What did you do today not on your truck...

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Today the Grandson and I tore/dismantled the engine run stand to bare-bones as to get it to the powder coater. It was a good morning spent together, plus he likes the car/truck culture and helping his Papa work on them.

Good that you are Sharing the Knowledge.

[dave6672]

Went to an auction Saturday at an old Chevrolet/Olds dealer in Scottsburg IN that had been closed for quite some time. There were tons of NOS parts from the 50s - 80's, as well as equipment, tools, etc. They were selling the NOS parts in huge bundles of hundreds or thousands at a time for dirt cheap.

[dave6672]

Not too many truck parts, but I did come home with a cool 72 truck first aid kit as well as a 68 truck data book and a 71 truck data book.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by dave6672

Not too many truck parts, but I did come home with a cool 72 truck first aid kit as well as a 68 truck data book and a 71 truck data book.

That looks like you had a Great time.

I am glad you did not invite me.

I have got enough stuff.

[4u2nv]

Go fast and look good doing it
What a weapon you got there

[Sheepdip]

If you have never changed a battery in a 2020 Tahoe (I'm sure a few other models too) your in for a real treat.

The wife's original factory battery finally gave up the ghost the other day so I found out the task of changing it is no longer a simple operation lol. You have to completely remove the air cleaner housing then loosen and slide the coolant overflow tank forward to have room to get it out.

It has a positive and ground distribution block that straddles the top of the battery with 5 cables attached, all of that plus a brace over the battery.

Nothing overly difficult it's just not a 15 minute job anymore.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by special-K

Not today, but Thursday I paid my electric bill. Yes I sure did. I walk around to my driveway and there's a Potomac Edison pickup in my driveway and I see a guy. He was dropping off a nasty note prior to cut-off. Middle of the month is when it's due. I felt surprised but more concerned about hurrying up to pay. I guess I'm riding a month behind, so cut-off to cut-off?

I call to pay and am only asked the amount I always pay (avg pmnts), nothing about past due amount. I call back to check balance, which didn't register my payment yet, and was told balance was amount I just paid and it is due 6/24. Now I'm really scratching my head. The guy had stuck the notice in my door, then grabbed it and handed it to me. I didn't see an acct# on it. I go look it over again and that's when I saw it was for my neighbors behind me!

That's great for me, I sure got paid up quick. But pretty awkward now. I decided to be a chicken about it. I waited till Dad and Meemah left for work yesterday, snuck up on the porch, and stuck the notice in the door. I know nut'ing!

Years ago something similar happen to me.
It was about the Water bill.

I get home and turn the facuet on no water.

First thing I think is a big leak under the house or line to the road.
Well in a few minutes I find a Lock on the meter.

I immediately go get my direct deposit paid paper copy of my bill.

I call the After hours emergency phone #
A guy answers the phone.

Guy: Hello
Me : My water has been cutoff by mistake.
Guy NO IT HAS NOT. I cut it off because you did not pay your bill.
Me: I can show you the bill. Besides that if you don't come out here and remove it ,I will cut it off with a torch
Guy: I think your trying to Hoodoo me.
I will be right out there.

30 minutes or so later.
A big 7 foot tall guy shows up.
I was younger back then and Mad.
So that did not phase me

Keeping a long story short.
He was mad when he took the lock off.
He asked what address this was.
I told him.
And he asks, where a certain address was and it was my Neighbor that didnt pay the bill.

Then an hour later he called back and apologized to me and said he had a very hard day that day.

[72c20customcamper]

I guess you made your point. Twice

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by special-K

Who knew?

Southern Culture on the Skids - Eight Piece Box - YouTube

French Fried Potato's

[mr.mud1]

the calm before the storm,a tropical cyclone blowing through here starting tonight and tomorrow looks like a good day to not be outside,lots of wind and rain,the tail end of what hit Florida in the last few days.i plan to pull the motor out of my truck tomorrow but today was beautiful so i dug the yard all to pieces to run some drainage pipe from one end of the house and one end of my shop.i have more to do once i finish this up and i'll do that soon if i can fit it before the weather gets bad for the winter.another productive day day and tomorrow as well if the engine is on the stand by the afternoon.i'm sure it will.

