Whoops - should be "5 tons found in Junkyard"

From: Bob Ternes (racecadet@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Oct 11 2004 - 14:22:57 PDT


Darn work - preventing me from properly
dedicating the time to stripping out subject
lines when doing the "reply to all" formula for
new MV posts!

>
http://www.planetbantz.com/imghost/bob/100804junkyard/
>
> I dragged the deuce up to a yard north of here
> that had some 6 hole budd r22.5 wheels and
> tires
> (no more split rims! yeah!), and took some
> pictures of the 2 5-ton chassis they have up
> there. One's a crane truck with a partially
> dismantled LDS block and the other one is cut
> off
> behind the cab, with a rather good looking LDS
> motor. There's also a random pic of some old
> school toploaders, probably an old mac, on the
> back of a truck that had a water tank on it. I
> never got another look at it.
>
> Both are TIRED, but still pretty cool to see in
> a
> "normal" junkyard. :)
>
> Oh yeah, I know. My deuce's dataplate has been
> "repurposed" to show my year, not weight. ;)
>
> Finally, I grabbed some brake parts from a Hino
> that should be the ticket for my AOH braking
> system needs. Dual air packs, new pedal and
> assemply, and a modicum of hardlines to start
> running new air lines. I'm fired up!
>
> Cheers
> Bob Ternes
> 68 -a2, undergoing speed conversions



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