Inherited 86 Chevy from Grandpa

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Wow! Lots of great info. I am very appreciative to all of you. Thanks for the warm welcome. Ya'll could have been much harder on me.

The "rattle" was so bad this AM, I took it in to my "current" shop....and they discovered the Air Pump was bad. Funny, I looked up "Air Pump" in my LMC catalog and couldn't find one. Anyhow they did find one and replaced it. While I was at it they replaced the Motor Mounts which on a previous visit they said were bad.

Buick455 - this truck was his pride and joy for the last 20 years. He had, and worked on trucks his whole life...and this was his last one. The 3-4 years before he died he couldn't drive anymore and the truck was used and abused by someone who didn't care about it, or it's significance to him. The truck lived in the desert for the last few years. It had made a long trip from Alaska for 15 years to Oregon for another few until it fell neglected in the desert. Now I have it in San Diego. My grandfather always swore it was "a real good truck"...so even though it's killing me financially...it's a little bit of him...and I want to keep it. Sentimental crap and all.

You asked what I got for my $3800 (now $4100)...here's a short list
(some of this was re-done twice, either because improperly done or needed to be re-done due to new part...or I was taken to the cleaners - the first $1600 was done by someone a knew who was just helping it pass smog, so much of his work ended up needing to be re-done)

replace intake and exaust man. + gaskets - bracket and Air Pump - canister and EVP system - vacume hoses - fuel line - new radiator - water outlet - thermostate - belts - oil filter - Remanifactured Carb - coolant resivor - brake switch - freeze plug - oil dipstick - radiator cap(2X) - new starter - battery and terminal cables - fuel sender and several tune-ups....and a few more misc things.

And I am in no way finished. Power window don't work, radio etc...needs new power steering box(I think) second fuel tank doesn't register, and shocks...and on and on....

gettin' myself down here a bit.

Took some pictures but can't figure out how to get them in this text box...I'll keep working on that.

Thanks