Yet another bone-head move... - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Dave67 · 04-04-2007, 02:24 PM

Has this ever happened to you? I've been converting my '67 to power front disks, but life always gets in the way. For the past week, I've been trying to decide to bend my new lines myself, or go with the front kit from Inline tube. After I finally decided to cough up the $$$ for the kit, and ordering it this morning, I FOUND THE SAME D**N KIT IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK!!! Best part was, I bought it in April, 2005!!!

BigSky71 · 04-04-2007, 02:33 PM

Yes. During my build I have ordered two sets of clear tail and park lens for my truck. The day I got the 2nd set I went to put them in a safe place in the garage, picked a nice secluded shelf, set the ladder there and when I climbed up there I saw there was already four clear lens sitting there, doh! I had to laugh at my consistency though, I could have picked any of ten places to put the new lenses in my cluttered garage and not seen that I already had those lenses, but I picked the same place... weirrrrd.

1LoC10 · 04-04-2007, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave67

Has this ever happened to you? I've been converting my '67 to power front disks, but life always gets in the way. For the past week, I've been trying to decide to bend my new lines myself, or go with the front kit from Inline tube. After I finally decided to cough up the $$$ for the kit, and ordering it this morning, I FOUND THE SAME D**N KIT IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK!!! Best part was, I bought it in April, 2005!!!

thats pretty funny. how you go two years with not knowing whats in the bed...lol

70rs/ss · 04-04-2007, 02:47 PM

Man I've gone 5 or more years without remembering stuff I bought. I am a packrat, so when I see something I might need 5 years from now, I buy it and stash it, GOD only knows just how much stuff I have and there may be 2 or 3 of the same thing in there as well!!

1LoC10 · 04-04-2007, 02:51 PM

oh I read it wrong.. I thought he bought the truck and it just had parts in the bed... but he bought the kit 2 years ago, and forgot.. now i see

sneakysnake · 04-04-2007, 03:16 PM

LOL, I have found stuff like that. Pretend to rehide something and go right to it.

724x4a/cchevy · 04-04-2007, 04:01 PM

dad does stuff like that all the time. Thats why im around i guess. He bought two complete cab weatherstrip kits once. lots of other little stuff too. I gotta remind him every once in awhile of what exactly he has.
Justin

AKChevyman · 04-04-2007, 06:59 PM

See this is why these projects take so long we keep spending money on part we already have Guilty here too. For weather stripping..... and rear marker lenses....and ok so that was it.

Dave67 · 04-04-2007, 07:05 PM

Thanks, guys. I guess I'm not the only one!

**Smitty** · 04-04-2007, 07:45 PM

Not by a long shot are you the only one. I found a bag of stuff just yesterday that I didn't know I had including a new mirror head for the inside. Had a new one I bought from my brother but it won't stay up so now I luckily happened across its replacement. I've looked in the past on the Bilstein shock sight for shocks for the p/u but they never had any listed for the rear. This weekend at the Goodguys show there was a local distributor and the now have them for front and back and also for both leaf and coil rears. Now I just have to scam the coin.

EAST SIDE LOW LIFE · 04-04-2007, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave67

Has this ever happened to you? I've been converting my '67 to power front disks, but life always gets in the way. For the past week, I've been trying to decide to bend my new lines myself, or go with the front kit from Inline tube. After I finally decided to cough up the $$$ for the kit, and ordering it this morning, I FOUND THE SAME D**N KIT IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK!!! Best part was, I bought it in April, 2005!!!

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Hello Dave67,

I was hoping when I read this the 67 was your age and not your trucks age. I have to take a picture of this part that I ordered for my 70' as I do not know where it goes or why I ordered it. I'm 55 I wonder what 65 will be like in the shop.

esll.

Ole Blue 68 · 04-04-2007, 10:48 PM

Been there done that Dave. Could you cancel the order?

cdowns · 04-04-2007, 10:57 PM

i always just save up the stuff like that till i can fill the truck up then i get to go to the swapmeet

Dave67 · 04-05-2007, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ole Blue 68

Been there done that Dave. Could you cancel the order?

