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11-25-2017, 09:06 PM
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After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
A little backstory: My 70 C-10 has been in our family its entire life. When I was 16, I was tasked with swapping out the rear 1/2 ton coils for 3/4 (we had just purchased a travel trailer).
Fast forward to today, 20 years later. I'm getting ready to chop the frame, taking the rear apart when I came across this old relic lingering in the frame rail:  Looks like 16 year old me had no appreciation for tools, let alone good ones. Glad I didn't become a surgeon. 
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11-25-2017, 09:12 PM
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
That wrench has held on Good for a long time. Bet it still works.
Ron
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11-25-2017, 09:20 PM
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
That is a fantastic story! Snap On too. Would have been missing that one!
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11-25-2017, 09:26 PM
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
That has been the reason for my loss of tools , the customer seems to always get a prize.
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11-25-2017, 10:03 PM
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
hmm, at 16yo I would have done anything not to tell dad I lost one of his wrenches
 today, $75k later, I'd be breaking out the magnets until I found it  
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11-26-2017, 12:13 AM
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Location: San Diego, California
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
I am doing some retaining walls behind the house here. Today I was digging footers and came across a pair of tree pruners that I hadnt seen since our bad mudslide last January. They still work. Somewhat related story, but not really :-). Great find!
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11-26-2017, 12:47 AM
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
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11-26-2017, 12:53 AM
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
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11-26-2017, 01:04 AM
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
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11-26-2017, 01:24 AM
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At the body shop.
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Land of fruits and nuts.
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
Betcha smashed fingers let go and was forgotten all about.
Cool find.
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11-26-2017, 12:31 PM
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
Take good pics, drop into a tub of Evaporust, time the stay, take more pics.
Send pics to Evaporust and to SnapOn, plus over to Chevrolet with a printout of the story. That's an excellent testimonial. Some years ago a guy found out some dredging had taken place to a river he used to fish on. He had a look for a Ruger .22 pistol he had lost off a boat decades before. HE FOUND IT. It was badly rusted but after being cleaned up, STILL WORKED. He contacted Ruger, they traded him a new pistol for his lost one (it is still in production), and put the original on display as a symbol of how well-made their guns are, able to take decades on a river bottom. |
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11-26-2017, 12:44 PM
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
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Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assm. guide "kit" for restoring it from ground up. With assys, the guide accts for 1000s details such as OEM identifications& part numbers, written in short order. 700+ images include assm, illust., charts, and points of interest. Much of the info. applies to all 67-72 GM trucks, and to a lessor degree all 67-72 GM vehicles. My build thread, and more on the guide https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 |
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11-26-2017, 07:38 PM
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Re: After 20 years, I finally found my wrench!
"Looks like 16 year old me had no appreciation for tools, let alone good ones. Glad I didn't become a surgeon."
Haha, I bet your dad always wondered where that wrench went! Nice find!
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