What did you get done?

[N2TRUX]

Once more it's time to see if you were productive this week or weekend. Were you good little truckers and do all your truck chores? Where you just typical Joe's and did yard work instead? I was a bit of both this weekend.

I had a pretty busy week so I didn't get much done until Saturday. I got up early and spent the morning mowing, trimming, weedeating, and cleaning the pool (typical Joe stuff).

Saturday afternoon I got busy on my 77 though. I decided to skip the Saturday part of Super Chevy and spend the time detailing my truck. It wasn't too dirty, but it needed a good clean up and as always I had to polish all the billet parts. That kept me in the garage till late.

I got up early Sunday and loaded my 77 to go to the show. I realized my wifes Denali was dirty so I stopped to wash it before I left. Then I blasted off for Super Chevy.

The show was about avergae for a Super Chevy show. There were a ton of nice classic cars, and a handfull of nice trucks. I spent the morning taking pictures, so y'all get to see what was there. There was a really, really nice red 70 there that kicked @ss in the truck class. I spent time talking to the owner and found out he did a lot of the work himself. Considering the quality was top notch I was really impressed.

My truck got skipped by the judges. They called my class and there was only one award given out. I checked with them and they said I didn't have it there in time to be judged. ???? I was there at 8:30 AM! Then they said I didn't have my class card on the dash???? It was there a minute ago! Then they said, oh yeah I remember your truck. You got "Outstanding in class"..... Whatever!


Anyway, what did y'all get done?.....


Super Chevy Houston 04- N2TRUX

[1972C10]

I removed all the engine wiring From my 89 for my TBI Swap As Well As The Computer , If i ever get out of this chair im gonna pull the motor and trans.

Luckily only two wires has been cut and respliced the knock and start soil wire .

Monday morning ill be going to help my friend put a final sand on my truck and mask it off for paint.

[ocbaud]

wheels and tires installed.

new grill going on tommorow.

new spindles going on tuesday.

next week should be a good weekend too

[Russell]

I installed a blazer fuel tank under my truck, and ran my return line. When things dry up at the wrecking yard I'll go and pull a couple of those steel braided lines from the 88+ trucks and figure out how I am gonna mount my fuel filter / fuel pump.

[BaggedC10]

Sold my wheels/tires and tonneau cover.

[87Silvy]

Saturday morning, I drove about 60 mi to a Dodge dealership to look at a truck I was interested in, turns out it's not what I wanted. Argued with them for most of the day, then I took the GF out for our 2 yr anniversary. Sunday, Dad and I put up a new barbed-wire fence around the property. That took most of the day. When we finished that, I cleaned the interior of the truck with some ArmorAll.

[GMCLS1]

I was real busy.......wife had a baby!

[cliffsta]

i washed ol red wednesday, then proceded saturday to drive on dirt roads to do some JROTC stuff, ahd now i gotta re wash it. Need to go pick up some ATF, as im real low; i accidentally put in like 3 quarts of additive in place of actual fluid so its leakin a bit. Fiddled with my washer pump some more and i think ima get one of those cheap rebuild kits.

[Jonboy]

I didn't put my hands on the Blazer at all this weekend, but did map out a large part of my project. I bought an engine for it this week, and have decided to dive right in. I have been pricing stuff that I want to replace, so it will be here when I am ready to start. I will probably have the front end and doors off soon. So far, the plan is to replace the front end sheetmetal, and the doors, and detail everything while the engine is out.

I did go to a dog show yesterday, and watched a friend's Bull Terrier finish up her championship points. I doubt one of my dogs will ever be show quality, but it was interesting.

[SanitysBane]

i went to the super chevy show and talked with ken a little, huge inspiration, im going to start going around to body shops and see how much it will cost me to get someone to fix the rust, dents, and holes and seams in the body, then im painting it myself with a rattle can, i may be crazy, but im going to take my time so it should be ok, i hope. i did come home and get a fuel presure gague mounted on my regulator, now i can see what the pres is, xpt the air cleaner is in the way and i need an elbow.

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by SanitysBane

i went to the super chevy show and talked with ken a little, huge inspiration...... i did come home and get a fuel presure gague mounted on my regulator, .......

Hey if I'm not productive, at least I'm inspiring....
Yeah we spent a while Bs'ing today. It was really good to meet you too. Don't get in a hurry, and stay determined. It will take some time to get where you want to be, but it will happen.

Here's a sneak peak of the red truck I drooled on all day.....

[1FaastC10]

worked the pits for a couple of buddies last night in a 300 lap enduro race, then went and drank some beer with some old friends.

picked up a 95 Grand Am this morning, and moped around all day. nope, no hangover.

[andrew king]

I got up early saturday and mowed the front and rear lawns, edged weedwacked etc. Finally getting ready to start truck stuff pulled the old 454 out of the truck cleaned the engine bay and installed the new 468. still have to do pulleys manifold headers etc. changed all the fluids in my wifes Yukon and went to a airshow on Sunday. Dang I just realized I need to rest (at least I have all week) LOL Congrats on the baby(tricycle motor) talk to you later, ANDY

[Palf70Step]

Cleaned up Ivan debris. I looked at 70 and 82, as I rolled them back out of the new shop.

[modmach1]

Finaly bought the pickup and got it home !

[TrainD5115]

Tried unsuccessfully to fix my automatic choke (again). Its starting to get pretty chilly up here in the morning and Big Bird is grumpy now when cold. Getting ready to go on vacation with the wife to Phoenix on Thursday morning so trying to get the yard work and other stuff wrapped up.

[cliffsta]

Originally Posted by TrainD5115

Its starting to get pretty chilly up here in the morning and Big Bird is grumpy now when cold.

Haha, the auto choke on ol red hasn't worked since before i was born
my dad just made a manual choke, and it works okay; just gotta learn the sweet spot for the temp. Which i obviously haven't as i about flooded the darn thing this morning. you wouldnt think louisiana gets chilly....

[screwballl]

as we had a hurricane hit us Thur morn, we spent most of thur and fri cleaning up and tried relaxing this weekend.. luckily got power back Sun morn so cleanup of the inside of the house was the main chore. 3 1/2 days without power and the fridge/freezer was nasty

[wedgemon]

My Ebay Edelebrock 2101 Manifold got delivered the same day my Father-In-Law showed up. Soooo... spent three days playing Gin and wishing I was in the garage.

-Dave

[Prerunner1982]

Sat: drove 1.5hrs to Weatherford to see bro-in-law play in the band for a football game.

Sun: drove home and spent the rest of the day at the fair, and took my daughter to Monsters Inc. on Ice (at the fair)... she was scared at first but had fun eventually. Had a long day so we all crashed early....

[bluex]

Spent the weekend at Myrtle Beach. Had a good time mostly, only rained on us once as the very edge of a tail off Ivan sweeped over, it lasted all of about 15 mins though. Fixing to get new plugs for the '78 to see if that wont get it running. I've got to pick up the score of a 3.73 rear end I found through a guy at work and start on getting that changed over so I can drive it again.

[76sierraclassic]

Well, Thursday night I put a new chrome step bumper on the 76. Didn't do anything Friday night. Saturday, I got up and participated in an IDPA match at my local gun club. It was my first time shooting at one of those events, and I didn't do badly at all. I haven't seen the actual scores yet, but based on what I saw the other folks doing, I should be in the top half of the group. Then Saturday afternoon, I replaced the distributor cap, rotor, and plug wires on the 76. Then we grilled out with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law in the evening.

Mike

[Russell]

I know the feeling with grumpy truck on firing it up... It was about freezing this morning, and the ol' GMC wasn't very happy when I dropped it into gear...

[corn]

I worked on my door speaker pods some more & started cleaning the garage. I built a loft shelf over my bench because Im really getting tired of tripping over all the junk sitting all over my 1 stall garage.

Next weekend I should have my old motorhome moved to storage so Ill be able to push my truck outside & take a few pics of it. I cant wait to be able to step back & have a look at it myself along with finally being able to take out my bench seat to finish my stereo install...corn

[SanitysBane]

im so happy right now, i talked to a friend in auto tech that does body work, and heres the deal, i by the materials, and work on the mechanical aspects of his car. so my old red truck gets to look decent! im so happy, all i need to do is get both doors and another pasinger fender, and im set. this will all go down as soon as i get done with marching and i have more time after school, hopefully it will be done by christmas.