Stainless Steel Dave: Picture Project. - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

Curly · 10-17-2009, 12:32 PM

I'm sure many of you here are familiar with and have met "Stainless Steel Dave". I'm working on a project for Dave, restoring and digitizing many of his pictures. Some of the pics going back to the late seventies and early eighties.

I will be working on this for the next couple of weeks and will be adding pictures to the gallery as I go. Great picture history showing the beauty of the trail and Sierra Nevada's.

Dave: Below is a pic I pulled out of one of the more faded albums.

Before:

After:

And here is the Phone Booth shot at Big Sluice

Person Unkown:

Dave on the phone:

Dave: Back in the day, seems nothing much has change

Sluice Box: Circa 1984.

Gallery with unprocessed pics will be updated as I go, Take a look linky below:
http://gallery.me.com/greentwins1#100300

fermentor · 10-17-2009, 02:52 PM

That's some sweet stuff there Tim. Thanks for taking it on, can't wait to see them when you're done.

Lil Uzi · 10-17-2009, 03:02 PM

Wow !! Nice work !!

stainless steal dave · 10-17-2009, 07:28 PM

thank you tim. you did a great job fixing some of the faded pics i had-you are talented my friend!hopefully you can sort thru the book you have and share with everybody the pics of the rubicon from the 50's and 60's not all of them-that would be too much work! just the ones that you think would be interesting as far as trail history/fun pics of the early jeeper jamborees from the beginning. many of the personal pics i gave you are from the mid 70's to the late 80's. the largest tire we could buy back then were 33's or 35's!!. things have changed quite a bit in 32 years!

randii · 10-17-2009, 07:51 PM

AWESOME.

Dave, thanks for sharing, and Tim, thanks for the photo magic!

Randii

Curly · 10-17-2009, 08:47 PM

"Jeepers Jamboree The first 30 years..." What an amazing book. Thanks again Dave for giving us the opportunity to share this.

I plan on scanning as much of it as I can but at 436 pages it may be easier to just pick the best of the best as you suggested

Here is the map and one of the first articles...cool stuff for sure

As a side note I noticed the book has Copyrights from 1983 if this is going to be an issue just let me know and I will pull it

patjeepyj · 10-17-2009, 08:51 PM

Great JOB love the old photos it seems not much has changed,,, tools and talent are always needed...love the photo of dave with the torch but what the heck was he planning on doing to the starter??

Curly · 10-17-2009, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patjeepyj

Great JOB love the old photos it seems not much has changed,,, tools and talent are always needed...love the photo of dave with the torch but what the heck was he planning on doing to the starter??

Not sure thats a starter Pat, looks more like a Spindle to me...lmao

patjeepyj · 10-17-2009, 09:07 PM

Youre right and i am blind>>>

stainless steal dave · 10-17-2009, 11:49 PM

thank you again tim for all of your effort/skills/experiance/ hard work/so you can share some of the history of the con with all of the members on pirate. you rock!!!!. and a huge thanks to all of the people who volunteered to help out this year on all of our trails in the u.s.a.-thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

santa · 10-18-2009, 08:09 AM

That's just awesome. Great job, and thanks for letting us have the opportunity to see this great history.

resqme · 10-18-2009, 01:58 PM

Dave and Tim...great stuff! I really appreciate the generosity and work. Beautiful.

Sewie · 10-18-2009, 07:15 PM

Great work on the pics and thanks for sharing them Dave.

tunaman · 10-18-2009, 07:34 PM

i remember just a few weeks back dave you telling me that you carry all sorts of tools including a torch; and there you are in that picture decades earlier.

awsome pics.

Mr.Highhood · 10-18-2009, 08:44 PM

Dave is a cool cat

Thanks for sharing the pics and history. On a side note that sure looks like a highhood behind the gal with the fish

Jeepndel · 10-19-2009, 09:34 AM

Wow, what a cool project and what GREAT history and memories.
Del

patjeepyj · 10-19-2009, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curly

"Jeepers Jamboree The first 30 years..." What an amazing book. Thanks again Dave for giving us the opportunity to share this.

I plan on scanning as much of it as I can but at 436 pages it may be easier to just pick the best of the best as you suggested

Here is the map and one of the first articles...cool stuff for sure

As a side note I noticed the book has Copyrights from 1983 if this is going to be an issue just let me know and I will pull it

Ok so I have to ask..if you look at the map,,near Uncle Tom's cabin it reads "ladies side" and "men's side" wentworth road splits the two...I would imagine there were showers or a lake can someone explain this,,,I know I must be asking a stupid question.