[Sheepdip]

Originally Posted by special-K

Nice job. I guess your buddies know where to go if they want to run an engine now

Yeah yeah 302. That's cool. What I want to know is what's that 3 nostril beast behind it?

Thank You...and you are correct as we have a close-knit small group of guy's that seem to always be swapping and helping each other out, what one doesn't have, another does, and the same with knowledge and talent.

The 3 Nostrils belong to an early (36-37) Ford Flathead V8 that had been hot rodded years ago, it has been hanging on that engine stand for 25 plus years. Seems to fit the bill as a conversation piece more than making any noise.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by special-K

I see what a lot of people here did today was wake up. Glad to hear it!

CG, I hope you enjoy working at Lowe's even more this time around. I hope you end up asking for more hours

I woke up, too. Then I went got started back on the summer kitchen tree fall repair. Started on the metal roof, pre-fab standing seam. I got the drip edge and barges (what I call them, installed on the gables. What I know as a barge is the edge piece on the gable. This manufacturer calls these prefab pieces slim line rake. Ready to start on the roof panels tomorrow

Sounds like fun tim ,, I miss framing and building .. when I first started out in construction doing carpenter work .. I was put with a old guy (acually younger than I am right now ) and he called the end rafter out past the gable end of the house a Fly Rafter,, and I never heard them called that since ..

[Steeveedee]

Got most of the wiring run for my new table saw. Three trips to the hardware store! In the first batch, I thought I had 3/4" flex conduit. Get home, nope, it's 1/2"! Rookie mistake. I get those and some other stuff, go to the rental house and do some odds and ends. Closer to selling, yay! Had to get a sliding glass door latch, and one more connector for flex conduit to j-box, because there are 3 in a bag, not 4. I was sure it was four; now I guess I either can't see or can't count. Just need to wire it to the supply. Good time to do it, since no power to the fridge in these temps won't cause any thawing issues. Power is only going to be off for half an hour, anyway.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by special-K

I ate a really good pizza for lunch. This goes back to last night. Yesterday afternoon, really. I had some good spaghetti leftover, even plenty of bread and salad. Easy! But while I was working I kept thinking I want pizza, it's been a while. I usually space out my Italian meals, but I wanted pizza. Worked outside till dark, and this is about 50 minutes from home. I passed up on Genova's up that way. I ran through new Windsor right by Belisimo's, and straight to home. If I say I'll stop by the house, then run into town I must be lying. Never happens that way. But last night I did it because I needed some things from the hardware store and didn't want to deal with Saturday shoppers. There was a special on a large pizza any way you want and I knew exactly what I wanted.
I get to the pizza place with a little wait time. They are as busy as can be, Friday night! The counter guy sets a stack of four boxes on the counter and heads back to help prep. A driver waiting by the door points and says, "That's yours". "Nope, I only bought one pizza". He asks my name and looks at the labels. He pointed to the bottom label, "This is yours" and hands it to me. I put jackets on top of the box and hustled home.

Hmmm... that's a large pizza? Where are the toppings? Look at the label... Tim Hickey, I'm Tim Hicks . It was a plain pizza and part of a $52 order. and they must have been late picking it up because it was barely warm. I loaded it up with peppers, parmesian, garlic, oregano and processed it down. The beer was good anyway.

So today back into town. Took care of a few things and back home with a damn good pizza for lunch!

Tim Hickey? I knew a chick they called Evelyn the hickey giver. Any relation?

My buddy is named Dana. A bunch of us went to a Mexican restaurant.
Some guys came out from the kitchen and asked "Are you Dana?
My buddy said yes.
They put a bad check on the table signed by Raoul Dana.
He told them it wasn't him. His first name was Dana.
They just kept saying "Make it good Deenie'
He finally convinced them that it wasn't him. But we didn't let him off the hook and teased him calling him Deenie. Telling him to make it good.

