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spudtruck · 10-18-2009, 11:23 PM

Hey just thought I would pop in and say Hello. My name is Kevin. I'm from southeast Idaho. I love old Chevy trucks

. I just picked up last month a 66 lwb. I had some buddies in high school that had them and we had a lot of fun. I have been really partial to this body style and when I had the chance to pick this one up I jumped on it. The kid at the local parts house told me had a 66 to sell and if I knew anyone that wanted one I told him right then that I didn't know of anyone. I already had a project going on and really didn't it think it was too great of a truck. After a few days of it gnawing on me I decided to go look at it with my brother. I looked at it and decided I would have to have it. It supposedly had a 350 with recent rebuild but there was a grinding noise in the front of the engine and the truck wasn't getting any fuel to the carb. It had been sitting inside a shed for the past 3 years and the mice had gotten to the interior and it was all taken out. Had that great mice piss smell. But someone had put a lot of work into it some time ago. It had the stainless strips and oak in the bed, but the varnish is starting to peel on the wood. It had the chrome bumpers and grill that were in great shape. The body had and older paint job that will have to be redone but it was black and that is my favorite color. So we made the deal at 700 bucks and my brother towed me home. I ended up sitting on a folding chair cuz there was no interior. What a crappy ride home, I had to keep my neck bent sideways to see out the windshield.

After a couple of days of work I put in a new fuel lines from the under bed tank and a new harmonic balancer she runs like a champ. I checked on the heads they ended up being camelback fuelies so I was tickled to death

. I'm hoping to do a budget build on it where money is tight with child support and crap like that. I'm excited to be a part of the forum and have already learned a lot from you guys. As soon as I figure out the how to post pics I'll put some up. Thanks

jgh64pkup · 10-18-2009, 11:52 PM

once again

from Texas

markeb01 · 10-18-2009, 11:53 PM

Welcome from a bit further up the road. Sounds like you found a real bargain.

spudtruck · 10-18-2009, 11:58 PM

Thanks again It's great to be in with a bunch crazy truck people like myself.

**Captainfab** · 10-19-2009, 12:59 AM

Welcome from a fellow Idahoan from up North

Sounds like you got a good deal on your truck. The pic posting is a little messed up right now as the admin is working on the site. it should be back up shortly. In the meantime I think you can post pics if you have them on a pic hosting site such as photobucket. Just use this icon

to add the url of your pic

Vernski · 10-19-2009, 01:33 AM

Welcome Spudtruck I'm a fellow Idaho'n and located 8mi nw of CDA in the panhandle. Where is Lyman at or near? Will look forward to some pic's of your truck when you can post them. Big howdee and a mighty fine on the truck you found.---Vernski

*LILRED66* · 10-19-2009, 07:21 AM

Welcome to the forums from Kansas City, KS. You purchased the proverbial "barn find". Congrats and I am looking forward to seeing what you do with the truck.

bubba327 · 10-19-2009, 08:08 PM

Hello from Star Idaho . Good to have you here. Check out the Idaho club and sign in . User CP in the top header> network on left header> social clubs Maybe some day we will have enough to organize. --- Bubba

spudtruck · 10-19-2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Vernski

Welcome Spudtruck I'm a fellow Idaho'n and located 8mi nw of CDA in the panhandle. Where is Lyman at or near? Will look forward to some pic's of your truck when you can post them. Big howdee and a mighty fine on the truck you found.---Vernski

Thanks. I'm about 3 miles south of Rexburg and 20 minutes North of Idaho Falls. I'm working on pictures right now.

spudtruck · 10-19-2009, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bubba327

Hello from Star Idaho . Good to have you here. Check out the Idaho club and sign in . User CP in the top header> network on left header> social clubs Maybe some day we will have enough to organize. --- Bubba

I'll go and get on there asap Thanks

spudtruck · 10-19-2009, 09:41 PM

Help..... I'm trying to post the pictures by using manage attachments. It says that I have too big of pictures. Is there anyway of compressing so that they will accept them? Or is it easier just to go to photo bucket?

jgh64pkup · 10-19-2009, 10:27 PM

photobucket is easier
you have to have the right software to downsize it
i have a photoshop program i use to downsize that is called gimp 2.6
but it is much easier to use photobucket

markeb01 · 10-19-2009, 10:50 PM

I think the attachment feature may be not working right now due to the recent server upgrade.

