HG's thread of miscelaneous stuff

[Bomp]

Always cool pics of your great adventures.
Feel honored you shot a pic to Bomp's C10 FB page.
Will check back

[Ol Blue K20]

I'll be waiting patiently. I always look forward to seeing them.

[flashed]

I will check back too .

[hgs_notes]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Always cool pics of your great adventures.
Feel honored you shot a pic to Bomp's C10 FB page.
Will check back

Really? I was honored the pic was accepted. And I won the background pic thingy twice now.

I'm going to give this a shot from the AmericInn in Wadena. I got to spend the evening with a friend I met through this board. Tossed back a few beers and talked about life in the nuclear navy, trucks, school, trucks, engines, trucks and trucks.

Cripes I had to scroll back to page 8 of my uploaded pics. Safe to say I'm not getting them all posted tonight. I might not remember the circumstances of many of them. Oh well, I gotta start somewhere.

This old truck has been sitting by a shop NW of Alexandria for many years. It's kind of a time capsule for modifications during the van years...














This next set is of vehicles that were parked outside a shop in Paynesville.








This was by the same shop but what's unique about it to me is that it's the same kind of car I remember my dad having when I was little. Like 2-3 years old and the first car I can remember for sure. He had a 69 Mach 1 before this but had lost it to the bank when my parents lost all their possessions in a fire. The only thing I can remember of that car was standing up behing the front seats and falling back when he hit the throttle. What I remember the most of that light blue falcon was him opening the trunk before independence day to show us the pile of fireworks he bought in South Dakota (they were illegal in MN).


Hey Chip, it's LBT!


Here's a couple junkyard pics. This hood is in my shed for use on my sons stepside...




This yard in Windom, MN is basically a part time operation. I probably have several pics in this thread from it already. I've always been able to find some GM truck parts here for a good price because the owner always had them in supply. There is a chevelle in the shop waiting to go together and he had this old 409 sitting around, and a bunch of parts for it so he built it up one day.


A few miles north of Windom I have been driving past this shed for years that had a few old trucks in the trees and weeds. When my son and I went to get the hood we stopped by this place to take a closer look. Very cool old iron back behind it. I always look when I drive by to see if maybe the owner is ever around. I'd love to talk to him, but I never see any sign that anyone has been there other than the grass gets cut regularly.








It's a beast. I'd seriously look at buying this rig. It has been worked on recently. Probably runs alright.








That steering wheel is sweet...




Shifters galore...










Cool blinkers...


Someone in Springfield got themselves a cool little project...




Sioux City, IA. Where is a cop when you need one. I'd gladly take the ticket for speeding here. I swear I was going at least 16 mph.


One of the steel sheds on my property was finally vacated by the guy I bought the place from. It still needed plenty of junk cleared out of it. While I was cleaning it out I was raking old tree bark and other stuff (used to be a wood storage shed) and found this cool old vise grip tool buried under the detritus. It still works with just minor clean up.

[tommys72]

Cool pics again! Love this thread! Neat old vise grip too, wonder how old it is?

[Palf70Step]

Very neat pictures. Thanks again!

[Ta2Don]

As always it's a pleasure to check in here... I can remember a time or three those vise grips would've come in handy... I can remember a family trip from Northern Illinois down to Eastern Tennessee in a Falcon station wagon when I was 5. Those chain link steering wheels have a cool look but you wouldn't want to grab one that had been sitting in direct sunlight for very long. I need to win the lotto and retrace your travels, want that 409! Thanks for sharing and taking the time to continue this awesome thread!!!

[Ol Blue K20]

Awesome pics as usual. Thanks for the tour.

[flashed]

Loved them all ,thanks for taking us along again.

[hgs_notes]

Many of us have seen this. I'd bet my paycheck most think the same thoughts I do.


I drive so much I tend to let my thoughts wander. This was what I contemplated for the next several miles after seeing that ramp...

I was always pretty good at word problems but I'm not sure about this one. So I'm traveling at 75 mph and approach a ramp traveling at 70 mph. How much do I have to accelerate to clear the tow rig? The other pic suggested 47 mph for a 75' jump but that is stationary. Will 75' be enough room if the truck is moving 102.667' per second? We'll just add a few mph just in case. And I'm worried about wheel spin once I hit the ramp which is effectively stationary in relation to the tire speed. Better add some more speed. My momentum should help carry me through. So 75 + 50 + 10 = 135 mph ramp entry speed. Dammit! The fusion top speed is only about 105 mph. I'm going to have to ask him to slow down. Wait, where the hell did that ramp go?!

This was my reference pic...


Here's some pics from western ND. Around the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I had never been north of it before. I always saw it from where I-94 passes through. This time I was up in Williston and driving south towards Dickenson. Pretty nice drive...










I watched about a half dozen deer run down that slope across from me all the way to the bottom and downstream.


The rock wall bordering the scenic overlook was made from petrified wood...


Evidence of a landslide I think...


Oil rig...


Rusty square in Brandon, SD


This wagoneer looked to be in decent shape, although it was parked in front of a repair shop. They weren't known for their dependability.




Plain jane plymouth? wagon. Pretty solid car. Would make a good sleeper for a dodge wagon fan.




Just a helicopter behind a body shop because why not?


