What did you get done? 06/08

[N2TRUX]

I know this is a bit early, but I am on the road and have to post it while I ca.

I spent the weekened so far relaxing and enjoying myself on a "Fiesta en San Antonio" celebrating my daughters 16th birthday. My family and friends were joined by n2billets family for a weekend of fun

So far my quick and costly adventure has taken me to see exotic plants, animals, and marine life (Sea World) I will enjoy a full day of gravity defying, equilibrium upsetting, g force testing at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.

Don't be to sympathetic of my plight, I will be relaxing (recovering) at the La Cantera Resort and enjoying the finest Tex-Mex food while dining on the river boat of Casa Rio.

What did you get done?


La Cantera-








Casa Rio-

[87Lowrider]

... the nerve of some people! - I'm still working, I'll post when I'm done!

Update: 2130 hrs - Glad you had a good time.

I cut 1 coil off my stock springs to bring the truck down to a respectable level after swapping the really short ones for stock ones last week. Now she's sitting better and doesn't look like she'll drag or rub the fender wells.. I got the front suspension put together and added new brakes. I'm hoping to get new exhaust installed this week and get her ready for a cruise-in next weekend.

I'll post a video of the 454 next weekend.

Ken

[S10Fan]

Finally replaced the "Din" sized radio with a shaft style from Ken Harrison Inc. Made a mounting plate from aluminum and set her in place. The knobs are much easier to use for this clumsy old goat.

[vern350]

Went to a huge parts swap with around a couple hundred vendors. Camped the weekend at the parts swap. Found a aluminum tailgate band for my 81 shortbox. A vendor had a gmc one, still new in the package, but needed something cheaper and with chevrolet on it. Got my new edelbrock intake and carb and goodies bolted on the 81. Also received package from classic parts...... with some new window seals and turn signals for the bumper to replace the faded and cracked ones. Also got some new gm rear inner bumper brackets for my rear smooth bumper.

N2TRUX, that resort looks alot better than the camping conditions I had to put up with it. Windy, humid, raining, and hot.

[BaddBusa2005]

got stranded on the lake due to a POS battery. Orderd a new optima blue top.

Brake lines ran on my 94 ta and torque arm installed.

[79GMC_OLDS]

Originally Posted by vern350

Went to a huge parts swap with around a couple hundred vendors. Camped the weekend at the parts swap. Found a aluminum tailgate band for my 81 shortbox. A vendor had a gmc one, still new in the package, but needed something cheaper and with chevrolet on it. Got my new edelbrock intake and carb and goodies bolted on the 81. Also received package from classic parts...... with some new window seals and turn signals for the bumper to replace the faded and cracked ones. Also got some new gm rear inner bumper brackets for my rear smooth bumper.

N2TRUX, that resort looks alot better than the camping conditions I had to put up with it. Windy, humid, raining, and hot.

i assume you were at the barrie flea market? i wish i could of made it..always lots of good deals...hopefully i'll make the fall one

[smashingchuck]

Spent most of Saturday on the road to go look at a bagged s10 for a daily driver. It's amazing what some people will tell you over the phone. Need less to say, I went with cash in hand ready to buy it, and when I finally saw it in person I turned right back around. I didn't even say a word to the guy, I just left.

Today was more productive. I got all the acessoried mounted on my motor. Everything lines up, and I have two of the tree belts installed. Just have to clean up the power steering and the York, and I'm done.

[vern350]

79GMC_OLDS, thats correct. I was at the barrie flea market. Heres the link.

http://www.burlscreek.com/content.xjp?id=48

[old Rusty C10]

I didint get a dern thing truck related done.. in fact i havent even gone near the truck in like a week. Its hot as all get out here this week and im trying to stay alive working outdoors in it... Saturday my wife and i went to Atlantic City and stayed overnight.. We didnt win but we didnt play much. A friend gave me concert tickets so we went to see Clint Black who put on a great show.. and we were in like the 22nd row so we had great seats
the wife who doesnt like country music enjoyed herself and clint took a turn playing drums during the encore as one of his guitarist/ backup singers sang the old steeley dan song "when josie comes home"
clint did an old willie nelson tune and sang all his hits pretty much..so it was a nice night

[SCOTI]

I did some stuff for the LSx swap into the 68.

