what did you do this weekend?

[1969 GMC]

This weekend, I was bummed that I didn't get to go to the Ohio board meet. But it was ok, I had to work friday night, most of saturday, and most of today, oh and fix my car . This is what happens when a rusty 16 year old brake line in a 16 year old Buick meets a sudden 25 mph stop for a teenage girl on her cell phone who decided not to move when the light turned green
BEFORE:


PIC 2: AFTER - car was driveable and not badly damaged, but it wasnt driveable at night. Body shop quote = $967

PIC 3: junkyard find...grille from an '86 LeSabre with sealed lamp headlights. @ $64 for everything pictured, a tad better than the body shop. did i mention that all 4 headlights even worked?

PIC 4: 4 hours of work later(yes 4 hours, i HATE torx bits with the passion of 1,000 fiery suns )

So how was your weekend? hope it was more fun that mine (Thanks to N2TRUX for the idea )

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by 1969 GMC

......So how was your weekend? hope it was more fun that mine (Thanks to N2TRUX for the idea )

It looks like you got a lot done, but not much that was truck related. I appreciate you giving me props for the "What did you get done" feature, but I can't take credit for the idea. It was actually started by TXfirefighter on the 67-72 forum quite some time ago. I just copied it in the 73-87 forum to keep things interesting....

[1969 GMC]

well i knew it wasnt truck related, but i was sad that i missed the Ohio meet...and if you look in pic 2, you can see the tailgate of my truck!

[Longhorn Man]

heh heh heh some one has to say it...
I went to THE OHIO BOARD MEET!
Bummer bout the car, is the cell phone girl writing you a check by chance? From your description, she caused the accident by not paying attention. Ohio law says nothing about cell phone use, however, distracted driving is illegal.

[1969 GMC]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

heh heh heh some one has to say it...
I went to THE OHIO BOARD MEET!
Bummer bout the car, is the cell phone girl writing you a check by chance? From your description, she caused the accident by not paying attention. Ohio law says nothing about cell phone use, however, distracted driving is illegal.

No

I got a ticket for failure to maintain assured clear distance. She put the cell phone away, I mentioned it to the officer, but he was more interested in hitting on the girl (well, she was hot...lol). He also didn't want to hear about the fact that my brakes were out. "officer, if my brakes are OK then why is the brake idiot light on the dash lit up all the time?"
"cars do that alot when you they are involved in accidents."
"if the brakes are ok why does my pedal go to the floorboard and doesn't do anything?"
"was it like that before? drive forward a couple feet then stop."
so i did, and it stopped in about 6 feet.
"you're fine, son."
And of course, my AAA family plan is used up (thanks to dad's Ford).

EDIT: if bandwidth is of concern, I deleted a bunch of residual attachments from my user cp. sorry

[cdowns]

sorry folks but i really think they should pass a federal law about cellphone use in cars it just seems to be so out of control!!!

anyway this weekend i spent time on the roof and in the yard repairing hurricane damage,the rest of the weekend i was in dealerships testing and pricing new(04) cars and trucks--- found out that most dealers in this area really don't want you're business if you have cash to buy a vehicle they want and almost insist that you purchase it on the old GMAC payment plan,so that turned out to be a big headache for most of the weekend. i've pretty much decided on a 2wd silverado extended cab so it's down to 3dealers as to who gives me a price

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by cdowns

sorry folks but i really think they should pass a federal law about cellphone use in cars it just seems to be so out of control!!!

Bummer is, studies have been released that with the exception of trying to dial the phone, you aare JUST as likely to have an accident from talking to some one in the car, as you are talking on a cell.

I have to use a cell all the time in traffic. If I have to dial, and I can't just hit redial, I pull over 99% of the time. (No..not ALWAYS) If I have to take notes, i pull over. if in heavy traffic or emergency evasive manuver, I drop the phone or throw it at the dash or don't answer it. I know there are plenty of ppl who are able to do it and maintain perfect control.

