Pics of Old Yeller - I'm back in the saddle again!
 

I haven't been on the board in ages because my restoration/rebuild of Old Yeller has languished for months. I finally got the carburetor tuned well enough to quit fouling the plugs at idle and got some new rubber on the ground and so I grabbed my camera and snapped a few photos before sun down.

Except for assembling the short block and shooting the paint, I did everything else myself.

I didn't have time to get any photos from under the hood. But I'll post them up at the next opportunity.

Sharp eyes should notice a few things missing or out of place on the driver's side. Hope you enjoy.

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...bos1970/12.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...os1970/6-3.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...os1970/4-2.jpg

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Nice truck man..................

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1 sec let me get the drool wiped off my keyboard...man thats a sweet truck i love long steppers you just dont see to many rebuilding them.

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good looking truck :metal:

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Nice work, and glad to have you back on the board!

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Looks like you have a 4wd shift lever. Does it hit the dash in second?

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Beautiful truck! :chevy:

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It's the stock shift lever. If there's supposed to be some kind of difference between 4wd and 2wd shifters I wouldn't know. It's never hit the dash although the PO installed an under dash AC unit and it did hit it when making a hard shift to second. While I had everything apart I did the "Sloppy Shifter Cure" and it worked wonders. It's so much better I feel like I'm running a Richmond. :lol:

One nice thing about having granny low gear is it helps with starting off at a normal speed with such a lumpy cam.

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Lovely long stepper! You don't see a lot of yellow trucks these days. What yellow is that btw?

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The late afternoon sun is making it look slightly more orange than it would be if the sun was overhead but I repainted it the original '70 Harvest Gold. And originally it was solid yellow but when I bought it in 1990 the second owner had painted the top white. I liked it that way and added a little pearl to the white to make it have some extra shine.

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Congratulation on a job well done!! I love it!!

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Glad to see she finally got finished. Looks Great!

Hey man, someone stole your gas cap! ;)

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Very cool

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Very Nice

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You have a great lookin truck.