Jack was very straightforward with me and had the most reasonably priced surplus 30-06 in the entire show. When I was a teenager he showed me some original packed 30-40 krag that I couldn’t believe still existed.
We called the swap shop on the radio one time and in the most haggard 60 yo smoker voice we could muster went “I got a 1969 ‘maro for 500 dollars it runs but it smokes and my number is …” and left a buddies number. He had people showing up at his house it was hilarious. So keep that phone number...
@palmettomoon thats him! Thank you! I bought an M1 Garand from him right after I turned 18 and this was many years ago. If anyone has a photo of his business card I’d like to have it. I ran into him again this Saturday and had a blast speaking to him.
There is an older gentleman that builds, buys, and sells M1 garands and he had an entire table at the Atlanta expo center. I got his business card but it has fallen out of my pocket somewhere and I cannot find it. Would anyone happen to know this man I believe his first name was John and his...
He worked at Lockheed with a friend of mine out of adairsville back in the day. He was known as wildman even all the way back then. It would have been early 60s
I was picking up a Silverado with cash I had on hand. I just figured I may be able to trade the truck for something more valuable than the outright cash
See that’s kinda bull**** because they’re always asking that much but I’ve never seen one sell in front of me for over 15k. Chuck summers at Panhead city regularly bought the things for 8-10. And a truck you can drive is gonna have more value to you than a bike you can’t kick anymore. The idea a...
Talk to your buddy! I’ll be back in the states in 9 months. Old Toyota is locked in the vehicle yard at Ft Bliss so I have something to drive when I get back