I trimmed the motor mount adapters to set the 6.0 in the sbc location. This has been a trial & error deal since I'm trying to use the original Dropmember sbc 'tabs' vs. cutting them off & relocating them. I yanked the truck intake off to offer a better angle when trying to stab the drivetrain in the engine compartment. I also had to use a hoist 'carb' plate w/the holes tweaked that's now bolted to the engine valley toward the rear of the block. This should keep the hoist chains off the firewall (they beat it up pretty good on my 1st attempt).

I spent part of the week trying to find someone parting out an LS1 so I could get an oil pan. I wasn't having much luck so I bit the bullet & got some stuff on the way from my local GM parts source so I can move forward.

I also gutted the factory heater & stuff so I'm committing myself to aftermarket hvac . . .....

[lolife99]

Got a late start today,... but I got a start on my rear dropmember for the '86 beater/shop truck. Got the frame notches, both tube crossmembers, and front 4-link brackets installed. I know it doesn't look like much,... but there are several hours here. Tomorrow night the rear end goes under it. The humidity is killing my bare metal parts. Quick mock up then dis-assembly to bead blast and powdercoat.

[Grande Rojo]

Sat. I went to the Steak n Shake Car show/ Cruise in

Sun. I went to the Power Tour here in Springfield. It was fn' great. I took my truck and got the one day pass. I would love to do the whole Power Tour!

[hot trux]

lo-life, myself, and another buddy went to Goodguys Indy and it RAINED on Sat again!!! (20% chance they said thurs.) 10 plus inches by sat at noon! Vendor numbers were way down as # of entrys. Sold my Hilborn Inj. at swap meet Fri. so it wasn't a toal wash out. A buddy and his family from NOLA met up with us and a good time was had by all. Wired on the project some today.

[AceX]

Just got back a little bit ago from American Graffiti in Modesto. Showed off with ARC Audio and spent some time with Chip Foose.

Pics to come.

[Fraser Beatty]

Rotated the tires on my 83 and messed around with the wiring some more. I still haven't fixed the problem with my rear left turn signal, despite replacing everything I can think of and getting rid of all the trailer wiring.

[Crush]

Took Friday off and went and snatched the K5 out of storage where it's sat untouched for nearly 2 months...decided to finally swap the wheels from the '79 project over to the blazer...why did I wait soooo long?1?!?!?!?!

Gonna have to remove the inner fenders...then may cut the front springs another inch to give it the rake I want....or maybe just bag it...


anyways...went to a small local show on Sat...and hung out with car guys for the first time in a LOOOONG time this weekend...had a blast...whatcha think?

[68GMC454]

well i traded off my 1971 condor II motor home i got last year for 50.00 for a 1997 nissan altima.. needs minor repairs, i think a lifter or 2 may be bad,, so i come out ahead in a deal... have a great week ya'll
billy

[68GMC454]

crush that blazer looks great...

[SBTork]

Originally Posted by 68GMC454

crush that blazer looks great...

x2 here

I, once again, wound up drinking quite a few beers. I also celebrated a friends fathers 60th birthday, worked all day Saturday and was pissed all day sunday 'cuz it would not stop raining. Im going to order some new door hinges for my driver side door so it'll actually shut without slamming it. That'll be a next weekend project.

[dammitmitchell]

i dropped both gastanks in my 83 to do floats, removed old brakelines that wree left attached and rubbing my new ones (i diddnt do it) found another few strands of random wires that go to nothing and are not original, his from my children.
dropped my oilpan and redid the seal
made fun of my brother iin-law for drivign a v6 f150 and talking crap to me about mudding....
just smiled and imagined parking on top of his truck with mine =-)
ohh i had to install single foothold steps so my wife could get in teh truck, i dont like them but they are mounted strong with welded brackets =-)

[454HO]

Howdy from Beijing!

Friday we went to Tianamen Square, Saturday was the Forbidden City to see the Emporer's Palace, Sunday we did some shopping and today we went to The Great Wall. Nothing truck related unless you count breathing endless exhaust fumes....

[babyJay]

Cleaned and organized the garage in 90+ degree heat and high humidity...

[oldwagon]

My brother-in-law and I had to mow and trim a yard yesterday, and we were glad we did, because we had more rain last nite. It just don't get no better than this!
Hope u gize were able to do something more constructive.

[Slonaker]

Hey! I was in San Antonio too! Oh, wait. I live here...

The onlything I did with the truck this weekend was to use it to tow the boat to the lake for a few hours. At $50 to fill up one of two tanks, I can't afford to do anything lese with it.

Slonaker

[los-lowrider]

Stayed at a Hot Rod Meeting!