70 C/10 from Cali to Illinois

[XxCHEVYMANxX]

Hey FrankieD, I picked up a salamander heater and 100# propane tank a couple years back. It heats my garage to 70 degrees in about 30 min. on the coldest days. also it only cost @ $40.00 to fill the propane tank. Oh and dont listen to 71Sleeper, rubbing it in about how warm it is. c'mon man.

[71Sleeper]

Originally Posted by XxCHEVYMANxX

Oh and dont listen to 71Sleeper, rubbing it in about how warm it is. c'mon man.

Oh and it was another beautiful 70' day...now that would be rubbing it in

[FrankieD]

Yes I know about the weather in the south in the summer you can ring the air out it is so humid. I will stick with boring cold Illinois at least we don't have to dodge hurricane's and tornado's, there is always a price to pay for living in Paradise.

I have a kerosene torpedo heater I am going to try that and see how that works but at $5 a gal I might opt for buying the propane one or I might try to do it at work on the weekend. I run Maintenance in a 160000 sq ft office building an have a large empty office (5000 sq ft) but I have to worry about the smell

[FrankieD]

My son was in from Italy on Military Busniess so with my Daughter Grand daughter and Son in law we all went to the Volo Auto Musem ( http://volocars.reachlocal.com/?scid..._id=9577899616 ) they have a crazy amount of cars that are all for sale, it is a place to really dream. Here are some pix .

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...0376157&type=3

[fakerwade]

Hey FrankieD, For a minute there I thought you talking about Volvo's, I thought you had lost your mind,,,,then I realized it's Volo,, so I clicked the link and took a look,,,,,Pretty cool place. Sounds like you had a good time! Tell your son "thank you" on my behalf for his service! Hope you and yours have a merry Christmas.

[FrankieD]

Originally Posted by fakerwade

Hey FrankieD, For a minute there I thought you talking about Volvo's, I thought you had lost your mind,,,,then I realized it's Volo,, so I clicked the link and took a look,,,,,Pretty cool place. Sounds like you had a good time! Tell your son "thank you" on my behalf for his service! Hope you and yours have a merry Christmas.

I will let him know and you have a Great Christmas with your family Gob Bless

[mr48chev]

Frankie, I've got a smaller torpedo heater that runs on kerosene or stove oil and it does leave an odor no matter which one you run it on. I use mine in a tent carport thing or aim it in the door of my old one car garage but I wouldn't want one in closed up building.

I used a bunch of the bigger Propane ones from Grainger in a big food processing plant/warehouse to keep things from freezing. I think we had at least ten of them going at one time in the whole operation. They used propane like it was going out of style though.

[FrankieD]

I did managed to borrow get a propane one to run with my kerosene heater. It did stink up the garage with the kerosene one but I did manage to get the fenderwells primed and sanded I have decided to paint them body color so am going see if I can get them done tomorrow if the weather holds up

[FrankieD]

I don't know if I screwed up or not but I sold off my 307 for $90 to get it out of my cousins pole barn what do you think?

[FrankieD]

Happy new year everyone god bless

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by FrankieD

I don't know if I screwed up or not but I sold off my 307 for $90 to get it out of my cousins pole barn what do you think?

$90 is way better than what you'd get for scrap so I think you did alright. Not to many people looking for 307's anymore.

Originally Posted by FrankieD

Happy new year everyone god bless

Happy New Year to you as well!

[FrankieD]

[QUOTE=Dieselwrencher;5094546]$90 is way better than what you'd get for scrap so I think you did alright. Not to many people looking for 307's anymore.



Thanks Diesemwrencher I had it on Craigslist in a in a few markets and on wecrash.com and got one call and he is the one that bought it. More money for the truck fund or the next toy as I see it.

[Whittaker]

FrankieD. I just read your build and great job.

I'm lucky I have a nice warm shop to go to. I checked where you are located way north west of Chicago. I have a sister in Mundelein and family in the Dundee/Carpenter's area or they were there.

IL weather stinks. Hot and nasty summer then damp cold, soon freezing bitter cold. But its all I know. Would love to be in AZ # my in-laws for the winter.

Awesome ride. It sure is the little stuff that is just killing me time and money.

