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 Post subject: Re: Year of a truck
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:30 pm 
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Yeah....after seeing the post out of the truck completely and looking at all the angles.....this wasn't up my alley in the least.
Steve Robinson has a variety of posts..,.they are NOT all the same. I just happened to get lucky that he had a template one in the rafters of his shop. We had to wipe off a inch of dust but he had some pretty neat pieces up there for different cabs.
I told Steve he should make some extra stock ones to sell. They may not be cheap..but if you ask Tom K. as well, I think you'll find that having someone else make them isn't such a bad deal. Unless you have the wood working tools and patience to do it.


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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 7:28 am 
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Hello Stretch, could you share the contact information of this Robinson shop? I been trying for years to have someone do mine, but seems today people only do kitchen cabinets. I can not see myself buying the tools necesary to do job, only to end up messing good expensive wood.

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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 11:05 am 
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I talked to my local woodworking shop and he wanted to stop up and look at the cab. He was interested in doing the cab pieces for me. I will let you know if he runs away screaming.


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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 8:32 pm 
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jajaja! Good one conman, some times I wish a can runaway from this project.

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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 4:57 pm 
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Should I put this truck back to how it was built or have some fun with it ? I do not want to be shunned by you guys ?!

John.


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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 5:19 pm 
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In my opinion.... a beautifully restored truck is truly nice to see...but some trucks are not able to be restored to day one reasonably, but are not destined for the scrap yard.

There are tasteful trucks that have been upgraded, restomodded and re-powered and no matter which way it goes...saving a Brockway and bringing something special to the front of the class is always welcome.

Let us know what the choices are.. you may get some very usable feedback.

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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 5:25 pm 
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It's your truck, do what you want with it.


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I myself like stock as possible and you have a unique truck. I bet there's no other like that around, but that is my opinion. In the end is you truck and you should do what makes you happy. But if you decided to modify it. What about some draft beer dispenser on the back of the tank. You can count me in as happy customer.

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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:14 pm 
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John, nobody will shun you here!! We love to see them all perserved, restored a polished turd(stole thet from Enckway) just pulled out of a barn or off a comstruction site. Most important have fun with your new Brockway this isn't like one of these snobby concours Corvette shows!!


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:08 pm 
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Well here is a shocker I got my info from Mack and my truck was not a truck but a bus when it started out? So now I get to do what I want with it.


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Somebody took the bus body off and stuck a cab on? If you found the serial number tag in the cab, then they took the time to put the tag in the new cab, too.


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