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2017 Garagemahal Truck Show & Swap Meet

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Gary Lewis –

The 2017 Garagemahal Truck Show & Swap Meet was held on September 16th, and it was a success.

In spite of it being the first year we had 15 trucks entered and 48 ballots were turned in, so we had a good turnout.

The winners were:

Best Paint: Terry Shreve from Barnsdall, OK with his red & white 1965 F100

Best Engine: Terry Shreve's 428 in his '65 F100

Closest To Stock (pre-2000): Scott Ringer from Skiatook, OK with his 1978 F150

Best Upgrades: Tim White from Skiatook, OK with his 1970 Bronco

People's Favorite: Tim White's 1970 Bronco

Farthest Driven: Ben Bluhm drove 121 miles from Choctaw, OK in his 1985 F350

Here are pics of some of the winners getting awards. In this one Scott is getting his Closest To Stock award:

Here's Tim White getting one of his awards:

And here's Ben Bluhm getting his award:

Speaking of the Bluhms, here are their '97 & '85 F350's:

And here is Jim Braxtan's 1968 F250:

Mike Carr had a very stock 1985 F150, which included this wiring cover that is rarely seen today:

Last, here are some shots of the trucks from various angles. In this first one you can see Terry Shreve's red & white 1965 F100, which won Best Paint and Best Engine.

And in the next two shots you can see Tim White's Grabber Blue 1970 Bronco, which won Best Upgrades and People's Favorite. And, you can see Scott Ringler's 1978 F150 basically dead-center in the first shot.

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1986F150Six

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Thanks, Gary... for the photos and all you did to make this year's event happen. A great time was had by all!

Ford F834

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Tim Meyers display and amazing aluminum block!

SHORT BED 4-DOOR DIESEL: 1986 F350 4x4 under construction-- 7.3 IDIT ZF5+GVOD

STRAIGHT SIX 4X4: 1981 F150 2wd to 4x4-- 300 I6 close ratio diesel T19, hydroboost brakes, Saginaw steering

BIG F: 1995 F-Superduty under construction— converting to 6.9L IDI diesel ZF5+DNE2

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Scott Ringler's plasma cutting and welding display and tutorial. This was awesome! I learned a lot.

Ford F834

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More pictures of the trucks. I didn't get them all, and I agree next year that should be a goal.

Ford F834

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And a very momentous occasion, the delivery of Dad's Engine!!!

Gary Lewis

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David - Thanks. But I was happy to do it. And thanks to all of you who came. 👍

Jonathan - Wow! Thanks for all of the pictures! I really appreciate you getting those as I've been kicking myself that I didn't. Maybe you can zip them and email them to me so I'll have them in the best format for creating the page on the website.

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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

Ford F834

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Absolutely Gary, I will get the full resolution files to you. I wish I had taken more, but I was busy enjoying myself and visiting. It really was a fun event! 🙂

Bruno2

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I am glad the guys from Choctaw came out. I am also glad we had a decent turnout for the first one. The Choctaw trucks were nice and so were the owners. Looking forward to seeing them next time.

Whitey: 1996 F 250 XL CCLB 4X4 7.3 DI ZF5 (The Work Horse) Lots of power mods
Whitey Jr: AKA Jr 1982 F 150 CCLB 4X4 351W C6 (Jr Work Horse) respectable power, but not over the top
The Bronco: 1987 Bronco XLT 351W C6 (needs work) Lots of off road mods and plenty of power mods
The Dodge: 2006 Ram 2500 CCSB 4X4 5.9 HO Cummins (The reliable ride that cant keep an AC in itself) (5th AC go around almost complete)

Gary Lewis

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Yep! I sure hope they come back next year.

And, speaking of that, I think I recruited another truck yesterday and another vendor a few weeks ago. The truck is owned by my wife's cousin, Leonard Fields. It is an '83 shortbed w/the 3.8L V6. He and his twin, Lester, were at the house yesterday for our Thanksgiving get-together and he told me about the truck and his problems finding a lower radiator hose. Hence the thread on that subject.

And the vendor is Core Tuning, who has software and hardware to allow changing the parameters on Ford's EEC computers. Bill Vose used their stuff to get Darth running, and I plan to use it on Dad's truck. So, one of the guys said he'd be here, and I'm going to petition for a course on how to use their stuff.

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