Bebe · 10-19-2009, 07:46 PM

I want to see the one w/ Mark Smith holding up the jeep

Curly · 10-19-2009, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bebe

I want to see the one w/ Mark Smith holding up the jeep

I think I know which one you mean. I am working on more of the "Dave" Pics right now. I'll put up some more book stuff before nights end.

In the mean time. I had to put this pic up. For some reason it grabbed my attention. Great shot!!!

Curly · 10-19-2009, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bebe

I want to see the one w/ Mark Smith holding up the jeep

This one maybe?

Curly · 10-19-2009, 09:31 PM

Cadillac Hill:

All the scans from the book will be here;
http://gallery.me.com/greentwins1#100315

rockthedog · 10-19-2009, 11:42 PM

ssssooooooooooo cool!!

jeep937 · 10-20-2009, 12:33 AM

Awesome!

Rockcrusher · 10-20-2009, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patjeepyj

Ok so I have to ask..if you look at the map,,near Uncle Tom's cabin it reads "ladies side" and "men's side" wentworth road splits the two...I would imagine there were showers or a lake can someone explain this,,,I know I must be asking a stupid question.

Ladies side & Men's side was for potty purposes.

No showers, no lake. By the time everyone got to Wentworth, they were caked with in red dirt. Bath time didn't happen until they reached Rubicon Springs at which time the Rubicon River carried more silt than the Mississippi.

Rockcrusher · 10-20-2009, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curly

"Jeepers Jamboree The first 30 years..." What an amazing book. Thanks again Dave for giving us the opportunity to share this.

I plan on scanning as much of it as I can but at 436 pages it may be easier to just pick the best of the best as you suggested

As a side note I noticed the book has Copyrights from 1983 if this is going to be an issue just let me know and I will pull it

I'm not sure if the copyright passed on to Jeeper's Jamboree, Inc. but it would probably be a good idea to check with them before reproducing anything. I think their phone number is 4771. The office is next door to the Miner's Club.

10-17-2009, 12:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
Curly Granite Guru Join Date: Jun 2003 Member # 20205 Location: California Posts: 991	Stainless Steel Dave: Picture Project. I'm sure many of you here are familiar with and have met "Stainless Steel Dave". I'm working on a project for Dave, restoring and digitizing many of his pictures. Some of the pics going back to the late seventies and early eighties. I will be working on this for the next couple of weeks and will be adding pictures to the gallery as I go. Great picture history showing the beauty of the trail and Sierra Nevada's. Dave: Below is a pic I pulled out of one of the more faded albums. Before: After: And here is the Phone Booth shot at Big Sluice Person Unkown: Dave on the phone: Dave: Back in the day, seems nothing much has change Sluice Box: Circa 1984. Gallery with unprocessed pics will be updated as I go, Take a look linky below: http://gallery.me.com/greentwins1#100300 __________________ KI6PPU It's very black and white. It becomes Gray when you give quarter.... Last edited by Curly; 10-17-2009 at 05:01 PM.

10-17-2009, 02:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
fermentor Phobohomic Join Date: Oct 2005 Member # 55687 Location: sacramento Posts: 856	That's some sweet stuff there Tim. Thanks for taking it on, can't wait to see them when you're done. __________________ Dale RUBICON ROCK HEADS ______________________________________________ R.I.P. Dennis Mayer. W2DWM. Rubicon Rock Head & Pirate of the Rubicon.

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Lil Uzi Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Member # 6359 Location: Placer County, CA Where the Green Grass Grows Posts: 1,659	! Wow !! Nice work !! __________________ not surprized yer confused yer face was burried in the pillow pretty deep as gizim drunk as you were

10-17-2009, 07:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
stainless steal dave Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Member # 15043 Location: livermoreCA,USA Posts: 573	thank you tim. you did a great job fixing some of the faded pics i had-you are talented my friend!hopefully you can sort thru the book you have and share with everybody the pics of the rubicon from the 50's and 60's not all of them-that would be too much work! just the ones that you think would be interesting as far as trail history/fun pics of the early jeeper jamborees from the beginning. many of the personal pics i gave you are from the mid 70's to the late 80's. the largest tire we could buy back then were 33's or 35's!!. things have changed quite a bit in 32 years! __________________ rust is a four letter word!!!!!

