07-30-2018, 10:52 PM | #11 |
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Location: Hickory Flat, GA
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Re: Frankentruck
What the heck!?!? Snow in Georgia! We got a good snowfall the first week in January, so of course I had to take some pics.
The family pet, a Corgi named Moose, enjoyed the fresh snow. The trailer I got for free from a friend that was cleaning out a building he had purchased. It was an old shop many years before, and this trailer was sitting out behind it. It was made out of a 67-72 GMC I think, because it has leaf springs. I haven't done anything with it except for using it as storage. The bed is extremely rusty, and needs to be replaced. Once I find a cleaner bed for Frankentruck, I will take Frankentruck's old bed and swap it onto the trailer. The wagon wheel functioned as my "spare", because it was the only wheel I had that would clear the calipers. It has an old trailer tire on it because it was on the trailer when I got it. The day after it snowed, I decided to pull the passenger side exhaust manifold because the divorced choke was not working properly. Turns out that the heat riser valve had either rusted off on the inside, or had been removed. It caused the choke to stay closed pretty much all the time, unless I drove the truck for almost an hour. Even though it was super cold outside, I got it off. Unfortunately, I broke a stud, but was able to get new studs put in the manifold.
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Christian Carpenter 1963 C10 - Frankentruck 283, Muncie 3 speed with overdrive Overdrive wiring here1963-ish truck bed trailer - Half-Wit 1981 C10 - Penny 305, th350 --> Soon to be 350, Saginaw 4 speed 1995 Dodge Dakota Sport "I'll put it simple: if you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right." - Doc Hudson |
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