It's just like the laws about not using your cell when you gas up.
Show me proof of ONE gas station that blew up or had a fire from cell phone use while fueling.
It never happened.
*ramble mode off*

[ChevLoRay]

Truck related??? Let's see....I drove every vehicle I own, this weekend. Pulled a trailer loaded with lumber for daughter/son-in-law's deck; bought a new headlight bulb for the '69; filled up the Celica and the Tundra; put 10 gallons in the '69 (I need to replace the gas tank filler pipe; strained my back on a railroad tie; watched baby girl's hubby's grandfather move their old mobile home with his 70 horsepower Allis Chalmers tractor, to make way for their new 16x80 mobile home (yeah, we live in Arkansas). Bought groceries with the first paycheck of the new school year and had money left over!! I needed to mow/edge/weedeat, but driving takes priority over working in the yard. Oh, began fixing the door to the deck.....dang squirrel has been chewing the weatherstrip from the sill plate and off of the bottom of the french door. Found out that ground red pepper (cayenne) is supposed to repel them.....will let you know if it works....the little ESSO Bee's...

[ChevyDude]

I put more pieces of the puzzel together...installed rear view mirror, dome light, completed the Xtreme DynaMat install. Removed the in cab gas bomb...readying for the fuel cell install. Also applyed the White letters to my tail gate (that is a reflection of the front yard tree on the left). Piece by piece she's coming along!

[lock]

I got nothing done. a Little grinding trying to get my motor to fit and thats it. Next weekend is a wash too as Ill be at the autofair.

[rage'nrat638]

Here's What I Started With.....
And Whats Left Now..... :d

[mcmlxix]

I want to go with vintage air so I pulled the heater assembly out. (along witht he semi rusted inner wheel well)... Went to Home Depot to get a piece of metal to have welded in the holes .. * What gauge metal should be use to smooth the fire wall?? I think I got a piece of 22 gauge.
I also finally installed the front sway bar. What a night and day difference! I used the big one from a 3/4 ton late 80's burb and the poly bushing kit with the lowered brackets from ECE....

[Lippyp]

As Saturday was my birthday I didn't get anything constructive done this weekend, went out for the day on saturday, visited a little motor museum that has cars from the movies and TV, has the Back to the future Delorean, the original James Bond Aston Martin DB5, a General Lee, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the original Mad Max Falcon, a Kitt from Knight Rider, the original Herbie from Herbie goes Bananas, the Munsters Koach, the original TV series Batmobile, a modern film Batmobile, Harry Potters Ford Anglia, Laurel and Hardys Model T Ford, some UK TV cars including a very dodgy yellow Reliant Regal three wheeler van from Peckham and Mr Beans Mini. Very interesting. They were considering bidding on the T3 truck that was mentioned on here recently but apparently it's already sold. Had some food, drank some beer,

Sunday, bought some chairs for the dining room, gave the wifes Cherokee a final wash and polish before a prospective buyer came around and finally sold it after two months of trying and had some visitors with more presents for me!

All in all not a bad weekend!

[Rusty Rider]

I waited on the father-in-law to come give me an houre ride to pick up a truck bed.I spent saterday tring to set up a time for all involved to be where we need to be and on sunday like clock work no father-in-law. He has a f*rd any ways.

[Blue Beard]

Glad it wasn't the truck, more thankful you didn't get hurt (other than the citation)

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Bought a new f#$d expidition for the wife and a new cherry rust free bed for my 72

[Bigdog257]

Cdowns try the fax attack by Fighting chance.com. How much damadge did you have? I was boarding up for Ivan. It's been hell down here this year.

[pritch]

I have been collecting a little bit of scrap aluminum from my work all summer, and then a couple weeks ago I got a few thousand feet of 1" thick aluminum cable given to me. It took a couple weeks to strip all the insulation off of it. I hoped I had at least $500.00 worth, so I could get a new compresser for my shop. I got down to the salvage yard and couldn't believe it-2300 pounds!! At .55 cents per, that came to $1260.00. I have a really nice new 80 gallon compresser now, and enough left over for some air tools.
Wasn't all good, though. I drove my Panel over to Home Depot for some pipe parts and got a flat on the way home.

[TEXAS 68]

I rebuilt my door hinges and trail fit the doors on my cab(still fighting that) and went to a local swap meet

[Stryker67]

I spent a few hours taking rusty apart. Actually finished pulling the whole bed apart last night. It's gonna be quite a puzzle to re-assemble. Had to order new springs and u-bolts. Rusty will need the entire floor replaced and extensive work on the pass. side bed. I love a challenge.