Bubba's recycling project

[bubba327]

Hey Murdoc Happy winter!!
The knob has a cable which opens and closes the air gate inside the heater duct-work.
And the fan switch has three speeds + off.
Actually all are single speed 12V motors, they use the resistor in series to lower the voltage applied to the motor.
The switch determines which resistor setting (speed) gets used. The resistor bank is located in the airflow of the heater to dissipate the heat generated by the current dropped over the resistance.
The defroster/floor heat lever is a manual operation reached by driver slightly under dash.
We just set it about the middle and leave it be.
I have been cruising around in the 64 quite a bit the last few weeks as it starts great and warms up better than my powerstroke diesel in the freezing temperatures .


I keep drifting toward the garage to get started on things ,but head back to the house to warm up again and drink coffee.

[murdoc]

Bubba, Happy winter to you too!! I would have preferred a longer summer and fall, but as it is, I'm even more anxious to get my heater finished up

Thanks for your quick response and detailed information!!! i"m sold on the idea of changing my dash heater controller now. My only reservation was the blower speeds.

You know of anyone with the switch/cable and faceplate?

[Dudewith4x4]

Hey man. I love the build. I really like this body style.

As for the teenagers wreckin.. I never have man. but you never know.

keep up the good work dude.

[bubba327]

Well this is what we woke up to! Good times now !!

Hey Dude! Thanks for checking in. We are just teasing about the wreck, I hope it never happens.

My girls have spent a lot of their youth here running motor vehicles. I have tried to let them (make them) help out here on the place . Tractors, lawn mowers , trucks and the ranch jeep. They learned early on the four wheelers out in the hay-fields flipping hay bales around so the bales were lined up for the bale wagon. We always try to get a few summer four wheeler trips in.
We haven't let them on the ranch Caterpillar yet.
Oldest daughter has spent some time in my crew cab pickup pulling the stock trailers and the flatbed around . And more time just learning to back them up and park them where you want them. Pulling livestock requires a smooth touch and careful driving.
It is not them I worry about driving, It is other fools on the roads who are on the phone.
That and black ice, which can flip and roll the most experienced drivers.

[daverod]

What are you doing to that truck. Mines nice a warm, and dry,and warm. Fixed my rockers and one cab corner.

[Vernski]

[quote=bubba327;4324884]Attachment 663198 Hey Bubba this is what we woke up to her in CDA as compared to last summer ....Vernski

[Dudewith4x4]

Yeah I understand man. I've grown up on a farm all my life and been drivin trucks all my life. I love farm work and its a awesome way to grow up. Keep up the good work

[bubba327]

Had a winter breakfast "Meet and Greet" this morning for a few members in southwest Idaho.
Braving the snowstorm and slick roads were chevy_man5 with daughter and friend, murdoc, 63 spud, cokeb and bubba with my father-in-law.
We missed AmmoSS due to his guard drill weekend, But he was remembered for his service to our country.


Lots of coffee and good breakfast.

Another breakfast scheduled for February,2011

[chevy_man5]

Well that's a pretty motley looking crew, no wonder they stuck us in the farthest back corner, near the dishwasher!!

[AmmoSS]

Hey you guys all look wonderful, sorry I didn't make it. Save me a couple seats and my son and I will show up next time. Where'd you end up having it?

[bubba327]

Originally Posted by AmmoSS

Hey you guys all look wonderful, sorry I didn't make it. Save me a couple seats and my son and I will show up next time. Where'd you end up having it?

Hey Ammo We went to the Sunrise cafe in Middleton. It seems to be pretty close for most guys in the Nampa, Star, Eagle area .
Since you were not there today, You get to go next.
Would you pick a Saturday morning in February that works for you and your favorite spot for breakfast??

[daverod]

Looks like a fun bunch.

[AmmoSS]

Since you were not there today, You get to go next.
Would you pick a Saturday morning in February that works for you and your favorite spot for breakfast??[/QUOTE]

Let's say Feb 12th at the same place then if that worked well for everyone else. It'll be 25 years for my wife and I that month so I'll probably be taking some time off around then. I also just became a Premium Member!

[rbar]

Hey Bubba, Nice thread. Did you buy that truck from Randy Hart in Meridian?

