Made some great progress yesterday. When my wife asked me what I wanted for Father's Day, I asked for an entire day in the shop, uninterrupted, and that's what I got!
I was able to strip the front steering and suspension off of the S10 frame, removed the body mounts I don't plan on using, pulled the old crusty brake and fuel lines, and cut the front frame horns off. Did a little cleaning and some prepping for the rear leaf/axle removal. At the end of the day I spent a little time putting my new metal cutting band saw together so it's ready.
All in all, a pretty good day. First Father's Day without my dad, sure did miss chatting with him! Added some pictures of him as a young man, he taught me my love of cars.
Circa 1967. Standing in front of his 1948 English Ford Anglia drag car. 406 BBF, T-10, 12" of driveshaft, and a 9" Ford rear with 4.11 gears. Ran 10's and would wheel stand through 2 gears.
I'm guessing 1968-69 time frame. 1968 Nickey Corvette, 3-deuce 427 with the Nickey heads and cam. This is when he went out to help build the runway for the new at the time Boeing 747 in Everett, WA. Dad's comment when he first saw it roll out of the hanger(while sitting on a Cat D8), "How are they going to get that humongous thing in the air!?"
