What did you get done? Spring Break-St Patricks edition-03/18
 

I realize this isn't Spring Break for everyone so I threw the St. patrick's version up there too. This was Spring Break for my daughter and we spent it in Colorado.

A week ago we flew in to Denver for a Junior Olympic Qualifier. There were 128 teams in my daughters division, and they were seeded 11th. They played well all weekend and made the Gold division in bracket play. Unfortunately they drew the 6th side in the 1st round and got put out. They ended up in 9th place overall. Certainly a respectable finish, but only the top 2 teams qualify to play at the USAV Junior Olympics in July.

The rest of the week was spent in Dillon enjoying the mountains of Colorado. We went on a snowmobile tour from Breckenridge that took us to 11000 ft and a view of the Continental Divide. Our girls took snowboarding lessons then spent the day falling down the slopes of Copper Mountain. Later we went tubing which was a blast.

We took a Snow Kat tour from Keystone that took us up to 13000ft. The view from the summit was awesome. We were literally in the clouds. The finally was a horse drawn sleigh ride through the woods that ending with dinner in a wood cabin.

Unfortunately I had to come back to work on Friday. What did you get done?

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Here's the view from the house we stayed at.

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Here's a pic from our Snow Kat tour. Beyond the yellow sign is where we turned around at the summit.

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Here's a view from the summit at 13k ft. We were at the same level as the clouds.

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Here's a pic of the trail we just came up on. We took the ski lift to the top of Keystone, then went ""up" from there.

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Sounds like a super nice trip there !!!


I washed and put a coat of hand buffed wax on my "new to the fleet" Jeep. :cool:

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Went to the World of Outlaws race at Houston Raceway Park, and got my parents truck barried in the grass, so today I got to clean the truck.

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bought a 86 chevy shortbox for parts. Cab/fenders will be going on the 4x4 project. It has power windows and locks, which is a bonus.

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Went to see "300" today with a friend of mine, It was pretty good.
Started packing for our "Vegas vacation" tomorrow...
Finally got the rocker guards cleaned off my truck, a little 3m woodgrain adhesive remover did the trick real nice, along with a plastic putty scraper.
Thinking about tearing out my interior and putting in some sound dampener throughout the whole cab, maybe I am just itchy to get something done on my truck, looks like it will be June before my brother makes his way down here to Florida and brings my 91 burb front end.

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Looks like the frame is broke or bent on that truck pictured vern350. The cab and bed tilt downwards towards each other. Same way my uncle's gmc was he had a cracked frame right in the middle of the cab or so.

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I did the unthinkable, unbearable, and unpleasant.... Started to make a list of the many things I've accomplished on my truck to put it up for sale. :(

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Got all my BB stuff back from the machine shop friday. I spent a couple hours saturday ringing the pistons and stuffing em in. I went back to the shop today and finished the engine. I was missing a few bolts of course so I had to do some running all over town to get them. I should have all the brackets and junk here by the 20th so I'm going to probably stuff it in friday night.

Did some yard work, only got the front yard done my nose was going to kill me. This year is going to be for me with all the dust in the air.

Got a couple shots of the truck havent posted it with the hood painted.

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Looks like a fun trip and thats sad for the red truck, even witha bent frame.

For me I spend the weekend cleaning around the garage. Got the metal man to come by and pic up all my scraps. Also moved the chevelle out of her hole to put wood under the car to stop it from sinking and put pastic under the car to stop moster from coming from underneath.

As for the brown truck she runs great still need to stop a leak in the tranny and take to the shop to hav ethe front end done along with a once over to check for safty. Monday will be put the bronco back together day.

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Spill it Steve! :confused: :confused:

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I'm in between a real rock and a hard place on the deal. It really all boils down to centimental value and my lack of $$$. My dad is thinking of selling the car that I would otherwise inherit when he passes. I can't afford to buy the car unless I lose the truck. I either lose my first car that I've sacrificed hell and high water for, or I lose the one car that will keep a part of him with me when he's no longer here.

One of the hardest decisions I've been faced with in a while :(

This...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...o/DSC00003.jpg

Or this...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...o/DSC00124.jpg

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i went to church, i finished getting paid for the 90, and delivered it to its new owner, then i rode around with him in it, as he was driving the crap out of it, i called the PO of my 89, and told him to file for that lost title please (long story, i hate notary publics now), i put the clear thingy over the instrument cluster, and the instrument cluster bezel back on the truck,

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If you dont mind me asking what kinda car is it.

