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1998 GMC C 3500
Year1998
MakeGMC
ModelC 3500
LocationGoshen, IN
TypeTruck
Ex. ColorForest Green
In. ColorGray
Transmission4L60E
Horse Power?
Engine Size6.5 turbo diesel
Mileage135225
 

My URL: http://www.theautolog.com/dshoebox-3

Member: Dshoebox
Male, 51 years old
Last Login: October 16th, 2009
Member since: October 6th, 2007

Challenge Record: 0 won, 1 lost, 0 tied

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About Me
All my friends call me "TINY" I'm 6' 1" and have brown hair and eyes. my friends would describe me as a loyal friend who cares about others. I try to keep high ethics and good morals handy at all times. friends and family are important to me . I like to be out doors and enjoy pets. the car bug bite me when I was around 12 and I haven't found an cure for it yet. I've been in the automotive parts business for 30+ years now, worked my way up from broom pusher / parts delivery to store manager. I even have 6 years of import experance too. I also have 9 years of driving semi, from long haul to short haul. I have pulled van, reefer, container, tank, frame and frame-less dump. I have a small job shop that keeps me busy with welding, fiberglass & metal fabrication, general maintenance, light automotive repair, I buy & sell tri 5 parts, big block chevy parts, my hobbies are collecting die-cast cars (55-57) Warren & Kurt Johnson memorabilia, I am not much into reading but never miss my National Dragster or the GOODGUYS gazette.
Accessories & Modifications
Crew-Cab One Ton Dually 2wd, Forest Green with stainless steel rock chip protection molding. Paint matching Leer Cap, Aluminium Running Boards, STULL Billet Grill, LUND Sun Visor, AM/FM/Stereo, Cassette / CD player, Power Windows & Locks, Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Intermittent Wipers, Cloth Bucket Seats with Center Console, Stainless Steel TURBO WING on cap, Richmond POWERTRAX Traction Locker, Class 4 Weight-Distribution Hitch, 5th Wheel Hitch, Fold-over Gooseneck Hitch, White Knight backup lighting kit, Power Mirrors, Mud Flaps, Stainless Steel Simulators









Bulletin Board
I'm a journeyman technician in an automotive shop, I'm supposed to know the answers from the bottom to the top. I should diagnose the problem with just a single look, and if I fail to fix it you call me a crook. When I charge you for my labor you bitch, whine and cry and moan, and even call and threaten me upon the telephone. But technology in the auto is advancing every year, and for the systems I must know I simply have no peer. I must be more electrician than the man who wires your home, for the wiring system in your car outstrips the Astrodome. Then there's refrigeration systems that I'm supposed to know, have far more gadgets than your home to make the damn thing go. Electronics now have made the scene and more are coming yet, some models now will far exceed your television set. In hydraulics I have more to learn than a specialist in pumps, there's brakes and shock absorbers to help absorb the bumps. Torque converters and transmissions with servos, valves and gears, with models by the hundreds introduced in recent years. Fuel systems of a hundred kinds I must adjust and monitor, each far more complicated than your furnace or water heater. The principles of combustion I must know from A to Z, and gear trains that will far exceed most all machinery. I'm in welding, I'm in plumbing for water, vacum, oil and fuel, compared to me a plumber is a kid in grammar school. There's alignment and there's balancing and God knows what, if I fix it, that's expected if I don't, I'm on the spot. There's models, makes and systems some seven hundred strong, and new ones coming up each year to help the scheme along. Now compare me to the doctor whose prices make mine meager, yet folks revere his expertise ever more impressed and eager. The human body body hasn't changed in twenty thousand years, and every model works the same from the ankles to the ears. There's years of school to learn his field and almost none in mine, I've learned by practicing my trade and read what I can find. There's new equipment and techniques and medicines for sure, but this is true in my field too as much or even more. There's lots of books he has to read his procedures to define, but for every page in his field there's twenty-fife in mine. There's no come backs and no warranty you pay for what you get, and then come back and pay again if he hasn't fixed it yet. His mistakes are often buried while mine come back for free, and he plays golf on Wednesday while my customers hassle me. We spend millions of tax dollars sending kids to to medical school, but if you ask for some in my field you're treated like a fool. Everybody has one body but not one has more, but when it comes to autos you may have three or four. But you'll go right on complaining of the way I run my shop, with no appreciation for the things I have to know. And you'll take high school dropouts and you'll shove them off on us, and expect them to be experts while you rant and rave and fuss. And when your car can not be serviced I'll not hang my head in shame, so you best wake up America and find out who's to blame.
Future Plans
wet sand her to get rid of all the scratches in the paint and give her two to three more coats of paint with clear coat

Scale of 1-10, how into cars are you?10
What is your favorite type of Car?CHEVROLET
What is the next car you plan on getting?S&W RACE CARS AERO ROADSTER
What is your dream car?GOT BOTH OF THEM
What is your favorite race track?IRP INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
Who is your favorite race car driver?WARREN & KURT JOHNSON
What is your favorite car event?MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS
Scale of 1-10, how into motorcycles are you?5
What is your favorite type of Bike?HARLEY
What is the next bike you plan on getting?NONE
What is your dream bike?HARLEY FAT BOY
Who is your favorite race bike rider?ANDREW HINES
Foreign or Domestic?DOMESTIC
Lifting or Lowering?LOWERING
Street Racing or Drag Racing?DRAG RACE
NASCAR or FORMULA 1?NHRA OR IHRA
Tinted or Clear windows?LIGHT TINT
Spinners or no spinners?NO SPINNERS
Looks or performance?BOTH
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1969 Plymouth Barracuda
skylava
 
December 13th, 2007 09:46:49 PM
 
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1969 Plymouth Barracuda
skylava
 
October 22nd, 2007 10:37:30 AM
 
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