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I like the stance, looks good.
Sounds like you need to buy a Ricer car just you can cut it up with your new toy. "CUTTIN' METAL WITH FIRE"
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01-29-2013, 12:20 AM | #2 |
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Thanks! That's what LBT is for!
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01-28-2013, 11:01 PM | #3 |
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Weel, I just couldn't take it any more. What could I do? It was 71 degrees here today, and there it sat, all put together. So I dug it out and went to pick the Kid up from a friends place. It's a LOT smoother, even at low speeds. Ran it up through the "zone" real quick and felt nothing. Didn't get to run it on the highway, but initial reports are promising! Heater works well now, too.
Seems we got most of the Chevy Lean out of it- The obligatory QT shot, just for Vic and Lite! No, it's not slammed, but it is a good bit lower than it was this summer!
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conservative, me likes
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shu..weeeeet!!
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Now that you have gone through the truck with a fine tooth comb and literally every nut, bolt and part is new or referbished on the truck you shouldnt have a single problem with it pretty much ever.
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Man that truck is sharp! I am glad it is ready to ride. Know I am ready for lbt. Great job
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Great news on the Yeller thread today!!!! Good to hear you've got it where you want it and let's hope it's a done deal so you can start dinkin with LBT.
Congrats on the blue tipped axe! Like you, I've wanted one since I was a baby. I've got one in the shop now but it belongs to a buddy that's just storing some stuff at my place until he gets settled.
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01-29-2013, 07:18 PM | #10 |
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Thanks all! Progress has halted for now, it was 71 yesterday, 66 this AM, 36 now, pouring rain all day. Supposed to shovel out in the AM. Not so much Yeller to Alignment!
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Well, we went to alignment today, got a bunch of attention at the Chevy dealer. Tech has been doing this forever and said all the work looked good, alignment wasn't even that far off. Boppa sez straight as a string and nice and smooth, but a stiff ride. Of course it was 23 deg and dropping through the day. 17 now at 4:30 and going down.
In other news, Uncle Matt managed to badger me into entering the World of Wheels indoor car show next weeekend. So, we're scratching that off the bucket list. I've always wanted a vehicle I built in one of these shows. It wasn't built to be a show truck, but everyone says it's nice, so off we go. Hopefully we'll get a few things tidied up this weekend and get the axle seals changed, and then go have fun next weekend. If you're in the area, holler!
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Glad it's finally fixed. Looking great. Have fun at the show.
BTW, it was -5 F when I got home today at 5:00. Theres a chance I'll be working in NW MO next month to help a guy catch up his work load. I'll let you know if it happens. I could use a break from the weather and some KC style BBQ.
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Seems like theres just enough time for a burn out vid.
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Have you SEEN Boppa? He's a large, easily angered man! I'm all about it, but You gotta ask him! He's on here about twice a day. Besides, the second gear scratch is really the fun part!
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Sleepy Eye- Because you're passing out from Hypothermia! Oy!
Coldest I ever did was go-home day at Great Lakes Naval Hospital, North Chicago,Il. -45 ambient, -73 windchill. Dec 21, 1989. At least I didn't have to stand watch. 4 in the truck this am, but really still. It was actually kinda neat, but I wasn't waitin' around! I'll be a happy man come April.
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Great Lakes for me too, Sept '66 to Nov '66. Showed up wearing a short sleeve shirt and promptly failed the eye exam. Held me back a week for glasses. They'd roll you out at 4 or 5 in the morning and make you stand outside for over an hour waiting for chow. All I had was the clothes on my back since they wouldn't issue your gear until you joined a company. Ah yes, standing in line in my civvies for a week in the freezing cold. Took me the rest of boot camp to finally get warm.
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I was thinking about the above, and had to chuckle. When I was a kid, everytime I left the house, he'd yell, "Don't hotrod my car!" Who knew I'd build a hotrod for him one day? Love ya, Dad.
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Boot and Corpsman school, Sept. 89-Apr. 90. One of the worst winters in years, according to the locals. I kept yelling, "Join the Navy! See the world!" As I was trudging through the snow. God, I was glad when I got off the plane at Lejuene.
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You were a corpsman huh? My wife worked at naval hospital Bremerton. She still has a few friends from there that were corpsman. I was one of the last nukes to go to Great Lakes. The class after mine went directly to nuke A school in Orlando. I had 11 months in Orlando too from april 86 to march 87. From one extreme to the other. I don't think I felt dry that entire summer, just continually damp/sweaty. And they had roaches that fly and are the size of mice. Nasty.
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