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*FormerMember* · 08-22-2005, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by arkracing

Took her camping on her 1st shake down run - 250miles 1 way to the Downeast Street Rods Annual Rod Run in Hebron, ME

Wednesday the 17th drover her around the block to check shift points/rattles/leaks/brakes etc.etc.

Thursday morning = Drove her from Rhode Island to Hebron, Maine (About 250 miles 1 way)
She Performed Flawlessly. Approx 14gallons of Gas used = 17.85miles/gal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not bad for the old girl. I guess the 700R4 helped out alot. That's running 65-70mph the whole way & loaded with about 300lbs of Camping Gear/Soda/Booze etc.etc.

On the way home Sunday we were crusing @ about 80-85mph she got about 15.5-16
Truck is for Sale in the Trucks for Sale Section $7500 OBO/Trades/Trades+Cash - '32-'34 Ford Truck Cab (Must be super nice)

That's my Buddy's '77 Vega 350cid/700R4 = For Sale $6500 OBO

You should have said hello on your way by!

tomatocity · 08-22-2005, 11:17 AM

Friday night went to Rich's (chickenwing) house and drank beer, finished bead blasting the intake manifold, drank beer, bead blasted a couple other parts, and cleaned the garage. Rich sure is a good guy to let me invade his garage during the week. Thanks Rich.

Saturday, painted some of the cleaned parts though I will need to re-bead blast the alternator housing again and spray it with the drips.

Sunday, went to the Turlock Swap Meet and picked up Snap-On a power steering pulley tool, WP pulley, another washer bottle bracket. Came home and messed with the pulleys without resolution. The tool works great.

Next week is the West Coast Nationals at Pleasanton. There is a large swap meet / car corral / car show (thru '54).

redhead69 · 08-22-2005, 11:25 AM

Took friday off to work on paint prep for apx 16hrs!! Painted/cleared all day Saturday..
spent sunday fighting with my wife about it all.

Wootdog · 08-23-2005, 08:19 PM

and taped up the truck so Randy70C10 could put the flames on it. Josh my brother did alot of the work for the truck so far. Oh and I cooked the food for the hungry painters. Kerry

*Randy70C-10* · 08-23-2005, 09:32 PM

Let me tell ya, the man can cook!!!

Rollie396 · 08-24-2005, 12:13 AM

didn't get alot done but it wasn't for a lack of trying so much as a lack of parts.Managed to get the eng./tranny in the frame just to get a visual of the room I have.fabbed brackets for the air tanks and mounted them in the frame rails.mocked up the fuel cell (which still needs to be tiged up) and came up with a plan for mounting it.Removed the rear crossmember to make room for the cell.Fabbed a new bolt in rear crossmember and test fitted it.Sat and stared at the frame and dreamed/planned for the next free weekend!

chickenwing · 08-24-2005, 03:41 PM

Didn;t do much. Brank beer that Tomatocity brought over. Allways a good thing, FREE BEER! Finished playin with a buddies 85 K-10. Thought about mowin the yard. Never did. Was supposed to scout out a field for the dove opener. The guy with the land owner connection flaked on me. So drank more beer.

TP from Cntl PA · 08-24-2005, 03:50 PM

Burned a wiff of $2.70/gal diesel fuel hauling scrap to the junk yard with my Cummins powered C-20..............Hauled scrap pipes in from a rotted out bale feeder I had...............Hauled treasures we found while unloading home

Amazing what people throw out

paintpyro · 08-24-2005, 05:48 PM

picked up lengthened upper control arms. Now its time drop it some more

70 shorty · 08-24-2005, 10:29 PM

I finally got the rear hooked up in the Camaro tonite, and I love it!

72 CustomCamper · 08-24-2005, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 70 shorty

I finally got the rear hooked up in the Camaro tonite, and I love it!

Hey Pete, now you can come up for cruise night...

Chuck

69TowRig · 08-25-2005, 12:42 AM

Does it count if it took me until Wednesday to do what I wanted to do on Sunday?

I pulled the broken beat up old inner grille off my truck tonight and replaced it with a nice used one, already painted black, that I bought up in Carlilse at the All-Truck Nationals. I cleaned up and repained the front side of the radiator support while it was all apart. Still have to get the hood latch re-installed.

Also pulled this horrendous looking "bullbar" off the front bumper that was doing more harm than good. It was loose and banging on the outer grille.

Dec. 2004:

This morning:

08-22-2005, 11:17 AM	#27
tomatocity Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sacramento CA Posts: 1,255	Friday night went to Rich's (chickenwing) house and drank beer, finished bead blasting the intake manifold, drank beer, bead blasted a couple other parts, and cleaned the garage. Rich sure is a good guy to let me invade his garage during the week. Thanks Rich. Saturday, painted some of the cleaned parts though I will need to re-bead blast the alternator housing again and spray it with the drips. Sunday, went to the Turlock Swap Meet and picked up Snap-On a power steering pulley tool, WP pulley, another washer bottle bracket. Came home and messed with the pulleys without resolution. The tool works great. Next week is the West Coast Nationals at Pleasanton. There is a large swap meet / car corral / car show (thru '54). __________________ Got bored, sold everthing. Got bored, looking for a 1960-66 C-10. Want to build my last truck.

08-22-2005, 11:25 AM	#28
redhead69 fugedaboutit Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gresham, OR Posts: 832	Took friday off to work on paint prep for apx 16hrs!! Painted/cleared all day Saturday.. spent sunday fighting with my wife about it all. __________________ Currently truckless

08-23-2005, 08:19 PM	#29
Wootdog Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va, USA Posts: 1,672	I drank beer and taped up the truck so Randy70C10 could put the flames on it. Josh my brother did alot of the work for the truck so far. Oh and I cooked the food for the hungry painters. Kerry __________________ 1969 Chevelle 1990 IROC Z Convertible 2002 Silverado LT

08-24-2005, 12:13 AM	#31
Rollie396 someday it will be done! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lloydminster,AB. Canada Posts: 1,620	didn't get alot done but it wasn't for a lack of trying so much as a lack of parts.Managed to get the eng./tranny in the frame just to get a visual of the room I have.fabbed brackets for the air tanks and mounted them in the frame rails.mocked up the fuel cell (which still needs to be tiged up) and came up with a plan for mounting it.Removed the rear crossmember to make room for the cell.Fabbed a new bolt in rear crossmember and test fitted it.Sat and stared at the frame and dreamed/planned for the next free weekend! __________________ '72 C-10 Proud owner of a million new and used pieces that used to be and will once again be(god willing) a testament to the term "they don't build em like that anymore. '80 LWB 2wd beater '67 GMC long fleet (cab donor) '66 long step (parked till it's turn comes around) '65 short step (parts truck that will donate it's bed and possibly frame to the '66) '06 Grand Prix wife's car (she hardly lets me touch it) my pics

08-24-2005, 03:50 PM	#33
TP from Cntl PA Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central PA....In the Berg of Nisbet Posts: 790	Burned a wiff of $2.70/gal diesel fuel hauling scrap to the junk yard with my Cummins powered C-20..............Hauled scrap pipes in from a rotted out bale feeder I had...............Hauled treasures we found while unloading home Amazing what people throw out __________________ '72 K-20 EFI'ed 250 Inline/4spd stake body, Farm Truck '71 C-20 Cummins Diesel Powered, In storage thanks to $5.00 diesel! '69 3500 GMC 305V-6/4spd, Still under reconstruction.......... Inlines Rule! 6 soldiers standing is better than 8 laying down!!!!!!!!

08-23-2005, 09:32 PM	#30
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	Let me tell ya, the man can cook!!!

08-24-2005, 03:41 PM	#32
chickenwing Lovin' Life in Miss.! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Puckett, Mississippi Posts: 1,937	Didn;t do much. Brank beer that Tomatocity brought over. Allways a good thing, FREE BEER! Finished playin with a buddies 85 K-10. Thought about mowin the yard. Never did. Was supposed to scout out a field for the dove opener. The guy with the land owner connection flaked on me. So drank more beer.

08-24-2005, 05:48 PM	#34
paintpyro Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Santa Fe Springs, CA,USA Posts: 1,579	picked up lengthened upper control arms. Now its time drop it some more __________________ 70 shortbed stepside "Schleprock" 350 w/TH400 rallys and BFGs -We can rebuild it, we have the technology-lower,shinier,faster

08-24-2005, 10:29 PM	#35
70 shorty Where's my beer? Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Glen Allen, VA Posts: 1,768	I finally got the rear hooked up in the Camaro tonite, and I love it! __________________ 70 C10, shortstep, .30 over 250,Hurst shifted 3 spd parts hauler. Holley 390, Clifford Intake, Header, ported cylinder head, unknown bigger cam. 79 Corvette L82, 4 spd, black, red interior, headers, flowmasters, and unkown bigger cam. '03 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.0 4x4 daily driver. 165K miles, and runs great '08 Tahoe LTZ 4x4 155K

08-25-2005, 12:42 AM	#37
69TowRig Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 894	Does it count if it took me until Wednesday to do what I wanted to do on Sunday? I pulled the broken beat up old inner grille off my truck tonight and replaced it with a nice used one, already painted black, that I bought up in Carlilse at the All-Truck Nationals. I cleaned up and repained the front side of the radiator support while it was all apart. Still have to get the hood latch re-installed. Also pulled this horrendous looking "bullbar" off the front bumper that was doing more harm than good. It was loose and banging on the outer grille. Dec. 2004: This morning: __________________ -Chris Building a stripper, one part at a time: 1969 K5, 307, 3spd, 3 seats, hard top. Added Pwr Discs, Pwr Steering, Aux Battery, T-case Skid, Lighted Sidemarkers, HEI, Lock-Right Diff, ECE Class IV Hitch, 32" MT/Rs. Parts to Install: Hand Throttle, Console, Tow Hooks, Dual Horns, AM-FM, Dealer Swing-Away Tire Carrier, Gas Tank Skid. Also building a 1950 Willys CJ-3A and off-roading a 2001 Nissan Frontier on 1-Ton Portals... Last edited by 69TowRig; 08-25-2005 at 11:24 AM. Reason: adding pictures



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