May 4, 2003
Okay, so the new pictures didn't show up. The story isn't worth telling,
but here are the pictures.
May 3, 2003
Pictures are now up from the Fabulous Fords Forever show last week in
Buena Park, CA. It was the typical huge show with Mustangs representing
easily half of the cars there. I love em, but if you've seen one Mustang
you've seen em all. 48-52 trucks were fairly well represented this year.
I think there were more of them than any other vintage of truck, which
is unusual. The pictures can be found here.
March 18, 2003
The display issue has been resolved. Everything should just center no
matter what size/resolution monitor you are using.
It has come to my attention that some people are selling information
that has been copied from websites such as this one. As far as I know
nobody has done this with my material, but keep your eyes peeled when
you're on Ebay and the like. This is tacky and illegal. If anybody is
going to make a buck from this website it will be me, but I have chosen
to make this website 100% free. This does't mean free for any plagarist
scumbag, but free for the people who need the info.
February 10, 2003
The forum, bulletin board, postie place, or whatever you want to call
it has been in operation for a month now and is a huge success. The only
thing that can make it better is if more people participate. check out
the Forum.
How does this website display for you? I've just switched to Mac from
PC and the site looks much different. On the PC running 600x800 resolution
this page took up the whole screen. On the Mac, running 1280x1024 there
is a whole bunch of extra black space on the right hand side if I size
the window very large. If anybody has issues with the site displaying
funny, write me an email. By the
way, if anybody is thinking about switching
to Mac--do it if at all possible. You won't know how much better it
is until you've done it.
january 3, 2003
HUGE anouncement for you all, and I think you'll like it.
Bonusbuilt.com now hosts a live bulletin
board. The forums are a high powered and highly customisable bulletin
board package with a user-friendly interface. Features include message
boards, private messaging, a powerful search utility, helpful FAQ, polls,
good security...it's pretty amazing.
Anybody may browse the forums and search, but to post messages and use
the boards fully registration is required. Registration just takes a minute
and it's free.
I encourage everybody who uses this website to register and use
the message boards. If everbody participates the boards will get a life
of their own and will ensure that bonsubuilt.com keeps its place as the
most complete and helpful resource for owners and fans of old Ford trucks.
The message boards are at http://www.bonusbuilt.com/forum.
Visit, register, bookmark, come back often.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND VS. F2-F8 TRUCKS
I know there are a lot of people coming here who own F2 through
F8 trucks who are frustrated about not being able to find parts. You can
buy every little thing for an F1, but can't even get brake shoes for an
F7. That is a simple case of "supply and demand". Not many people
have heavier trucks, so there is nearly no demand for the parts. If there
is no demand, the manufacturers aren't going to lose money by making parts
that won't sell. So what can you do? Let the people who make the parts
know there is a demand. If they know there is a dollar to be made, they
will make the parts.
David Ray owns a 1951 F3 and needs brake drums. He is launching a campaign
to encourage JobLot Automotive to reproduce the drums for his truck. If
you would buy drums, contact David at dwray2@earthlink.net.
He wants to do something along the lines of a petition to pass along to
JobLot. Come to think of it, if you have drums to sell you might want
to contact David as well. If you have a part you can't find anywhere and
wish it was reproduced, let the manufacturers know. Call JobLot, Dennis
Carpenter, Sacramento Vintage, etc and let them know there's a demand.
You won't get your parts overnight, but after a few calls they're going
to know there's demand.
David passed along a message he received from James at Joblot Automotive.
It is available here,
and give some insight into how the repro parts business runs.
May 4, 2003
Okay, so the new pictures didn't show up. The story isn't worth telling,
but here are the pictures.
May
3, 2003
Pictures are now up from the Fabulous Fords Forever show last week in
Buena Park, CA. It was the typical huge show with Mustangs representing
easily half of the cars there. I love em, but if you've seen one Mustang
you've seen em all. 48-52 trucks were fairly well represented this year.
I think there were more of them than any other vintage of truck, which
is unusual. The pictures can be found here.
March 18, 2003
The display issue has been resolved. Everything should just center no
matter what size/resolution monitor you are using.
It has come to my attention that some people are selling information
that has been copied from websites such as this one. As far as I know
nobody has done this with my material, but keep your eyes peeled when
you're on Ebay and the like. This is tacky and illegal. If anybody is
going to make a buck from this website it will be me, but I have chosen
to make this website 100% free. This does't mean free for any plagarist
scumbag, but free for the people who need the info.
February 10, 2003
The forum, bulletin board, postie place, or whatever you want to call
it has been in operation for a month now and is a huge success. The only
thing that can make it better is if more people participate. check out
the Forum.
How does this website display for you? I've just switched to Mac from
PC and the site looks much different. On the PC running 600x800 resolution
this page took up the whole screen. On the Mac, running 1280x1024 there
is a whole bunch of extra black space on the right hand side if I size
the window very large. If anybody has issues with the site displaying
funny, write me an email. By the
way, if anybody is thinking about switching
to Mac--do it if at all possible. You won't know how much better it
is until you've done it.
january 3, 2003
HUGE anouncement for you all, and I think you'll like it.
Bonusbuilt.com now hosts a live bulletin
board. The forums are a high powered and highly customisable bulletin
board package with a user-friendly interface. Features include message
boards, private messaging, a powerful search utility, helpful FAQ, polls,
good security...it's pretty amazing.
Anybody may browse the forums and search, but to post messages and use
the boards fully registration is required. Registration just takes a minute
and it's free.
I encourage everybody who uses this website to register and use
the message boards. If everbody participates the boards will get a life
of their own and will ensure that bonsubuilt.com keeps its place as the
most complete and helpful resource for owners and fans of old Ford trucks.
The message boards are at http://www.bonusbuilt.com/forum.
Visit, register, bookmark, come back often.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND VS. F2-F8 TRUCKS
I know there are a lot of people coming here who own F2 through
F8 trucks who are frustrated about not being able to find parts. You can
buy every little thing for an F1, but can't even get brake shoes for an
F7. That is a simple case of "supply and demand". Not many people
have heavier trucks, so there is nearly no demand for the parts. If there
is no demand, the manufacturers aren't going to lose money by making parts
that won't sell. So what can you do? Let the people who make the parts
know there is a demand. If they know there is a dollar to be made, they
will make the parts.
David Ray owns a 1951 F3 and needs brake drums. He is launching a campaign
to encourage JobLot Automotive to reproduce the drums for his truck. If
you would buy drums, contact David at dwray2@earthlink.net.
He wants to do something along the lines of a petition to pass along to
JobLot. Come to think of it, if you have drums to sell you might want
to contact David as well. If you have a part you can't find anywhere and
wish it was reproduced, let the manufacturers know. Call JobLot, Dennis
Carpenter, Sacramento Vintage, etc and let them know there's a demand.
You won't get your parts overnight, but after a few calls they're going
to know there's demand.
David passed along a message he received from James at Joblot Automotive.
It is available here,
and give some insight into how the repro parts business runs.
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