Inline said they'll look for it, but it was "fast tracked", meaning FedEx might show up with it. I'll just have to send it back.
Now I want to clean out the shed and see if that's where I left Hoffa

67ChevyRedneck · 04-05-2007, 02:45 PM

I have the opppsite problem, I'll look for days for parts I KNOW I bought, not find them, have to reorder them, then find them randomly 3 days later

72steel · 04-05-2007, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BigSky71

Yes. During my build I have ordered two sets of clear tail and park lens for my truck. The day I got the 2nd set I went to put them in a safe place in the garage, picked a nice secluded shelf, set the ladder there and when I climbed up there I saw there was already four clear lens sitting there, doh! I had to laugh at my consistency though, I could have picked any of ten places to put the new lenses in my cluttered garage and not seen that I already had those lenses, but I picked the same place... weirrrrd.

do you still have them and will they fit on a 1972 suburban?

GREASEMONKEY72 · 04-05-2007, 04:21 PM

ive done many of things like that and im only 19

flatheadnut0 · 04-05-2007, 07:46 PM

I don't care who you are, now that's funny. I've done that so many times in teh last 40 years that it scares me. Actually, being able to say, in the last 40 years, really scares me.

Dave67 · 04-05-2007, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by 72steel

do you still have them and will they fit on a 1972 suburban?

72steel. I'm almost sure your tail/ back up lights are different on a 'burb.
Anyone?

**Palf70Step** · 04-05-2007, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave67

Has this ever happened to you? I've been converting my '67 to power front disks, but life always gets in the way. For the past week, I've been trying to decide to bend my new lines myself, or go with the front kit from Inline tube. After I finally decided to cough up the $$$ for the kit, and ordering it this morning, I FOUND THE SAME D**N KIT IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK!!! Best part was, I bought it in April, 2005!!!

Oh Heck YEAH!.

I have duplicates of many things in many areas. I normally find mine like yours, right after I bought it and got the new one on.

GREASEMONKEY72 · 04-05-2007, 09:30 PM

yea the burb lenses are different than the trucks

i think itd be cool to mod the truck lenses onto the burbs because IMO the truck lenses look better

**Yukon Jack** · 04-06-2007, 10:38 AM

Dave67, not as costly as your double purchase, but I was looking in my barn for a 4 speed shift boot and could find one - thought I had bought one a while back. Go pick up a new one and that next day I went to a different bench where I pile up stuff that is waiting to be used and there was the shift boot I needed - sad thing is, it was sitting right in plain view - couldn't believe I had walked right past it the day before when I was looking for it.

jamis · 04-06-2007, 10:44 AM

I've done the same thing (rear brake hardware kit and other items I block out)...I stop buying stuff ahead of time and now I only order if I'm less then a week away from needing it.

msgross · 04-06-2007, 10:54 AM

how much did inline charge for shipping the set? I need to buy a set for my K-10 SWB. I don't have the time or skills to bend my own set, on the other hand I don't have $$$ to buy a pre-bent set! Let me know if yours will fit and they dont take them back...

Dave67 · 04-06-2007, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by msgross

how much did inline charge for shipping the set? I need to buy a set for my K-10 SWB. I don't have the time or skills to bend my own set, on the other hand I don't have $$$ to buy a pre-bent set! Let me know if yours will fit and they dont take them back...

msgross,
I'm thinking the shipping was around 10-12 bucks, but I checked my cc account, and it doesn't look like they charged me, meaning I don't think they sent them out. On the down side, I'm almost sure a K-10 is going to be different than a C-20. If at all possible, I do reccomend Inline, because anything I've bought from them has been top quality, and well worth the $$$

04-04-2007, 02:24 PM	#1
Dave67 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Bethel Park, PA USA Posts: 127	Yet another bone-head move... Has this ever happened to you? I've been converting my '67 to power front disks, but life always gets in the way. For the past week, I've been trying to decide to bend my new lines myself, or go with the front kit from Inline tube. After I finally decided to cough up the $$$ for the kit, and ordering it this morning, I FOUND THE SAME D**N KIT IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK!!! Best part was, I bought it in April, 2005!!! __________________ 67 C-20 LWB 56 Nomad--- nope, sold it 75 Stingray 13 Silverado crew cab 08 Trailblazer (wife's) Pittsburgh, PA

