1954 Chevy / S10

[99 to Life]

man that sucks, I feel you. Last week was summer, this week feels like a rainy fall season. I guess it really does pour when it rains!! It will all pan out, it always does. Hopefully you can get a place with a bigger garage soon.

[xpickup]

99 to Life, Yes, when it rains it pours I am still pumping. I just looked and I still have 3 inches of water. Things always work out. I may be able to work on mine now( which means a build and always lots of pictures). I have a couple of friends that have work for me already. I have a lot of great friends. I just think it was not meant to be. Trying to stay positive.

Shannon

[AUSSIE54]

Originally Posted by xpickup

What a s!@##y past couple days. This weekend the roof started to leak (we were going to sell our house) THEN this morning 12 inches of water in the basement. And I am still pumping with a gas powered 2 inch trash water pump and it is still coming in. THEN I found out that I will only be priming the 54 truck and the owners are taking it back because of tight times. I understand, I know how things are , this is a luxury. Then the Durango my wife drives, died in which it only battery. So we are now not moving because of all the bad stuff , I think it was a sign. Hopefully it will be better tomorrow although we are still to get more rain the next couple days. I think tomorrow I am moving my metal working tools out of the garage and moving the wood working tools in. I am trading in the trucks and I am building the ARK.


Shannon

If you were to build it, I'm sure that ARK would have something like suicide doors, nosed bow, lowered deck and floating on bags and be as sharp as a tack with the talent you have!… So sorry to hear of your bad run Shannon. I hope the future becomes brighter for you real soon. Hang in there mate. Trently.
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[oldman3]

Shannon, sorry to hear about all the s##t that happened, hang tight, you have lots of people on here pulling for you.....Jim

[xpickup]

Thank you all. Right now I have about 16 inches of water and have 3 pumps going. I left at 2 this morning to give back the gas pump and now I got 2 more electric pumps going plus my sub pump. The ground is just that wet that it is still coming in and the storm drains are full and backing up . I never had anything happen like this and fell for the people that have been flooded. At least one good thing is that the water can only be in the basement. No mud like some places.


Shannon

[99 to Life]

shannon, if it makes you feel any better. My house has a full time pump in it. If the electric goes out, my basement gets feet deep. It's an old foundation out in the country and the ground is just so moist. I want to dig a french drain and see if that doesn't help the problem. hang in there, looking forward to some build updates too, on the positive side.

[oldman3]

Shannon,
I know people up you way have been catching hell from Mother Nature. Hope things are better with you, your in our prayers......Jim

[xpickup]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Shannon,
I know people up you way have been catching hell from Mother Nature. Hope things are better with you, your in our prayers......Jim

oldman3, Thank you VERY much. Water is still seeping in so I only have to run the pump every once and a while. I am trying to light the water heater now. I had it lit two times and when I turn the temperature up it goes out. You can not find any parts here now. I tried 3 places this morning to get a new gas valve and thermostat and nobody has a new one. I already had the burner out twice and dried and checked it. I problem is in the valve. The hot water heater is only under a year old. I have buddy that is going to check my boiler. I know nothing about it. Or I may have to end up learning.

Shannon

[OrrieG]

I feel your pain, I had a rental that the partial basement filled up the floor rafters with irrigation water when they left town and the folks upstream kept a gate open. Took 14 hours to pump it out completely covered the furnace and water heater. Ended up replacing the furnace and all the WH electrical. It was a dirt floor and walls so we got to spend 7K for new foundation walls too. Hope you folks back east dry out, out here it seems like half the state is on fire, my lungs are feeling it bad.

[xpickup]

OrrieG, I feel your pain. Mother nature sure can screw things up.

Finally the water is done coming in. Ended up having to put a new hot water heater in and had to buy a new gas regulator for the furnace all and all another $700 with all the parts to hook it up. What a week from Hell. Sunday is the throwing out day. Before the storm, the basement looked good now every floated around and flipped over. We put everything in bins that way if we ever got water the things would be all right. That was wishful thinking. So hopefully things will be normal next week.

Shannon

[blitz'd]

Sorry to hear about your flooding, im working in your area right now doing insurance claims. Its a mess up here right now thats for sure!

