Ruby finally gets a little attention ...

[4x4s4allie]

Between two full-time jobs, I haven't had a whole lot of time on the side to spend with this truck ... Her name is Ruby, she's named after the song "Ruby, don't take your love to town" ... she might be black on the outside, but she does have a little bit of Ruby on her interior ... and I certainly don't want her to take her love to town, 'cuz she's all mine, lol ...

Specs:
78 K10 SHORTY 350 4spd

Long story short, this truck is fantastic, but at exactly the same time a pain in the butt ... I knew from the get-go she had electrical issues - so, i've spent a majority of time working some of the important stuff out (headlights, dash lights, interior lights coming on and not staying on, radio, speedo, etc.) ... I got a fairly decent start on it. I had the speedo working for about 30 miles, but then the cable came loose, and I haven't spent time re-doing it yet ... Figured out that if you spin the dimmer all the way to the left and a smidge right the dash lights and radio will work (but then the fuel gauge dies and goes all the way to E when the radio and dash lights work, so that's another issue to tackle ...

I wanted a bigger steering wheel, because I did, and I wanted the horn to work, so I'm trying out a steering wheel from an early '90s chevy van and for now i really like it!!!



Last but not least, she was lacking in her rear end, lol ... so, she got a little plastic surgery ... a bumper off of a 2000 chevy pickup, cutting about 1/2" off of the bumper brackets, and drilling the bumper mount holes in the frame not even an extra 1/8" lower, and she's got a pretty sweet looking rear end ...





she recently came down with a couple of colds, too : bad u joints and a leaky transfer case seal

and a broken grill : i had a pheasant fly straight into it while i was driving 80 mph ... so I bought a new grill, but it needs to be painted, its a little dingy, and she's a gem, so she needs to sparkle and look fantastic, so I'll paint it when the weather gets warm ...



also acquired a Delta tool box, but it's the white kind, and I think it looks a little tacky, so I'll have that painted as well ...

SOON TO COME:
more electrical headaches, I'm sure ...

some body work : got one good front fender to replace a dented drivers side one ... and she'll need rocker panels and cab corners, and some bed work as well as a new tailgate