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Originally Posted by 65sub
That will make a cool tool box
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I think so too.
Christmas tomorrow.......
Here's to a day spent with family and friends in the spirit of Christmas. And may 2016 bring us all what we need and some of what we want.
At about 10.00am the doorbell rang, and when I walked up I saw the read reflection from beyond in the street, so no UPS Brown van or DHL van. Just Post Office, probably something off eBay for Nicola. She does buy quite a lot of stuff from eBay and Amazon.
Opening the door, I was met by a friendly smile and a chap in a Hi-Viz jacket.
CHRISTMAAAAAAASSSSSS !!!
It has taken exactly a week to the hour from the time Paul "NevEno" has posted it in Ada, Oklahoma last week.
That's what $100.00 or £70.00 in shipping buys you.
It means that I am technically two weeks ahead of where I thought I would be at this point, had not expected the parcel to be here till the middle of January with all the public holidays and other priority mail going about.
Signed the mans electronic gizmo, made him pose for a pic and took the parcel, wishing him a great Festive season. Came indoors, fought my way into the parcel that Paul had made up.
Weirdly, with imminent redundancy, Insomnia currently controls my nights, so at 04.30 this morning I had made a cuppa tea, and was surfing various forums I go onto when I saw that Paul was active on
www.67-72chevytrucks.com so I sent him a PM , he texted back immediately to say he was awake, so I called him in Ada on FaceTime and we chatted for at least half an hour about trucks of course.
One of the things was the Lower Control Arm that was somewhere over the Atlantic.
Once I made it into the parcel, I was greeted by another "Christmas prezzie"
Paul had sandblasted, ground back, tidied up and finally primed the control arm for me.
THAT IS WAAAAAY BEYOND AWESOME !!
Thank you mate.
Finished my coffee and Digestive biccies and went back to the garage where I had been cleaning up the BT toolbox after mowing the lawn earlier.
Matched up the two control arms........
They were the same, unlike my original that was 8mm different to the drivers side replacement.
Painted it later, and will leave it a few days and then rebuild it, followed by refitting to the front cross member.
So that was today, going out tenpin bowling with the kids and my 85 year old father in law tonight, same as last year and it was a hoot.
Be safe out there people.