I use Imageshack as a hosting website. After some difficulty in the beginning I find it really easy. I did register (even though it's not required), then I can log in and all my pictures are there. There's an upload button on the toolbar, clicking that opens a menu so you can select the photo from your hard drive. Once uploaded, click on the picture which will open a new window. Then right click on the field of code on the right side, half way down that says "Embed this image, Forum". Copy this code and paste it into your forum message. Then click on "preview post" and it will show what your finished post will look like.

spudtruck · 10-19-2009, 10:52 PM

Thanks I'll give it a try

63 & 64 Bowties · 10-20-2009, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markeb01

I think the attachment feature may be not working right now due to the recent server upgrade.

Correct.
More on that: http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=366858

**DPowers** · 10-20-2009, 11:20 AM

Welcome from East Tennesee. Great find.

**62 Longbed** · 10-20-2009, 10:56 PM

Welcome from Oregon !!!

daverod · 10-20-2009, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spudtruck

Help..... I'm trying to post the pictures by using manage attachments. It says that I have too big of pictures. Is there anyway of compressing so that they will accept them? Or is it easier just to go to photo bucket?

Maybe try a diff camera if you have one. One of my cameras works the other it tells me pics to big.

MXmaniac · 10-21-2009, 12:51 AM

Welcome from North Texas.

I just open the pictures in Paint, then click "Image", then "Resize/Skew" and enter 50 or so in both the horizontal and vertical boxes. Then save it, and you can attach it. I prefer to use the site's attachment because people tend to change their photobucket accounts and stuff then you get red x's. If you use this site's, then they are here for good.

kdrodworks316 · 10-22-2009, 08:43 PM

welcome from, uh rexburg!? stop by the shop some time and say hi, hwy 33 just past the s curve in the new gray shop

spudtruck · 10-22-2009, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kdrodworks316

welcome from, uh rexburg!? stop by the shop some time and say hi, hwy 33 just past the s curve in the new gray shop

So are you on your way west towards sage junction? Glad to hear of more truck guys from Idaho. I did get my pictures up on another thread spud trucks budget build.

10-18-2009, 11:23 PM	#1
spudtruck Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Rigby Idaho Posts: 88	New guy from Idaho Hey just thought I would pop in and say Hello. My name is Kevin. I'm from southeast Idaho. I love old Chevy trucks. I just picked up last month a 66 lwb. I had some buddies in high school that had them and we had a lot of fun. I have been really partial to this body style and when I had the chance to pick this one up I jumped on it. The kid at the local parts house told me had a 66 to sell and if I knew anyone that wanted one I told him right then that I didn't know of anyone. I already had a project going on and really didn't it think it was too great of a truck. After a few days of it gnawing on me I decided to go look at it with my brother. I looked at it and decided I would have to have it. It supposedly had a 350 with recent rebuild but there was a grinding noise in the front of the engine and the truck wasn't getting any fuel to the carb. It had been sitting inside a shed for the past 3 years and the mice had gotten to the interior and it was all taken out. Had that great mice piss smell. But someone had put a lot of work into it some time ago. It had the stainless strips and oak in the bed, but the varnish is starting to peel on the wood. It had the chrome bumpers and grill that were in great shape. The body had and older paint job that will have to be redone but it was black and that is my favorite color. So we made the deal at 700 bucks and my brother towed me home. I ended up sitting on a folding chair cuz there was no interior. What a crappy ride home, I had to keep my neck bent sideways to see out the windshield. After a couple of days of work I put in a new fuel lines from the under bed tank and a new harmonic balancer she runs like a champ. I checked on the heads they ended up being camelback fuelies so I was tickled to death. I'm hoping to do a budget build on it where money is tight with child support and crap like that. I'm excited to be a part of the forum and have already learned a lot from you guys. As soon as I figure out the how to post pics I'll put some up. Thanks

10-18-2009, 11:52 PM	#2
jgh64pkup Sunburst C10!!! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,560	Re: New guy from Idaho once again from Texas __________________ Gage 1967 C10 Shortbed Stepside

10-18-2009, 11:53 PM	#3
markeb01 Senior Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spokane Valley, WA Posts: 8,356	Re: New guy from Idaho Welcome from a bit further up the road. Sounds like you found a real bargain.

10-18-2009, 11:58 PM	#4
spudtruck Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Rigby Idaho Posts: 88	Re: New guy from Idaho Thanks again It's great to be in with a bunch crazy truck people like myself.

