[stephenjohnbanker]

“He had his hammers and he pounded out occasional dents himself and bought paint at the hardware store that “approximated” the color. “

You gotta admit, he was resourceful ;-)

[Dem Guard]

Yeah, sometimes a bit more resourceful that I would have hoped. As a kid I would ask him for something and I never knew what would happen. I was always thinking of a shinny new something and he would tell me we could make something. Now on the face of it that was nice, but my dad is what I would refer to as a functional engineer, not an aesthetic engineer.

[Landru]

"'He had his hammers and he pounded out occasional dents himself and bought paint at the hardware store that 'approximated' the color."

HA!!
Are you telling me some of that shit brindle brown on the Olds ya'll had from your Grandmother wasn't GM factory original?? LOL And here I'd thought it was the best Fisher Body could offer all these years.

Please don't tell me the white Olds' Delta 88 wasn't all original, too!! I'd be crushed, cant take much more, might put me over the edge. LOL!!!

Now Li'l Bear & your pea green Telephone Company car with the "Bell" painted over I could understand, but leave me with my ignorance if not. LOL!!

"You gotta admit, he was resourceful"

Lloyd was and still is, DG's literally a chip off the ol' block, too. Which is why when kinds we called 'em, Little Lloyd. HA!!!!!
Guys you should SEE the stuff DG dreams up to build, an endless font of all kinds of curious contraptions.