[Boog]

I've been up on the roof numerous times so I knew 5 years ago it was time to consider replacing it. I had it replaced sometime after we bought the home 30 years ago.
He asked so I allowed him to go up and take some pictures. Since it has a few tabs broken off and layed over it is easy to see from the street which is why he stopped by. We had a hard thunderstorm blow through last week. Lot of wind. I was in the shop at the time and stopped what I was doing due to the noise and watched it blow through. I told him due to the age of the roof there likely will be no help from the insurance. Eh, if nothing else, this is a learning experience for the young man.

[72c20customcamper]

Just a little over 4 gallons of syrup put up . Still have a week or two for the sap run . Once the buds pop you have to pull the taps . Sap gets a bad taste after the buds pop . The color is getting darker too the jar on the right is from the first run in Feb

[FleetsidePaul]

[QUOTE=special-K;9183506 I hadn't heard about that trumped up BS, as doing a house, and an inspector came next door to a porch job. He walked over and asked if I had a permit. I laughed and said "You're kidding, right?". I asked what the fine was for no permit and he said $75. I did a heap more houses, never got a permit. I'd rather give up $75 on each job so I can jump from house to house and keep on making money rather than wait a couple weeks or more to be allowed to start, after spending nonproductive time down at the county offices.[/QUOTE]

That's why I didn't get permits. Why should I pay the money grubbing county to send their clown out to tell me if my stuff is up to par or not? My stuff isn't up to par... It's better.

I've still got the oak tree stump next to the pool. It has proved to be a worthy advisary. 3 guys, a tractor, a 4 wheel drive truck with a winch, Jackhammers and saw's all afternoon. It won't budge. They're going to have to grind it. It aint givin up.

I saw the funniest thing today. My buddy Sonny is an electrician. He was checking the pool house panel and was walking out and opened the gate and the entire fence just fell over. He just stood there with the gate in his hands looking like WTF? It was priceless, I only wish that I had a camera to record it. I must have laughed for 10 minutes.

[72c20customcamper]

Spent a crapload of cash today . First picture is from the internet second is the unit I bought , my cousin who passed away about a month ago bought it last year . His wife called asked if I was interested in it as she has no use for it. My bil is buying the smaller Deere he had also about the same size of my current BX25 .

Guess I won’t be looking for another truck for a while

[Boog]

I've had ants practically kill one of our trees. Son of guns bored a hole through the center of a real large, long limb nearly the length of it. I had seen some ants on the tree but it didn't look out of the ordinary. It wasn't until I cut that big limb down and into shorter lengths that I learned what they were doing. Completely inside the limb.
And again recently I saw trails in some wall studs of my shop behind the wood siding that looked like termite damage. As I poked into them I found ants buried up in them. They were vacated.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by special-K

It's hard to find anything for sale that is "worth it" when it comes to money asked. How about a fake patina '64 SWB with 350/TH350 for $98k?
https://www.facebook.com/commerce/li...chment&__cft__[0]=AZWQrRy57slHF6JOIUtRfzi3nhZqopvMk6vIG5jPmOMLriqUy11q2Xr1SRskt2HADnMYnEonpIpv2N7WN8osKwfc0VB2BwUsZ6G giQnehEXCOsgSUwAW-9fgbK-1Ih-NoJvtUBAIpDRdfRucG-pQPdiWXoc0Pv3lcbcaq3jR8vZLFleYJ-7_0MZRF-H0hV4S5t6GfAycsQsoElUFwjpybZVJ&__tn__=*b!%3A%3EH-R

Noooo Wayyy No Thanks and I am not asking him if I owe them anything for looking

That is the worst patina job I have ever seen.
There was a guy at the C-10 nationals in Lebanon last year.
That really did a Great job on his truck.
He would fall over Laughing at that.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

Noooo Wayyy No Thanks and I am not asking him if I owe them anything for looking

That is the worst patina job I have ever seen.
There was a guy at the C-10 nationals in Lebanon last year.
That really did a Great job on his truck.
He would fall over Laughing at that.

