Jolly Roger VX'er
05/26/2007, 04:35 PM
Hey Gang! I'm on cloud 9 because I'm now the proud owner of the only 2 vehicles I've ever bought new! Back in '96 I bought my first "NEW" vehicle. It was a 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 2X2 shortbed "StarCraft Conversion" truck. I planned on owning her for a long time!
I was living in Erie, PA close to the lake where snow-fall is reasonable when I bought her. I then met a gal who made my heart go thumpety-thump and after a few years of dating & serious talk of marriage, I moved in with her out in the country about 20 miles south of the lake into the dreaded snowbelt; where snow-fall can be insane!....4X4 country! She was into horses & that lifestyle and also had a (white) Dodge Ram 2500 5.9 L 4X4. We decided to part ways with my truck in 1998 and trade her in for a "used" '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4X4 (white w/gold accents). After trading, I lowered my car-payment $100 a month plus put us in a cushy 4X4. After about another year together, we mutually broke up.
I ended up buying my own place 30 miles south of the lake, still in the dreaded snowbelt...lol. 'Cept after whacking a deer with the Grand Cherokee...getting her rebuilt....trading her in for the VX in 2000...flash-forward 7 years later to the present.
I was down at the local tavern talking to the pretty barmaid I've know for about 5 years (she's into tuner cars...lol..her fav. movie is "Fast & the Furious") and I decided to show her some pics of all the rides I've owned in my life. I get to the pic of the Ram and the guy next to me looks over and says "I've seen that truck...it's for sale...near Franklin, PA on route 322." I figure he's probably wrong...probably saw a chevy or a ford...doubtful it really looked like my old truck. He insists he saw "that truck".
I took a vacation day off from work for my Birthday (March 29) and it was a beautiful, sunny, spring day. I decide to take the VX for a jaunt down to Franklin, PA about 40 miles away just to see if I can find this truck the guy saw. Well...I seen it and thought to myself "huh...it is painted up like my old truck...even though I've never saw another painted like it." Well, I get to looking her over and bam.....it's got the red-colored spray-on bedliner I had done..it's got the "ram-tough" decal on the tailgate I put on...I opened the hood and it still has screening I installed to keep bugs out of the radiator...I open the owners manual and there is my handwriting from 9 years ago!
I didn't tell the salesman. I worked a deal and got a good trade-in for my Monte Carlo Z-34 and paid the difference in cash..Yippee. I got the title yesterday! Thanks for listening! There are 3 pics in my gallery if you would like to see more!
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/Picture_040.jpg
I was living in Erie, PA close to the lake where snow-fall is reasonable when I bought her. I then met a gal who made my heart go thumpety-thump and after a few years of dating & serious talk of marriage, I moved in with her out in the country about 20 miles south of the lake into the dreaded snowbelt; where snow-fall can be insane!....4X4 country! She was into horses & that lifestyle and also had a (white) Dodge Ram 2500 5.9 L 4X4. We decided to part ways with my truck in 1998 and trade her in for a "used" '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4X4 (white w/gold accents). After trading, I lowered my car-payment $100 a month plus put us in a cushy 4X4. After about another year together, we mutually broke up.
I ended up buying my own place 30 miles south of the lake, still in the dreaded snowbelt...lol. 'Cept after whacking a deer with the Grand Cherokee...getting her rebuilt....trading her in for the VX in 2000...flash-forward 7 years later to the present.
I was down at the local tavern talking to the pretty barmaid I've know for about 5 years (she's into tuner cars...lol..her fav. movie is "Fast & the Furious") and I decided to show her some pics of all the rides I've owned in my life. I get to the pic of the Ram and the guy next to me looks over and says "I've seen that truck...it's for sale...near Franklin, PA on route 322." I figure he's probably wrong...probably saw a chevy or a ford...doubtful it really looked like my old truck. He insists he saw "that truck".
I took a vacation day off from work for my Birthday (March 29) and it was a beautiful, sunny, spring day. I decide to take the VX for a jaunt down to Franklin, PA about 40 miles away just to see if I can find this truck the guy saw. Well...I seen it and thought to myself "huh...it is painted up like my old truck...even though I've never saw another painted like it." Well, I get to looking her over and bam.....it's got the red-colored spray-on bedliner I had done..it's got the "ram-tough" decal on the tailgate I put on...I opened the hood and it still has screening I installed to keep bugs out of the radiator...I open the owners manual and there is my handwriting from 9 years ago!
I didn't tell the salesman. I worked a deal and got a good trade-in for my Monte Carlo Z-34 and paid the difference in cash..Yippee. I got the title yesterday! Thanks for listening! There are 3 pics in my gallery if you would like to see more!
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/Picture_040.jpg