69 c10 -- first project!!

[Notch1988]

What's the hold up? Is the new garage heated? It's been pretty cold out lately.

[noonzor]

house reno's. all of the reno stuff, tools and materials is taking up the garage right now. and the ground froze before i could run the power and gasline. so now its waiting till the reno's are done(cpl more weeks) and getting a propane unit to heat the garage. guess the good thing is that i can wait and save money till its work time!! once i get my shop back itll be gettin down to brass tacks time!! haha

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man, dont ever give yourself a timeline to any project haha. this basements taking forever but man is it coming along nicely. aaanyways, figured i'd toss some pics and updates on what ive been doing over the past few months.... as well as some "welcome to edmonton alberta canada" photos of our lovely weather this winter.

first up is the basement reno(everything new totally redone), then the weather, the last one is what the inside of my garage looks like.

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a cpl more pics, just got my new iphone4 so ive been playing around with it a lot haha. one from the firehall, and a cpl of an upcoming engine build for my sierra. and a fun one.... hehe....

[Mike Bradbury]

Great project, I know how other things can get in the way.
Did I miss something, looks like you were starting on a Ford 9" then I see the 12 bolt hanging off the arms.
Mike

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12 bolts just there for now, the 9" is for the black blazer, moser m9 enroute(when i get money and order it haha)

[67chevylongbed]

That's not that much snow!
The basement is looking really good too.

[noonzor]

haha, its enuff snow to make roads shi**y and shovelling shi**ier! its taken almost a month for the city plows and trucks to clear the streets. they wont even touch most residential.

[Wildstreak]

How bad is the clearance for the engine? does it need hacking to fit or??? Ill be running a ls1 or a 6.0 and wont be getting at it till spring, but would like to be as prepared as possible.

ps that photo of the fire hall is sweet, what app did you use for that, I just got the iphone 4 recently too lol

[noonzor]

Originally Posted by Wildstreak

How bad is the clearance for the engine? does it need hacking to fit or??? Ill be running a ls1 or a 6.0 and wont be getting at it till spring, but would like to be as prepared as possible.

ps that photo of the fire hall is sweet, what app did you use for that, I just got the iphone 4 recently too lol

the clearance is tight but definitly workable. as for the ap, its called autostitch, its pretty sweet ive been using it a lot haha. think it was $1.99?

[nuke1]

THAT IS ONE SWEET BASEMENT BUD!!!! I know what that withdrawl is like, trust me on that, I just finished the basement renos at my house also.

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Thanks James, yeah its freakin rough man. but its all done now and get to move the new tenants stuff out of my garage today, so today i get my garage back!!! WHOO HOOO!!!!

need to say that again....

I GET MY GARAGE BACK TODAY!!! WOOO HOOO!!!! haha

quick shots of how the reno turned out.

[noonzor]

so times have been tough financially lately, so little to no progress has occured over the passed 6mths..... very disheartening.

BUT! a buddy called and asked if i wanted to come help him break in his new welder, and i couldnt pass up the opportunity. so here is my new cab dolly (thanks james). first time welding anything that would be put into actual use, pretty happy. and a shot of the garage we welded in.

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oops, clicked submit before pics finished loading.... here.

[noonzor]

Finally In The New Garage!!! WHOOO HOOOO!!!!!!

[hick]

Where on earth did you find such a clean truck in our neck of the woods?

BTW, who is doing the blasting of your cab and such. I am trying to build a local directory for when the time comes that I start a project

[noonzor]

more shots of the new shop.

[noonzor]

Originally Posted by hick

Where on earth did you find such a clean truck in our neck of the woods?

BTW, who is doing the blasting of your cab and such. I am trying to build a local directory for when the time comes that I start a project

haha, found this truck on kijiji. and it looks like its in better shape than it really is in. the cabs a little rough, some patch spots from the previous owner that need attention.

uhh i have not picked a place to blast the cab yet. im seriously debating just doing it myself, a good buddy has a full sandblasting set up i just need to supply the media. and im looking into a few different media options.

[nuke1]

Looks great bud, I think I will be heading to edmonton soon, Cory needs some help,I will call ya, and why is that Cab not on the dolly!! hehe

[noonzor]

Originally Posted by nuke1

Looks great bud, I think I will be heading to edmonton soon, Cory needs some help,I will call ya, and why is that Cab not on the dolly!! hehe

Ya man for sure! Pm me if u need my #. And the cabs on the dolly now, needed another guy so we could lift it, i took the pics before he came. Box is sitting on the frame, and cab is on the dolly!!! Ill post pics when i get some actual truck work done haha.

Next now is diggin the trench to run our power/gas/cable to the garage, new lights, running surface mount conduit for all new electrical, plumb the airlines, then the REAL work can start gettin done!

Keep ya'll informed! All for now.
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so i tried the coke for removing rust expirement on my dropmember that very unfortunately got some surface rust..... WORKS LIKE A CHARM! haha totally glad i stopped drinkin pop yrs ago. ill put pics up later for some reason my camera wont upload to my comp right now.

and another note, rocky mountain nitro jam nationals were kinda shi**y this year weather wise, although i did see gravedigger drag race a jet truck.... which was freakin sweet. once again pics and vids once i get everything working.

waiting on the city to give me my permit so we can trench and run the gas/power to the garage. shouldnt be long now.

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pics from the rust expirement, and a few from nationals. because it was so wet and muddy, didnt walk the pits or get any good pictures of the race cars. once i figure how to upload a video and share some passes and another cool vid.

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after neglecting a check engine light (catalytic converter function) for a rather embarrassing amount of time, i got a paycheck with a little extra and decided to treat my daily driver. went to the local parts store and loaded up on some magnaflow products......guess what im doing tomorow!!

[noonzor]

out with the old, in with the new! not sure hot to post videos, but it sounds good too

[noonzor]

so due to some ****ty circumstances i will ONCE AGAIN be moving (fml). but on the bright side i found some wheels/tires to roll my truck out of the garage on. $400!! gotta love kijiji!!