Rob

[fakerwade]

$90 for a 307? Sounds like pretty good deal.

[FrankieD]

Originally Posted by Whittaker

FrankieD. I just read your build and great job.

I'm lucky I have a nice warm shop to go to. I checked where you are located way north west of Chicago. I have a sister in Mundelein and family in the Dundee/Carpenter's area or they were there.

IL weather stinks. Hot and nasty summer then damp cold, soon freezing bitter cold. But its all I know. Would love to be in AZ # my in-laws for the winter.

Awesome ride. It sure is the little stuff that is just killing me time and money.

Rob

I went to school in Dundee and Carpentersville but that was a long time ago 1966 grad but go through Dundee every day going to work in Schaumburg. I hear ya AZ for the winter. summer in AZ is

[FrankieD]

Originally Posted by fakerwade

$90 for a 307? Sounds like pretty good deal.

The guy that bought it drove 1.5 hrs for it but he said he was a restorer and there are parts on it he said he can use.

[71Sleeper]

$90 is great...I just want someone to come pick mine up and get it out of my friends shop...

[FrankieD]

Originally Posted by 71Sleeper

$90 is great...I just want someone to come pick mine up and get it out of my friends shop...

CL seems to do it for me I put it in for $100. I also bought a set of STS wheels and tires for my sisters Bonneville for cheep and got rid of a set of 4 Outlaws and 295/50X15 tires this weekend so it was a profitable weekend. The trick is to have more than one CL account then you can get it out to a lot more areas.

[FrankieD]

Just put $100 down on these will pick them up on Monday because it's snowing like crazy 4" - 8" by tomorrow, White Gold $$$$$ .

I am hoping the 100mi trip will be worth it. Craigslist find here is the ad:

Chevrolet Truck Custom chrome mag Wheels and tires 2 wheel drive 5 lug - $300
These are 4 Custom 17 inch wheels and tires off of a 2 wheel drive Chevrolet or GMC 1/2 ton truck theey have 5 lug holes. (Lugnuts are included) They look great and the tires are still in pretty decent shape. Tires are Falken Ziex STZ Radials Size 275/60R17

[fakerwade]

Originally Posted by FrankieD

Just put $100 down on these will pick them up on Monday because it's snowing like crazy 4" - 8" by tomorrow, White Gold $$$$$ .

I am hoping the 100mi trip will be worth it. Craigslist find here is the ad:

Chevrolet Truck Custom chrome mag Wheels and tires 2 wheel drive 5 lug - $300
These are 4 Custom 17 inch wheels and tires off of a 2 wheel drive Chevrolet or GMC 1/2 ton truck theey have 5 lug holes. (Lugnuts are included) They look great and the tires are still in pretty decent shape. Tires are Falken Ziex STZ Radials Size 275/60R17

FrankieD those look totally sweet dude!!! Looks like you got a good deal!!

[Dieselwrencher]

Heck yeah man! Nice score! By the way, you can keep all that white stuff!

[71Sleeper]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Heck yeah man! Nice score! By the way, you can keep all that white stuff!

[FrankieD]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Heck yeah man! Nice score! By the way, you can keep all that white stuff!

Yea but if it going to be cold might as well make some $$$$ on the white stuff it pays for the toys

[FrankieD]

Originally Posted by fakerwade

FrankieD those look totally sweet dude!!! Looks like you got a good deal!!

Defiantly looks like a deal I just hope they fit right the ones I bought last year didn't look right sticking past the fender well looked little to south of the border (post 44) so they went on craigslist and a guy from south of the border bought them at a profit of course.

[FrankieD]

Got off early from work and drove the 1.5 hrs to Milwaukee to pick up the Wheels and tires I didn't think they were as big as they were or I would of grabbed my sons 93 short bed but I stuffed them in the Impala 2 in the back seat and 1 in the trunk and one sticking out of it. I really need to get a little truck or a short bed with a V6. Anyway when I got them home I looked to see who made them. They are KMC Wheels I did a search to see how much they cost new the cheapest were $250ea up to $360ea and the tires 3 are around 40% and one being 90%, of course I had to show the wife what a good deal I got to justify burning a half tank of gas. My son offered $325 for the for his 93 short bed, I told him I love ya son but not that much.