GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project~”

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Turtles look kool. I get so tired seeing your yard Rain. So much nice stuff to care for. Beautiful!

Morning Bill,

As mentioned elsewhere, to me it certainly is therapeutic so no chore.



Drove the Blazer yesterday....... Took Sally up to the farm in it, then cooked her dinner, BBQ.



Off to a Breakfast meet now in the Blazer.


Summer is coming.


And sooooooon enough I will be landing in Denver, Colorado and heading down to St Louis, and then up to Iowa, Illinois and Arkansas to name a few.


Craig and I do hope to meet some or any guys on here, along the way.

[Grizz1963]

Well, you all know there is a lot of randomness in my posts, usually no rhyme or reason.

Took the Blazer out for a nice drive yesterday, and took Sally along.

She drives a modern daily, a Corsa, so typically well planted, secure suspension, her comment was “It is rather wafty the way it cruises like a ship”

Made me chuckle.

I do enjoy taking pics of this truck Sally seemed to be in on it all.







Wind was pumping......




I do love this truck as well, differently, but just like Prozac, it makes me happy.

I actually have spontaneous laughs.



We ended up on the farm on the way home and Sally tried a selfie with both of us, so I had to photobomb it with my eternally present camera.



Back home I rewarded her for putting up with me, and also for having told me a couple of times the last three weeks to get my finger out when summer comes and start working on my ‘66 C10 bodywork in order to restart all I let go of three years ago when Nicola left.
Our divorce came through last week as well, after the courts had lost our paperwork previously.
So my life can now get back on track, a different track, but a track nonetheless

First BBQ of the year.




Steak and Sausage supplies by Thörsten from Germany, chicken and pointed peppers and coleslaw from Aldi.

It was a good one.



For desert, Sally made us bananas with chocolate buttons slipped into sliced gaps, wrapped in foil, put on the slow side of the fire, and after 15 minutes, served with squirt cream.

Sublime.



And HARLEY STARWALKER.




Sunday report and photos to follow.

[Grizz1963]

Friday after a stiff work week, I had Sally over for dinner.

She arrived with a gift.

2019 Road trip T-shirt.



Five states we should be hitting



Random car park pic.



I also got a message from Big Mike, a guy I met years ago, offering me a couple of chairs to recommission.

Of course I had to say yes.....

Delivery scheduled for late Sunday.





Saturday Sally and I spent some time together and also had lunch, Turkish.

£11.00 included two coffees.





Sunday was NSRA Swapmeet

Looking forward to it.

[Grizz1963]

Sunday.

NSRA SWAPMEET

@CraigRK, and his son Kyle picked me up at 08.00 and we were off in search of tut and bargains.



On the way there....














Gasser style Ford.







More to come.

[Grizz1963]

Random pics from around the Swapmeet.

Toooo much stuff to see.








Real oddity, electric motorcycle £400.00

This is a real factory bike.

The Can-Am behind it was £1500.00 a good looking item.



Anglia.

[Grizz1963]

Cock shot.



Immaculate 1000cc custom.





Possibly one of my favourite items all day.

Price was steep for my taste, but I love it all.

Note the different attachments this guy had for his prosthetic






Famous in their own lunch times.

Dez Stringer of Stringer Fabrication, and Kev From Wales aka KFW.

And yes, that is a complete stepside bed on the roof of the VW Passat.











More to come

[Grizz1963]

Plymouth, one of my personal WANT cars.



Kyle, being a 17 year old, is constantly growing, so food is paramount.....

At least he looked after us too.

Hot, cinnamon donuts were perfect in the chill of the day.



Cock shot truck.





Loads of stuff not photographed.

But pretty certain you get the drift.

Great seeing good, and old friends.

[Grizz1963]

Right.....


Now we get to the money shots.


What I bought, and what I needed are not the same thing.


First item, gas pedal.


I would love to have a few cast in aluminium (Oklahoma anyone??)





My costliest crazy purchase of the day......

Seller wanted £50.00

I wanted it, so sent the “Pit Bull Terrier” back in with an offer of £30.00

Guess who won.




This will either be a drop down bench seat at my deck, or it may become a backseats to a bench on the deck.

Now just need a Chevrolet badge to replace to one that was removed.

Love the detail on this piece, picked it up and wanted it.

Asked the vendor for a price........ “Take it, it’s yours” he replied.

Free.



After cleaning.

I plan to add something else to it, and fitting it to the Blazer.




Late afternoon, that is 2.30pm the traders must have been cold and tired.

More stuff I do not need.

£3.00 bought these very cute espresso cups and four skull valve caps.





A useful tool, keyhole saw for £1.00



A box of screwdrivers.......

£5.00

I only wanted two of them.



Same seller.....

£5.00 for this socket set, Would be rude not to buy them, unused, perfect for Sally’s shed as she has no tools, her sons usually bring tools when she needs stuff to be fixed.



Door lock knobs for the Blazer £1.00



Door mounted mirror, love these, have no use for it, but felt the need to just own it.



Another Blazer item, stainless tip, from an Audi according to seller, part a bundle Craig negotiated for £4.00



Same seller.

Just coz I liked it, for my garage and part of my number plate collection.



So that concluded my day out with Craig and Kyle.

Came home, Big Mike met us all and delivered the two chairs for the deck, we all chatted for another hour.

Then I went over to Sally for a Roast Chicken dinner, with all the trimmings, including pigs in blankets and Yorkshire puddings.

Knackered and back killing me.....

Life is good.

[Grizz1963]

Dinner date went well, we both fell asleep after dinner, on the sofa watching American Pickers (Sally’s choice) as we both had a ha d week, and she is working the whole weekend, part of a 12days on, 4 days off system.
I feel really honoured that she makes this kind of effort, just for a plate of food.
It’s been a while, and of course I am in shorts or track bottoms....



So after we woke sat upright on the couch at silly-0-clock she went home and sent a nice pic of the moon over her home.



Up early, then drove down to mate Darren’s shop Unit Engineering

Unloaded Prozac, while his dad made us coffees, again amazed at the capacity of this little van.



Typically, found Sh!t to load back into the van. M&S furniture that the unit next door threw out, new and in packaging but with minimal damage.



Front passenger tyre seemed a bit low on air, checked it out......



Once back in the Medway, I popped into Just Tyres to get it replaced.

Considering that other than the initial service items, I have not spent anything on the Berlingo in three years, the £42.00 for a new Chinese Ditchfinder tyre, fitted was a cheap price to pay.

Service was fast, efficient including a 5 year warranty on the tyre, whatever that means.



While unloading the Berlingo we heard a V8 roll in.....








While there, I always love the random stuff that is being worked on.




So Saturday produced some fun.

[Grizz1963]

Red....

Red

Red










Maybe my favourite shot of the day.



It’s American.....







Yup... Roush.