people here grew up on dusty old panhandle farms outside booming metropolises with only a couple stop signs/stop lights (Again, guilty).

Everyone's got a good story about a midnight adventure that ends with red & blue lights.

Good bull CanyonAg. Love hearing your stories.

What vehicle would you buy with a budget of $50k?

Sadly, I'm showing my age. Would probably buy as much Acura MDX as possible, with as many gadgets asa I could get. Would rather wife had a great car and a good travel vehicle for our trips together.

Were I spoiling myself, new Chevy PU with all the toys.

Most expensive car ever driven/been in?

4960 John Deere

Fastest vehicle ever been in?


When my pilot's license was active, I would lease a Bellanca Super Viking. It may have been the most expensive, as well. I flew this exact aircraft occasionally, though I never flew it like Debby. Beautiful aircraft, flew like a dream.

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My wife's grandfather was the program manager at JD for the 60 series, lots of great (engineering) stories about that tractor and the 55 series that preceded it.

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I'm sure Canyon has a story or two from when he was a kid about driving on ice up there in the panhandle.

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One more story regarding that. If there was ever a snow day with school dismissal, all of us country kids were in town by no later than 10am. We would bring in tractors and pickups and jeeps and drag sleds all over town. We used the hood of a AD Chevy pickup (early '55) inverted as a sled. I'm ashamed of doing that now, oh well. Dad later used two AD front bumpers to make runners for a 4x6 wooden platform. That was a great sled, until some jerk stole it from our barn in town.

The winter of 1972/1973 dad bought one of the brand new John Deere 4430 tractors. To you non-farmers, you don't know what a game changer this was. The first truly modern tractor. It was the first Deere to have an integrated body, that is to say, a permanent, non-removable cab. With an air conditioner! And a radio! It was light years ahead of anything else.

After the 1972 cotton harvest, dad bought one of the first 4430s in Hale County. It snowed soon after it arrived, and it had never been in the field. But then SNOW DAY! I cranked that sucker up and headed toward town where all the girls were waiting to freeze their pretty little backsides off on a sled. The first 5-10 hours on dad's new $12,500 tractor ($70,000 in today's dollars) were spent dragging sleds around the streets of Hale Center.

My buddy and I were heading home late in the afternoon, and I gave it a little too much throttle around the corner. You haven't power slid until you've power slided dad's brand new tractor in the snow. Thank goodness that curb was there to stop our momentum. If dad noticed that the front wheel wobbled a little bit like it was bent, he never mentioned it.

KY AG -

Cool about your wife's GF. You probably remember the old thread here

Post pictures of old farm equipment

It had a photo of my 4960, alongside a gas powered toy tractor my dad built.

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List of all the cars you have owned or driven regularly?

... the '01 Honda Oddy (308K miles and counting) ....

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Speaking of "Like a BOSS!".