[av8tr33337]

WOW!!!!! I have been away from this site for so long I feel like Rip Van Winkle!!!

Sorry it's been so long. Money has been really tight and you know that working 2 jobs to make ends meet sucks a$$. Thanks for all the comments and cudos.

I'm getting the itch to work on the old truck again and I do have a few things I can do that won't cost an arm and a leg. I bought all the ball joints and control arm bushings last summer so I can get those changed out.

I also came across a way to remove rust from my control arms, etc that might be helpfull to someone. You mix 1 gallon of molasses with 10 gallons of water and submerge your parts in that solution. I went to a farm supply store and picked up some feed grade molasses like you would use for livestock or for a deer lick. I got a 30 gallon trash can and doubled the recipe and it worked pretty well. I will still have to shine everything up with knotted wire brushes, but it will be minimal. I also hung some rusty old headers in the solution and they came out nice too. Again just need a little shining up. I even hung an inexpensive thermostatically controlled stock tank heater in it so it wouldnt freeze over the winter.

For you guys in the Derby Ks. area or anyone close by you are all welcome to drop by and check out my work. I really need to do a good cleanup in the shop before I get started so this weekend will probably be dedicated to that.

Wish I had more pics to post but I think I have pretty much covered all my progress.

Oh, I just thougth of a question for anyone who has an opinion. After I painted the Chassis I started to bolt in my motor mounts that I built and notice that one of the mounts sits about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch lower (would make the motor sit about 1/2 inch to the right of the center line of the chassis and ever so slightly lower on the left side. I considered scraping them and starting over, but now I'm thinking that I would probably be the only one who would ever notice it and I know that some vehicles deliberatley moved the motor as much as 2 inches to one side or the other from the factory. Should I rebuild the mounts or go with them as they are?