Ok, now I read the comments. He wants to trade. The price listed is $98,765, another quirk of Marketplace listing. Like seeing a '54 Silverado for sale. He told a guy $25. It's all still craziness to me

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by special-K

Ok, now I read the comments. He wants to trade. The price listed is $98,765, another quirk of Marketplace listing. Like seeing a '54 Silverado for sale. He told a guy $25. It's all still craziness to me

Yeah

I buy things from MP and the seller's comments about the price like this are,


Well it made me put Something.


My thoughts (What made you put That)

Yeah MP does have it's Quirks

[mr.mud1]

i was on a big mission yesterday.no time left for anything on my truck.i went to a little fishing down in south west Nova Scotia near Digby.5 hours from here to pick up a 6 foot landscape rake for my tractor.the crusty old fisherman(nice guy) big as a buick,had his son come over from next door to lend a hand to load it,another big ole boy,as big as 2 buicks with hands as big as baseball gloves,got in the middle of the rake,picked it up and put it in the back of my truck?the old fella was excited to show me his new tractor so he did.lo and behold,an old gas pump in the shed.i'll be going back soon to get the pump,anyway then it was onto Halifax and if allowed to see,i wanted to drive through my old neighbourhood and see the carnage from the big fires.we'd heard that people were being allowed back in some areas so i didn't know if i'd get in or not,but i did.what a mess.our house and shop was gone but houses on each side still there but houses on the other sides of the 2 standing,were gone?there were machines there already working and cleaning off building sites.200 homes destroyed.we are so lucky but awful for those folks.then it was off to the steel place where i had made an order to pick up,material for my latest project,a new steel clothes line pole for the boss and material for a metal workers table and metal brake i'm building,then onto The Masstown Market for some of their homemade bread and donuts,not like i need either.my Doctor told me it wouldn't hurt if i missed a meal.i said Doc,you're probably right but there's no sense risking it??all in all a big day,about 1000 kilometers so about 600 miles.it's all good.take care all.Greg

[D.B]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

i was on a big mission yesterday.no time left for anything on my truck.i went to a little fishing down in south west Nova Scotia near Digby.5 hours from here to pick up a 6 foot landscape rake for my tractor.the crusty old fisherman(nice guy) big as a buick,had his son come over from next door to lend a hand to load it,another big ole boy,as big as 2 buicks with hands as big as baseball gloves,got in the middle of the rake,picked it up and put it in the back of my truck?the old fella was excited to show me his new tractor so he did.lo and behold,an old gas pump in the shed.i'll be going back soon to get the pump,anyway then it was onto Halifax and if allowed to see,i wanted to drive through my old neighbourhood and see the carnage from the big fires.we'd heard that people were being allowed back in some areas so i didn't know if i'd get in or not,but i did.what a mess.our house and shop was gone but houses on each side still there but houses on the other sides of the 2 standing,were gone?there were machines there already working and cleaning off building sites.200 homes destroyed.we are so lucky but awful for those folks.then it was off to the steel place where i had made an order to pick up,material for my latest project,a new steel clothes line pole for the boss and material for a metal workers table and metal brake i'm building,then onto The Masstown Market for some of their homemade bread and donuts,not like i need either.my Doctor told me it wouldn't hurt if i missed a meal.i said Doc,you're probably right but there's no sense risking it??all in all a big day,about 1000 kilometers so about 600 miles.it's all good.take care all.Greg

This looks like a backend of a first Gen Camaro. If it is, what a shame.

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by D.B

Attachment 2274147

This looks like a backend of a first Gen Camaro. If it is, what a shame.

yes sir,that's exactly what it is,a first gen Camaro.when we sold our house 3 years ago and moved away,i think he was working on that Camaro and had a later 70-81 style Camaro with a real nasty 427 in it.i used to hear him cranking it up to go cruisin in it.it sounded like a million bucks,i don't see that car in the wreckage but i didn't get close,so i don't know if it survived.a mess all around.