Welcome to Dixie Drive, the main drag through that little town up the road. Make a right or left onto any side street and who knows what or who you might come across. These folks are as unpredictable as a squirrel in the street on a hot summer's day and they don't care what you think about it. They're not hurting anybody, (except maybe themselves). they're just playing their cards with the hand they were dealt, so stand back and we'll see what they come up with next. The folks near Dixie Drive might reside in some backwater southern town and some of their weirdness may be particularly "Southern" but don't kid yourself, this is Small Town America: the same animal from Portland East to Portland West. Woof!
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margueritem
said, 4 months ago
Ol’ Shep is ridin’ shotgun, I see.
win said, 4 months ago
Still hasn’t replaced those rings. Headed to Wal-Port for more oil, I suppose.
Three Steps Over Japan said, 4 months ago
What, no 12-gauge blaster rifle mounted to the back window?
PoodleGroomer said, 4 months ago
@win
He did the rings, but didn’t check the valve guides and seals. If he milled the warped head he wouldn’t blow gaskets. Is it a straight 6 or v-8?
rmacprivate said, 4 months ago
Slant 6 for me. Still driving my 64 Dodge D – 200.
Notsoastute said, 4 months ago
@rmacprivate
I would have thought the 225 would have made a great enine for frontwheel drive. I read somewhere they quit making it because they couldn’t get it to pass EPA guidelines.
rmacprivate said, 4 months ago
@Notsoastute
One of the best things about this old iron if you want to go this far, is that if there ever was some sort of EMP burst, and electronics were fried, this old beast will keep right on running. Just points, plugs and a generator … the survivalist dream vehicle.
Notsoastute said, 4 months ago
@rmacprivate
You are right there. Fuel, fire, and air is all they need.
@Debbie Jordan: there would be lots of electronic cars that would be storage tanks.
Jkiss
said, 4 months ago
@rmacprivate
I had a 69 slant 6 four door that was powder blue. Ugly thing and ate oil, but I loved that car. 3pumps of the gas and she started at 11 below on the first crank of the engine. Unfortunately I put it in front of a semi on Hwy 70 and killed her, but she saved my life.
Jkiss
said, 4 months ago
Buck Snodgrass. That is too funny. I actually dated a guy named Chuck Snodgrass back in church camp when I was young. He lived in Bland, Mo.
Zuhlamon said, 4 months ago
What, no laser rifle rack?
hippogriff said, 4 months ago
Three Steps Over Japan: Back in the mid-‘90s when I was traveling 80 miles one way to get my masters, I kept track of gun racks in both Dallas and rural north Texas. Only a few carried guns. I wrote them up as "What Happened to Bubba’s Gun Rack" but couldn’t find a folkloric or sociological journal to publish it. The most common items on them were caps and lassos. The few guns were mostly .22 rifles.
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They mainly existed as a terror weapon, telling blacks, “I can shoot you and get away with it any time I want.” They stopped being used both because the sheet-wearers could no longer get away with it, and because it was an open invitation to break the window and get a free gun.
bubujin_2
said, 4 months ago
I used to know and work with three Snodgrasses. I could see one of them being a forebear to Buck.