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i lived and worked in buffalo for the blizzard of '77 and the ice storm of '78. seems like i remember 10 feet of snow and 50 below temps. those folks are tough and probably used to the cold lake effects they get... me, i moved south.

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You moved South..... You are a wise man.

In the UK 3 inches of snow brings the country to a halt.

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:haha: sounds like central Arkansas...:lol:

March 13, '93 I lived in Montgomery, AL and woke up that morning to 8"of the white frozen stuff… the City and the 2 Air Bases shut down...:mm:

and other than that I have memories of growing up just south of Chicago and as a boy walking on top of 2 to 3 feet of snow covered in about an inch or so of ice...:uhmk:

Woke up this morning to -2 C and supposed to get up to a balmy 11 C…

Cheers Mate!!!:mm:

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Got to get me one of those shirts! Too cool. Oh yea happy late B-day Bro.

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Don that t-shirt is cooler than the weather you are getting

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Nice t shirt brotha! I see some snow! :chevy:

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Thanx Again for the Bday wishes...:mm:

I've finished the long list of Honey-dos regarding our travel trailer and deck project… :uhmk:

Weather appears to be lining up for a great upcoming weekend… my forecast includes Truck time...:metal:

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Good weather on the week end. :metal:

I expect to see the truck done by Sunday. :lol: :haha::haha::haha: ;) :chevy:

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Me too..... Truck time tomorrow, well, sort of. Working on clearing the garage.

Sold my Sachs Madass tonight.

Stripped off all the side trim on my truck after work.

Looks rubbish.

I have sent you some pics of my two quarter light windows by email.

I suspect you will agree the passenger side needs replacing.

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Happy Thanksgiving All!!! May God Bless You and Yours!!! :ennyd:

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Happy Thanksgiving to you to brotha! God bless. :chevy:

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Happy late Thanksgiving.

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Thanks Rusty...:mm:

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Here's a pic of the grille support in red primer, gotta get some grey primer on it, then it will be ready for paint...;)
Started prepping to start the frame swap…
Here's the cab moved to it's new home till I get a chance to prime the interior…
and the bent frame on jackstands waiting for disassembly...:metal:

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Good to talk to you Don. Seeing your bits in real time on Facetime still blows my mind.

Thanks for looking out for a passenger side quarter light frame for me. Much appreciated.

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In the 70's the past 2 days, and today we reached a balmy 39, about 7 this morning… When I ventured out to the shed to begin tweaked frame disassembly it was 36 outside and 40 in the shed...:mm: …so I broke out the tools and began front end removal… after an hour os so, I had the shocks, sway bar, P/S box removed and the center-link separated from the frame...:uhmk: at this point my fingers were numbing up pretty good...:exit: so off to warm up. :waah:
that's where I left off today… if all goes well, I will be grabbing my neighbors trailer and finally hauling the rat project home…;)
…til next time...:metal:

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Good job man! :metal:

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Looking good! I went to the shop this morning myself and got a little done. It was cold though.

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its nice making progress even when mother nature says 'not a fit night out for man nor beast'.
way to fight the cold bro...:metal:
enjoy the warmup and tomorrow, get your butt back out there.

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Thanx Guyz...:mm:

No time today for the truck...:waah: but I did get to help the boy service his Volvo and also helped future son-in-law move some furniture, then while having the use of my neighbors trailer, I finally hauled my ratrod project home...:metal:

Here's a couple of trucks that were at my friend's place… he just traded a 65 Chevy station wagon for the green GMC and the old GMC is a future project…

Here's a few shots of the ratrod project, quick plan is to build and flip to fund my Garage...;)

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That's a sweet GMC!!!! I like the rat rod too!!!! Drop a motor and trany in it.

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As for the green GMC that's a sweet looking ride Don
And as for the Dodge rat rod, will it be finished by Christmas now its home then Don

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Cool trucks. I really like the Dodge. I like the frontends on those. Plus I like full fender trucks.....

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Thanks Rusty!!! :mm:
Here's a fender shot for ya...:metal:

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Nice pic Don.

Where is that classic kids kart body?

Maybe someone has an old pedal car chassis laying on a scrap heap that you can graft in under it??

You could age the whole "modern" frame to have similar patina.

FULL BUILD THREAD HERE

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thre...rt-resto-rider

Hope you don't mind, but thought I would post up some pics of one I restored 3 years ago.


A friend has rescued the pedal kart in the pics below.

It is a Kettler , and they seem to be the Bee's knees of these type karts. Let me know if I am wrong.

http://www.activegarden.co.uk/wmsima...(Freizeit).jpg

http://www.paulinesparties.co.uk/sales.1.jpg

This one looks and is as bad as it looks, but his boy has absolutely fallen in love with it.

The steering is buggered, brakes non-existant and clearly, paint and rust are issues too.

That said, he wants me to see if I can resurrect it, as he had saved it from the crusher, and as I said to him, if I had seen it on a trip to the tip, it would have found its way into my car for sure.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...x/IMAG0147.jpg

IT WENT THROUGH QUITE A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET TO THIS POINT......

The other stickers came from my collection of allsorts.

You will notice, the colours are Sinclair Oil Corporation colours.....

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...x/P1030267.jpg



So if you had any chassis like this to modify and build in under the body, it could be perfect.

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Cool shot Don.

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Checkin in brotha, I like the fender shot a the rat rod project. :metal:

Drop in a 572 with a 200 hp nitrous shot and watch the bed fly off! lol!

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Thanks Rusty!:mm:

If it was going to stay in the family, maybe...:metal:
It's a quick flip project to fund my garage build! ;)

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Here's my Christmas present to me...:metal:

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So today started off cutting the P/S Box Adapter from the bent frame, then
dropping the '85 front crossmember...:metal:
Then with the help of my future Son-in-Law, we rolled the bent frame outta the way, then we rolled in the straight frame, dropped the '65 Crossmember and positioned the frame over the '85 Crossmember...:metal:
Of course we had the Grandson Supervising!!! :lol:

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Very nice Don :metal:

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Looking good!!! Keep at it and you will be driving it before long.

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Looking good Don!

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Looking good brotha! Nice Christmas present to, I bought my dad a dewalt. :chevy:

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OK?...... So I have a corded one, but now I am really evious

Very neat Don..

Worth their weight in gold.

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Thanks Guyz...:mm:

Got the '85 crossmember mounted and the frame rolling...:metal:
still need to reattach the P/S adapter and box… but gotta change oil in the daily driver and help the boy with his fiance's car...:uhmk:

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Nice frame!:metal::metal: I think I have seen it before.

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You getting there dude.

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Front cross member slide in pretty easy? I'm using a '79. One drilled hole on each side.
Looking really good there Don.

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Getting it rolling is good :metal:are you going to paint it before you put the cab and bed on