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Anybody remember an abandoned Houston Oilers truck parked over west of Shepherd at around 18th street?

Truck was parked on the side of an old house next to a couple other junk cars.

Was done-up like the photo above. Seems like it may have been a larger truck, maybe a one-ton.
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Look at the google street view for Big Star Bar. Pretty sure it's that Dodge in the picture that's been parked there for years.
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yep pretty sure thats the one
Hwy30East
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Where did you get the photo of that truck at?

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Thats it no question.
Chewy
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Houston Oilers number one.
CW Griswold
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The Oilers were a football team in Houston from 1960-1996.
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Losing the Oilers changed the culture of the city for the worse.

Texans have been a donkey show since inception.
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GIS.

Traced it to this chronicle blog article.

https://blog.chron.com/thetexican/2013/09/this-luv-ya-blue-truck-is-the-stuff-that-vintage-houston-football-dreams-are-made-of/#photo-319492
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RIP, Curley Culp.
Hwy30East
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Thanks! I knew the owner of it, and had driven that truck around back during the Love Ya Blue days after he won it.
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You can probably go visit it any time you like at the Big Star. I didn't notice if it was still there last time I went by, but it's still there in the latest google street view.
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Stat Monitor Repairman said:

Losing the Oilers changed the culture of the city for the worse.

Texans have been a donkey show since inception.






Along with the NFL! Miss that team and the old NFL.
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Wish we still had a fancy passing Dago and the Oiler Cannonball
What do you boys want for breakfast BBQ ?.....OK Chili.
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CW Griswold said:

The Oilers were a football team in Houston from 1960-1996.


v
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I have nothing to add other than **** bud adams.
FBA
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Oh and also they should put that on display at 8th wonder. ****ty beer but cool spot.
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Tony B should buy it and restore it.

Park it on the street in river oaks in celebration of the Astroworld settlement.

An oilers truck would piss off river oaks s***birds slightly more than a WWII tank.
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Bringing the Oilers back would be the ONLY way to get my interest back into the NFL.
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The primary colors of the Houston Oilers was Columbia blue, scarlet red, and white.
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Big Cat `93
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Amen.
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We went from this ... to this in 40-years.

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2girlsdad said:

Bringing the Oilers back would be the ONLY way to get my interest back into the NFL.


Yep.
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Even when they sucked, I loved the Oilers. I miss them.
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"He can take his'n and beat your'n, and then he can take your'n and beat his'n."

-Bum Phillips talking about Bear Bryant
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Stat Monitor Repairman said:

Losing the Oilers changed the culture of the city for the worse.

Texans have been a donkey show since inception.
Pretty sure that had more to do with demographics, a string of garbage mayors, Dora, and DA, and not some trash football team.
Let's go, Brandon!
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It's offensive when Tennessee wears our throwbacks. Would anyone in Nashville even buy Oilers merch? It's such an engrained part of Houston. Same thing with the Thunder and the Sonics.
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Ohhhh, man. I often day dream about the Houston "I'm in Finance" Texans packing up their weak ass **** and moving to Omaha. They can change their name to the Berkshire Hathaway MidCap Funds. Their following wouldn't change.

Then, the true Luv Ya Blue moves back from that toothless state into the warm and humid embrace of the rough and tumble town it so desperately needs. Toss that Titan moniker for the name that real men would re-adopt. The Derrick would fly again, baby. Grit would be back, and grit would follow them. The "I'm in Private Equity" bunch would curl their nose up to my beloved Oilers, like they opened up a corked '97 Chatue Lafite Rothschild. **** 'em. They can pick up polo. My great aunt would whip out her industrial size fan of hair spray, puff out her blondish buffant and bring the Derrick Dolls back, baby. Cigarettes and Bud Heavy for everyone.

That reminds me, I haven't pissed on Bum Adams grave in at least 3 weeks. I need to head over there.




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Can we get a list of businesses his family owns? There was a car dealership mentioned in a recent thread, but would be nice to know what all so I don't give them any of my money.
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I was a Houston Oilers fan growing up.

I never got a chance to go to a game at the Dome.

So, for those who were there,

What was the biggest Houston Oiler's home game of all time?
Hwy30East
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The first game that always comes to mind, is the Monday night game against the Miami Dolphins, and Earl Campbell ran for 199 yards for the win.
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Ciboag96 said:

Ohhhh, man. I often day dream about the Houston "I'm in Finance" Texans packing up their weak ass **** and moving to Omaha. They can change their name to the Berkshire Hathaway MidCap Funds. Their following wouldn't change.

Then, the true Luv Ya Blue moves back from that toothless state into the warm and humid embrace of the rough and tumble town it so desperately needs. Toss that Titan moniker for the name that real men would re-adopt. The Derrick would fly again, baby. Grit would be back, and grit would follow them. The "I'm in Private Equity" bunch would curl their nose up to my beloved Oilers, like they opened up a corked '97 Chatue Lafite Rothschild. **** 'em. They can pick up polo. My great aunt would whip out her industrial size fan of hair spray, puff out her blondish buffant and bring the Derrick Dolls back, baby. Cigarettes and Bud Heavy for everyone.

That reminds me, I haven't pissed on Bum Adams grave in at least 3 weeks. I need to head over there.







****ing awesome post.
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Milwaukees Best Light said:

Can we get a list of businesses his family owns? There was a car dealership mentioned in a recent thread, but would be nice to know what all so I don't give them any of my money.
That was West Point Lincoln on Katy Freeway. Not sure of any others.
Hwy30East
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https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Bud-Adams-car-lot-off-59-is-finally-for-sale-11111382.php

 
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