67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[67cheby]

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...91#post5420591 i just started a thread !! DINOS OR BUST

[tantrumpipeline]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

i dont usually post stuff like this, but if you want a good laugh watch this youtube video....BUSINESS TIME, it is Wednesday !! Flight of the Conchords- Business Time - YouTube

these guys are hilarious, the tv show was sweet as well

[es67chevy]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

LOL, did my mechanic get over there yet ? And guys i am serious about doing this , my wife is even excited about it !

He called Monday, but hasn't shown up yet. Crossing fingers!

[superflysteiny]

Originally Posted by big_al_71

I would have to take a week vacation to drive all the way to phoenix and back hauling a trailer. It would be awesome to do something like that

You only live once I drove 26 hrs in three days last yr to be there

[RocketKing]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

does that mean you are in ??

Are you crusin it or haulin it?

[Lower]

If mine is still together and possibly looking better than it does now I might try for that. But I would have to drive mine, just cause I want too lol

[big_al_71]

Originally Posted by funkytechmonkey

Can you get a trailor for two trucks? Ill ride with you and split gas with ya.

I can see if I can find one but we will need a big diesel truck to haul such trailer

Originally Posted by superflysteiny

You only live once I drove 26 hrs in three days last yr to be there

I am here sitting with my wife and she is like do it you do only live once
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[Slick67]

Is Mike trying to avoid updates on his project by misleading us with the Cruise idea?!?! The tail wags the dog!!! Misleading our attention like a magician!!! MAGIC MIKE!!!!!! He has a nickname now!!!!!

[67cheby]

Rocketking ....undecided, I want to drive it but not sure if that is the best idea or not ! Go post on the thread I started about the trip, let's do it ! Now ......back to my smoke and mirrors !
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[hgs_notes]

I wanted to go last year, the wife said "sure, but we have to tow it. I'm not riding in that thing for several days without a reclining seat." Another problem for me is the timing. November roads going north can be pretty bad, especially towing. I'm afraid the only way my truck is going to AZ is if I'm already living near there.

So the alternate plan is to go there by air, buy one of those rust free unmolested original chevy classics that Dino always seems to find, bring it to his party for a quick suspension upgrade thrash, then store it there somewhere until spring when it can be transported home.

IT COULD WORK!! - YouTube

[funkytechmonkey]

Originally Posted by big_al_71

I can see if I can find one but we will need a big diesel truck to haul such trailer

I am here sitting with my wife and she is like do it you do only live once
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I am seriously game for it if we can find a double car trailor. Let me know if you are really thinking about it.

[Dinos63]

hotdog this is going to be fun!!

[67cheby]

i am really going to do it, is it Gallup that some of you are worried about ? do they have snow that early in November ? I have been stuck in Gallup before at the end of December but i thought the middle of November would be clear, anyone live that way that could shed a little light on this for us ?

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by Dinos63

hotdog this is going to be fun!!

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...91#post5420591 DINO, pop over there and give me a little help to get this thing rolling !!

[67cheby]

here are a few progress pictures from last night ! I had to clearance the corner of my shroud to keep it away from my tubz, i mounted my swivel connections, and my rear shocks

[raull]

i just noticed another c noctch on the air tank tube !!!! mike the c notch king !!!!

[67cheby]

LOL...yep, and by the way ...all of the zip ties are temporary !

[El Campo]

If you drop down to Interstate 10 on I20 from Dallas (or elsewhere) you would avoid all of the high altitude on I40 and coming down from Flagstaff there are a lot of 7 percent grades. Would all be avoided if just went in on 10.

[LEEVON]

I have 20' enclosed and 18' open trailers with a quadrasteer 2500 at my disposal. I'd rather drive one of my rigs, but it wouldn't hurt to throw a driver on the trailer and swap in case of a roadside emergency. We've done this cruising to Goodguys KC a couple of times.

[LEEVON]

Crappy double post.

[67cheby]

thanks LEEVON, that would be great !

[Riveted1]

Originally Posted by El Campo

If you drop down to Interstate 10 on I20 from Dallas (or elsewhere) you would avoid all of the high altitude on I40 and coming down from Flagstaff there are a lot of 7 percent grades. Would all be avoided if just went in on 10.

I agree, but the scenery is soooo much nicer coming from up north. I-10 is just boring. The nice thing about I-10 is the higher speed limits. If you DO go that way, watch for cops from Ft. Stockton to El Paso (especially Van Horn), again in Las Cruces, and from Tucson to Phx. I make the trip to Houston about once a year, and those are always the bad spots.

[El Campo]

You got that right!!!! NO comparison between I10 and 40. Although New Mexico does have some of that "Land of Enchantment" thing about it on 10. Flagstaff is one of my favorite places in this country and beautiful to boot. And its a LOOOOOONG way from Ft Stockton to El Paso if something goes wrong. I blew a rear tire on my Powerstroke in Ft Stockton on a Sunday when I was pulling the car hauler fully loaded and had to limp all the way to El Paso on a 10 year old spare that was dry rotted because there is no where to even dream of getting a tire. Talk about a crappy feeling! (It is something like 250 miles through some of the most desolate country in the nation besides the highway cutting through it, so empty that the Davis Mountains which aren't far off of the road are considered to be the darkest spot in America)

[67cheby]

i agree Flagstaff is beautiful

[RocketKing]

Originally Posted by El Campo

You got that right!!!! NO comparison between I10 and 40. Although New Mexico does have some of that "Land of Enchantment" thing about it on 10. Flagstaff is one of my favorite places in this country and beautiful to boot. And its a LOOOOOONG way from Ft Stockton to El Paso if something goes wrong. I blew a rear tire on my Powerstroke in Ft Stockton on a Sunday when I was pulling the car hauler fully loaded and had to limp all the way to El Paso on a 10 year old spare that was dry rotted because there is no where to even dream of getting a tire. Talk about a crappy feeling! (It is something like 250 miles through some of the most desolate country in the nation besides the highway cutting through it, so empty that the Davis Mountains which aren't far off of the road are considered to be the darkest spot in America)

Oh yeah!! That is exactly the place I would like to drive an untested 45 year old truck, that I built in my garage, through.