The old IDI's

***Power Hungry*** · #1 Wed, February 4th, 2009, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JackandJanet

...likes to ride with his/her "Head out the window and ears in the breeze gently blowin'?" (A line for an old C.W. McCall song called "Sloan", for those youngsters who missed out).

- Jack

Was that before or after he did "Convoy"? Much to Corey's chagrin, I love that song "Convoy". When I was a kid, I used to dream about driving big trucks because they were SOOOO cool. I still think they're neat and enjoy talking to the truckers on long road trips.

Oh, BTW... Nice looking rig there. The stacks really make the truck look nice and tough. My neighbor had a 92 Dually with the stacks and the "wing" on the roof, although he never pulled a trailer. Just though it looked cool.

***Jackpine*** · #2 Wed, February 4th, 2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Power Hungry

Was that before or after he did "Convoy"? Much to Corey's chagrin, I love that song "Convoy". When I was a kid, I used to dream about driving big trucks because they were SOOOO cool. I still think they're neat and enjoy talking to the truckers on long road trips.

Convoy, was what made him famous. He did a bunch of others and I can't tell you which came first. I think I have every record he made. "Sloan" was a companion song to "Old Home Filler-Up & Keep on A-Truckin' Cafe", another one I liked a lot.

Sloan, was a hound though, not a pretty little border collie like that one.

I can appreciate your dreaming about driving big rigs. I wanted to be a train engineer when I was a kid. My Dad used to take us out to see the big cab forward go by on the Donner Pass line when I was young. The engineer would wave and toot the horn to us. Here's a link to a picture of one: http://www.yesteryeardepot.com/SP4142.JPG It was a HUGE locomotive!

- Jack

***Power Hungry*** · #3 Wed, February 4th, 2009, 10:52 PM

Ah, the old locomotives. 2 Sets of drive axles as opposed to the single set of the earlier steam engines we all see in those old westerns. Not quite as sexy, but sure made a heck of a lot of torque.

I am still amazed at the sheer engineering marvel of things like this, considering all design, machining and assembly was done by hand. We live in a fantastic age!