[xpickup]

As I said when it rains it pours. I had said earlier that my wife's dodge durango needed a battery. I put a battery in and it made a terrible noise. So I figured it was the starter so I bought a new one and finally had time to put a new one in ( from cleaning and replacing everything from the storm). It made the same terrible noise, so the three times I started it I only let it run for seconds. The last time I ran it I took the belt off and still made the noise. I just checked the internet and found on edmunds that there are more than just me having the problem. Busted rod which is what I thought it sounded like. They are known to have this problem. So this will be the last Dodge that I will ever buy. I already told her that when I fix the piece of !@#$ it is getting sent. Then there will be a Chevy taking its place. This has been a week from hell.

Shannon

[xpickup]

Finally it is just about back to normal. Durango is getting fixed, the insurance adjuster is coming today and I got to work in the garage this weekend. I DAed everything and sprayed the epoxy primer on some of the pieces. Boy does it look good to see it one shade in the back now. Next weekend the front end and then the bottom, inside and the outside of the cab the weekend after next.

Shannon

[oldman3]

Shannon,glad things are getting better. Back half looks good, are the rear fenders 2" wider or more? Jim

[99 to Life]

eewwwwh that is looking nice. What primer did you use? Glad everything is coming together for you.

[xpickup]

oldman3, Yes things are getting better. The fenders are fiberglass ,I think they are made by Veridine. They are 3 inches wider. I would not use them again if it was mine. When they made the fenders wider they just used flat metal to make them wider. They should have used an 2 fenders to make one or used an english wheel to make the filler piece. They are too flat on the top. And you can not tell from the pictures on the web that they are not crowned.


99 to Life,Thank you. It is shopline (PPG) epoxy. I can not wait to see it all one color. I guess things are just about back to normal.


The insurance adjuster just left. They will not cover the roof ( which did not look bad) but they are covering the ceilings that when it leaked it ruined. And I think they are covering something in the basement. I had something in my insurance policy for sewer and sump pump damage. So I will know something maybe in a couple days what/if they are paying for some of it. Althought I think is going to rain the next couple of days. I told my wife we are moving to Arizona where is does not rain too much. I am tired of all this rain!

Shannon

[AUSSIE54]

Great job on the bed Cobba, looks fantastic. You sure don't mess around!!
I agree with what you're saying about the fenders. They do look way to flat.
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[xpickup]

AUSSIE54, Thank you. I think they are just a little too wide. When I built the bed I did made it 2 inches narrower so it would not look so wide. I have a couple extra fenders so I should make ones 1.5 to 2 inches wider and then make a mold of them. Then make them in glass. A project for another day. But make them with the proper crown.

Shannon

[AUSSIE54]

Shannon,

No no! You should sell those fenders to me! Lol! I need a pair badly but am thinking I'll have to wait a while and maybe pick some up from a supplier there in the states (don't think I'm allowed to name them). Have seen them online, reproduction steel. I can get fiberglass ones here but that's it and I'd rather keep it all steel.

Trently
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[xpickup]

AUSSIE54, I really is a shame you are half way around the world for me. I have seen the repo fenders and they look nice. I do not think they are as thick as the old ones, but they are steel. I wonder what shipping would be for you. There is a member that was from Germany on here and he said about the shipping being crazy for him.

Shannon

[AUSSIE54]

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[AUSSIE54]

Shannon, the shipping can be expensive but it is what it is. Still I got my engine over here ok via a local importer in Melbourne. Getting the company to ship it from where I purchased it to the importers yard in LA, well, that was a bit harder! And yep, it'd be easier if we were closer neighbors!
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[69CST-V]

Subscribed. You are a true fabricator. Just finished reading your thread start to current. Very nice work.

[xpickup]

69CST-V, Thank you.

On another note I guess I have to take back my dodge comments. #7 rod was broke because water had filled the cylinder and bam, junkola. It was clear water and not anti freeze. Must have sucked up into engine with all the water we had. The wife was the last one to drive and you know it did make any noises and she did not hit any big puddles. I heard they have powder metal rods and that was the weak link.

Shannon

[oldman3]

Besides the engine, hope other things are getting better....Jim