Photos folks might not have seen

I had not seen the picture above your name. Nice. This is a truck I am currently working on now.

When you think your wife has had enough of your bulldogs drag three or four of these home and leave them in the front yard for a couple extra weeks. The dogs become the lesser of the evils for a stretch. LOL

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It's a 1950 Chevrolet. It is getting a modern drivetrain, some creature comforts on the interior and then just ride.

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From the factory it had a 216 straight six cylinder. I'm going back with a 383 stroked small block Chevrolet.

The only thing it will not pass is a gas station.

It may be easier to track gallons to the mile vs. miles per gallon. LOL

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No doubts.

I'm always amazed at the skills of the people of yesteryear. Like I have shop full of tools, the latest and the greatest. Let's say the wood eater has plenty of kindling with my mistakes. LOL

My brother-in-law inherited a house from his aunt and the first half was built in the mid-1840's and the 2nd half was built in the late 1890's. When they stripped the walls to re-insulate, go back with sheet rock and plaster the building skills these people had was out of this world. They used hand hewn logs where I can go to the local lumber yard. I can't imagine the time and labor that went into that house.

The cars the same. Way back when there was no automation and no robotics just some grunt on the assembly line, but that grunt had some skills and some abilities. He could come home and do the same.

I work in a large scale pharmaceutical company and there are no large scale pharmaceuticals going on at my house. Just old trucks and dumb ass dogs.

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I’ve been a stonemason for 40 years I work mostly with marble, the skill to carve and shape without pneumatic or power tools as shown in those sculptures is incredible.

 

I am always impressed with skill and talent and desire, regardless of subject.

My brother-in-law inherited his aunt's house that was built in the 1800's, and huge addition in the late 1890's. They went in and did a re-model over the next few years. When they stripped the wall paper, some tongue and groove and some plaster underneath all that was amazing craftsmanship.

The beams and a lot of the material was hand hewn and the fitment is simply crazy. I have circular saws, radial arm saws, table saws, Copen saws, just all kinds of saws and I miss on some angles here and there.

The gutters were poured lead piping, the corners and down spouts were hand made. Again, amazing craftsmanship.

And when that craftsmanship is coupled with need and purpose it is even better. Way back when they raised veal calves. They had a small tub/hopper that filled and auger tube. Attached to the auger was a half-bicycle. The hopper was filled with corn and when someone pedaled the bicycle the auger moved the corn to a header pipe across the top of the calves. There were drop downs to each stall with a hand valve. Once a week or so they would fill the header and then daily it was a matter of walking by opening the hand valve to feed each calve.

I am sure the guy that came up with that was the laziest guy on the farm as most were taught that necessity was the mother of all invention, but I believe laziness has been the mother of all invention.

Babbling.

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