For those of you that are not familiar with the Pigcar a.k.a. "The Stroller", here is a brief introduction. The Stroller was drug out of a woods by Dave the Bartender (DTB) a couple of years ago to go on the Powertour with his friends. DTB and his buddies put a 283/700r4 combo in it and took off on the 2006 Powertour. They were longhaulers in 2006 and then decided to do the 2007 Powertour at the last minute. They threw a disc brake conversion on it and were off for PT 2007. Once again they were longhaulers for 2007. Dave has tons of stories to go along with these trips and I am not doing them justice in this brief recap. DTB decided to sell the Stroller to help pay for parts for his real project, his 55 Chevy that he has owned forever. This is where I come in. I see it in the For Sale section here on Carjunkie and it speaks to me. I finally decide to email Dave after thinking about it for a good long time. During the time that myself and Dave were emailing back and forth we got slow at work and told the boss I would take some vacation. So I call Dave and am on a plane to Tallahassee to buy the Pigcar. I was looking forward to a roadtrip back home to Indiana from Florida, it was going to be my little spring adventure. DTB picked me up at the airport and we were off to pick up the last few parts needed to get the Stroller back to Indiana. I need to stop the story about the car and tell you about Dave. Dave IS one of the nicest people you will ever meet. Not only did he do tons of parts chasing for the car at the last minute, he also helped install them and let me stay the night at his house before I took off. THANKS for all of your help and hospitality!!!!!!!!!! Well, back to the car, Dave put the new heater core in the car, I fiddled with the turn signal switch and called it a night. I was off the next morning, headed to Ft. Myers, FL to see my Grandpa. Here are some of pics of the Stroller on the way home. Enjoy.
The Stroller at DTB's house.
Myself and Stroller at DTB's
DTB and Stroller
DTB was still a little attached
Stroller at Don Garlits Museum
Grandpa and Stroller
Stroller at Skyway in Tampa Bay
Stroller at Talladega Superspeedway
Stroller at Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, KY
I ran into some snow/ice on the way home
Well those pictures pretty well told the story coming home. Well, fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when Nik (the poser) posted pics of his Pontiac with new rims and tires on it. A light went off in my head and remembered I had a set of rims and tires laying around for my 1998 Camaro project. The Camaro is a long way from being finished so I decided to see if the rims and tires would fit the Stroller. Well, with a little cutting, hammering and some spacers they fit. Oh yea, I lowered it too. Well without further ado, here is the new Stroller
The Stroller at DTB's house.
Myself and Stroller at DTB's
DTB and Stroller
DTB was still a little attached
Stroller at Don Garlits Museum
Grandpa and Stroller
Stroller at Skyway in Tampa Bay
Stroller at Talladega Superspeedway
Stroller at Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, KY
I ran into some snow/ice on the way home
Well those pictures pretty well told the story coming home. Well, fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when Nik (the poser) posted pics of his Pontiac with new rims and tires on it. A light went off in my head and remembered I had a set of rims and tires laying around for my 1998 Camaro project. The Camaro is a long way from being finished so I decided to see if the rims and tires would fit the Stroller. Well, with a little cutting, hammering and some spacers they fit. Oh yea, I lowered it too. Well without further ado, here is the new Stroller
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