# Life changes and so do projects

**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-changes-and-so-do-projects/8389
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [December 31, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-changes-and-so-do-projects/8389 "2025-12-31T16:31:36Z")
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### Author: ![DennisP](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/dennisp/32/35747_2.png) [@DennisP](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/DennisP)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-changes-and-so-do-projects/8389/1 "2025-12-31T16:31:36Z")

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Hope everyone’s Christmas was a Merry one and to everyone may your New Year bring Blessings and Joy!!  
Its been a few months since my last post and as usual life got in the way again, my little hobby shop has turned into a full time business keeping local farmers going. Sold the 5.0 engine and transmission I was going to use for sport trac… and in process of installing a used transmission to get it ready to sell. I am considering getting my Kalamazoo speed truck ready to sell as well..will come with Generator and mig welder, torch set and tanks and a mobile stick welder mounted…has the electric winch and controls.. will make someone a nice mobile welding unit. I am 72 now..don’t do a lot of mobile welding as most of the farmers either have welders and would rather I do the welding or they bring it to my shop. with my gardening that I keep increasing size, my new hobby of growing Fig trees for resale, and 2 green houses, plus my newest gasifier project a 1955 Studebaker 3/4 ton pickup with a 185 flathead 6cyl. only 66k miles…needs lots of sheet metal work coming from rust belt area…was in storage for 35 years before I got it..with some love freed up a couple stuck valves,new head gasket..this thing starts when you bump the key and runs perfect. someone put new shoes and drums all the way around and I just put new brake lines and hoses on it.. spent 2k on all the rust repair panels soon to be installed it runs and is driveable… its a head turner now,but after the sheet metal work and the gasifier…should be a trophy winner at the local car shows.

 ![right front](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/0/2/02de3d6d263885c09f241d2573c55a76927fad2a.jpeg)  
 ![left front](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/d/4/d47c124022a79a7bbf00b42700841a70884d2080.jpeg)  
 ![left rear](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/6/2/628832338bbaed9f53b9a3d909408b05469fc477.jpeg)  
 ![left rear with fender](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/4/1/41219da9cc3a152747ad26fd11107f8df336ae69.jpeg)  
 ![inside](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/6/a/6a48ae385f31d42b2be074ca48b43dd3e01d0f3f.jpeg)  
 ![tailgate](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/4/d/4d1c90eff18a704a06737eb04e097ce18af8d4e3.jpeg)  
 ![left side engine](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/b/0/b0dae474bd8fc218bb817e49e20965ba3709df66.jpeg)  
 ![right side engine](https://dow.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/f/c/fc4ac227eb280fcd60707b46966ddd766f58054b.jpeg)

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### Author: ![don\_mannes](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/don_mannes/32/19008_2.png) [@don\_mannes](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/don_mannes)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-changes-and-so-do-projects/8389/2 "2025-12-31T17:01:54Z")

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My dad had one like that when I was 12 years old and I remember the low low low granny gear. The truck would hardly move at half throttle. I think it had a 10 foot bed.