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For my sons 16th birthday, we bought him a pick-up. This past January he experienced the fun and excitement of driving on black ice. After a tad bit of highway ballet he struck a tree and then ran into a shallow (thankfully) stream. Bottom line he was ok and over next couple of months we rebuilt the truck. As with most of my mechanical projects, I had a big box of parts left over when finished. One of the items in the magic box was the logo placard off the bed of his truck. After studying on what to do with it, I decided to make a key board. The level of difficulty was probably a negitive number on a 10 scale. Simple but expensive momento of my son’s first love….
-- Buster, Ocoee TN (Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors - Hemingway)
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Monte Pittman
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#1 posted 162 days ago
A learning experience and a good reminder!
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
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#2 posted 162 days ago
Glad all came out OK!
That was a “dinger”, could’ve been worse…...
Could’ve been a “Hum Dinger”!!!
-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!
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#3 posted 162 days ago
I think all of our five kids had a wreck within the first year of driving…one way or another….In fact, I’m pretty sure I did as well.. Nice looking Key rack
-- Hawaiilad Larry
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#4 posted 162 days ago
He will remember that drive always.
-- A childs smile is payment enough.
BigYin
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#5 posted 162 days ago
Not that expensive, he walked away from a wreck only with damaged pride.
The rest is just auto bodywork
-- ... Never Apologise For Being Right ...
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#6 posted 162 days ago
very cool project!
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#7 posted 157 days ago
Glad your son was OK. Experience is the best teacher. Black ice is almost impossible to detect until too late.
My aunt hit some black ice on I-70 in eastern Ohio- she did two or three 360’s before backing into the guardrail. She never saw it.
-- Regret- the feeling you get just after you do something really stupid.
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