1950 AD Project

[Big Daddy Bear]

Thanks, been away from the truck for awhile, and probably for a bit longer as well. Been working on the shop area, reaarranging and a little remodeling that has been long put off.

Hoping that the electrical gets done in the next couple weeks, currently, outside of the tack room, there is only one working outlet to serve the barn and both shop areas, been inconvienant to say the least.

When it is finished, there will be two 240v outlets dedicated to an arc welder and much bigger compressor. Also getting standard outlets positioned so as to all but eliminate the need for an extension cord, really looking forward to that!!! Oh, and lighting, adequate lighting...won't know what to do if I can see what I am doing!

In the end, I will have two, separated by a wall, work areas, one for mechanical, ie: oily and greasy projects, and another for woodworking. Saw dust and engines blend about as well as grease and wood.

But, it will be pretty awesome to have an area dedicated just to what I am going and not have to move things around just to use a saw or work on a fender.

When I get back on the truck, I will post updates and probably have lots of questions as well!!

[Big Daddy Bear]

Time for a quick update:

Got rid of the S-10 & the 250 6-cylinder. Found homes for them to fellows that needed them more than me.

The donor frame truck ended up having a crack in the rear frame rail over the axel.

Got the bed pulled off last night, get the cab removed by the weekend hopefully, then see if there are any more hidden surprises on the frame.

If the rest is solid, then next thing will be repair/box the cracked area and box the other side as well.

[Big Daddy Bear]

Productive weekend, met my goals I had hoped for.

Bed and cab pulled off the frame, now to take a little time to strip down the cab of the few things left that are/might be savable, then onto the scrap yard with it...

Then strip the frame so I can get it off to be blasted, found a place just a few minutes away in Olympia that says about a two hour labor charge if I bring them in a stripped frame for $200.00.

Did some research, and even if it takes them 3 - 4 hours, I can't rent the equipment and buy the material to do it myself for that.

Had some much appreciated help today as my buddy who was going to help had to cut his weekend short, so my bride jumped on the tractor and helped take care of business.

[Advanced Design]

That is good week end progress and it is always great when the wife is involved.

[Big Daddy Bear]

Continuing on with the weekend's productivity, the first load is almost ready to haul to the scrap yard.

[Big Daddy Bear]

Frame from the 1950 which was just horribly butchered by a previous owner's attempt at grafting a 3/4 ton front clip reduced to three chunks of scrap.

Two loads today and the last one when they open on Tues and all the extra parts will be gone.

Price of steel is so low, they wouldn't offer any cash, just let me drop it off to get it gone...

[Big Daddy Bear]

UPDATE TIME!!

Thanks to everyone who commented or made sugguestions and offered tips, it was very much appreciated!!

But the truck has moved on to someone who wanted it way more than I paid for it, so it was the right time to let it go.

This has been one of the most helpful bunch of folks I have ever seen on the forum community, a great resource of information and knowledgeable and helpful people!!

No other other current project in the works or planned for the near future so will end by saying "Thank you" and hope you are enjoying the holiday weekend and your projects turn out better than you had hoped.