Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Kool stuff in that box .

Thanks John, as always, I feel very privileged and thankful.


Thought I was done with this fund raiser.

Well, seems not quite.

Firstly, MiataMark saw this awesome little key ring and got it for me.

Reminder of the ride in the TuTu

Thanks mate !!



Secondly.

THIS ONE IS FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU....!!

My Boss' Boss' Boss is Dan, who was the primary driving force in getting this fund raiser going for the kids.

Today he sent me a personal email. (At this point he has no clue who exactly I am, would not recognise me if I walked into a room)

So the thanks goes to everybody who helped get this number up there, despite it grinding to a halt at 93% meaning they still have a ways to go to get to the £25.000.00 target.




It has been a good day.

[flashed]

Congrats Rian ,you worked very hard for the cause ,thanks for doing it for the kids .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Congrats Rian ,you worked very hard for the cause ,thanks for doing it for the kids .

Once again I can only reflect all my thanks and appreciation to every one who supported the charity drive, either emotionally or financially.

This has been a great team effort that I will always remember.


NOW BACK TO MY NORMAL TRANSMISSION OF STUFF HAPPENING AROUND ME.

2017 has been a hard year so far, with no let up in sight from a work point of view.
After being made redundant last year in January from possibly the nicest job I had had in 10 years, along with the rest of the UK and Europe, I was fortunate enough to walk straight into another job...... but is has been the toughest and most challenging job I have had in 25 years, seriously.

The market I work continues to become more challenging daily for all of us, and the expectations just grow and grow.

However, my manager and his team saw fit to bring us to an exotic (not somewhere I would ever go to, except to do a photo shoot of a car or such) venue for a two day "work hard, then relax" business meeting. The business side has been tough with hard words spoken yesterday, no more expected today.

HOWEVER.......

After work at 4.00pm yesterday this was what I saw coming out of the meeting room.



And of course the start and end of days can look like this.

Making you feel appreciated for at least a short while.





After the meeting we were all ferried over to a field and some woods in two groups for some not so competitive team building (That was a lie, we are always competitive, individually and as sub teams)
This was followed by dinner and not a lot of alcohol as I suspect most of us knew we would be digging deep again today.

Our "sub-team" who did very well, coming in with the highest scores, the teams were randomly selected, so I just got lucky being with them.



Archery



Followed by some clay pidgeon shooting.



Happy to report that I did well in both events.

Not winning in either but in the top scorers group.

Back to reality now., but it is almost weekend, and hopefully the 75 miles home do not take me the almost 5 hours it did yesterday after a lorry full of chocolate caught fire, reducing Kent roads to chaos for most of the day.






Later guys.

[tune_1]

Enjoyed your pictures. I know that flour will explode but who would have thought that chocolate would burn like that.

Dwight

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by tune_1

Enjoyed your pictures. I know that flour will explode but who would have thought that chocolate would burn like that.

Dwight

Hi Dwight

Thanks for the reply. Glad you enjoy the pics.


Insomnia sucks.


But it also delivers. (Time)

Found three legs on pavement outside my local station.







Mickey from next door heard my early morning racket and came to inspect and took the photo.







Quick BBQ side table.

Or disposable table for University lodgings.

EDIT:

Got. to Katy's place and second born child claimed table for Uni.

First coat of Danish oil applied.



Four coats of Danish oil later.




Also saw a pic on my FB feed that I like a lot.

[Palf70Step]

For the table work

The truck art gets a

[flashed]

Both the table and the truck art are pretty cool .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

For the table work

The truck art gets a

Originally Posted by flashed

Both the table and the truck art are pretty cool .

Thank you both.

I think that the teenager has some serious bragging points now.

The table could have found five more homes since, seems people like it because it is slightly quirky.



Got home last night and found a slim package had been delivered by the post man.

Unfortunately no details, and I do not recall anyone saying they would be posting me some very cool Dutch license plates for my collection.

Obviously it has to be someone I have shared my postal address with before.......

But who??

Please do send me a PM or reply on here.


Thank you any way, and the DAF Key is a lovely touch too, considering their origins, despite being sucked up by Volvo at some point.




I know Herb in Kansas will like these.

[Palf70Step]

I need to retire so I can have time to make cool stuff like that.

[flashed]

That was sooo Kool.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

I need to retire so I can have time to make cool stuff like that.

Originally Posted by flashed

That was sooo Kool.

Thanks guys.

I suspect most of us would love to retire so we can do cool stuff.

Nothing to report really.

Prozac the little van that can, continues to make me smile and does all the odd jobs after hours and over weekends.

Funny how much I enjoy it.

A friend has bought one too, but seems he may have been shafted as his does not seem as nippy as mine.


Dennis in St Louis, Missouri sent a couple of pics this week.

It seems his son Adam had a large itch to scratch.

And did so in the form of a Hellcat.......

Now I am not the jealous type, but having two rather special cars in the garage.... man !!!






I suspect it has to be a joy to drive, if you know what you are doing.

I managed to get 26mpg out of Dennis' car last year when I used it, over a few thousand miles, and he called me a ***** for driving nicely, but I suspect the Hellcat will have a consumption that can really only be fed at American fuel costs.

Weekend looming in my rear view mirror.

[flashed]

That was a heck of a lot of Itch to scratch . I like it .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

That was a heck of a lot of Itch to scratch . I like it .

I guess if you work hard you get bigger itches.

Adam has certainly earned his itch.



Thought I would share these pics as there are some animal lovers on here as well.

Dukey who came back here a few months ago has settled back fully, and another great sign is that he now spends a fair amount of time outside and at the back door.

This makes me happy, as he really was a sad cat when he came back.