[bubba327]

Originally Posted by rbar

Hey Bubba, Nice thread. Did you buy that truck from Randy Hart in Meridian?

Yes I did!! My Wife and daughter found it on Craigslist-They checked it out after school one day and then twisted my arm till I bought it ....
Daughter goes to school with his son. She says that he and the other neighborhood boys are still crushed that a girl is cruising around in it now and they missed out when it was for sale.
I guess they had a lot of dreams about it growing up.
Maybe their dads are smarter than I or they just don't love vintage iron like I do.
I know it had just sat neglected and broke down in the yard with the tires flat from 2004 to when I got it .

Now I gotta know-- what do you know about it???

[rbar]

My son and Randy's son have been on baseball teams together. The picture of my truck is at Fuller Park in 1990 I think, just around the corner from where you bought it. We played ball there alot, so I would always see that truck sitting there and when I found out it was Randy's house, I told him I wanted to buy it if he ever sold it. When it came time for him to sell it, I took a serious look at it, but decided against it. I thought it was a great truck, but by that time I already had two and decided that his needed as much work as mine and it would either be a wash, or I would have the trouble of selling one of what would be three. I am glad to see someone has it who loves it. I think to him it was just an old truck and not a classic truck. My daughter drove my 63 to Meridian High for awhile and she got the same kind of comments you spoke of. Kind of fun. Now my son wants to drive it to school, but I have a 383 in it now, and that worries me.
Does your Chevelle happen to be at Ace Autobody right now? There's a formerly red 69 convertible in there.

[bubba327]

Thanks rbar! Welcome to the forum!
Kinda funny how things work out. Glad you passed up on it.
It still has a long way to go to be a really nice ride, But the most important thing to a high school driver is that it stops and goes and has a cranking sound system. If it were stellar and finished she could not afford the insurance.
The body and paint still needs done but I wanted it to be reliable and SAFE to drive first.
My Chevelle is tucked in for the winter under a soft cover, and the truck is sitting out in the snow.
Parts of it are a little rusty but I know it will make it a few more years that way.
We can finish it in a few weekends now.
Bubba

[bubba327]

Santa came early this year , Maybe cuz I have been really good!!!
It is painted silver but has lots of runs and drips , I always wanted a offenhauser intake!!
You gotta love E-bay.---- The guy Had a "buy it now" option at a great price and it had only been listed less than 2 hours. I was the second view!! I grabbed it.
I have a non heated clifford intake listed on E-bay now for sale and it's current bid is almost Twice what I paid for the Offenhauser and it still has 5 days left! Yippee!
Kinda rare to be making money on these old trucks for a change.....

[daverod]

Maybe the heavy paint is to cover the bondo. Just kiddin. Get that thing on there. Does it need headers?

[bubba327]

Does bondo smell bad when it burns off???? I never inhaled before......
The offenhauser bolts up to the stock exhaust manifold and uses the heat riser box. Or If you have headers the riser box has a optional water heater that can bolt in to warm things up. I am just going to use the stock Exhaust for now

Dave, What jets do you have in your 390CFM Holley 4160?? Did you have to change them from stock???

[daverod]

You sound like Clinton. Me nether.Stock jets? I'm not sure it has jets. Maybe just no jet on the secondarys.

[AmmoSS]

Looks good! So do you have your work cut out for you for Christmas vacation?

[bubba327]

Holidays are now over, the In-laws are gone back to Yuma, the College football bowl season is about over.

Time to get back to work.. First.. clean the garage and get the truck inside.
That took a little while to find enough room to work , more shelves were built and stuff reorganized.
Cuz the Chevelle is not going outside until spring.



Finally got the old 3.73 rear axle pulled out today and slid the new '69 3.07 axle in place .


Cleaned up a pair of '72 trailing arms and primed and undercoated them. It is hard to get the undercoat to dry in an unheated garage. I hung some heat lights over them and shop quartz lights under them and it is working , just takes longer in the cold. It is staying about 50* F in the garage

[daverod]

Just take them in the kitchen and put them on the counter for awhile. Thats where I do all my rattle can powder coating.

[bubba327]

I tried letting them dry in the laundry room, but I got run out. You remember what they say about "if Momma ain't happy"...........