So I tend to get pissed that I live in MINNESOTA... usually when its -60 below zero. in the middle of the winter i hate my parents for moveing here... why didnt I grow up in CALI where I wouldnt have to paint Kanadians trucks... Well the lake is still frozen over (half of it) but Its about 60 degrees and sunny... it would probably be 70 if it werent still thawing out from the -60 below winter. I pulled my ****box out and humped town... everyone NECKING me... I had to put my highschool chick blinders on. They smile and wave. I'm in a small town so you have to be careful, my parents are teachers and people "talk" I think I love my car as a ****box... it rattles, shakes and would scare half of you into not wanting it. I gave a friend a ride and he was like dude... I think I would fix that, pointing out flaws everywhere... and... I thought this car was nicer haha its a ****ing ****BOX ok. smell the exhaust bro get high from the FUMES cuzz this car aint no princess powder puff made from you mama's dough... Ok so im ripped i got my car out. I can smell SUMMER. to boot I got personalized plates that say VUDUHEX ... haha Land of the sky blue waters... the shop is looking plain jane but i have big plans for that tin shed the canadians better be saving up there money- Tuck
Oldtimers know flatheads... went to the A&W drive in and a Lumberjack came up to me and said yeah... Flathead... I knew it was a flathead as soon as I heard it "crack" the dumps around the corner... dude had suspenders on and weighed as much as my mill easy. We all stood around the motor and talked about coolsville. I guess im glad that I live here, the trucker hat trends and rat rods never took hold in this town. PINE CITY. I've been ripping around with my whitewalled shoebox and flamethrowers since I was 18 so everyone knows im not being trendy... they just smile and nodd i ripped by the service station, the new owner was a gear head I used to carry groceries out for and talk cars lots of history here cant you picture the lumberjacks and the buck tooth princess chicks in wallmart? I often wonder if its the water. they used to dump chemicals outside of town in a wildlife preserve, so all the hicks get ticky and there left eye twitches make alot of sense to me. so to cut down my chances I drink Mt. Dew and COKE and wear a respirator all day. why am I so lucky to have a A&W drive in? how did it survive here why is it still open... thank GOD. The owners kicked out about 4 daughters and all of em were stacked like a big mack... thats my theory one of them spun a donut in my caddy convert... she and her freinds STOLE it from me one night. good customer service the food rules and rootbeer is better than pabst its a game of compe***ion in this town... who can own the biggest truck, have the biggest payment... and so on. I laugh at them. im on the NO payment plan. im know why i spend all my time in the shop because the reality of it scares me-- i guess im really moving back here... to go into bizz and pimp motor cicles canadian style [tm] ill be done with these flames today... finally
COOL KEV, but dont bring yer bike cuzz i got nothin to ride on Do punks in CALI steal quarter pipes and throw them in the lake? they do here... I think they were gonna jump there snowmobiles on it or ICE SKATE hang ten endo [tm] with a tripple SOW COW haha I thought someone wanted to use it as a ice house and FISH, If I wouldve know I woulda drilled holes in the bottom haha maybe they think it'll be safer for me than the dirty matress? they wont get this far with my new Half, they'll need a canadian truck or a front end loader on a JOHN DEERE I wonder if jimmy shine has a quarter pipe?
I just got travelers insurance. I should be there around 9:00. want any freshly squeezed kanadian barly and oats? call me if yah do. see ya then eh.
HaHaHa Why can't you just admit that you live in Canada? You have nothing to to be ashamed of...... HaHaHa Pine City Teens. I pulled my shoebox out yesterday and was thinking of you and the Hex the whole time. I love these ****box Shoeboxes. Most of what I learned about being a Punk *** Hot Rodder I learned in my 51 Ford. Sure I have had dreams of making it perfect, but it will never be cooler than it is right now. Yeah it could be nicer for sure, but never cooler..... The Hex is perfect as the Hex. It is what it is, just a good old Ford.
bleed that shoe f'n RULES first CHOPS and hammered tops it was my FIRST chop too first f'n CAR. i think my flathead redefines patina it looks like **** but i like it have you ever had water come out of aluminum heads? I do... it comes out of cracks in the water jacket... only when its cold out, like -60 degrees. This car will fire up. TRUST ME. then antifreeze rolls outta the *** cracks till they get hot and expand. they look like casting flaws... but the heads work great and i really dont give a ****. as long as water isnt going anywere else its like an old wooden ship... just gotta throw some aluminum powder in the mix i wonder if a gold chainer would run those heads... they wont leak all summer long but then... in the middle of winter it'll take a leak in the shop.