Tail up after inspecting the grass when I cut it is a great look for him, has also picked up quite a bit of weight.



Early mornings after they are fed the back deck is a perfect place to rest up



Came home from London last night, settled with dinner and noticed Harley at the fire wood box, trying to get her paw in through the pile.......

Yup.... must be wildlife.

An hour later while watching an episode of Overhaulin I caught a mouse in the corner of my eye, scarpering from fire wood to the next corner.

So I unpacked all the carp there and of course had Harley there to investigate.

She is a keen mouser



She changed positions a while later and just sat here motionless for more an an hour, later she moved off and by the time I went to bed, the mouse must have moved as well, as Harley was locked in in a different room.



This morning she is guarding the refrigerator in a motionless pose again, so I guess the mouse moved again.

Cats can be pretty stupid.

And just for a smile, Dennis sent a pic last night, seems the Hellcat has been kicked out by his off-road golf cart.........

He and the dogs travel all over his place and the neighbours places with them when they are not on the quads.



Weekend is here.

[Palf70Step]

Love the pig at the throne!!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Love the pig at the throne!!

I suspect most of us can relate to that one Bill,. The thing is, we know it's always going to end up in tears, and Stephanie is such a tiny little thing that even sniffing the cap off a vodka bottle should have her on her butt.

Still, they do now better, as we did at that age.

So the pig is a perfect way to tease her and maybe even get a small lesson home in a non threatening way.


And then this happened today as well.

Thanks for Bakerlonglegs for the contribution.

I guess these charities never sleep, and the need for support never goes.



Was chatting to my mate Edd Weeks who did the engine conversion on my 1963 Ford Taunus Transit van years ago, and he showed me these items his dad knocks together for his garden. His dads claim to fame is having a pee on an electric fence once, with shocking results.... (rofl)

I now have serious Spitfire envy.

Need to get a cars raidiator fan to make a wind vane for my garden somewhere.



And just how cool is this??



I think it is the basis for a pretty coool replica, mounted against a garage wall or even fence, just to have it there.

Offf to lunch, somewhere..... it's a surprise.

[Palf70Step]

That Big Red 66 needs some lovin' too!

[aggie91]

Why not put that windfall into the '66?

Just say'in...

[mjh1965]

I would use the money to get the cab of the 66 sand blasted and in primer.

[Bomp]

I'd buy a Nitrous Oxide System to put on your daily so you can stop driving like a girly man and live up to those stickers.

[Palf70Step]

When the bomp speaks,

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

Add it to Prozac and buy a truck

That was close.........

See report below.

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

That Big Red 66 needs some lovin' too!

It certainly does, but all in good time, when my life and head are aligned

Originally Posted by aggie91

Why not put that windfall into the '66?

Just say'in...

'66 has it's own bank account for its resto costs etc.

It's the owners head that needs sorting out.

Originally Posted by Bomp

I'd buy a Nitrous Oxide System to put on your daily so you can stop driving like a girly man and live up to those stickers.

Yes Boss

Originally Posted by mjh1965

I would use the money to get the cab of the 66 sand blasted and in primer.

Not a bloody chance.

It may be way off my original schedule but it is mine to do.

It will get done, when I'm ready.

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

When the bomp speaks,

Indeed........

[Grizz1963]

Thanks to MercDan keeping his eyes peeled, I was off on a small cross country trip in Prozac yesterday.

He has spotted a pre-60 Chevy 3100 and a Powerstroke F350 Diesel Dually on one of his backroad shortcuts and let me know about it, well, anyone who was interested.

I thought that if I sell Prozac and add some savings and the Tax mans cheque this could go into storage for another day.

So dressed in one of my Lucky T-Shirts, I set off in Prozac to do the quick 28 miles to where it was.



One of the lanes........ we know a Martin, don't we.



Yes.......

This is England for sure.

Some of the lanes were the width of the car, with passing places randomly along the way.



Got to the place, found the house and went in to knock at the front door, twice, no reply.

So I walked around both trucks once, and realised they were not for me.

The red truck has not been taxed since 2008, and the tax disc in the front window showed 2006.

So something catastrophic may have happened.
The Powerstroke had flat wheels and has clearly not moved for a long time either.



So I got back in the Berlingo and drove home via my local village and got a haircut, then home to pick Katy up who had arrived in the mean time.

We went to Bunny Bend, one of the roundabouts a mile from where I live known for its massive populations of bunnies, and picked about 8kg of yellow hedgerow plums, really good to eat fresh, but I wanted to cook some jam/jelly
After that I drove to another spot where I knew of two different red plum trees, where I had eaten fruit in previous years (yes, I do love fruit, especially stolen or wild growing)
There I picked about 2kg as well.

This meant we would have around 8kg in fruit once all the seeds/stones were removed.

From there back to the village to buy 8kg of sugar and a small bottle of lime juice.

I will just show the results on here and do a separate thread for those interested in giving it a go.

And No....... I have never made jam before that I can recall, we just made it up as we went along.



Cooked, just ready to bottle.



Yellow plum jam.

Made 14 bottles.



Today was a mix of red and yellow plums.



Great taste and colour.



Total 26 bottles.



Weekend still not over.

PS. Bootfair sucked big time today, spent only £3.00 or $4.00

Later.

[Ta2Don]

Just a bit envious...

Enjoy Grizz's hospitality...

[Bomp]

Bloody envious.
Down a pint for me, Nah, pound 3-4 more like it.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Just a bit envious...

Enjoy Grizz's hospitality...

Originally Posted by Bomp

Bloody envious.
Down a pint for me, Nah, pound 3-4 more like it.

You guys have an open invitation.

McMurphy is just using my front door, and looking after the cats

Just joking, it's a pleasure to have them here and they are mostly on their own.