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PHOTOS AND
                                                                                             WORDS BY
                                                                                             PORKSTICK









                                                                   THEM!
                                                                   THEM!
                                                                  THEM! 2015
              THE INVASION! by THEM! 2015
                                                                  THEM! 2015
               THE INVASION! by THEM! 2015
                                                                   THEM! 2015
                                                                   THEM! 2015
                           hings jus
                           hings just don't get easier. Every year we scrap and scrape and work t don't get easier. Every year we scrap and scrape and work
                           harder than the year before. Every year we get balder and more busted.
                           harder than the year before. Every year we get balder and more busted.
                           Every year we lose friends. Every year I write about THE INVASION!
                           Every year we lose friends. Every year I write about THE INVASION!
                           by THEM!, but this one was different. We (the little rat rod/hot rod
                           by THEM!, but this one was different. We (the little rat rod/hot rod
                   Tlittle society of Dallas/Ft. Worth) were missing a vital component.
                           little society of Dallas/Ft. Worth) were missing a vital component.
                   We were missing the smokiest-burn-outiest-wild-child of them all. It was
                   We were missing the smokiest-burn-outiest-wild-child of them all. It was
                   painful and gut wrenching.... and none of us are close to over it.  As I write
                   painful and gut wrenching.... and none of us are close to over it.  As I write
                   this, I choke up and lose my nerve. I wasn't close to him, but he was close to me.
                   this, I choke up and lose my nerve. I wasn't close to him, but he was close to me.








































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