10-19-2009, 12:59 AM	#5
Captainfab 60-66 Nut Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Posts: 23,252	Re: New guy from Idaho Welcome from a fellow Idahoan from up North Sounds like you got a good deal on your truck. The pic posting is a little messed up right now as the admin is working on the site. it should be back up shortly. In the meantime I think you can post pics if you have them on a pic hosting site such as photobucket. Just use this icon to add the url of your pic __________________ Power Steering Box Adapter Plates For Sale HERE Power Brake Booster Adapter Brackets For Sale '63-'66 HERE and '67-'72 HERE and '60-'62 HERE and "60-'62 with clutch HERE Rear Disc Brake Brackets For Sale. Impala SS calipers HERE Camaro Calipers HERE D52 Calipers HERE 6 Lug HERE Hydroboost Mounting Plates HERE Last edited by Captainfab; 10-19-2009 at 01:00 AM.

10-19-2009, 01:33 AM	#6
Vernski Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Rathdrum, Idaho Posts: 1,135	Re: New guy from Idaho Welcome Spudtruck I'm a fellow Idaho'n and located 8mi nw of CDA in the panhandle. Where is Lyman at or near? Will look forward to some pic's of your truck when you can post them. Big howdee and a mighty fine on the truck you found.---Vernski

10-19-2009, 07:21 AM	#7
LILRED66 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 3,906	Re: New guy from Idaho Welcome to the forums from Kansas City, KS. You purchased the proverbial "barn find". Congrats and I am looking forward to seeing what you do with the truck.

10-19-2009, 08:08 PM	#8
bubba327 HOW long until spring?? Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Star Idaho Posts: 1,413	Re: New guy from Idaho Hello from Star Idaho . Good to have you here. Check out the Idaho club and sign in . User CP in the top header> network on left header> social clubs Maybe some day we will have enough to organize. --- Bubba __________________ 69 chevelle convertible 71-C-10 short-wide and low 64 C-10 custom shortbox "Bubba"s Recycling project"

10-19-2009, 09:41 PM	#11
spudtruck Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Rigby Idaho Posts: 88	Re: New guy from Idaho Help..... I'm trying to post the pictures by using manage attachments. It says that I have too big of pictures. Is there anyway of compressing so that they will accept them? Or is it easier just to go to photo bucket?

10-19-2009, 10:27 PM	#12
jgh64pkup Sunburst C10!!! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,560	Re: New guy from Idaho photobucket is easier you have to have the right software to downsize it i have a photoshop program i use to downsize that is called gimp 2.6 but it is much easier to use photobucket __________________ Gage 1967 C10 Shortbed Stepside Last edited by jgh64pkup; 10-19-2009 at 10:29 PM.

10-19-2009, 10:50 PM	#13
markeb01 Senior Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spokane Valley, WA Posts: 8,356	Re: New guy from Idaho I think the attachment feature may be not working right now due to the recent server upgrade. I use Imageshack as a hosting website. After some difficulty in the beginning I find it really easy. I did register (even though it's not required), then I can log in and all my pictures are there. There's an upload button on the toolbar, clicking that opens a menu so you can select the photo from your hard drive. Once uploaded, click on the picture which will open a new window. Then right click on the field of code on the right side, half way down that says "Embed this image, Forum". Copy this code and paste it into your forum message. Then click on "preview post" and it will show what your finished post will look like.

10-19-2009, 10:52 PM	#14
spudtruck Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Rigby Idaho Posts: 88	Re: New guy from Idaho Thanks I'll give it a try

10-20-2009, 11:20 AM	#16
DPowers One foot in front of the other Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Parrottsville, TN Posts: 5,446	Re: New guy from Idaho Welcome from East Tennesee. Great find.

10-20-2009, 10:56 PM	#17
62 Longbed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Gresham , Oregon Posts: 588	Re: New guy from Idaho Welcome from Oregon !!!

10-21-2009, 12:51 AM	#19
MXmaniac Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denton, Texas Posts: 356	Re: New guy from Idaho Welcome from North Texas. I just open the pictures in Paint, then click "Image", then "Resize/Skew" and enter 50 or so in both the horizontal and vertical boxes. Then save it, and you can attach it. I prefer to use the site's attachment because people tend to change their photobucket accounts and stuff then you get red x's. If you use this site's, then they are here for good. __________________ Andrew '69 C-20(292, 4-speed) Retired Daily Driver '64 C-10(250, 3-speed) Fixerupper '97 Frd Mustang GT(4.6L, 5-speed) Daily Driver If I only wanted two pedals I'd have bought a bicycle. Last edited by MXmaniac; 10-21-2009 at 12:54 AM.*



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