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Nothing exciting... oil change, plug change

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I drove it to the junkyard where the truck I saw over a week ago , was still there and 90 % untouched .

I took the core support out of it , came off fairly easily , only those two BIG @$$ bolts were rusted solid and fought me every inch .

Now to find some one with a sand / bead blaster that'll fit this 6' behemoth and get it cleaned up (surface rust along the bottom see pix) and find an honest paint shop to squirt it shiny black then I can install it along with my rust free right inner fender .

Bit by bit , piece by piece :chevy: .

A guy came up to me to day and told he wants to sell me his old '66 LWB stepper with 250 I6 and Three On The Tree , it has some rust holes in the cab floor but looks worth saving or Hot Rodding , I have no where to store it else I'd buy it and break it for parts ~ the fenders , hood , doors , tailgate and windshield are all pretty good .

I just want the 250 as I'm beginning to despair of finding that elusive 292 to overhaul .

250 miles , 2/3 a tank of fuel , it's oil & filter change time again .

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With all the nice stuff you do, you owe yourself a tasty sand/bead/media blaster.

I'm just sayin'. ;)

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Thanks, much. The boss (wife) and I are happy with the color sample.
Painter Lee says he's probably going to be done *early*. Now, it hasn't happened yet.
He has until 9/26 to still be on time.

But wouldn't that be a turn of events to what usually happens to us in paint jail (and, I guess some with some suspension parts ;) ).

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Thank you Sir ;

I'm actually trying to finish up my current projects within three years when I retire .

I have a tiny yard and a crazy@$$ed drunken b*tch living next door to me who hates me and hassles me to death , she gave free BJ's to the local crooked Code Enforcement Officer so the City would come down on me ~ I won that of course and got him fired to boot but still and all , I'm getting old and want to drive more not continue rebuilding old vehicles .

I have one buddy who has a pretty big Bead Blaster but I doubt it's this big ~
the last time I needed it , someone had broken it after mixing all the abrasives up , I only had 15 minutes of blasting to do but he's running an Industry Fabrication Shop so I spent a few hours fixing the bead blaster then hand sifting the media into buckets using some screen I found in a corner .

To me this is better than having little used shop equipments lying around ~ I always leave the workplace cleaner than I find it , it's the right thing to do and keeps many doors open to me I'd never get in otherwise .

I think I'll begin by running a wire wheel in my drill motor , see how that cleans off the surface rust and overspray from the cheapo resale paint job this nice old junker had .

I'da bought the cab but the drip rail was rusted through in one area .

As I was working on it , older guys like me kept passing by and shaking their heads , asking me how a clean old work rig like this could have possibly been scrapped .

BTW : don't be thinking my Stepper is anything nice ~ it's a POC to be sure , I just try to to everything the best I can as I like to drive far & wide and want to be able to rely upon it .

Ask the fellas who've seen it , it's an incredible 20' er but up close it's nasty ~ structural rust throughout the cab .

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Yeah. I retired almost five years ago. And I've spent a good deal of the time during those years sweating in, over, and under
RAT. She's the second truck 67-72 build I've done. And, the last. Like you, I just wanna drive her.

Wasn't gonna get paint. But I decided to bite the bullet and get 'er done.

And, when I say, "the nice stuff you do", I'm the kind of guy that doesn't necessarily equate that with show-truck type of stuff.

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I've seen Nate's steppie up close, beautiful survivor. I would be proud to own it. I was saddened to hear about all the rust.
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shined it up and cruised Hot August Nights... :metal:

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I have a dream / plan :

Take this thing all the way apart and replace the cab , scrape off all the rust , re paint it and re assemble it then drive the fracking wheels off it until I die :metal: .

Of course , I'm all broken up (crippled) so I'll have to farm out the body , paint , teardown and re assembly but I plan to do at least the engine and tranny , brakes etc. my owndamnself :chevy: :lol: .

I'm constantly amazed at the high quality of the builds I see here , the Restorations , Rat Rods , Low Riders , ALL of them because I know just ow much time and labor goes into each job if you want it done right and care about your old truck .

I'd love a really clean shiny truck and that's my goal : not Restored but rebuilt to my own likes & needs .

