What did you get done? New Years edition!
 

Happy New Year everyone. It's time for our weekly show and tell session. What did you get done? What are your New Year's resolution?

This can be about your truck or your self....:cool:

I spent the week working extra hours so my wife could have Friday off. We had planned a New Years party and my buddy Keith (n2billet) and wife were coming to town for the weekend.

Friday I worked and ran errands for my wife picking up supplies for the party. Saturday I cleaned the garage, helped clean the house, and worked on the yard around my pool. Saturday evening we had a party and rang in the New Year with a bang.

Sunday was spent putting together a progress thread on n2billets 68- You can see his progress here.

Beyond that I just hung out with my buddy and talked trucks. Hopefully my 77 will be coming home soon.

What did you get done?

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The usual New Years parties , etc but most important , I was finally able to post pics of my truck . Hooray for me ! Frank

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nothin really, took some friends cruisin in the camaro, to many cops on the main roads, so i turned off into the neighborhood streets, ans spun the tires a little(alot), spun um around a corner, then look in front of me, and see a cop, i turned right and booked it outta there turn the car off get out, and a cop comes driven by real slow, hopped in the burban and took them back to their cars , then i though about workin on the truck again , nothin really

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I worked as usual and not much else. Just counting down the days until Friday when I start taking the front end and rebuilding it. I'll have pics when it's all done.

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happy new year everyone...

oh and I had no time for truck stuff, you know party and the the morning after

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Installed my newly acquired chrome shifter in my SM465.
Changed an oil pan gasket in my brother-in-laws 89 f*rd pick up.
Put a Dynomax cat-back exhaust on my sons 91 S-10 Blazer.
Happy New Years All !!!

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I've been working overtime lately. I've got new bills and old bills, and a new project car. I bought a 1977 Pontiac Can Am just before Thanksgiving, and it's in the garage waiting on a new engine. First, I've got to pay it off, then save up for a nice 400 horse engine. That should be enough to move the car nicely :metal: . I've wanted one of these cars since I saw my first one in 1987, didn't even know about them to then. Nothing has been done on the truck for a while...... Later, Davidhttp://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y23...-items2015.jpg

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David,
I remember the Can-Am's. My neighbor had one. Your's looks pretty nice. It's a keeper..

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Loaned out the truck to a good friend for a move. I miss my baby. He'll be back with it in the morning in time to watch the Alabama vs. Texas Tech game. ROLL TIDE!
2005 was a great year for us. My wife went back to work, I got a new position wiith my company, and I graduated college at 38 years old.
Happy New Year to all!

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I actually accomplished alot. I put on my new checker pro tonneau cover, got some new 20" rims, and finished the body work from shaving the doorhandles and locks. Other than that, not a whole lot.

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My work actually started earlier in the week since I was on vacation. I manage to get the engine bay cleaned up, I had my headers sand blasted, ordered a new 4 row radiator, and painted under the hood a little. I also removed the old motor mounts.

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Pulled up the last bit of carpet in our house. Found some water damage and noticed the wall where the water damage is appears to be so bad it's not attached to the flooring anymore. Oh well I was going to replace the framing/sheetrock anyway.

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I actually got a lot done truck related. I picked up an 89 Suburban to use as a beater last week, and spent this weekend attempting an engine/trans swap. Saying it did not go particularly well is probably an understatement. After getting it just about ready to go in, I found another 89 sub with a perfect grey interior, new engine, trans, tires, headliner, alternator, battery, A/C, blah blah blah for $650. It has minor front damage, and whoever redid the trans is an idiot. It makes a REALLY loud popping noise when you back up. Luckily, I have another trans sitting on the floor. That should be up and running soon.

I also traded off my 77 Blazer. Kind of sad to see it go, and everyone that didn't really care for it was there too. Everyone in the shop with me and my ex-wife were all there to give it a good send off. At least it's going to a good home.

Other than that, there wasn't much else. I wasn't able to stay awake to see the ball drop. I must be getting old.....

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DBLSPRT68- Cool car. It looks like a very solid start to another project

SlickSierra77- Where's the pics?

84slopwaggin- Where's the pics?

Izzy- Fun with framing....yuck!

Jonboy- Hate to hear the Blazer went down the road. I would love to have had it myself, but you know I'm already knee deep in more than I can handle.

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I replaced the sliding back glass on the driver with a solid glass and cleaned up the interior some. I'll post pics asap.

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The house was built in '52 so I knew what I was getting into, plus my mom cut us an amazing deal when we bought it from her.

I figure I'll put maybe 15-20k in and end up selling it for triple that so the hard work is worth it. Luckily the only thing I can't really do is the leveling(which will be around $6k :whine: ) and the roofing which my neighbors across the street will be doing.

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wow !! I spent the weekend laying on the couch drunk as heck / then hungover as heck watching all the mad college / nfl games I'm a bumb.

Only truck thing I did was a burnout in the liquor store parking lot for some young guys in a yota. They get a kick out the the 35s blazin the treads.

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I just got mine done. I love this dry weather. :( 8K would have made a nice project out of something.

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What company did you use and did they tunnel under the house or go through a crawl space? I have a friend who just had thiers done and it was just under $7k and the company offers a 10 year warranty(I only plan on being here 5 max).

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I used Rob Brown. They went in from the sides, and put in 21 piers. A friend of mine is a real estate broker, and these are the guys he used. They traeted me pretty right, for what they had to do. I will pm you their number.

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Thanks. I'm pretty sure they'll have to do about that many if not more on our house. My mom had a leaking water heater for probably a year before we bought the house. We were somewhat lucky the water was running between a hole in the base board and the wall so it wasn't damaging any walls/floors.

What kind of sq footage do you have? We're somewhere around 1400 sq ft.

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Idled carburetor down some more, so basically, almost a year after changing the timing and the carburetor being idled all wrong, its about where it should be. Played with the passengerside headlight, thought it was burnt out but just disconnected from hitting a wash in the road.... grrr....

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Went to some local junk yards,and started putting my lift on the burb.Oh but now it's raining like cat's and dog's.

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I bought a frame and bed. Project Lucky 13 has begun.

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I got nothing truck related done. Saturday my two brothers, my dad and I used a jackhammer all day to break a bunch of rocks behind the shop so we can add on. We all got :Own: by the jackhammer. I came home with six blisters and an aching back. Sunday we recovered, and today we finished it up.