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it is a hard choice, but i would rather have something to remember my dad by, then my 1st vehicle, to me the car would have more value, you can have alot of pictures of the truck, and show your kids it, and be like i sacrificed that truck to have your grandpa's car

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an impala i believe

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Dropped the 81 this week! 3" Bell Tech drop spindles w/2" drop coils, 4 Nitro Active drop shocks and a rear flip kit!

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much better

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try and sell the truck to someone you know, then maybe one day you can buy it back and have them both... think about it, there are plenty of trucks out there, now you dont see many impala's ridin around especialy your dads, get your dads and then when you can find another truck or buy your old one back or maybe start a ground up project little by little... i would take dads car =/

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yes its an impala. he didnt have picture up before. I just sold my dad 63 impala. Its in very ruff shape, not like your dads. I would go for the 63 impala. I mine my dads already even if he hasnt come to get it yet.

But its ok i guess I still have his 57 2 door bel-air.

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I understand, Steve. I have my dad's '37 coupe that I inherited almost 3 years ago when he died. It really means a lot to me. I have considered selling my truck, even, to allow more time and money for his coupe. I just can't do it, though. :(

http://www.slonaker.net/gallery/albu...mal_coupe2.jpg

I spent part of today with my wife and her terminally ill father showing his '67 RS Camaro at a local car show. He's so sick he couldn't even walk around and look at the other cars. :( It made him happy to show the car, though.

I spent the rest of the weekend just visiting the FIL and working on a welding project. I am putting a cart together for my little mig welder out of 1" square tubing. I suck at welding, but I'm getting really good at grinding! :) This is good practice on something that won't kill anyone if a weld breaks.

Slonaker

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I worked late Thurs & Fri night & had to go back in for half the day on Sat & we went to see the movie '300'.

Today, I worked on some new shock brackets for the rear of my 68. Let's just say it's a good thing I don't do this for a living 'cause I would have to work 12hrs to do 8hrs worth of work :rolleyes: .

I also found out it's better to have the actual shocks you plan to use when fabricating relocation brackets. It appears that I should not have used the Monroes from ART because the Bilsteins that are being installed in the front have 1.5" of more travel. I guess I'll redo the fronts.....

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Brakes!!! New master cylinder and booster finally found the problem with the brake lights staying on- the old trailer braking system, short somewhere in the after market connection, removed everything bled the system down- now I can stop.

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Installed a Gaylords custom Fiberglass bedlid and custom bedrug... still needs some fine adjusting to get the fit perfect and the locking mechanism perfect, but 99% done for now. Also detailed the 'vette and took some other 'vette friends to crash a rustang party... :lol:

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1987 Shortwide, dude sell the daily driver and keep both. jk sell the truck!

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What sucks the most is that I won't be able to get 1/3 of the investment I have in it, back out. :(

I'm probably up around the 20K mark.

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Worked on my '68 a little and finished molding my new gauges into my '47 International.

Began stripping my '68 down as I am going to sell the front suspension off it and swap frames and stuff.

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Put front calipers and pads on the 85... still pulls the the right, so probably should replace the hoses too.

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I think I've got most of the info included... Am I crazy on my price?

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/c...p?product=1511

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Maybe, maybe not. A customized project vehicle is always a hard sell mostly due to the tiny market appeal because not everyone may want what you have done to the car.

An incomplete project is an even harder sell...

I don't know the value of the parts you put into it, so I can't comment on the accuracy. If you can gamble and sit on the truck for some time, then eventually someone will show up; but if you're on a deadline to sell, prepare to feel the pain...

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took it out and drove the wheels off it....:metal:

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Keep your dads car and sell the truck even though it suxs I think it will work out for the best.

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Well, thinking this whole thing over today helped me out a little bit. I decided this... The truck started from nothing and came all this way because of what I made it. Why can't I do the exact same thing in 20 years? I know what I want out of it, I know what final product I have envisioned, that picture will never NEVER leave my head. I can build the exact same truck that I am building now, anytime. My dad's car is gone when it's gone, and I don't really want to see that happen.

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That would be my choice too. Thats a sweet car and while you might feel bad letting go of the truck at first I think when you sit in the drivers seat of that car you'll feel just as good as you did before.

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GOOD NEWS!

My dad and I had a talk on the phone last night about the whole situation. He told me not to sell the truck and take a huge loss. He assured me that if someone was interested enough to slap down green for the impala, he would come to me first. If I want it then he will work with me to get it. In a nutshell, he promised that the car would not go anywhere without my approval. Nothing would make me happier than to have both vehicles in 30 years, so maybe it'll be a dream come true.

With that said, the build continues!

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EXCELLENT!!! I'm happy for ya...:metal: