I think that Panther was the one on "Tank Overhaul" a few seasons ago.

My prayers for his soul and condolences to the family - I also hope he had a plan for his collection so all or most of it can stay together.

I've owned 4 (only have one now) and all were Texas small town VFD brush trucks. Two came from Seguin, one from Alton and one from the Tyler area - it's actually not that unusual to still see them in the smaller departments that have small budgets (and LOTS more places have 2-1/2 ton trucks from the...

My M37 top by WeeBee Webbing is really tight to install and remove so I would welcome something a little looser. Of course, I already have it so I'd be kinda silly to buy something else.

In any case, I think the M35 top looks just fine on the M37 - only a trained eye would know the diff.

No spark sounds like the coil failed or something in the electr ig module. Do all of the plugs fail to spark?

Gotta catch the ringleader and beat him half to death. Happened to someone I knew - they had a bad boy in the neighborhood so two of the grown men caught him out walking at night and had a little talk. After he got out of the hospital, he asked his delinquent mom if he could move away. Got rid of th...

After owning a bunch of 1911 model .45's (and foolishly trading them away) I bought a Llama from Academy for $230 a few years ago, added a Millet rear that I already had and a surplus match grade barrel and bushing. Probably added $100 to the cost but she'll shoot 2-3" at 25 yds and doesn't jam...

As Nickathorne said, "depends on what it is you want the gun for". For sheer fun, destructive power and overall utility - it's hard to beat a shotgun. I'd recommend a Mossberg model 500 pump, probably in one of the M&P configurations with a plastic stock. They are almost indestructible...

I have owned two trucks that ran a directional tread made by Cordovan Tire, which is a chevron pattern and very similar to a tractor tire. However, it is a true high speed truck tire and not an ATV or other completely offroad design. As Paul states, the problem with directional tires like these is t...

A guy was on the local news a while ago, having gotten stung selling a classic truck but with a nasty twist on the scam. It seems the "buyer" didn't try the bait and switch; he simply asked a few normal questions and then decided to pay full price for the truck. None of this "I give y...

FWIW, I once owned a fairly original truck that had red primer drums. The axles on that one were black but the rest of the truck was OD. Maybe they were replaced at some point, I don't know. My current truck has OD axles but again, the brake drums are in red primer. I think it's sort of strange that...

We have billions of 'em here but mostly whitewings these days. When I was growing up, it was mostly mourning dove but the increase in cultivated acres has made the whitewing population explode so the mourning doves are confined to the brush country.

I'm looking for two to four 9.00-16 NDT's in the Central Texas area. I know about Wallace Wade but was hoping to find some good used ones for less money that I could drive a few hours to pick up. These are going on an M37 farm truck so they don't have to be new but I can't use dry rotted ones either...