GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project~”

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Turtles look kool. I get so tired seeing your yard Rain. So much nice stuff to care for. Beautiful!

Morning Bill,

As mentioned elsewhere, to me it certainly is therapeutic so no chore.



Drove the Blazer yesterday....... Took Sally up to the farm in it, then cooked her dinner, BBQ.



Off to a Breakfast meet now in the Blazer.


Summer is coming.


And sooooooon enough I will be landing in Denver, Colorado and heading down to St Louis, and then up to Iowa, Illinois and Arkansas to name a few.


Craig and I do hope to meet some or any guys on here, along the way.

[Grizz1963]

Well, you all know there is a lot of randomness in my posts, usually no rhyme or reason.

Took the Blazer out for a nice drive yesterday, and took Sally along.

She drives a modern daily, a Corsa, so typically well planted, secure suspension, her comment was “It is rather wafty the way it cruises like a ship”

Made me chuckle.

I do enjoy taking pics of this truck Sally seemed to be in on it all.







Wind was pumping......




I do love this truck as well, differently, but just like Prozac, it makes me happy.

I actually have spontaneous laughs.



We ended up on the farm on the way home and Sally tried a selfie with both of us, so I had to photobomb it with my eternally present camera.



Back home I rewarded her for putting up with me, and also for having told me a couple of times the last three weeks to get my finger out when summer comes and start working on my ‘66 C10 bodywork in order to restart all I let go of three years ago when Nicola left.
Our divorce came through last week as well, after the courts had lost our paperwork previously.
So my life can now get back on track, a different track, but a track nonetheless

First BBQ of the year.




Steak and Sausage supplies by Thörsten from Germany, chicken and pointed peppers and coleslaw from Aldi.

It was a good one.



For desert, Sally made us bananas with chocolate buttons slipped into sliced gaps, wrapped in foil, put on the slow side of the fire, and after 15 minutes, served with squirt cream.

Sublime.



And HARLEY STARWALKER.




Sunday report and photos to follow.

[Grizz1963]

Well, second Sunday, every month, regardless of how many weeks in the month, the Kent Breakfast Meeting is held at the Woodman in IDE Hill, Sevenoaks.

All American cars, regardless of age or style is what it is about.

Sometimes an odd non American slips in....

The pub is family owned, and they facilitate meetings for various car, bike and other clubs.

Details below, because they are worth it.






So I headed out at 08.15 in the Blazer and a mile from home I pulled over for the first photo.

















More to come.

[Grizz1963]

More.




My car of the day.

Immaculate

Origin

[Grizz1963]

One of the nice things about this meeting is that everyone talks, inside and out in the cold.

Some leave earlier as they have families, and other things to deal with.







I headed out by 11.30 as I wanted to pop in at friends Kevin and Theresa’s place, and also to see if Paul was working on his Mercedes Benz.

This has been lowered, modded to an inch of its life.

He and his son are building another one with a V8.





Real gas stop today, spent £50.00 to get the tank just over 1/2 full.



Gas prices for our various neighbors in America, Russia and Australia to compare with whatever you are paying.

Price is pence per liter.




Eventually got home and found that the wind that has been blowing at gale force today, had broken a pillar and thrown to fence panels down the road,
Thankfully my company car was parked over the road, or else it could have had some damage.



So came to an end, a great weekend

[Palf70Step]

Nice looking show and copilot.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Nice looking show and copilot.

Thanks Bill,

Yes, Sally is true salt of the earth.



A few inside photos I missed out posting.

Food gets brought out from the kitchen, names shouted by server, and then you collect your plate.

Perfect, while we all stand around, drink bottomless coffee and chat.




Bathrooms are exemplary, clean works for me.



A different part, it is a very large place.

And of course, loads of parking outside.





Well worth the visit.

[Grizz1963]

Friday after a stiff work week, I had Sally over for dinner.

She arrived with a gift.

2019 Road trip T-shirt.



Five states we should be hitting



Random car park pic.



I also got a message from Big Mike, a guy I met years ago, offering me a couple of chairs to recommission.

Of course I had to say yes.....

Delivery scheduled for late Sunday.





Saturday Sally and I spent some time together and also had lunch, Turkish.