04-04-2007, 02:33 PM	#2
BigSky71 LAIDOUT Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NW Montana Posts: 928	Re: Yet another bone-head move... Yes. During my build I have ordered two sets of clear tail and park lens for my truck. The day I got the 2nd set I went to put them in a safe place in the garage, picked a nice secluded shelf, set the ladder there and when I climbed up there I saw there was already four clear lens sitting there, doh! I had to laugh at my consistency though, I could have picked any of ten places to put the new lenses in my cluttered garage and not seen that I already had those lenses, but I picked the same place... weirrrrd. __________________ 67 2wd Shorty Build Pictures

04-04-2007, 02:47 PM	#4
70rs/ss Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 7,271	Re: Yet another bone-head move... Man I've gone 5 or more years without remembering stuff I bought. I am a packrat, so when I see something I might need 5 years from now, I buy it and stash it, GOD only knows just how much stuff I have and there may be 2 or 3 of the same thing in there as well!!

04-04-2007, 02:51 PM	#5
1LoC10 Insert Title Here Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dyer, Indiana Posts: 5,679	Re: Yet another bone-head move... oh I read it wrong.. I thought he bought the truck and it just had parts in the bed... but he bought the kit 2 years ago, and forgot.. now i see __________________ BOBBY _69 SWB_ 1000 pics of 67-72's>> http://s193.photobucket.com/albums/z...-72/?start=all <<

04-04-2007, 03:16 PM	#6
sneakysnake It's a catastrophic success. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,077	Re: Yet another bone-head move... LOL, I have found stuff like that. Pretend to rehide something and go right to it.

04-04-2007, 04:01 PM	#7
724x4a/cchevy Self-proclaimed LED man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Harrisburg, Missouri Posts: 1,021	Re: Yet another bone-head move... dad does stuff like that all the time. Thats why im around i guess. He bought two complete cab weatherstrip kits once. lots of other little stuff too. I gotta remind him every once in awhile of what exactly he has. Justin __________________ My LED Website My Photobucket Album of LED's Ask me about hand-made custom L.E.D brake and reverse lights. <- LINK I also do LED: -Third Brake/Cargo -Brake (truck and burb) -Reverse (truck and burb) -67-68 Front Turn Signals -69-70 Front Turn Signals -71-72 Front Turn Signals -GMC Front Turn Signals I can also do custom lights for other vehicles....i did a set for a AMC Gremlin once Norwood Survivor

04-04-2007, 06:59 PM	#8
AKChevyman Chevy Forever Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dalzell SC Posts: 314	Re: Yet another bone-head move... See this is why these projects take so long we keep spending money on part we already have Guilty here too. For weather stripping..... and rear marker lenses....and ok so that was it. __________________ My first love 1971 C20 Hugger orange Getting face lift and heart transplant .30 402 BB /TH400 and GV Wifes car 1969 Chevelle SS 396 325hp/TH400 Factroy A/C Automatic w/ Floor shift console. restored. Last edited by AKChevyman; 04-04-2007 at 06:59 PM.

04-04-2007, 07:05 PM	#9
Dave67 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Bethel Park, PA USA Posts: 127	Re: Yet another bone-head move... Thanks, guys. I guess I'm not the only one! __________________ 67 C-20 LWB 56 Nomad--- nope, sold it 75 Stingray 13 Silverado crew cab 08 Trailblazer (wife's) Pittsburgh, PA

04-04-2007, 07:45 PM	#10
Smitty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Spring Valley, Ca. Posts: 1,133	Re: Yet another bone-head move... Not by a long shot are you the only one. I found a bag of stuff just yesterday that I didn't know I had including a new mirror head for the inside. Had a new one I bought from my brother but it won't stay up so now I luckily happened across its replacement. I've looked in the past on the Bilstein shock sight for shocks for the p/u but they never had any listed for the rear. This weekend at the Goodguys show there was a local distributor and the now have them for front and back and also for both leaf and coil rears. Now I just have to scam the coin. __________________ Smitty '71 Short Fleetside Spring Valley, Ca.

