My Friend James

This web site is made in dedication to
my buddy James!
James is a dear friend, so I find it necessary to pick on him.
This is all in fun and for entertainment,
in all reality James would do anything for anyone and
has for me, he is loyal and honest and I'm grateful he is such a good friend!

However to know him the way I do
sometimes he makes you laugh!

This is a little story about a man named James
I picked the modern day Jed Clampett because he reminds me of him.

James is known for driving intresting vehicles, they never have matching paint on the doors or hoods or trunks, they have an assortment of wheels and tires, and like this one, they were purchased for a song.
James got this old girl at an auction for $250 bucks, he then did about $250 bucks on improvements to the mechanical well being of the beast.
It runs and runs well, cosmetics aside, he and I traveled to New Mexico in it got 24 miles to the gallon, you get just as much attention driving into the local service station in it as you would a new sports car, why you ask?
Well they are one of a kinds, no one on planet earth have seen such contraptions upon the American roadway.
James should be a modern day Artist because I see strange things like he drives at colleges, museums etc that are equally ugly and someone paid a so called Artist money to show off what they refer to as works of art!
Well I'm here to tell you they have nothing on James vehicles because they are truly a work, perhaps not art but of work none the less.

This fine vehicle was ugly but then about two weeks ago on a trip to Arizona with his son, his son fell asleep at the wheel in Utah and it rolled, messed up the cab and rear window but it still runs like a top.
James has a newer white cab to put on it now, wow more intense color to be had.
I'm here to tell you no one has anything like the cars and trucks he drives, they are simply one of a kinds!

Now Hance wanted me to point out his new Dodge Diesel on the left of James GMC Mobile device here!
Hance just talked to James and I and his Dodge is in the shop again, seems this is twice for a one year old new Dodge Diesel pickup!
James told Hance well you better by a GMC like mine it always runs and is never in the garage, he has proof, look at the paint and condition, one can be quite sure it has never ever been in a garage and he has witnesses to that fact!
Note behind the Great GMC of Idaho, is my plain old 1989 Chevy pickup that isn't new and isn't fancy but next to James pickup you would think I won the lottery twice!
Poor Poor Pitiful James
or is it the Poor Poor Pitiful GMC he puts through its paces as it should have been retired after the first two times it went over the Grand Canyon?
Anyway no one will ever accuse James of trying to out do the Jones Family because they would hide their head if they had to ride in the old girl.

As for me, I keep my head high, because I'm lucky to get to ride in a one of a kind vehicle, think of it as a test bed for how much punishment a General Motors product can actually take and keep on going?
You can have your old Ford far as I'm concerned, it would have never made it past the ten totals this thing has endured.

Hats off to you James and the GMC from Hell!

James inspecting his truck and the damage sustained by a recent rollover his son went to sleep in Utah!

James is so proud of his GMC, the gray fender was his idea too, he told me it added Character to the vehicle being two tone now. James told me many people in Arizone asked him if he would sell this work of art, but he refused knowing full well no one else had one like her, not anywhere on earth. James also told me he has been receiving emails asking to purchase the truck, guess it was on television in Arizona for being a modern work of Art!
That James he is always getting hooked up with a good deal. James said the women are really attracted to him when they see him driving the GMC, he told me he had to leave Arizona because everytime he pulled into a service station the women mobbed him for rides in it and were asking just exactly what it was?

James pointing out the finer points of the truck to Hance enhanced special features!

Hance is telling James, man I so wish I could trade my Dodge for this fine looking customized ride you have! Hance was licking his lips in Awe of this fine motor vehicle.
Hance told me later off to the side he might try to steal the GMC from James that night because he just had to have it, I told him it had no ignition but the Pickle bucket handle on the dash would start it! I told him it was of the customized details James had crafted in his shop.
I told Hance it is a very special vehicle and he had better hold on when he drove it because the power it had was unreal, I told him it would run circles around that damed old Dodge and nothing could haul a load like it did, just look at all that fine merchandise in the back right now, I bet it is valuable, no doubt they hire James to haul Diamonds because they are precious like the GMC

James and Hance inspecting this fine 1988 GMC

Hance is asking James for information, he wants to know what he can do to his Dodge Diesel to make it durable and lasting and dependable like this GMC
Hance is telling James he is jealous of the GMC and wishes he owned one like it
Why Hance asked James to trade him with cash to boot, but James knowing full well he had the superior product refuesed and stood his ground.
Hance told James and I just tonight his new Dodge Died a second time and is in the shop being repaired, too bad he didn't make that deal with James for the trade then poor ole Hance wouldn't have to walk to work for the next week.
Hance is going to dealerships near you to find a durable GMC like James owns, I wish him good hunting and James might be able to tell him which auction, junk yard or landfill to find the best one he can locate, Lord knows James has a great deal of experience finding, building and working on custom vehicles.

This is James with his 1988 GMC

James is paying special attention to his pickup, keeping records of the special effects his son Clayton made to it on the recent Arizona, Utah trip. After the wreck, James called me and told me that he and Clayton wrecked, I asked if they were ok, he said yes but I can't find my cell phone, I think I was pissed and threw it away after the wreck I had to borrow one from the officer here!
Now I ask you why would anyone be upset with a rollover you survived in this fine truck.
It's not exactly like it changed the special features of it much. Besides it has a bit different look to it now, customized from the ground up. It had an orange light on the bar on the back, now it is gone, must have flown off when the cell phone flew through the air.
One other special thing, notice the sticker on the right door, the Idaho State Univerisity should be proud to have once owned this beauty, and it is such good advertisement for them to buy such high quality automobiles that last like the Eveready batter bunny!

James 1988 GMC Pickup

See the right corner of the tailgate, his son did this customization the rollover put quite the kink in the tailgate, but note the GMC emblems are tough they are still there!
See the one of a kind custom bumper, brown rust on the left and black pain on the right and note the tweek in the right side of the bumper gives it ground effects at high speed!
Also see the rear window, well there used to be one there, guess the rollover claimed it's life too!
And the items in the back are to make it appear as if he is hauling junk, normally it is clean and neat almost always...........yeah right!

James 1988 GMC Pickup

Note the custom grill, the left turn signal is taped on with electrical tape, not sure where the right turn signal went, he just told me it is the little orange light bulb, clasic!
See the wheels, they were customized without hub caps to show off the delux lug nuts, the fender is crumpled, the door is dented and so is the bed, and have a look at that custom horn in the center of where others put grills, this is a no nonsense vehicle for serious use.
I will hand it to him the license plate is still hanging of for dear life.