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Nice truck Paul. That is the last year of Ford pickup that I like. IMO they got to boxey after that. Those wheels look alot like the ones on our '96 Bronco. One of the guys that hangout at Tuesday night Cruise night has a nice pickup with the same style wheel.
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Pat and I drove the '36 to the local Dairy King for ice cream.... They close tomorrow. "I'LL BE BACK"..... :lol: LockDoc |
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Went up to the local ReStore and bought a hall table made of quarter-sawn white oak. Gorgeous piece, but needs repair. I think that it is put together with hide glue, which I'd like to avoid, for a number of reasons.
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Decided to put the Envoy back together and just run it with the cracked exhaust manifold . Annoying tick but the header goes way under the firewall and looks to be a huge deal . The frame is iffy on it and I really think this may be its last winter . The new manifold will be here tomorrow so lol just shelf it and when I pull the motor for a future project I’ll do the manifold . The 4.2 will be a nice upgrade in a truck . Only has 112k or so on it
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Holy cow Tim, that is a good question. Even if it was only 10 a year that would be over 600.... :lol: I have had the car for 63 years and Pat and I just celebrated our 58th anniversary. Lots of good times in it for sure. LockDoc |
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8 lbs of Pork loin and 4 racks of ribs done with hickory and cherry wood
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^Yum! I'm betting that my one son is going to get something smoke sometime soon. It's been several weeks. Guess I could spot him some dough...:lol:
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I like to see the older trucks with the newer factory wheels. Ford had an alloy that looked like Outlaw IIs, but I actually think the argent wagon wheels with the center caps and beauty rings would look perfect. Those came on F150s and Broncos '84-'91. The beauty rings have a double red pinstripe that set them off. |
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New hinge pins and bushings on the 98 Jeep . Did it the right way took the door off and believe it or not the easier method . All back together and the door closes perfectly no more drop
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It must have been a day for door work. I put a new door handle on the 98 k1500. What a royal pita. Thank goodness for a couple of good youtube videos on the subject.
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That is my 1st go to now.;) Even If I think I know :lol: I want to see if??? :ito: :chevy::chevy: |
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I'm buying a '99 Sonoma from my friend. I've already been driving it since the beginning of this year. He's got my '95 Suburban to fix a bad head gasket, so he let me drive the Sonoma. We traded work and he has a fulltime job and a busy life. I'm not concerned since I have something to drive, although many times I really needed the Suburban. We made this deal because I didn't want to pull the heads outside in Jan. It's about done now and I want to keep the Sonoma for a light duty truck that gets good gas mileage.
Now that we confirmed I'm keeping it, I want to go ahead with things I'd like to do to it. First thing is get a fiberglass cap, and I really want one w/o windows. Yesterday I stopped by a place that sells that kind of thing and found out Leer still offers them for the S10/Sonomas. That's nice, so I was going to order one until I found out the price, $2,600!! That really shocked me. I need to find a used one. I had no idea the cost went up that much |
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I'm buying a '99 Sonoma from my friend. I've already been driving it since the beginning of this year. He's got my '95 Suburban to fix a bad head gasket, so he let me drive the Sonoma. We traded work and he has a fulltime job and a busy life. I'm not concerned since I have something to drive, although many times I really needed the Suburban. We made this deal because I didn't want to pull the heads outside in Jan. It's about done now and I want to keep the Sonoma for a light duty truck that gets good gas mileage.
Now that we confirmed I'm keeping it, I want to go ahead with things I'd like to do to it. First thing is get a fiberglass cap, and I really want one w/o windows. Yesterday I stopped by a place that sells that kind of thing and found out Leer still offers them for the S10/Sonomas. That's nice, so I was going to order one until I found out the price, $2,600!! That really shocked me. I need to find a used one. I had no idea the cost went up that much |
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Look around for a few weeks on marketplace and you'll find a good one for less than $500. I think I paid around $450 for the cap on my 2005. White is the easiest color to find of course.
