What did you get done? 11/29 Thanksgiving edition

[N2TRUX]

Bob is off line enjoying the weekend with family. He asked me to do the Thanksgiving version of our "What did you get done" post.

I spent Thursday at my Mom-in-laws house doing our traditional deal. The men sit on the back patio deep frying birds, while the women cook in the kitchen.

We cooked three turkeys and a chicken this year. They turned out great but we did have a casualty. Due to my bro-in-law making an executive decision to start with a lower cooking temp to prevent boil over, then adding to our cook time we ended up with a bird that look like a prop from Christmas Vacation.

It will make for a great source of laughter and stories for years to come.

The rest of the weekend was spent doing work around the house. I did get to slip away and go to the Houston Auto-Rama for a few hours. I haven't downloaded my pics yet, but here is sneak peak at on of my favorites.

[Scootin 81 C20]

Looks like you had fun N2.

I didn't get anything done truck wise. I did however, enjoy my turkey with the family and sat back an watched Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving with my nephews and my niece afterward.

[Driveway Dreams]

I got to pack up my desk at the end of my work day on Saturday. I am finally done selling cars!!! I start back in the shop full time tomorrow. Me and my paint guns. So, today I spent the day cleaning up my tool box and organizing my stuff to take out to the the new gig.

[Fastest32]

Installed my complete sterio system, aligned my truck, replaced the stub shaft seal on my gear box and swapped out my wheels for some rallies with rings and center caps. Oh yeah I replaced the oil psi switch so the factory guage will work. I love working at a chevy dealership!

[ratty 46]

Actually I did something to my 86 crew ...... it had a very unnecessary set of bridge work over the rear axle that protruded about a foot and a half up into the bed ...... I cut the old tubes out & replaced it with one square tube. Didn't take long but it was progress. Next is cover over the open hole in the bed to make the bed completely functional.

ratty 46

[SCOTI]

On Sat, I managed to get a hour or so to swing out & check up on N2Billets project 'Hazel' as well as our buddy Rogers latest build. I love seeing all the latest ideas & cool stuff but then always leave feeling like a slacker . I also got an hour or two on my own stuff. I finished up the various bracket pieces for my 'home-made' adjustable PHB frame mount (it compliments PB's adjustable PHB nicely). I also did some trimming on an 'air mgt. control panel' I made for the project. I still need to do more but it looks promising & everything worked dimensionally as designed.

This week will be welding up the PHB bracket & finish work on the control panel. Maybe, just maybe..... I'll be able to re-check everything one last time & then it will be tear-down for powder-coating. When re-assembly starts, so will the introduction/build thread of my latest project.

Ken,
How was the show?

[pig rig]

I DID NOTHING

AND YOU ALL SUCK

[BLE 'BURBAN]

had Turkey day off and cooked a big Roast (Hate Turkey) Had to work Friday & Saturday, Went to see 2012 today.

[Justins76]

New brake pedal pad and front turn signal bulbs. Aired up the tires.

[midnite]

well in canada turkey day was a month or so ago, but got to watch the cfl grey cup game.... but i have been on call all weekend

[S10Fan]

We had our Thanksgiving dinner at the home of some good friends. Sure makes it easy to clean the kitchen that way. LOL.

My pinstripe guy dropped off my air cleaner Friday morning, looks great.

Went to a good friends house Saturday morning and installed headers and an exhaust kit on his 84 long bed. He already had the exhaust manifolds and stock exhaust removed so the job went quickly. I'll drag my welder to his place this weekend and weld it all up.

Caught up on a few things around the house/yard Saturday afternoon and Sunday. I'll be busting butt in December doing all of Santa's work so the fat guy and get all the credit Christmas morning.

[78-5.3]

i worked on my grille till it was time to get ready to go to my girlfriends family for dinner, i finished off my grille, installed new shocked and shopped around for new tires

[Jonboy]

I finally bought a truck. Went and looked at it last weekend, and Dave delivered it to me Saturday. It's a 1979 SWB with an LT1 in it. I was going to buy an '86 and swap an LT1 into it, but this saves me a ton of time (and probably money, too). There are a couple of wiring issues, but it shouldn't be a big deal.

As far as Thanksgiving goes, I ate too much, drank a little, and got to work on Friday. I was able to snag a Sears ad, just as a guide for my wife. I hear she did good.

