My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck

[Gregski]

wrangled with the grill today, I did not realize how mangled my ol' '71 grill was till I straightened the core support, and laid it on the work bench and watched it wobble like a teeter totter

[Gregski]

Zip'em Ties for the win !

so need your advice, this is one of them faded '71-72 grills that had the innards painted black, should I paint that black again, or steel wheel the rest of the faded black off of it and just run it chrome?

[D.B]

I'm for painting it black.

[yuccales]

Thinking black also.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by D.B

I'm for painting it black.

thanks, black black? or just like in that picture? sorry I want to be sure before I rattle can bomb that thing, hee hee

[D.B]

Originally Posted by Gregski

thanks, black black? or just like in that picture? sorry I want to be sure before I rattle can bomb that thing, hee hee

Just like the grill pictured. You need a little color to break up all of the black.

[zicc1835]

Chrome black bumper

[texxxan]

Looks like I have a lot of catching up to do.

[D.B]

Originally Posted by zicc1835

Chrome black bumper

Agree x2

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by texxxan

Looks like I have a lot of catching up to do.

... and where have you been

[Gregski]

and then this happened...

in a freak, tried to stand up from sitting on the garage floor accident !

[zicc1835]

Speedy recovery my friend gas peddle I’m mean EV peddle foot ……

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by zicc1835

Speedy recovery my friend gas peddle I’m mean EV peddle foot ……

Thanks, I catch myself saying that too, it's Throttle Pedal now, lol

[texxxan]

Originally Posted by Gregski

... and where have you been

I’ve been dealing with my daughter’s leukemia. She is now in remission. No excuses though. I’ve just been a little busy the last 2.5 years. I’m ready to catch up and see what you’re up to.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by texxxan

I’ve been dealing with my daughter’s leukemia. She is now in remission. No excuses though. I’ve just been a little busy the last 2.5 years. I’m ready to catch up and see what you’re up to.

I hope she is doing better, our sons Godmothers kid had it and recovered so well that he was featured on American Ninja Warrior, went from barely being able to walk to a beast!

[texxxan]

Originally Posted by Gregski

I hope she is doing better, our sons Godmothers kid had it and recovered so well that he was featured on American Ninja Warrior, went from barely being able to walk to a beast!

She’s doing great now. Hair grew back and you can’t tell she was ever sick. She’s 6 years old and being that young must have helped. I hope you get better soon. I’ll try and catch up as soon as possible.

[cornerstone]

Nice work using the clamps and various methods to straighten out your grille. Looks pretty good now! I agree to paint the accents on the grille black, may be a flat or satin paint. I think that with a chrome front bumper would look sweet.

[D.B]

Originally Posted by Gregski

and then this happened...

in a freak, tried to stand up from sitting on the garage floor accident !

NOOOOOOOO, not with it being this close. Get well EVT builder. Looking forward to seeing more videos of this EV truck and reading your updates.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by D.B

NOOOOOOOO, not with it being this close. Get well EVT builder. Looking forward to seeing more videos of this EV truck and reading your updates.

I know my friend, cause football season is just around the corner and you know what happened last time this time of the year!?

[Gregski]

It's been one of them days:

1. the knee still hurts like he11 but I don't know how to sit still

2. thought I be smart and stay off of it by doing some Arduino coding, upgraded to the latest IDE version 2.x and noticed it ran super slow, VCU updates took 15 minutes instead of 20 seconds, and then it crapped out my laptop, Arduino crashed and took down some DLLs with it, I literally uninstalled everything off of it except for Windows and it still is dog slow

3. then I thought lets take out some frustration on the media blasting cabinet, well first all my media was all lumped up like concrete from sitting there over winter, funny this did not happen last winter, anyway sent that through a strainer, fired the shop vac up and noticed a gaping hole in the vacuum hose (the media blasting hose kit is brand new less than 1 years old) so duct taped that, fired up the compressor, remembered my gloves were torn, so mounted brand new gloves I had on the shelf, then noticed my gun keeps getting stuck in the on position, so took it apart, brake cleaner sprayed it, lubed up the o-rings, put it back together, and 2 minutes later it jammed again, replaced that gun with a spare gun, 3 minutes later that gun jammed in the open position, all this time I can't see shiet through the viewing glass, and its brand new too but I leave my media blasting cabinet outside, so the sun must have had it's way with it, look up Grainger my part supplier, yup CLOSED TILL MONDAY...

4. go to get a beer, they're all warm

5. I can't even remember

[Gregski]

results of media blasting with zero visibility

The Greg is not happy!

[clay68c10]

Stick those beers in the freezer for 20 minutes and call it a day. Sometimes the planets just don’t line up.

[cornerstone]

Originally Posted by clay68c10

Stick those beers in the freezer for 20 minutes and call it a day. Sometimes the planets just don’t line up.

What he said ^^^^^

But don't leave the in the freezer. Drink all of them. Otherwise you'll have another mess to clean up.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by cornerstone

What he said ^^^^^

But don't leave the in the freezer. Drink all of them. Otherwise you'll have another mess to clean up.

ha ha, thanks guys, sound advice

[Gregski]

EV Converter Top Tip: a day will come when your project can move under it's own power and free up the garage, resist the urge to disclose that information to any of your family members, specifically those with their own vehicles


modern cars suck (on my '71 it's two screws to replace a headlight, you don't need an engine hoist to do it)