04-04-2007, 10:48 PM	#12
Ole Blue 68 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Philly Posts: 1,140	Re: Yet another bone-head move... Been there done that Dave. Could you cancel the order?

04-04-2007, 10:57 PM	#13
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Yet another bone-head move... i always just save up the stuff like that till i can fill the truck up then i get to go to the swapmeet __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

04-05-2007, 02:45 PM	#15
67ChevyRedneck Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 23,090	Re: Yet another bone-head move... I have the opppsite problem, I'll look for days for parts I KNOW I bought, not find them, have to reorder them, then find them randomly 3 days later __________________ Jesse James 1967 C10 SWB Stepside: 350/700R4/3.73 1965 Ford Mustang: 289/T5-5spd/3.25 Trac-Loc 1968 Pontiac Firebird: Project Fire Chicken! 2015 Silverado Double Cab 5.3L Z71 2001 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0L 5spd 2020 Chevrolet Equinox Premium 2.0L Turbo 2011 Mustang V6 ~ Wife's ride American Born, Country by the Grace of God 1967 CST Shop Truck Rebuild! My 1967 C-10 Build Thread My Vintage Air A/C Install Project "On a Dime" Trying my hand at Home Renovation! 1965 Mustang Modifications!

04-05-2007, 04:21 PM	#17
GREASEMONKEY72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,893	Re: Yet another bone-head move... ive done many of things like that and im only 19 __________________ -steven Alte Seele S.S. "Allison" '72 C/10 LWB 350SB/TH350 - DD PITBULL IS NOT A CRIME

04-05-2007, 07:46 PM	#18
flatheadnut0 New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: nebraska Posts: 18	Re: Yet another bone-head move... I don't care who you are, now that's funny. I've done that so many times in teh last 40 years that it scares me. Actually, being able to say, in the last 40 years, really scares me.

04-05-2007, 09:30 PM	#21
GREASEMONKEY72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,893	Re: Yet another bone-head move... yea the burb lenses are different than the trucks i think itd be cool to mod the truck lenses onto the burbs because IMO the truck lenses look better __________________ -steven Alte Seele S.S. "Allison" '72 C/10 LWB 350SB/TH350 - DD PITBULL IS NOT A CRIME



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04-06-2007, 10:38 AM	#22
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,684	Re: Yet another bone-head move... Dave67, not as costly as your double purchase, but I was looking in my barn for a 4 speed shift boot and could find one - thought I had bought one a while back. Go pick up a new one and that next day I went to a different bench where I pile up stuff that is waiting to be used and there was the shift boot I needed - sad thing is, it was sitting right in plain view - couldn't believe I had walked right past it the day before when I was looking for it. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

04-06-2007, 10:44 AM	#23
jamis F.A.S.T. president Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 1,883	Re: Yet another bone-head move... I've done the same thing (rear brake hardware kit and other items I block out)...I stop buying stuff ahead of time and now I only order if I'm less then a week away from needing it. __________________ F.A.S.T. President and Founder Fabricators for the Advancement of Sawsall Technology "A fear of the Sawsall is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." ~Sigmund Freud, "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis" Last edited by jamis; 04-06-2007 at 10:46 AM.

04-06-2007, 10:54 AM	#24
msgross Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central PA Posts: 12,201	Re: Yet another bone-head move... how much did inline charge for shipping the set? I need to buy a set for my K-10 SWB. I don't have the time or skills to bend my own set, on the other hand I don't have $$$ to buy a pre-bent set! Let me know if yours will fit and they dont take them back... __________________ The Garage: 1968 K-10 SWB - "Project Money Pit" 1996 Z-71 - "huntin rig" 1969 C-10 LWB (SOLD) "Project flip that truck or else" 1993 Passport, F@rd 1-ton (SOLD)"Project Cousin Eddie" My Garage Build "The 1,000 footer"

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