What was the Previous Owner Thinking?!?!?!

[HARJO]

Is there anyone else that gets furious when thinking about what the previous owner has done to your truck?

The PO of my truck (and the shop here in Vegas doing some of his work) seemed to have been dropped on their heads a bunch when they were babies. Too many dollars and not enough sense.

For example:
1. Cutting the front crossmember to clear the oil pan, leaving only 1/4" of material in 4 places (pictures attached)
2. Cutting a hole in the center of the bed for the gas cap of a fuel cell.
3. Screwing up a Painless wiring setup (how does this happen?!)
4. Using wheel spacers to fix backspacing issues, leaving only 4 threads to hold on a set of 35" tires.
5. Buys a RamJet 350, can't figure out the fuel injection needs so unbolts it and throws it away in favor of a way oversized carb.
6. Using a fuel injection electric fuel pump at 60 psi, plumbed to a carb that requires only 6 psi.
7. Pulls spark plug wires off with need nose pliers, tearing the boots and causing spark jump to the headers.
8. Pinion angles way off.

The list goes on and on and on...

[6772owner]

WOW! Some scary stuff there!

[Riveted1]

I just had to pick my jaw up off of the floor!

[cam.man67]

Whoa! I mean, I've often wondered that about my black spraybombed interior, an intake manifold with some interesting throttle linkage, but nothing as serious as that!

[292farmer]

wait did you say a shop did this?! my god what kinda workers do they allow these days! though a hole in the bed for a fuel cell though weird i don't think is bad so long as you never haul anything and need to fill up.... and isn't the ramjet just a plug and go system i mean thats based off a 60-70's tech for the corvette right?

[HARJO]

Originally Posted by 292farmer

wait did you say a shop did this?! my god what kinda workers do they allow these days! though a hole in the bed for a fuel cell though weird i don't think is bad so long as you never haul anything and need to fill up.... and isn't the ramjet just a plug and go system i mean thats based off a 60-70's tech for the corvette right?

Yeah, the hole in the bed is just dumb and lazy. It's not like there aren't cleaner ways to install a cell and a gas cap system on the cheap.

Yeah, the "modern" RamJet crate was supposed to be plug and play; bolt it up, 1 fuel, 1 fuel return, 12v power, throttle cable and radiator hoses. About as simple a setup for FI that you can get.

[cdowns]

if the previous owner didnt sell you the truck you'd have nothing to say

[674x4ton]

Some people think ,with a cutting torch you can fix any thing. That get in your way.

[stsalvage]

NO i got one way better Love Mexicans there the King ****** riggers I've seen more stuff come out of Mexico then any where else.If you ever buy a truck and the guy has put on a dress up kit on the truck Look further into the truck there hiding something

in my Case the guy broke off the rear metal brake line and did not replace it so when he sold it to me and i got down the street 2 blocks noticed the brake pedal spungey Got it home wow that was a crazy 2 miles looked under neath guy used a rubber fuel line hose with 2 clamps

I love Mexicans

[stsalvage]

well I'm not one to point But i've seen a lot of crazy and not so safe wire jobs in my trime working on there trucks.Some are well known Chevy guys and that is one major item you must get right

[JORGIE95961]

Originally Posted by stsalvage

NO i got one way better Love Mexicans there the King ****** riggers I've seen more stuff come out of Mexico then any where else.If you ever buy a truck and the guy has put on a dress up kit on the truck Look further into the truck there hiding something

in my Case the guy broke off the rear metal brake line and did not replace it so when he sold it to me and i got down the street 2 blocks noticed the brake pedal spungey Got it home wow that was a crazy 2 miles looked under neath guy used a rubber fuel line hose with 2 clamps

I love Mexicans

I definitely laughed out loud at this post.. Because you are so right!!! When i was in high school .. bondo, chicken wire, and jb weld were my best friends. but dangit i was the only 14yr old driving a cool car!!!

[Robertjust777]

what part of vegas do you live in and what shop im here in vegas or well henderson

[HARJO]

Originally Posted by Robertjust777

what part of vegas do you live in and what shop im here in vegas or well henderson

I'm over by 215 and Windmill, not too far away it seems. It was some "creations" shop out at the speedway, not totally sure of the name.

[Beelzeburb]

Wow. Just wow.

[Jacfourteen]

crazy mods right there!

[special-K]

Cobble job #29,783. A whole lotta ignorant can set in over a 40 year period.

[YBNORML]

Some people should have thier tools taken away!
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[68 IRON]

Soooo........Beavis and Butthead did get a job after their show!!! Can you imagine the thought process behind this? Ya, wow!

[feller]

they screwed up a ram jet??? i wish i could afford one let alone afford one to throw away. why didnt they just get another oil pan?? and i have seen lots of people put the fuel fill in the bed floor but its always in the rear by the tail gate either center or to one side but not in the middle???

[Cbrown67]

I have a few for you this is how the add more length to the exhaust pipes
and this is the steering column a piece of wedged in pipe and an exhaust clamp keeping that in place

[Stricklinator]

That is bad! I cried when I priced the driver's side upper and lower trim the po of my truck threw away because "it was all dented anyway".
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[RCbowtie69]

Somebody wasn't thinking that day,or any day,hope it can be fix. Keep on Truckin''

[1970C10truck]

Looking at these pictures and reading what was done makes me feel like I my project is in pretty good shape.

[trz1000]

Well at least you got a good deal on the truck, right?

I politely pointed out everything major that was wrong with my Jimmy before buying it last year and as a result took it away for a pretty good price. Not in a you don't know how to turn wrenches way, but in a wow I'll have lots of work in this rig way. I have a few grand and I don't know how many hours fixing all the PO's handy work. Still a long way from perfect but at least it's not dangerous anymore.

I love the torch but holy cow, cutting structural piece as opposed to sectioning an oil pan? Wow, talk about what not to do.

You probably already know this but if not, you can save the cross member by re-boxing it with some plate. Pic kind of looks like it's 3/16" but double check; I wouldn't go any lighter than what the rest of the cross member is made of. Bevel the edges and burn it good and it'll be stronger than stock.

Good luck, at least you've got something to keep you out of trouble for awhile!!

[treveiger]

Wow thats bad, i dont feel bad about my truck anymore... Did you look it over before you bought it?