What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by Daze57

i just looked at it as it was too hot after i got home from my cancer Dr.'' 5 years cancer free!''


best news i have heard all day !

Thanks Daze, me too it sure could have been worse I was driving a logging truck when I had the first seazure. 75000#s of logs and truck. i managed to get stopped then drove 5 miles to find a place to park.Sort of a hard day at the office

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by mknittle

Thanks Daze, me too it sure could have been worse I was driving a logging truck when I had the first seazure. 75000#s of logs and truck. i managed to get stopped then drove 5 miles to find a place to park.Sort of a hard day at the office

Yes it could have been. In the 80's I had a friend in his early 40's driving his family on vacation, he was in the motor home with his daughter and a couple of their friends, wife was following in the Jeep with another son. He had a massive heart attack driving 60 on a two lane rural road. Some how managed to hang on long enough to get is slowed down so it just slowly stopped on the shoulder. It was in the middle of nowhere but did not make any difference, aeorta exploded.

Daze, glad to hear you are still cancer free. My Mom lived 15 years after she was diagnosed with inoperable, etc. lung cancer, then went into spontaneous remission after going to a faith healer.

I worked on the drink holders and minor stuff under the seats. Manged to punch a 1/16" hole in the front of one leather seat, grrr, but now I don't have to worry about hurting them. It is where you can't seem it and I will get some of that fixing goo so it doesn't spread.

[mknittle]

just goes to show it only takes a fraction of a second and lifes are changed.

[mknittle]

i worked on my floor supports and cleaned up where the cross brace is going. Then punched some holes for plug welds on the floor. in the morning I will change the posision of the temporary brace on the cab supports. I will also get the floor braces in that go from the toe board to the beace in front of the seat.That is if Murphy leaves me alone

[mknittle]

som pics top left is the new floor support They are 12Ga with pockets made from tubing and grade 8 washers.Bottom is the new cross brace. and top right is the floor supports with temporary brace and the cross brace. The 2 tubes on top will tie the cross brace and the floor supports to the toe board.

[dcmalone]

Finally got the newly rebuilt engine installed over the weekend. I found that the one that was in it had about a pound of JB Weld on each side painted to hide the cracks. Good times with my father and my son. The replacement was built by us in my carport..honing and all.

[dcmalone]

Just to be clear, the top pic is the old one. lol

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by dcmalone

Just to be clear, the top pic is the old one. lol

Yeah, been there too As I remember it was Some good times

[vwjohnny]

Manifolds and vac lines installed!
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[mknittle]

Not much i just got started this morning and got a phone call, My dad had a front drive axle bearing cam apart in the log truck. so that was the end of that

[beanyard]

I went and looked at some panels and burbs. I am trying to decide if it is worth going across the country to get one that is mostly rust free when you could just buy one with some rust locally and save thousands.
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[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by beanyard

I went and looked at some panels and burbs. I am trying to decide if it is worth going across the country to get one that is mostly rust free when you could just buy one with some rust locally and save thousands.
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Depends on if the rust is in a place where you can get replacement panels or not. I think everything from the doors forward is same a pickup, but back quarters and doors are unique and not reproduced. Whats your time worth and do you relish the challenge of doing the bodywork??

[beanyard]

I think between what Jim carter sells and a donor truck cab it would be covered. Hard to say though.
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[arturo7]

Laid down the green and picked up the pink.

[OrrieG]

Nothing, but got to ride in the right cockpit seat on a Piper PA-42 Cheyenne for a business trip. Had a blast, wish I had learned to fly. Sun prohibitted any better photo with the phone cam.

[FRED 53]

[B] [B]Finished my 53 Chevy -5 window frame off build today, after 7 months. All NEW except kept original patina look sheet metal paint-- I built this one to be my beater truck

[FRED 53]

Here is MY ALL NEW frame-off build after 7 months-- it will be my beater truck

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by FRED 53

Here is MY ALL NEW frame-off build after 7 months-- it will be my beater truck

nice beater

[meter swinger]

Well I hosed about 1" of dust off warhoop, then I got after it with schotchbrite pads and simple green to cut the oxidation down. I'm kinda liking in it. I may get after it with some wet sanding. At the very least it looks red again and not pink.
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[OrrieG]

Cup holders.

[pinecrest]

DUUUUDE!!!!...... where's the PEEKSHURE???!?!?!?!

hahaha you were posting the "PEEKSHUREs" as I was complaining about it!! Looks nice!.... enjoy it.

[crossfire84]

i just finished putting on my bell-tech 3" drop spindles and 3" drop coils, what a huge difference.

[RINC]

Got me a new fuel pump. Gonna install it once the sun starts to go down.


Maybe tonight I can fianlly go Zoom Zoom around the block !

[mknittle]

I worked on our old towmotor fork lift. Not the truck but for it in aroung about way.

[Daze57]

as always - v v cool