£11.00 included two coffees.





Sunday was NSRA Swapmeet

Looking forward to it.

[Grizz1963]

Sunday.

NSRA SWAPMEET

@CraigRK, and his son Kyle picked me up at 08.00 and we were off in search of tut and bargains.



On the way there....














Gasser style Ford.







More to come.

[Grizz1963]

Random pics from around the Swapmeet.

Toooo much stuff to see.








Real oddity, electric motorcycle £400.00

This is a real factory bike.

The Can-Am behind it was £1500.00 a good looking item.



Anglia.

[Grizz1963]

Cock shot.



Immaculate 1000cc custom.





Possibly one of my favourite items all day.

Price was steep for my taste, but I love it all.

Note the different attachments this guy had for his prosthetic






Famous in their own lunch times.

Dez Stringer of Stringer Fabrication, and Kev From Wales aka KFW.

And yes, that is a complete stepside bed on the roof of the VW Passat.











More to come

[Grizz1963]

Plymouth, one of my personal WANT cars.



Kyle, being a 17 year old, is constantly growing, so food is paramount.....

At least he looked after us too.

Hot, cinnamon donuts were perfect in the chill of the day.



Cock shot truck.





Loads of stuff not photographed.

But pretty certain you get the drift.

Great seeing good, and old friends.

[Grizz1963]

Right.....


Now we get to the money shots.


What I bought, and what I needed are not the same thing.


First item, gas pedal.


I would love to have a few cast in aluminium (Oklahoma anyone??)





My costliest crazy purchase of the day......

Seller wanted £50.00

I wanted it, so sent the “Pit Bull Terrier” back in with an offer of £30.00

Guess who won.




This will either be a drop down bench seat at my deck, or it may become a backseats to a bench on the deck.

Now just need a Chevrolet badge to replace to one that was removed.

Love the detail on this piece, picked it up and wanted it.

Asked the vendor for a price........ “Take it, it’s yours” he replied.

Free.



After cleaning.

I plan to add something else to it, and fitting it to the Blazer.




Late afternoon, that is 2.30pm the traders must have been cold and tired.

More stuff I do not need.

£3.00 bought these very cute espresso cups and four skull valve caps.





A useful tool, keyhole saw for £1.00



A box of screwdrivers.......

£5.00

I only wanted two of them.



Same seller.....

£5.00 for this socket set, Would be rude not to buy them, unused, perfect for Sally’s shed as she has no tools, her sons usually bring tools when she needs stuff to be fixed.



Door lock knobs for the Blazer £1.00



Door mounted mirror, love these, have no use for it, but felt the need to just own it.



Another Blazer item, stainless tip, from an Audi according to seller, part a bundle Craig negotiated for £4.00



Same seller.

Just coz I liked it, for my garage and part of my number plate collection.



So that concluded my day out with Craig and Kyle.

Came home, Big Mike met us all and delivered the two chairs for the deck, we all chatted for another hour.

Then I went over to Sally for a Roast Chicken dinner, with all the trimmings, including pigs in blankets and Yorkshire puddings.

Knackered and back killing me.....

Life is good.

[Palf70Step]

Good weekend Rian. Lots of nice-ities that came home with ya.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Good weekend Rian. Lots of nice-ities that came home with ya.

And very pleased with it all.




Quick n Dirty.

Tailgate cleaned up, scoured with ammonia based household cleaner.

Hosed down.

It will work.





Door lock pins removed, replaced with 8 Ball items.



Yup, I like that.



Stainless Steel tailpipe tip, offered up, it will work. £4.00 well spent.



Old painters paint and brush box I had for years, awaiting its role.....

Filled with a selection of the screwdrivers from Swapmeet for Sally, as she only had 4 cheap Wilkinson’s items.

What £5.00 bought.



Her share.



Of course you need stickers on there.




Yup, she likes it.

Also have given her the socket set to take home and put in her shed, in case I need to fix anything.

[Palf70Step]

Good work there Rian

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Good work there Rian

Thank you Bill.




Well,

By now some of you know that the pause on the 66 can be officially lifted as my divorce is through. So pretty much no chance of it getting pulled into settlement as a valuable asset, and with my MoJo returning over the last 6 months or so, the time has come to get back to it.

