"Bad72AMX" (Bad72AMX)
04/22/2014 at 22:19 • Filed to: None
8
4|
"Bad72AMX" (Bad72AMX)
04/22/2014 at 22:19 • Filed to: None | 8
| 4 |
So, today I accompanied a dealer outside sales rep and a Mopar colleague to some outside sales calls. I do this regularly, attempting to convert shops from aftermarket to Mopar and Magneti Marelli users. Occasionally, I stumble upon a cool shop. Once I walked into one filled to the brim with all manner of 1950's-70's toys, Americana and collectables. It had been a while since I stepped into a cool filled shop.
Today, while visiting a shop that has a relationship with the dealer, we passed a small Jeep shop in an industrial park. We stopped and found !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . They do modifications and restorations of all manner of 4x4, despite the name. I didn't want to leave!
Pearson Hurst
> Bad72AMX
04/22/2014 at 22:51 |
|
I fully approve of this post. Especially the IH bits :)
|
Bad72AMX
> Pearson Hurst
04/22/2014 at 22:54 |
|
I agree, I'm a sucker for Waggies and Jeepsters, but I'm an IH guy at heart. This was mine until last year, I miss it every day. I also saw a beautiful silver SII with black flares and two tone in the wild today and a gorgeous red half cab the other day. Lots of Scouts here in Kentucky.
|
Pearson Hurst
> Bad72AMX
04/22/2014 at 22:57 |
|
Damnit, there are virtually NONE around here. I've seen 2 or 3 SIIs out in the wild, but as yet have not run across another 800 or 80 besides mine. No wonder I get so many odd looks when I'm out driving, no one around here has any idea what it is.
|
Bad72AMX
> Pearson Hurst
04/22/2014 at 23:06 |
|
Louisville was home to IH's engine works so I'm sure that contributes to the number around here. I'm from PA and that's where I lived when I had mine. No one under 30 had a clue, and lots of people thought it was a Bronco. Occasionally, I'd get stopped by an old timer who had one back in the day. I also knew of about 5 80/800s parked or used as parking lot plows, and 5 or 6 II's that sat. This beauty ran around the town I went to school in and was one of the few I'd ever see moving.