Not Another Rebuild Thread....

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Bomp

and ???
On vacation is no reason for no updates.

Wow, no kidding; tough crowd !!

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

You guys sure know how to drive a guy !!

Originally Posted by markeb01

Love the video! I would steal the fan/paint idea, but I don't run a mechanical fan. So I guess you'll be showing up in the truck at Goodguys in two weeks then?!!

With the fan shroud you cannot see the painted fan tips, but for me it is enough to know it is there!
Sure was great seeing you again this year, and I have to echo your comments about the time passing entirely too quickly !!

Originally Posted by flips72

glad to see its alive sounds good....I think, please do something about the belt now one question...how much sleep did you get the night it started, not much I bet because of the excitement, great work oh yeah, I like the fan too.

Thanks !!

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Your welcome. We are able to post more than one pic in a post you just have to load one then repeat on additional pics. Hope this helps.

Congrats on getting it running. I read your having troubles keeping it running. Maybe I missed it but did you figure it out yet.
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I am loading photos now as I type this, thanks Alan!!
Your Vitamin C-10 logo gave me an idea I would like to share with you, I will flesh it in and shoot a photo of it for you.

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

so murph... any luck with posting pics? this server thing really gripes me out. like you i am patiently waiting for the world to be round again.

i did really like the pics of goodguys with you and the boys. thats quite a crew there...

hope you're back on soon, dude.

Am here now, and hopefully figuring out the photo posting thing !!
More to follow...

Originally Posted by pdxhall

Hey Murph, Glad to see all the progress you're making on the truck. I wish I could have made it out to Goodguys. It sounds like a good time was had by all. As far as the pics are concerned, you can post pics like you always have except you have to upload one at a time up to five and then post them to your thread. If I can do it anybody can.

I feel I was in esteemed company during the car show, your being there would only have made it seem moreso !
Let me see if I got this photo posting mess figured out now....

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First up is the monumental meeting of Bomp and myself.
Let me tell you what an honor it was to meet this incredibly talented metal worker and his lovely wife!
We were pretty limited to what we could do with them in our home town, as there were time limits and distance constraints (They stayed in Spokane Valley while our homestead is about an hour north on the complete opposite end of town...) But we did the best we could as hosts, Mr and Mrs Bomp were very gracious guests! We were not half way through dinner before the two wives were chatting away at a better clip than Greg and I could muster.
Go Figure.


After all the photos of the car show meeting that have already been posted, I figured I would post the one I liked best of our "Home Town" Line Up. This is Markb's GMC, then a car I wish I can remember the details of, then mine and the wife's Pontiacs. It was such an eventful month for things automotive (we blew the enging in our 77 Cheyenne 4x4, the fuel pump in the Tempest ate itself and I dropped the driveline in it too, as well as a loaner truck dying on us while the Cheyenne was getting refitted....all within the first week of us being there)
None the less, here is the pic:


I regret we did not get any photos with JLSanborn, what a great guy he is too! As well as close enough to our homestead as to be neighbors, heh, sorta...

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There are a couple of things the photo uploading thing kept me from sharing with you all.
So I am in an even bigger updating backlog than you can imagine right now; but this is one of them:
I got this about a week before we left on vacation.



This is a 1964 C-30, one owner.
When he got it, he built the flatbed and the tow boom from scratch then used it to finance his life for many many years.

It has:
either a 283 or a 327cid, I have not run the numbers yet to confirm but I will soon.
It has two transmissions, I was told it was a Browning? But I have not gotten this confirmed yet either, sorry. But I do have 3 reverse gears and 12 go forward gears....
Delux steering wheel.
7 or 8 ton winch, not sure which but it is pretty cool.
This truck has the LEAST amount of rust I have ever seen on one of these like ever....
I am pretty sure it is rocking the original seat still too.
It is about as bare bones as it gets, radio delete plate, single sun visor, ect.

It drives like a champ, all my work buddies just love it!

The plans for it are to power assist the brakes (a brake job all the way around) power steering, and a vintage look stereo.
Then we are going to use it to trailer down the 66 I am building and use it as a car show hauler until the 55 is done then I will spruce it up and sell it (hopefully).

Anyways, it sure is good to be back on the board with you guys, oddly enough I have missed you guys !!

[Bomp]

Nice to see ya made the trip back to NP safely.
Again it was great to meet you and all the other guys. Thanks for everything while the wife and I were there.
We will spoil you when you get down in my neck of the woods.

Now onto "Project TT" (tow truck). WOW that thing is Sweet.
Grill looks perfect. The whole front clean, not even a bug splat.
If you get the casting numbers off the back of the block I can look'em up for ya.

I'll gather things this weekend and get the box full of goodies off to ya now that you are home.

Me wifey says to tell your wifey Hi.

[Ta2Don]

Awesome Score on the TT Project!!!

Diggin' the "Hometown" Line up Pic...

and last but not least... BACK!!!

[Modges'66]

Back so soon? JK!
Been watchin thru Bomp!
Hope that all-in-allyou had a great vaca!
It is summertime and not much happenin anywho!

[jlsanborn]

Now let's see a burnout video!!
Glad you made it back safe and sorry I missed your bbq Wifey's b-day is the 22nd and we always take a day or two off and go camping. I'm anxious to see your spread up there! It really was cool to meet you guys and I only wish I had gotten down to the show earlier to walk it down with you. I'll be hanging out here and will see you next year. Cool effin tow truck man!

