Petunia’s Christmas Gift
I like my little pig truck, Petunia. I’ve put a lot of money and work into her, and I guess that hasn’t gone unrecognized. When I opened up my Christmas gifts this morning, there was a whole pile of stuff for the little Samurai.
Kat’s son, Justin, hooked me up with a nice set of camo seat covers, and a matching steering wheel cover. (I tried a photo, but it just doesn’t show up all that well.) The seat covers were pretty badly needed. Kat’s mom bought her a new bikini top, to replace the one that’s on her now, before the tiny holes get any bigger.
Then there was this fairly small box, marked with a U.S. Customs stamp. What the heck? I opened it slowly, carefully, feeling the weight. It was well wrapped, and took a few moments to get to it. Then it fell out into my hand… 
It’s a chrome boar, hood ornament!
Pretty cool, huh? I sure thought so!
Cool ornament Phil. it will look good on petunia’s hood..and the best thing about you get it from someone close to you.
December 26th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Thanks, Eric. It looks awesome! She looks like a proud little truck with her new ornament.
December 26th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
That is very cool. I want my ‘zuk to run…
By the way, “Kat’s mom bought her a new bikini top, to replace the one that’s on her now, before the tiny holes get any bigger” – awkward sentence!
: )
December 26th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Um, yeah, you may want to re-write that sentence… ’nuff said.
December 26th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
You know, in 736 posts on this blog, this has to be the first time the discussion has dropped to this level.
I can’t believe it took me so long to get it right!
December 26th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
That hood ornament is tha bomb!!!!!
December 26th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Yep Josh!
I had to do a double take on that same sentence ;-0
Cool hood ornament Phillip!
December 26th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
You better attach that ornament well! Somebody will be going home with your pig.
December 26th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I’m loving the hood ornament. It’s very, very cool.
December 27th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Cool hood ornament!
How about posting Petunia’s latest full body shot for those who’ve not had the chance to see the transformation from its former “sorry” state where its side view mirror was able to fall off.
December 28th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Dave, you know this thing came with two sets of screws… one was standard steel, and the other set was nylon. The instructions “recommended” the nylon, so that the ornament could break away in the event of an impact. What are they, crazy? I used the metal. I need to re-attach it later with a little silicon to keep the nuts from working loose, but it’s pretty solid right now. They’ll have to snatch it clean through the hood to get it off.
‘Mon… I’ve been meaning to put together some before and after shots at some point, but there should be a “current” look at her in one of my recent videos. If I can get Camo Clad to cut me a promotional deal, I’d like to get her wrapped in some cool camo. That, and a new, rear bumper will pretty much complete the package.
December 28th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Ok….Where can I get one of those boar hood ornaments? To dang cool!!!!
January 5th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Bryan, I’ll have to get Kat to tell us where she got it. All I know is that she ordered it online from some place in Great Britain.
January 6th, 2010 at 5:48 am
I tell you what, I looked everywhere for a good wild boar hood ornament. We couldn’t just have any old thing for Petunia, it had to be something that stood out. There were a ton of stylized hog ornaments for harleys but very few looked like wild boar. The one I bought was from a company in England. Here is the web link: http://www.louislejeune.com/index.php
The company has been around for 100 years as of this year and they couldn’t have been easier to work with. They have some really nice items in their catalog, including the hunting section. Check them out.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Thx Kat….That is a really great looking hog…Appreciate it!
January 10th, 2010 at 12:51 pm