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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Campbellsville, KY
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In It For the Long Haul
Got a call from my BIL's girlfriend yesterday morning, sitting on the side of the road just East of St. Louis (headed from KC to central KY) in her Focus with a big puddle of antifreeze under the car. She'd seen the gauge way too high, but before it pegged out and the light came on, pulled over and called the family/resident car guy, yours truly. She got a tow off the interstate to a nearby mall from AAA and I threw my tools in the 1-ton, poured in 1.5 qts. of transmission fluid (pump seal has been leaking and initial engagement of the forward gears has been progressively more questionable for quite a while now, but it was my only option) and a little bit greater quantity of gas, rented a U-haul trailer and hit the road. By golly, just like the old girl always does, the truck took the beating that is I-65, booked it across I-64 spinning 3 grand all the way, and the ATF level held steady the whole trip. Plodded along with the Focus at 55-60 on the return trip and got somewhere between 9 and 10 MPG driving into a side/head wind most of the way. A while back I loosened up the secondaries a little but I think it was too much because mileage could be a tad better. But never the less, 33 years and 129K don't mean she can't do what she was made for.
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Alex V. ------ 1967 C10 Suburban, 350/NP435, Green/Green, PS, PB, HD cooling, charging, shocks, and springs. 1985 GMC C3500 SRW, Sierra Classic, 454/TH400, white/blue. |
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Location: Blue Ridge,GA
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Re: In It For the Long Haul
Yes sir!! That’s what I like to see. I drive my trucks all the time, and love meeting others on the road. Nice man!
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1965 C10 LS2/4l70, WHITE, 5/7 DROP LINK TO SUPER SNOOPY C10 BUILD---> http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=689283 1977 C10 SILVERADO HAWAIIAN BLUE, 5/5" DROP, LS6/4L80E 1976 CHEVY K5, 350/350, YUBA GOLD/SADDLE |
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: thomastown mississippi
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Re: In It For the Long Haul
Picture of Focus, naw... Girlfriend? Yes!
![]() Did she REALLY cut the engine off before it overheated? She's a keeper! ![]() |
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Campbellsville, KY
Posts: 888
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Re: In It For the Long Haul
I just like to post up the content for others' enjoyment and to give some visual, current evidence to the doubters that these bone-stock trucks will still kick butt.
Ha! I'll keep the pics on topic ![]() ![]()
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Alex V. ------ 1967 C10 Suburban, 350/NP435, Green/Green, PS, PB, HD cooling, charging, shocks, and springs. 1985 GMC C3500 SRW, Sierra Classic, 454/TH400, white/blue. Last edited by Alex V.; 01-30-2018 at 02:22 PM. |
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