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On 1/3/25 3:34 AM, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 00:49:59 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> 
>>     Find an old International Harvester truck ... SOLID steel all
>>     through. Parts may be tricky though ...
> 
> My '86 F-150 is reasonably solid. I was sitting in it reading in a parking
> lot when a woman trying to park backed into it. I didn't even bother to
> get out to see if she'd done any damage. That was the front bumper. If
> she'd backed into the step,n,tow bumper on the rear her problems might
> have been greater.

   I knew a guy who made bumpers out of two large
   wooden utility poles he'd cut to size and shape.
   Older Chevy 3500 series. Looked 'rugged', kinda
   'back-country'. Damned things were a good 8" thick
   and about 12" tall. No little old lady was gonna
   so much as dent them in a parking-lot oopsie.

   There was one local outfit that had a mid 50s
   IH truck, converted kinda as a tow. The gearing
   was low, lower and REALLY low. SAW it split a
   large tractor in half once trying to pull it
   out of a canal. Real "American Iron".

   Hmmmm ... older vehicles and parts ... it comes
   to mind that NOW a lot of those parts might be
   re-created on demand using 3-D metal printing
   with just minimal finishing after. Could make a
   biz out of that .... how much would someone with
   a nice '33 Packard pay for a new piston or ring
   set or bearing ??? Just need the orig specs.