This thing is waiting for Cheech Marin to scoop it up and make it lower and slower...






Uber driver in Nowhere, SD...




Miniature train that was used in the black hills about a century ago. That's a museum in the background, closed for the winter. I think this was in Deadwood. Not long after I took this pic I saw a bighorn sheep up on the hill as I was leaving town. It was the first time I had seen on in the wild. Didn't get a pic unfortunately.


This place had one helluva selection of signs to buy...




Quiz time. Anyone know what this is?

[flashed]

I dont .

[Low Elco]

Pretty Close, LBT is north of Wichita, KS in the care of a young lady who loves it very much. Great pics, always enjoy your travels.

[Indian113]

I believe that is a Radiator Pressure Tester.

[tommys72]

Old antifreeze tester?

ND is beautiful btw. This thread helps me see parts of this country ill probably never travel to on my own

[Kim57]

Looks like a hydrometer with a thermometer.
Kim

[hgs_notes]

Originally Posted by tommys72

Old antifreeze tester?

ND is beautiful btw. This thread helps me see parts of this country ill probably never travel to on my own

Ding ding ding...


This one was used to test the glycol in a hot water boiler heating system.

Here's some more ND pics for you Tommys72. I drove by this place on my way to Williston. I really like the old jeep pick ups. I'll probably have one eventually. I found a couple on this particular trip.




He had a square body K-5 also...


Just an old building sitting in a field with nothing else around it...


Someones private junkyard...


An Opal?


Was staying in Chamberlain, SD for the night. On my way back to the freeway from the hotel I had to stop and wait for the turkey parade. They were heading down to the Missouri river from a swim I think.






Nice solid burb for sale there in Chamberlain also. It was a low option 3/4 ton. A few dents and dings, but not bad.


Herd of turkeys south of Chamberlain about 20 miles...


Want...




Back to ND again. I was on a run of bad luck with winter travel. That previous trip into SD I wasn't able to make it to Rapid City because of the blizzard I was tuck in. Managed to make it to Murdo for the night. It was a few hour delay and not really a big deal for me. But the next week in ND was just plain nasty. I ended up spending an entire day waiting out another blizzard at a hotel in Bismarck. This pic was from the ND highway condition website. All the red roads are closed. When I saw it I thought of the old sea maps...


Center of north america?


The closest business was this mexican restaurant...


How about another quiz? Any guesses of this tool?

[spacedebris]

I love your thread, this is such a good idea. Great to see all the different oddities and randomness from different parts of the country.

I hope you dont mind but I saw something kinda cool the other day when I was tooling around on some back roads and wanted to share and this seems like the perfect thread for it...






Anyone recognize it? Hint...California's Governor sat in it.

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by spacedebris

I love your thread, this is such a good idea. Great to see all the different oddities and randomness from different parts of the country.

I hope you dont mind but I saw something kinda cool the other day when I was tooling around on some back roads and wanted to share and this seems like the perfect thread for it...






Anyone recognize it? Hint...California's Governor sat in it.

Chopper from "the 6th Day"
Kim

[NONHOG]

Originally Posted by hgs_notes

How about another quiz? Any guesses of this tool?

Cranberry rake?

[Low Elco]

back scratcher

[Ol Blue K20]

Not sure what it is but it appears to be some type of a vacuum attachment.

[spacedebris]

something for straightening/spacing radiator grill bars?

[spacedebris]

Originally Posted by Kim57

Chopper from "the 6th Day"
Kim

got it in one. LOL. although it is only a static model but cool nonetheless

[hgs_notes]

Originally Posted by spacedebris

I love your thread, this is such a good idea. Great to see all the different oddities and randomness from different parts of the country.

I hope you dont mind but I saw something kinda cool the other day when I was tooling around on some back roads and wanted to share and this seems like the perfect thread for it.

I don't mind at all.

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Not sure what it is but it appears to be some type of a vacuum attachment.

You're right, it's a vacuum attachment.

Originally Posted by spacedebris

something for straightening/spacing radiator grill bars?

Not quite.

Here's the other side.


I haven't been able to confirm it but I believe it's a vacuum tool for cleaning in cast iron boilers. Like this one.


The WORLDS BIGGEST POPCORN ball...


Welcome to Sac City, IA. I posted that pic on facebook with the comment that I drove all day just to see this. Someone I went to high school with thought I was serious.

Later that day I was heading to Sioux City and drove through Correctionville, IA. There was a shop with a bunch of old trucks, etc out front so I stopped for a look.










While I was looking, the owner pulled up in one of the nicest ram chargers I've ever seen. They are either rust buckets or long ago turned into Honda accords around here. He said it took him a while to find a solid one.


We talked and he showed me the inside stuff. He had a cool little mini bike...


With a 20 HP Briggs its almost as powerful as the typical Harley.


One of his projects. They do mini tractor pulls...


BTW, Correctionville doesn't nor, nor has it ever had a prison. It's a place where the streets all have a dog leg. From wikipedia... Correctionville was platted in 1855. It was so named from its location on a surveyors' correction line.

It was so cold someone lost their hillbilly dentures.


Next quiz. This was in the back of a mini mall in New Ulm. What is it?

[70STOVEBOLT]

Well, it's clearly NOT A DOOR!