Members cdthayer Posted March 2, 2009 Members Report Posted March 2, 2009 Don't forget to show those amazing US registration plates - do you really get to choose what goes on them? Does anyone signwrite their truck to advertise their leather business? I'd definitely like to see that as well! Ray Hi Ray, Yes, we get to pick what goes on them...to an extent. Here in Oklahoma, you have to select 3 different personalizations, rate them 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice, and send in your money. Then the state selects one of the three, or denies your request and keeps some of the money for messing with you. I can't remember if they keep it all or just part of it. I got my tag, so I've never went through that part. We get to pick the color of the tag also, so I picked the closest color that they had to my truck color. I chose "79 F250" because people always wanted to know what year it was. I've owned it since 1981, and it only has 68,000 miles on it today. It's still got the original brake shoes and clutch in it too! We've always had "her vehicle" that has usually been a newer (more comfortable) one, plus we ride our motorcycles more than we drive our trucks, so Ol' Blue has had an easy life. Her current truck is a 2003 F-150 Ford Supercab with an 8-foot bed and topper (small camper shell). Another thing that is unusual (for the states), is that Oklahoma only has one tag (or "license plate"), and it always goes on the rear of the vehicle. No front-end tag, so many people put a personalized tag (non-state issued) on the front. Usually it's their favorite sports team or their first name. My wife and I have plates with our website address on them, but we just bought a new "www" address for our current business, and we haven't gotten new tags yet. That's all of the advertising that we have for our business on our vehicles right now. We've been thinking about magnetic signs, but haven't gotten any yet. Vinyl letters in the rear window of our topper may be another choice to consider. Many businesses around here advertise their business on their rear windows. A final note: With a personalized tag in Oklahoma, you still have to register your "original" tag each year, and keep it in the vehicle at all times in case an officer wants to see it. So, if you have a personalized state tag, you also have a "regular" state tag, and you pay for both of them. And there are no tags on personal trailers, no matter how big. Only trailers registered "commercial" have tags. They used to require that you put your Social Security number on the rear of personal trailers, but I think they dropped that because of ID Theft a while back. Same with our Driver's License. They used your SS# for your license number for a long time, but quit that a couple of years ago too.... CD in Oklahoma www.thayerrags.com Quote "I sew, I sew, so it's off to work I go....." My sewing machines:Adler 205-370 (Hand Crank), Adler 205-64 (Hand Crank), Consew 226 (Clutch/Speed Reducer), Singer 111G156 (Hand Crank or Clutch), Singer 111W153 (Clutch), Singer 20U33 (Clutch), Singer 78-3 Needlefeed (Treadle), Singer 20U (Treadle), Singer 29K70 (x2) (Both Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 96-40 w/Darning Foot (Treadle), Singer 31-15 w/Roller Foot (Treadle), Singer 31-15 (Hand Crank), Singer 16-41 (Treadle), Singer 66-1 (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 201K4 (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 216G Zigzag (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 319W (Treadle)
Members Go2Tex Posted March 2, 2009 Members Report Posted March 2, 2009 This is my other truck... A 1979 Dodge Power Wagon. Sorry it's so dirty, but it's break-up time here in the Pacific Northwest, and everything is turning to mud! The dashboard was starting to get damaged from too much sunlight, so my wife asked me to make some leather covers for it. I've never done anything like that before, and you can see my leather carving skills are rudimentary at best, but my wife likes it, so I'm happy. Why did I expect to see a shotgun rack in there?...... Quote Brent Tubre email: BCL@ziplinkmail.com
Members TrooperChuck Posted March 2, 2009 Members Report Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) Brent: There's a reason I didn't take a picture BEHIND the seat! Ray: Thanks for starting this topic. It's been fun to see other people's rides. Johanna: PLEASE tell us all those kids aren't yours! They look like they're gonna go some place fun! Edited March 2, 2009 by TrooperChuck Quote "Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." (John Wayne)
Members Windy Posted March 2, 2009 Members Report Posted March 2, 2009 Ray, This is my 75 Ford F-100 with the best motor Ford ever made the 300 straight six or inline as some say. It has extra springs donated from an old Chevy so I can haul more weight which one sometimes needs in the brick laying business.The glove box and the door handle covers are leather and I decorated them with our company logo , the skull and cross bones.The rear lights are also our company logo which I also made. As a matter of fact I spent four years in my spare time rebuilding the motor and the body work on this truck. When I brought it home from the job site it had holes in the floor boards I could crawl through. In place of the rear bumper I built a roll pan from the roof of an old Nissan. I never did the inside of the bed since it was built for work.Oh yea the license plate bolts have cast resin skulls that light up that I made while I was making the shift knob which is also cast resin and it lights up as well.I do not have photos of them for reasons I do not know. WINDY Quote To all those who think ..........................
