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It was a valiant effort and with great progress. Truck is looking great. This is just the Chevy Gods way of saying put a "LS" in it...... Ha....Sorry buddy... Remember you got your health and your little girls getting married....Casey
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04-21-2016, 07:02 PM
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Sucky. I feel for you man.
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04-25-2016, 09:22 AM
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Update....Through the grace of God, great friends and the generosity of a couple of guys at Junk Yard Life.com I was able to get my truck to the wedding. This is worth the read.....
My friend called me Tuesday afternoon at 5 and I told him the news about my truck. Determined to make the wedding he made a few phone calls to some people he knew. The guys at JunkYardLife.com heard what had happened and donated a motor I could use for the occasion. They opened up their shop and sent up an engine, cherry picker and an engine stand which arrived at my house Tuesday night @ 7:30. My friend Keith, his dad Larry, John and my son Cole all showed up and by Tuesday night at 11:45 we fired the engine. Wednesday evening was all about trying to finish assembly of the radiator, belts, driveline....etc. I took off work Thursday to finalize as much as I could to get the truck ready. I was able to drive the truck for the first time in 10 years, 8 months and 23 days Saturday morning in time to load it and take it to the wedding.
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04-25-2016, 09:33 AM
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On a side note, the last thing I told my daughter on Monday morning was that the truck would not make it because of the engine. She was sad and so was I at the time. I did not tell her all that had happened later in the week so I could surprise her on her wedding day. Waiting on the reveal in this pic..
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04-25-2016, 09:38 AM
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Congratulations on your daughters wedding and making the deadline, truck looks great! What a great group of guys to help get it together for you!
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04-25-2016, 10:47 AM
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That's an awesome story! Glad the truck made it after all. I bet your daughter was happy too.
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04-26-2016, 12:43 AM
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Outstanding! Congrats to you all...
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04-26-2016, 01:10 PM
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Here are the reaction pictures from inside the house where the girls were getting ready as I came up in the truck.
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04-26-2016, 01:16 PM
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Her ring on my truck.
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04-26-2016, 01:19 PM
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My daughter moving my truck to take pics.
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04-26-2016, 01:22 PM
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Me and my daughter.
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04-26-2016, 01:53 PM
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Truck of the month.......
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04-26-2016, 02:02 PM
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Few more..
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04-26-2016, 02:04 PM
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And my new son-in-law
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04-26-2016, 03:41 PM
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That is the coolest thing I have read on here in a long time!!! How awesome!!! Great job!!!! What a father you are to her.
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04-27-2016, 02:48 PM
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That's awesome the photographer got her reaction. That would be a priceless memory to have.
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04-27-2016, 03:43 PM
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Wow so awesome! It's stories like this that restore ones faith in humanity.
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04-27-2016, 05:09 PM
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Awesome story and a great looking truck. Congrats brother.
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04-27-2016, 08:07 PM
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Congrats on the truck, and all the excitement it caused
 Looks great, with a great story line to the finish!
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04-27-2016, 08:37 PM
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What a nice finish for the truck and a great looking couple .
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04-28-2016, 08:19 AM
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Great Story and congrats on having it done in time for the wedding. Truck looks great!
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04-28-2016, 10:36 AM
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Nice!!
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04-28-2016, 12:35 PM
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Thanks guys. It's not finished yet but at least I can breathe easy while I finish it up.
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04-28-2016, 12:39 PM
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Great news on the loaner motor. The guys at JunkYardLife.com decided since I already had the motor in my truck that they'd sell it to me for what they had in it. $250. It's just a stock 305 but after all these years of not getting to drive it, I don't care. I'll replace it later in the year once I rebuild mine.
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