bobbywalter
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- Joined
- Aug 9, 2007
- Messages
- 23,470
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- 4,668
- Points
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- Location
- woodhaven mi
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Make / Model
- FORD mostly
- Engine Type
- V8
- Engine Size
- BIGGER
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- sawzall?
- Tire Size
- 33-44
- My credo
- it is easier to fix and understand than "her"
you forget how shit goes sometimes....
one of my daughters, madisyn, basically twisted up the last of what was left of the innards of my passenger side...oem door earlier in the year.
for the last 10 or so years they were what i called pretend doors....because....they were bottomless for the most part hell my summer tube doors are stouter really.. then my little sister ripped off the shock mounts hammering the hell out of it... and a few other minor things which resulted in the cab mounts having some new issues....
seems these things all conspire together...
well a friend of mine needed me to transport his 11 year old as he was held up and couldnt make it. i was already at the school picking up my son...
so i was headed down the road with him and he was frightened because he thought the door wasnt closed....i assured him it was fine....i shoved on the door...and pulled on it....it was solid...i had just put the thing on there and its never been better...save for it being brown
he was not satisfied....so i asked him to roll down the window and pull the mirror in so i could see the body line better.....after a minute or so i figured out he could not roll down the window because there was no button.
this really made me laugh..an 11 year old that never seen a crank window???? i realized he only has known 01 or newer silverados at this point.. which made me think and appreciate many other issues..
anyway
this happened awhile back. but the legendary story it spawned just got back to me from his dad. you would have thought he was riding on the hood at 90 mph...
well driving in the snow recently clarified what now seems a legitimate complaint from the young ladd. i forgot i would have to "fit" the real door to my "custom" cab.... i knew there was some space as i glanced it....
but i really got a look at it and it is much worse then i originally assessed...
seems to fit good considering the time it has seen wheels up....
but i forgot about this part of the deal
whoops
poor kid.....i told his dad to get an ol cj and drive the kid around in that for a spell......toughen him up....
throw the video games away and take them wheelin or dirt biking or something
so after looking at this ugly fawker...i really am considering rattle canning it after i patch up the frame....then hopefully work on the bed a little.....
what do your doors look like?
one of my daughters, madisyn, basically twisted up the last of what was left of the innards of my passenger side...oem door earlier in the year.
for the last 10 or so years they were what i called pretend doors....because....they were bottomless for the most part hell my summer tube doors are stouter really.. then my little sister ripped off the shock mounts hammering the hell out of it... and a few other minor things which resulted in the cab mounts having some new issues....
seems these things all conspire together...
well a friend of mine needed me to transport his 11 year old as he was held up and couldnt make it. i was already at the school picking up my son...
so i was headed down the road with him and he was frightened because he thought the door wasnt closed....i assured him it was fine....i shoved on the door...and pulled on it....it was solid...i had just put the thing on there and its never been better...save for it being brown
he was not satisfied....so i asked him to roll down the window and pull the mirror in so i could see the body line better.....after a minute or so i figured out he could not roll down the window because there was no button.
this really made me laugh..an 11 year old that never seen a crank window???? i realized he only has known 01 or newer silverados at this point.. which made me think and appreciate many other issues..
anyway
this happened awhile back. but the legendary story it spawned just got back to me from his dad. you would have thought he was riding on the hood at 90 mph...
well driving in the snow recently clarified what now seems a legitimate complaint from the young ladd. i forgot i would have to "fit" the real door to my "custom" cab.... i knew there was some space as i glanced it....
but i really got a look at it and it is much worse then i originally assessed...
seems to fit good considering the time it has seen wheels up....
but i forgot about this part of the deal
whoops
poor kid.....i told his dad to get an ol cj and drive the kid around in that for a spell......toughen him up....
throw the video games away and take them wheelin or dirt biking or something
so after looking at this ugly fawker...i really am considering rattle canning it after i patch up the frame....then hopefully work on the bed a little.....
what do your doors look like?
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