Members McJeep Posted March 2, 2009 Members Report Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) As the nickname implies: Presently Oh, and just so beauty doesn't get her nose bent outta shape ;0) Ray, This is my 75 Ford F-100 Cool accents - you've given me some idears ;0) Edited March 2, 2009 by McJeep Quote "I gotta have more cowbell!" Cristopher Walken - SNL
Members Kevin Posted March 2, 2009 Members Report Posted March 2, 2009 This is not my truck, but the truck I learned to drive in, notice the equine containment system, optional bright equipment and PTO powered winch. The wheels are 16" split rims; tires, retreads. This is only a half ton truck, but since it has 4wd it came with a 3/4ton suspension and of course has added helper leaves for when you have a real load. Three shift levers, two of which have nice red bicycle hand grips (they really were original equip.) and it has so many universal joints the dealer wouldn't believe they were stock when some needed to be replaced. This is my first pic post, I hope it works. Kevin Quote
Members Go2Tex Posted March 2, 2009 Members Report Posted March 2, 2009 Yeah well............ check this out Quote Brent Tubre email: BCL@ziplinkmail.com
Moderator Johanna Posted March 2, 2009 Moderator Report Posted March 2, 2009 Brent, I'd know your truck anywhere! God bless Texas, and God bless America! ~J Quote You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain
Members Kevin Posted March 2, 2009 Members Report Posted March 2, 2009 Since that only took an hour or so, I'm gonna give 'er another go. This is another beaut I learned to drive that summer. Some of you may recognize it as a haystacking outfit. It has a Cadillac engine, two transmisions, drive wheels in front, steering in back. It has two different heads, one for loose hay and one for 16 bales at a time. I was a 16 y.o. suburban kid and had never worked a day in my life. After stacking my uncle's loose hay for 2 weeks and getting used to that, we went to the neighbors and stacked baled hay, generally 1,000 bales a day, my scrawny 125 lb ass on the stack and my uncle running the machine. Every once in a while he would give me a break and let me run the machine. Oh, did I say the brakes were activated by cable? Which esentially means NO brakes. "Just put it in reverse and slip the clutch when you come up to the stack." Did I say I hadn't driven at all before that summer? No problem, slip the clutch, work the hydraulics, don't mess your Levis cause you got 16 bales of hay swaying back and forth 20 feet up in the air. I got yelled at a lot that summer, but I made the princely sum of $150.00 dollars for six weeks work. I promptly blew that on a reel to reel tape recorder that was a floor demo. That son of a b never did work right even after taking it back to be worked on twice. I guess I learned something that summer. Sorry, I have to talk to customers all week and on weekends I sometimes don't speak to a soul, so I do ramble. Kevin Quote
Members Dually Posted March 2, 2009 Members Report Posted March 2, 2009 Howdy Ray...and all, Here is my ranch truck, and daily driver in the summer. Stood in the rain this am for the pics. lol Its mostly stock and fun to drive. No rifle though, guess I gotta work on that.[at tachment=21822:2009_03030004.JPG] Quote Trust in God, but tie your horse. Randy
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