Imgur, meet Alice

They say, "let sleeping beasts, lay". So I put Alice to bed for the winter.

I have wanted this truck since I was a kid. 2003 was when I first had seen this beauty on a Napa calendar.

She even purrrrrrrrs

I wanted one so much... she's not even my first. This one's name was Belinda, which means beautiful serpent.

What was awesome about her was that she was signed by Wolfgang Bernhard. The Chief Operating Officer of Jeep Dodge Chrysler at the time. He's the one that came up with the idea of shoehorning an 8.3 L V10 Viper motor in a Ram. He signed the first 50 trucks made. All of which went to higher up members of the Viper Club of America. But outside of the first 50, he signed numbers 500, 505, and 525, those numbers being the stock Horsepower, Displacement, and Torque.

Belinda was number 525.

So shiny, so sexy.

I made this myself

She just looked mean. I loved her as much as her sister (sister at the time)

Here she is with Daphne the Dakota (named after the nymph that stole the heart of Apollo)

What Belinda was on the streets, Daphne was in the mud. But alas, nothing lasts forever.

One night, coming home from a friend's Stag and Doe. (SOBER!!!). A deer decided that I didn't deserve my dream truck just yet.

I swerved to miss the deer...

But because she's a truck, her ass ain't that heavy...

And I went into a flat spin and corked a tree.

I dislocated my shoulder holding onto the gear shift while bouncing my head of the steering wheel and using it to break the drivers side window. I couldn't count for a week after that. But, I didn't give up. I found another one in Texas. Shipped it up to Canada. And am currently getting her how I want her. Starting with...

...changing out the old worn out clutch and plate. And why not the flywheel while I'm in there. When changing the Clutch and flywheel we found a sneaky "Sneaky Pete"

A wild Stewie in his happy place (I'm the wild Stewie)

Tagged out with my heterosexual lifemate Archer. He an I have been best friends since I was 8... I'm now 32 (QUICK MATH). Sorry ladies, he's married with kids (ya gotta be quicker than that)

I must get this right during my short concentration window of 10 seconds. I may or may not have Goldfish syndrome. Some times it's hard to... Oh look, bubbles! I love bubbles.

Lookit that sexy new clutch plate

Brand spanking new Centerforce Clutch, clutch plate and Fidenza Aluminium flywheel. Old flywheel was like 45 lbs, this baby is barely 15.

"Yes, may I help you?"

So... Problem is, the stock intake plenum doesn't give you many options. options to fit...

This bad boy on top of an 8!3 L V10

This is a Lysholm 3.3 L twin screw supercharger. This get put on a 500 HP 8.3 L V10 and makes Alice go....

"Who's strangling a cat?" Answer, my Viper. ;-)

I won second place in the Show and Shine...I LOST TO MY GRANDPA! but honestly, he had a Fully restored 1955 Pontiac Chieftain and a 1939 Ford Coupe Deluxe all matching, sooooo I'm not butthurt at all (no, honestly)

Does this count as Cat tax? Her name was Dinah. Tell me if you see a theme or pattern.

If not, this is my dog tax. He was my best buddy. His name was Norm. As in Norman. Bestest dog ever. Super smart, super loyal, super soft. I live Springers, them and their wiggle bums.

*Was" is not being used to garner feels points. I just don't have a dog/cat anymore and he was/is/will be my favourite until I meet my new bestest beast buddy. (Probably an Australian Cattle Dog)