With Sally who I met 5 weeks ago, and some of you may have seen in the Blazer thread, already making typical woman noises indoors, and then, when I took her down to the garage, she took a couple of sneaky photos while I was in the loft packing stuff away, and sent one to me from her bed when she went home.........



With the following comment......




I guess the time has come to start getting back to this job.

My day job, admittedly is keeping me a lot busier than it may have a few years ago, but I also know that small steps forward are still progress. So I will just have to do it bit by bit like mate Ian Brown and some of the other guys have done.

She seemed to enjoy the short drive in the Blazer too, and has been sending me rude automotive photos of barn finds and abandoned vehicles almost since day one.




Meet the whip cracker.



Good news ??

[Palf70Step]

Definitely sounding good!!

[rgunlock]

Don't get into the Blazer section often and only recently spotted your not-a-project. Pretty amazing what you've been able to do with it given what you have to work with often times. I really enjoyed seeing a slice of life on your side of the pond. Thanks for sharing.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Definitely sounding good!!

Originally Posted by rgunlock

Don't get into the Blazer section often and only recently spotted your not-a-project. Pretty amazing what you've been able to do with it given what you have to work with often times. I really enjoyed seeing a slice of life on your side of the pond. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you.

We are often stopped in our tracks by lack of availability of spares. And many other reasons. So keeping going is worth it.


Guess who is workong in the morning??


Delivery to mate Darren.





On tbe way home tonight I saw this too.


Of course I liked it.




Just had dinner with Sally. All good.

Busy weekend ahead.

[Grizz1963]

Dinner date went well, we both fell asleep after dinner, on the sofa watching American Pickers (Sally’s choice) as we both had a ha d week, and she is working the whole weekend, part of a 12days on, 4 days off system.
I feel really honoured that she makes this kind of effort, just for a plate of food.
It’s been a while, and of course I am in shorts or track bottoms....



So after we woke sat upright on the couch at silly-0-clock she went home and sent a nice pic of the moon over her home.



Up early, then drove down to mate Darren’s shop Unit Engineering

Unloaded Prozac, while his dad made us coffees, again amazed at the capacity of this little van.



Typically, found Sh!t to load back into the van. M&S furniture that the unit next door threw out, new and in packaging but with minimal damage.



Front passenger tyre seemed a bit low on air, checked it out......



Once back in the Medway, I popped into Just Tyres to get it replaced.

Considering that other than the initial service items, I have not spent anything on the Berlingo in three years, the £42.00 for a new Chinese Ditchfinder tyre, fitted was a cheap price to pay.

Service was fast, efficient including a 5 year warranty on the tyre, whatever that means.



While unloading the Berlingo we heard a V8 roll in.....








While there, I always love the random stuff that is being worked on.




So Saturday produced some fun.

[Grizz1963]

Back home, cars swapped around, created havoc out on the street as the local füktards do well in excess of the posted 30mph, often nearer 70-80 mph.

They hate obstructions...... ��



Ready for the Kent Breakfast Meeting tomorrow.



Hopefully good weather and even more guys than usual in their American cars and trucks.

Later guys.

[Palf70Step]

Nice workout for Prozac!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Nice workout for Prozac!

Certainly was.

Always enjoy using it.



With the Blazer not being a Project and the weather changing, it is obviously more and more fun going out in it.

I invited mate Kevin to join me for brekkie, he loves old cars too, but is currently building a VW T6 based camper as part of his retirement planning.

So off at 07.30 the first stop was to get some fossil juice.....



First to get there and park up, we went in and ordered breakfast, the. Went out to watch people arrive while the kitchen got going.



Arrivals.



I got Gene a steel plate ram at mate Darren’s workshop, to be completed by Gene.





Repurposed window frame.



Happy with his brekkie. Kevin.



A FREE SHOW SOON, SHOULD BE A GOOD DAY OUT.





Sunday also saw Brits, bikes and others arrive at The Woodman for breakfast.




More in a moment.

[Grizz1963]

Red....

Red

Red










Maybe my favourite shot of the day.



It’s American.....







Yup... Roush.