GB SISSON
Well-known member
Yesterday I finished up a job in my shop building 13 sliding barn type doors for a home's interior. They were all over 4' wide and 9 1/2' tall. I worked 14 days without a day off, and by myself since I no longer choose to have employees. Today's weather was sunny and warm and I had some vehicle license paperwork and other stuff to do at the county seat which is on another island. I decided to grab a few things and spend the day over there. I texted some friends I wanted to look up as the ferry schedule dictated I stay about six hours. Perfect, nothing to do but goof off. The ferry holds seven lanes of vehicles and I was at the front of a line so I had a windshield view. I took care of my paperwork and went to visit a young friend I had corresponded with about jailbar trucks. In May there was a car show over there and I got to meet him in person. First thing I noticed about this 26 year old guy was his hat brim flipped up like a B17 mechanic. He had a really nice shop behind his dad's place outside of town. His jailbar was there along with his '59 f100 and a chevy squarebody that I guess was old to him. After a nice visit we hopped in the foyota and sped off to another shop where he introduced me to his two friends that are my age. One has a jailbar pickup and a very nice 36 ford pickup. We all visited for an hour or so. The 26 year old has been doing a lot of work on the guy's '36. Cab corners made from parts of a cadillac hood on his homemade english wheel and some kind of roller contraption. Looked factory.
Afterwards I stopped at the auto parts store as ours doesn't carry the berrymans carb dip I needed. Then a restaurant where I had a huge late lunch then onto the waiting line for the ferry. Lots of tourists in that town and a family came up to me all excited because their daughter, maybe 12 or so had seen the truck and loved it. She asked If it was ok to take a picture of it and of course I said yes. When they asked about the truck I said, "Well, it's half Japanese and half American and the kid's smile brightened even more as she exclaimed "Just like ME!" While this was not worthy of an Ol' Henry trip, it was fun because it was spur of the moment and everywhere I went the jalopy drew people in.
Afterwards I stopped at the auto parts store as ours doesn't carry the berrymans carb dip I needed. Then a restaurant where I had a huge late lunch then onto the waiting line for the ferry. Lots of tourists in that town and a family came up to me all excited because their daughter, maybe 12 or so had seen the truck and loved it. She asked If it was ok to take a picture of it and of course I said yes. When they asked about the truck I said, "Well, it's half Japanese and half American and the kid's smile brightened even more as she exclaimed "Just like ME!" While this was not worthy of an Ol' Henry trip, it was fun because it was spur of the moment and everywhere I went the jalopy drew people in.