[menace121978]

right on Jonboy! and good luck today Gerald!! finally back doing what your good at

well for me i got quit a bit done. got the LQ9/4L80E home and started tearing into her got the block all stripped, cleaned, preped, primed, and painted!! also went to dads place and had prime rib and turkey with our new family! (dad got married to a great gal in august)

[keith61760]

Had a headache all day Thursday and the wife wanted to go shopping Friday morning. That night finally got the truck running for the first time since coming back off the boat. Had to fill the power steering since it was empty, oil and transmission fluid were a little low. Found a small coolant leak. Saturday went to the junkyard and got a Suburban rear window, pass rear window and tailgate latch for my father in law. All for $35 saved a bunch of money compared to new. I picked up a dash bezel because it was in good shape minus the aluminum trim on it. Did Christmas lights on Sunday.

[Contagious209]

I ran new wiring for the stereo system took off the exhaust manifolds and called it a day for some turkey

[68 TT]

Got an 80's vintage antenna installed onto my 78 so I could have radio stations again since the only windshield I could get when I needed it was a non-integrated antenna version. Added a black spiral wound modern antenna mast to it.

Paired down the 87 Suburban power window cross over harness to make it only the circuits needed for a two-door truck then soldered on the older fuse box design terminal ends so it will plug into the 78 fuse box and taped it all back together.

Scored a nice condition 79 Big 10 grille emblem that bolted right onto my 78's grille in place of the faded & damaged original tin bowtie insert.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=374160

Found an 86 Suburban at the yard that was a victim of a first snowfall minor fender bender that hit three sides of the rig. Tilt steering column was tight so I snagged it, the brake pedal assembly, brake booster (still had vacuum in it) and the delay wiper motor, wiper arms with integral washer nozzles and the under hood wiring for the wiper motor.

Also put together a complete clock gauge cluster from several different rigs. All told my yard bill was under $60. Not bad considering the rag joint on the steering column sells for nearly that.

Changed out the leaking harmonic balancer seal. Turns out the new seal I put in this summer had a defective retainer spring. It came out in an oil change a month ago and I finally had enough with the oil dripping to do the job. Had to build a new balancer installation tool as I couldn't find the one I already own.

Completed the Camaro tach overlay I had been working on and also made a matching overlay for the 85 mph TBI speedo and one for both the van and my new hybrid truck fuel level gauges.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=276995&page=4

Other than that I didn't get much done.

[Mr.Scary]

thursday i went straight 2 my dads house first thing in tha mornin so i could get an early start on my burb front clip swap!!I got tha rad support out and had 2 call it a day so i could eat wit fam and friends, then went back first thing friday mornin and ripped tha rad support from my truck and painted tha burb support and threw it in mine and attemped 2 do tha wiring and failed miserably at tha, then went back saturday and tryed 2 work on tha wiring some more and now tha driver side head light works perfect but tha passenger side both headlights are on and they are really dim or low and idk y?? but other then that..i had fun workin on tha truck and hagin out wit family and freinds!!! still dont know wuts goin on wit my lights and now im really bummed!!

[CHEESE]

WENT TO MY GRANDPARENTS AND ATE TOO MUCH!! I STOPED BY MY DADS IN AMARILLO, ADN HAD THE BEST SOPPAPIA CHEESE CAKE I HAVE EVER TASTED. WORKED ON FRIDAY ,AND MET WITH joe231 AND GAVE HIM A QUICK WALK AROUND THE SHOP AND HE DROPPED OFF MY CAB TRIM! YESTERDAY ALL I DID WAS WATCH STORMCHASERS ON DISCOVERY. ALL IN ALL I HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND!

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by Mr.Scary

thursday i went straight 2 my dads house first thing in tha mornin so i could get an early start on my burb front clip swap!!I got tha rad support out and had 2 call it a day so i could eat wit fam and friends, then went back first thing friday mornin and ripped tha rad support from my truck and painted tha burb support and threw it in mine and attemped 2 do tha wiring and failed miserably at tha, then went back saturday and tryed 2 work on tha wiring some more and now tha driver side head light works perfect but tha passenger side both headlights are on and they are really dim or low and idk y?? but other then that..i had fun workin on tha truck and hagin out wit family and freinds!!! still dont know wuts goin on wit my lights and now im really bummed!!

Bad ground at that side of the headlight wiring is my guess.

[Mr.Scary]

Thanks 68TT ima start a thread and explain exactliy wuts goin on wit my lights and c if n e one can help cause in supa hype bout tha front clip swap but bummed cause tha wiring is soo messed up.

[Sarge261]

Ate lots of Turkey,

Found a rust free donor truck for project Zues, Picked up the bed, going back for the frame, cab, and front clip this weekend. Then I will tear it all down and rebuild it.

Sarge

[Matt Man]

ate dinner with my family then put some mudflaps on my truck, got the windows tinted as well.

[pcmcobra]

Went to Orlando with family, I did not go to parks, went to turkey run friday and saturday.
Picked up an 03 raptor 80 for my boy, he's stoked, me too!
Glad to be home and back to work.