10-17-2009, 08:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
Curly Granite Guru Join Date: Jun 2003 Member # 20205 Location: California Posts: 991	"Jeepers Jamboree The first 30 years..." "Jeepers Jamboree The first 30 years..." What an amazing book. Thanks again Dave for giving us the opportunity to share this. I plan on scanning as much of it as I can but at 436 pages it may be easier to just pick the best of the best as you suggested Here is the map and one of the first articles...cool stuff for sure As a side note I noticed the book has Copyrights from 1983 if this is going to be an issue just let me know and I will pull it __________________ KI6PPU It's very black and white. It becomes Gray when you give quarter.... Last edited by Curly; 10-17-2009 at 08:50 PM.

10-17-2009, 07:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
randii Pirate4x4 Addict! Join Date: Mar 2000 Member # 347 Location: Fair Oaks, CA Posts: 10,082	AWESOME. Dave, thanks for sharing, and Tim, thanks for the photo magic! Randii

10-17-2009, 08:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
patjeepyj Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Member # 142347 Location: citrus heights california Posts: 78	Great JOB love the old photos it seems not much has changed,,, tools and talent are always needed...love the photo of dave with the torch but what the heck was he planning on doing to the starter??

10-17-2009, 09:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
patjeepyj Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Member # 142347 Location: citrus heights california Posts: 78	Youre right and i am blind>>>

10-17-2009, 11:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
stainless steal dave Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Member # 15043 Location: livermoreCA,USA Posts: 573	thank you again tim for all of your effort/skills/experiance/ hard work/so you can share some of the history of the con with all of the members on pirate. you rock!!!!. and a huge thanks to all of the people who volunteered to help out this year on all of our trails in the u.s.a.-thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ rust is a four letter word!!!!!

10-18-2009, 08:09 AM	#11 (permalink)
santa Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Member # 5698 Location: North pooool Posts: 406	That's just awesome. Great job, and thanks for letting us have the opportunity to see this great history. __________________ Laughing and crying I ran the Rubicon on 31's. Now Gatekeeper is gone. Make it stop:(

10-18-2009, 01:58 PM	#12 (permalink)
resqme Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Aug 2003 Member # 21815 Location: Pollock Pines, CA Posts: 3,340	Dave and Tim...great stuff! I really appreciate the generosity and work. Beautiful. __________________ WWDD? N6YBH - "If you need a tool and don't buy it, you will ultimately find that you have paid for it but don't have it". -Henry Ford Use Goodsearch and support the Rubicon Trail Foundation.

10-18-2009, 07:15 PM	#13 (permalink)
Sewie Wheeler Join Date: Dec 2006 Member # 83683 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 137	Great work on the pics and thanks for sharing them Dave.

10-18-2009, 07:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
tunaman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Member # 15010 Location: Loomis, CA Posts: 532	i remember just a few weeks back dave you telling me that you carry all sorts of tools including a torch; and there you are in that picture decades earlier. awsome pics. __________________ "Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things" -Marvin Heemeyer, 2004.

10-18-2009, 08:44 PM	#15 (permalink)
Mr.Highhood Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Member # 137087 Location: c.p. Posts: 80	Dave is a cool cat Thanks for sharing the pics and history. On a side note that sure looks like a highhood behind the gal with the fish __________________ I used to wheel-

10-19-2009, 09:34 AM	#16 (permalink)
Jeepndel Land Use Zeus Join Date: Apr 2001 Member # 3982 Location: Mokelumne Hill, CA, USA Posts: 2,584	Wow, what a cool project and what GREAT history and memories. Del __________________ Del Albright BlueRibbon Coalition Ambassador Co-Founder, Friends of the Rubicon (FOTR) Building an Access Army to Fight Back -- SOLDIER UP Follow the Trail Tours TAPT

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Curly Granite Guru Join Date: Jun 2003 Member # 20205 Location: California Posts: 991	Cadillac Hill Cadillac Hill: All the scans from the book will be here; http://gallery.me.com/greentwins1#100315 __________________ KI6PPU It's very black and white. It becomes Gray when you give quarter....

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rockthedog Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: May 2003 Member # 19510 Location: vacaville ca Posts: 2,715	ssssooooooooooo cool!! __________________ 77fj40, 1 TON www.wfoconcepts.com 530-268-9494 tlca# 12281 semi_budget 1ton build /forum/toyota-land-cruiser/530636-semi-budget-1-ton-buildup-thread.html linking the rear http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/toyot...king-rear.html

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