break time is over time to go back in the SHOP and finger paint iwata style does that shoe have a FLATHEAD? i want your convertible can we do some tradeing? i have a nice honda CRX up for grabs? Remember this? WINTER SNOW COLD haha I miss wipping donuts on the lake with the hex I scored when I found those winter CHAINS for 600x16's in the back of jolenes car. maybe ill stud some old whitewalls just for ****s and giggles... start a new trend and everyone will wana move HERE BLOW IT UP Like the great HINKLEY FIRE peace out- Tuck
there's still ICE on the lake? it's April. that's not right! the turkey vultures have returned to Marathon- that means it's spring, no question.
Don't it **** to be in a place where driving your car is an EVENT? I was gonna get the coupe out, today, but I think I'd sink it to the axles in my driveway. Glad to see the rods comming out of hibernation. JOE
Flathead of course, runs like a top. I still have to pick up the convert, I just haven't had any space on account of the corral being all dug up. That is one of my dream cars for sure. I can't wait to get it.
Back in the late 60's/early 70's we used to have jalopy races on the ice at the Roberts slough. They put screws in the tires for traction, marked out a roundy round course with a few cones and had at it. Brung your own beer and sammitches, no tickets. Just a great way to freeze your *** off on a saturday. Went back out there a couple summers ago to fish and lost a lure snagged on what was probably a 36 or so Ford. Dove in and felt around. Sure as ****, it had screws in the tread. Wish I'd been there for that one.
JYD-- its all dried up here i put drain tile in around the shop it helped alot and smokin id pull it out if it were a 3 window --- they used to have ice races, it would be fun if they did it here again. I'd prob race b/c it would make the winters seem shorter-- i just go rip donuts and spin in the snow for fun i have it on video i need to make another rocky style vid and post it. kevins on his way from Kanida were gonna rip **** up tonight... hopefull all of the tape off of that truck haha Tuck
Dude....dude...seriously... I miss the "Number 1, no onions" I miss the Hex...and the smell of the exhaust.. It's hard to leave your "cherry" after it's made you a man...but honestly..good things come to those who wait..I believe.........and store parts...scored some more carbs today..Say high to kevin, my brother , eh.. I'm feeling...etherial.. the flame job is T-I-T....tight!! bleed your like uncle jesse...or something...
tuck, if you drive out of the state you should load it w/your BMexican bike & come to our facility in Milwaukee, it is adjacent to the 4 seasons skatepark and they allow & encourage your type. And they won't throw your ramp in the lake. And if you do *** to our city I'll give you a hood to cover that ****in stupid L Head engine up. Get w/it and put a SBC in that thing. Cheater Carl
just wait, your little hick town will get swallowed up by YUPPIEVILLE(tm) in no time, just like mine did. little ****hole bars become the cool trendy hangouts, it's enough to make you sick. then they get pissed about tuning the drag cars in the driveway. i fill up a few gas cans with 110 octane, and dump it in the snowblower, for that summer leaded gas smell, when it's 20 below. cruise down to university, order up a few burgers and porky's, and get sick the next day, because the guy who made them doesn't speak english, so he can't read the "wash hands before returning to work" sign. i love that place, even if the ricers are taking over. the best part about summer? dumpster diving old lawnmowers from behind the small engine place for parts to hop up the old "Ding How" mini bike. custom grind "413" cam, that thing is a handfull. i guess it's about time to stick the carbs back on the plymouth, weld up some new 3" exhaust for it, and hit the road. david
Congrats on getting the old Hex [tm] outta mothballs. My poncho still needs wiring [sob]... been spending all my time getting the Rocky Godtime Van ready for my trip out west.....when I return, I'll bust *** on the old poncho again.....
I have always loved the HEX. Your original website and the pics were what turned me on to shoeboxes. Before that I was a Late 50s guy. (still am) Thanks man! Mike
Funny nodoby else noticed that your post is POETRY- the poetry of the best of livin in Minnesota...but 413 is too right, my favorite ****hole bars in NE turned trendy an collegiate, the places by the river in the old abandoned buildings where I learned about drugs and courted my wife...gone forever. Live it while it's real, man
Cool pics and words Tuck.. It's a good feeling geting your **** out for the 'nicer' weather. I dug out my '33 last week and drove it around some. Too bad were getting snowed on again now . The damn things in the driveway covered in that cold white ****... Tone
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