From: Jason Frisch (jenjas@cox.net)
Date: Mon Mar 01 2004 - 03:47:09 PST
well said and to the point exactly!!!!
And yes, I drive what I restore.
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc Bryant" <rbhonk1@cox.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:47 AM
Subject: [MV] an addition to earlier
> Another thing I wanted to touch upon....
>
> The neat thing about this hobby is that there are many different views on
> the word "restoration." As I have put it, I am not going to do a 100
point
> super perfecto restoration job on my M37. My late father had an outfit
> restore for him a 1937 Ford four door convertible. It was stunning. He
> never drove it. He did not want to mess it up. I boogered up the hood
one
> day and I thought the old man would cry.
>
> He and I togeather fixed up a 1936 Ford Three Window Coupe. Painted in in
> lacquer even. Paint cracked, big surprise there. But I drove it to work,
> as did my sister. We had a ball with that car. We used it. My mother
> nearly divorced my father when he sold that car.
>
> So, looking at my M37 (the Back to Earth Special, Planter Edition) and the
> many marvellous jobs restoring them, I see my repair job (see, I am not
> saying restore) is going to be more like the 1936 Ford than our '37. And
> when its done, I am gonna drive the absolute whee out of it, and not give
a
> flying intercourse at a rolling pastry if I booger up a hood, a fender, or
a
> Mil Spec Left Hand Side Upper Framinstan Bracing (India Service Edition).
>
> Also, purists please pardon me if I do not get all teary eyed over
Synthetic
> Enamel. I have shot it by the barrel full and I honestly see no reason on
> God's Green Earth to ever squirt more. In my world, it does not work as
> well as some of the new finishes. But, if you are going to restore
> something, go right ahead.
> Don't flame me if I don't restore my vehicle that way. I am just too damn
> lazy, and I want to drive my truck, and park it in the sun, and hug it and
> pet it and call it George.....and not have to do doodly squat to it unless
I
> bust the Upper Framistan Bracing. Then I am gonna get out the tools and
> whack fashion one that works and not worry about it.
>
> I will go to Mil Veh shows and ooooh and awww over people who have put far
> more time, energy and moolah into their pride and joys. I will exault
with
> them that they did so. It sure is there right.
>
> And the first thing I do when I finish my M37? I am gonna fill the bed
with
> beer and go looking for a party. Because that is what they did with M37's
> in my late Father's Air Guard unit. Now that damn sure seems Mil Spec to
> me.
>
> This is such a neat place, this Mil Veh Dot Org outfit. I have learned
> much. And laughed a bit too. I hope others have done so with my posts.
I
> assure you I always write funny stuff (at least I think its funny). I
think
> that habit came from paint fumes. No I did not ever do Ditzler Lacquer
> Clear. Honest.
>
> I went to Pat and Wanda's M37 tailgate party and reunion in Brownwood, Tx
a
> few years ago. To get ideas on what an M37 looked like done up right. I
> saw theme and variations galore. And met a zillion fine people who's name
I
> forgot milliseconds after I met them. And then we went on a trail ride.
I
> was in some sort of Big Military Truck. It had a ROPS cab and not much
> else. It was green. It lead the way. I looked like a paleface pumpkin
> because I was grinning so much. And I thought, hmm, if I restore my M37
to
> the El Perfecto Maximum Grande standard, I am not going to do this with
it.
>
> Then we took another big butt whoopteedooo. The air locker thing was
> applied and un applied. The turbo chortled and whistled neatly at my ear.
> My belly was torn asunder by the seatbelt. I was hooked. To me, this is
> what fixing my M37 is all about. So I can go beat it, and myself semi
> silly. I looked back at the convoy following us through the mesquite...an
> M37, a weapons carrier thingie, some other OD trucks, and
> an International Carryall. Life is Good.
>
> Enjoy the hobby your way! Its your truck!
>
> Doc Bryant
>
>
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