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I am looking there for sure. The truck is black and I'll paint the cap. I have it in my head I only want a windowless one. I want that commercial vibe while also more like a custom mini-truck look. I plan to lower it a bit and put the factory 5-spoke 96-00 Extreme 16" on it. I stopped in to that business because they had a used black one on their rack. But it wasn't for the Sonoma/S10s. I just can't believe how much they've gone up. I bought a new Platinum '99 ZR2 and put a new matching Leer cap with all the options on it. That one cost $800. I know it's been 24 years, so I expected maybe double by now. But 225% increase I did not expect. He's selling me the truck for $1,000. I'd have to be crazy, or anyone else, to pay what the truck is worth just for a cap. This is the look I'm going after. This one belonged to the same friend. I was working on my Suburban at his shop and he let me drive it home, so I had it a couple weeks. I really wanted this one, but when he decided to sell it was when he drove it to Carlisle. It wasn't for sale but someone asked and he let it go Attachment 2298369 This is the one I'm buying. Both are 4cyl/5spd |
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My son came home for a couple days. My wife did his laundry and washed his Subaru's key fob. So the car would not start, no key. I blew some air in it and got the car started. Moved it in front of the garage and changed his oil. I guess I'm cheaper then the oil change places. Try to start the car again and no go. This push button stuff is a pain in the a$$. I took it apart and dried it out and it works again.
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That's a nice looking S10. I bought a '99 new off the lot and put a lot of miles on it over the course of 3 years as I was driving for work a lot then. Used to see them everywhere here in MI but never see them now. Road salt is a killer in these parts.
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I drive past a white early S10 longbed that is still clean I'd love to buy on my way from this place I do a lot of work on. It's 2wd, probably 4-cyl. I'd really like to find a longbed 4wd in either style. Can't beat the price on this one, though. I just have to do some work on my friend's place. Heck, I've already had 8 months use out of it without owning it. Talk about easy terms! :lol: |
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Looks like you "worked" your way into a nice one there. ;)
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I don't feel bad putting miles on cars like this because they are fuel efficient. They are also less exhausting to drive, at least for me. |
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That time of year I’m working on the 26/27 seasons wood.
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This week and today I put up (3) carports behind the barn for my muscle cars. They keep my 68 C10 company. Now my wife has a place to park out front LOL.
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I bought a vinyl cutting machine and have been making t shirts and mugs. Having a blast so far.
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The Stihl ms460 gave me problems today it ran great for about a half hour then starting acting like it wasn’t getting gas . Filled it and it ran great then did it again so I hade to investigate . Found the problem gas line was mushy and the filter came off . So the line was floating on the gas . And of course nobody had it in stock so I had to order it .
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We finished up the conversion on my friends 88 GMC truck his engine went about a month ago . This is the 5.7 vortec I was going to use in my 68 . He ended up going with a new manifold carb and distributor . Ditched the FI .Well it’s not my truck
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I'm still working on my sons 68 Camaro but finally feel like I'm seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
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I have a '67 I've been working on for about 5 years. Only part left from the doors back of the original car is the trunk lid and I should have bought a better used one of those too, after having it chemically stripped and discovering the truth.
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I tried for 2 years to get a contractor to re-face my shop building, after I removed the sliding doors and installed an overhead. No one wanted to do this or didn't know how and charged me $1,200 to mess it up. So, I spent 4 weeks learning how to do it myself. The only part I wasn't comfortable with was extending the gable end for an overhang. I don't like flat gable ends. The sliders were beat up and hard to open/close when we bought the place 4 years ago.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...22bayjYLEi.JPG Building was a shell and I needed to heat it and the sliders don't seal well, so I modified the trusses for a 12' sectional in a 12' sidewall building. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...DuShkGN3Bt.JPG Removing the sliders. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...s/DSC06671.JPG https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...Yaz14WGpsN.JPG https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...s/DSC00460.JPG |
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Well done!!!!
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Looks really good!..... :clap: LockDoc |
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very nice,looks great.
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