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Dropped the motor back in my 71 gmc. Nothing better then hearing her purr again. Got to love that gear drive!
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Well I put 3" CPP drop front springs and shocks in a few weeks ago to go with the 4" CPP springs and shocks I put in the rear last year, that is about all I have done this summer I seem to be running out of steam but my youngest sons friends keep telling me I can do it. Getting old sucks I have to agree with Nate I would rather drive and tinker with them than do the heavy stuff any more. The hands don't work like they use to, to many years of using them as a hammer.
Paint got screwed up, we were going to get some hail so I put some moving blankets and the cover on it but didn't take it off for a month or so now the paint looks like it has goose bumps all over the hood.



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Put on the camper and a loaded trailer then I drove it 25.3 miles and put in 4 gallons of gas! After that test I decided I need a cheaper way to get to Milwaukee for the HD party!

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Yeah but it looks awesome!!

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In preparation of coverting over the 03' chassis to my 71, we pulled the front clip & rear bed, and are 2/3rds the way done on removing the cab.......unplugging the wiring harness is a (5 letter word!!)

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Ordered a vacuum pump, just the canister was not cutting it!!
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Mounted a new set of wheels. MB Oldschool 18x8 gunmetal and Nitto 420S tires

Before:
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After:
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Also fixed a leaky fuel line issue and took care of my stiff brake pedal (long thread about it a while back). Turns out the new (non rebuilt) master was built incorrectly. New one in (warranty) and its stopping great!

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I did some calcs for you. I do it all the time. Since I have a small Airstream motor home and I always check the +'s and -'s of taking it or the car or a plane when we make a run.

Sacto to Milwaukee is 2, 129 miles...Or 4,258 round trip. I'm figuring you're towing the bike...looks like you got something hooked on the back and you're going to the HD party...So...????

Gas prices (lowest premium) between Medford, where you'd fill up the rig and Milwaukee averages $3.70/gal if you wait until you get out of California.

At 6.25 mpg, that's $2,520.81 for gas.

I figure 8.5 nights on the road averaging 500 miles a day in the truck/house/bike rig. If you hook up at $35/nite for eight nights (full hook up), that's $280.
I figure food for two. But to make this work at all, I gotta figure one traveler.....so, in the rig, you can probably get by for $30/day cooking and the burger
from time to time...That's $240.

Never mind that these numbers don't match up with your reality. It's all about comparison. Maybe you don't hook up. Maybe there are more than one of you. Maybe you eat out all the time
on the road. The numbers are for comparison.

That makes the ride up in the style we like, bike on board, your own bed, kitchen and bathroom in your rear view mirror, for a total cost of $3,040.81.

Okay. Leave the bike at home? Take a car that gets 35 mpg? On regular unleaded? Average for the 121.66 gallons it takes there and back @ $3.60/gal (I checked the route), it's $437.97.
I figure $100/day for food for two (*we don't drink). But, take that down to $50...eating out. 8 days (yeah, maybe you make it in less in the zippy car....but, hey!), $400. Eight nights in motels?
I bet you have a hard ime beating $135/night in the summer. Okay, that's what it takes me using Priceline, Travelocity, and the oft stop at the local joints that my woman agrees, "people don't live there."
I'm gonna figure $135 x 8 = $1,040. You might go lower on the lodging. But how low do you want to go? We find places (Medford) for $75...and then we can't find any place out in the boonies
that are under $165 that aren't growing mouldy biting bugs....

Total cost in a car: Lesser comfort, lesser cool factor, no bike, $1,877.97.

Or, you could go from Sacto to Mil on the plane for $528. Rent a car, blow off the lodging, stay there longer, fly home....probably cost about the same. Then again, there's no "road trip"
experience to be had with that. Just an airport cattle-call and those idiot TSA folks (apologies to any among us...if you have a 67-72, you're different than most of 'em ;) ).

Point: The difference, even if you factor in your own parameters, is going to be just over $1,100 for the trip.

I'm just sayin'.

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Installed and connected all gauges...

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And buttoned up all fluid connections.....

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and connected all linkages...

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^^^ Sexy!!!
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Very nice LS install above

I installed drop spindles and rear drop blocks today.

I drove it down the street and back. I think I will install a new carrier bearing tomorrow. That sucker is making some noise.

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Broke my new windsheild

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Worked on the bed not today but this week

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Today I replaced the crankshaft position sensor on my 1998 k2500
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Made preparations to complete the driver's side drum rebuild....I just now saved all the pics from that super awesome online tutorial someone linked on here for me. I don't have wi fi at my house and I'm nearly out of ink! Now I can just carry my laptop out to the garage for the work.

I also bought some dremel attachments for the upcoming front cab tac-welded bolt grinding...

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That sucks. I need a new windshield too.
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