[BOXER957]

I just wanted to congratulate you on an outstanding build. I've been reading a lot of builds here and it's really neat to start from the beginning and see not only how your level of confidence grows as you go but also the friendships you've made along the way. I only wish I had joined this circus earlier so I could have been along for the ride. Looks great and yes I will be stealing ALOT of your ideas for mine! Thanks for all the great info.

[da_bears_da1]

Glad your vacation was great! Loved the Murph meeting Bomp pic.

Nice score on the TT. Sounds like a great plan you have for it.

Also glad you are back to building. Know you deserved your well earned vacation but the rest of us need to see some Murph building!!

[Low Elco]

Great Vacay! Love the tow truck!

[chad64chevy]

nice updates mcmurphy, its been awhile since I posted but you have done a lot! I really like the tow truck same yr. as my project!

[Jmorales3181]

Welcome back murph! I like the fretting pic as well. U guys were like best friends before meeting glad you guys and girls had a good time. Can't wai for some more updates and in liking the new"project"as well.
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[Jeff La]

Glad ya'll had a nice time at the show

Nice tow truck, more on the trans please

[likaroc13]

Glad you had a great time Murph! Always interesting to meet folks you've only talked with over the "net". There are some great guys here though, & I only wish I had the opportunity to meet more of them. That tow truck looks really nice! Was it hard for the owner to let it go?

[BOXER957]

Glad you had a good vacation. Love the TT!! I was checking out a truck the other day...mainly because I had never seen it done and it definitely got the wheels turning. This guy went to a city auction where they sell equipment, cars, trucks, chairs etc. you get the idea. Well he picked up a trashed bus for $400 took the diesel with the automatic double over double under drive and put it in his hauler....then scrapped the bus and got like $8-900 back in scrap. Something I never would have thought of....until now. 12 forwards is a lot of shifting....big truck...lots of gas....or just slap it in the go gear and pull whatever's behind you...hmmm

[McMurphy]

Here is just a little sumthin sumthin from the Spokane GoodGuys show, hope you enjoy !!

2013 Spokane GoodGuys - YouTube

[Ta2Don]

[QUOTE=McMurphy;6254401]Here is just a little sumthin sumthin from the Spokane GoodGuys show, hope you enjoy !!

Thanks for sharing...
Groovy Tune

[Alan's Classic]

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[da_bears_da1]

Great video! Looks like a great show and beautiful weather.

Thanks!

[BOXER957]

Almost like being there, Thanks.

[piratexpress1369a]

thanks for that just what the doctor said i needed lol

[McMurphy]

[quote=Ta2Don;6255061]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Here is just a little sumthin sumthin from the Spokane GoodGuys show, hope you enjoy !!

Thanks for sharing...
Groovy Tune

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

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You bet, it was hot...but a fun weekend, as you can imagine!!
As for the song, when that band (Art of Noise) first came out I thought they were pretty weird. Then for some reason I heard some more of their stuff, and have been a huge fan since.
They have versions of Dragnet (From the Dan Aykroid movie) and James Bond theme that pretty much kick butt too.
Fun stuff.

Originally Posted by da_bears_da1

Great video! Looks like a great show and beautiful weather
Thanks!

Aye, that it was !!

Originally Posted by BOXER957

Almost like being there, Thanks.

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

thanks for that just what the doctor said i needed lol

My pleasure guys !!

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For the most part these past couple weeks I have been tinkering with the TowTruck and driving it almost daily.
Monday the 9th was my 50th Birthday, and I got to spend it on duty (as is the way of Military life) and got a distress call from a couple of my comrades.

Seems they were out duck hunting and first one rig got mired in the river banks, then a second got it while trying to get the first one out.

So I took the TowTruck out and we got aquainted on a working level... LoL
Hopefully I will get some photos of that day which I will post in the HRSaR thread.

About the 66 now....
After attempting to troubleshoot some of the issues it has with staying running now, I have decided to put more gas in the tank before I reallly start pulling my hair out. The length of time it spends running seems to be trending into something predictible.
More to follow on that.

Yesterday was really day 1 with trying to get stuff done on it.
Being fixated on problem solving I was trying to start the truck, then get out and around to the engine quick enough to fiddle with stuff while it was running.
I have learned this is a 2 man job....just no way around that.

So I finished the paint on the back of the cab, and bled my brakes.

Here is a note for future reference:
It is a good idea to fully remove those bleeder valves and ensure they are clean before filling the lines with fluid or attempting to bleed them.
These are just long, hollow, nuts with a 90* port near the bottom.
I learned yesterday that these will fill up with gunk, and it makes bleeding the lines more than just challenging !!

After I got all that cleaned up, I started in on my head lights...
Men I gotta tell you, this is going to be on heck of a fun mod !!

Sorry no pics yet, just going to leave it as a teaser for now.

I do gotta share the rear sway bar install still though.
Man, that was a trick job too.

(On duty again today so if I remember to, I will post some pics of that tomorrow when I am home)

Have a great day guys, and thanks for taking a look !!

[Ta2Don]

Eagerly awaiting Pics...
Sounds like you may have had a bit of fun with the newest Toy!!!

[Low Elco]

Happy birthday! Old guys (and trucks) rule! Hope you charged 'em, maybe at least one of these trucks we mess with will earn its keep!

[Jmorales3181]

Happy 50th buddy. Hope you had a good time
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[Jeff La]

Happy 50th, hope you had a good day

[jlsanborn]

Glad to hear you're putting the tow truck to work! Anxious to see some progress photos too.