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I miss this truck..
I saw a guy pull into Lowes today in a 64 with black plates. It really makes me miss my truck and how I want one for a daily driver.. Then I think abouit the gas mileage and how the heaters don't work so great. Maybe alot of insulation and a new heater would do the trick. I guess I need to sell my Ranger first then. oh boy...
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Re: I miss this truck..
Did you get rid of yours? Yeah the gas and cab noise are the killers. All stuff that can be fixed with enough time and money. I have neither at the moment!
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Re: I miss this truck..
Seems funny when mine was my daily driver I never noticed that stuff, now I do , must be getting soft.... driving newer vehicles will do that to you ...
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Re: I miss this truck..
No.. It is in the Garage. Just still not back togeter is all.
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Re: I miss this truck..
Well......so.......John, lets put some time into it, I know life gets in the way, even if its just an hour a night a little forward motion will get you there, been there.
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Re: I miss this truck..
Never have so few words said so much. I know that I get overwhelmed at times and just have to think about baby steps. I have the luxury of having mine to drive each day, but I find myself wanting it all done NOW!
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Wouldnt trade it for a new car smell any day,thats some of the joys and fun of driving classic car's/trucks for me always keeps it interesting.........
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Re: I miss this truck..
I sold a newer truck..got tireds of fighting with Calif smog, the truck I had came from the factory without any smog equipment on it `77 F150, last year for ford...but had to fight with the morons, finally gave in and bought the `64 been having fun ever sinse.
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Re: I miss this truck..
same deal here.. when my '65 was torn down all i wanted to do was get it up and running as soon as i could. i missed it so much i bought a '66 c10 just so i could drive it daily.. little by little ive been getting my '65 up to driving conditions.. like mentioned before, an hour here an hour there will go a long way. plus it keeps the motivation going...
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Re: I miss this truck..
Happy to hear that you still have it. The pics of it are great. It's really hard to work on 'em and drive them at the same time. I try to only let mine be down for a week or two at a time which means small projects for me. Base hits man... base hits.
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Re: I miss this truck..
heater not working that great, ahh come on you live in California lol. Actually my truck has the thrift heater in it and has rusted floors, i only live 6 miles from work and my heater will have me sweating by the time i get there.
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Re: I miss this truck..
Mine is finally driveable, after nearly 10 yrs in the shop. I've actually been surprised at how well the heater works now, and it is much much quieter. I used peel & seal & foil lined jute padding under the OE mat & all across the firewall & back wall, under a repro firewall mat, all new weatherstrip, new heater core etc etc. I've driven it many times in 20* mornings lately, its done fine. I leave the 96GMC home.
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Re: I miss this truck..
never such a true statement and the key to a finished project when a family and work come into play.
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Re: I miss this truck..
I am going to have all of next week to work on it. I am going to do something to it. I might even just paint the damn firewall in my garage even though I shouldn't.
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Re: I miss this truck..
That's the spirit! Wait why aren't you supposed to paint in the garage? Landlord thing?
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Re: I miss this truck..
Actually state thing, in any residential area...EPA , Hey John if you do keep a few store bought aresol cans in the garage same color, for a quick grab if someone complains...
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Yeah I get it. We painted my brother's '64 Goat in my driveway in Redwood City about 15 yrs ago. We started on a Sunday morning at 5:00 and had it pushed back into the garage by 7;00a.m. to hide it. Nevertheless the neighborhood reeked and I think a couple people complained to the cops cuz they were more present than usual. Didn't know it was aginst the law back then but fron the early start time I guess we had a suspicion!
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Re: I miss this truck..
I have a 64 just like that one, mostly.
Mine doesnt even have a heater in it. Came without one from the factory as it isn't supposed to be cold in Arizona. |
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Re: I miss this truck..
As most of you know. This is what it looks like now. I welded the hole where the heater goes becuase I was going to go with an aftermarket one anyway. And I live in San Francisco and we have the coldest summers here..
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Looks great.
So tell me more about the aftermarket heater since I don't have one at all I could use the information. Thanks for the post. |
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Re: I miss this truck..
Vintage Air has one and there are others. Old Air. I am sure there are others here that can add to this list. http://www.oldairproducts.com/catalog/ http://www.vintageair.com/
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