road trip with a carbureted LS1..pics

[nlped]

Oooohhhh!!! I think that will look fantastic. I will be wandering around the show on Sat. I will try to catch you and say hey!

[HOOPTY67]

update..she's in primer now.

[tvblazer78]

That is going to be sick!

I told my buddy about this truck and he is the one going to be at this show.. He will have this chopper with him.

[HOOPTY67]

ooh ooh! it's blue now!

http://blogs.sporttruck.com/6578253/...job/index.html

[nlped]

Good luck on the rest of the trip & see ya Sat. at the show.

[71'tahoe]

I really dig the tribute! Im so glad you guys didnt put 22" wheels on this truck. Glad to see every thing is going well.

[hessian18]

Things are coming along nicely !!!




Cant wait to see it with the bed and cab together.





Which way did you come through ? Did you go up the 15 North ? Im curious if I can catchup with you when your coming back thru Cali.


I would really like to check this truck out !!!




Bob

[Tony_SS]

Originally Posted by 68 TT

You could always do a translucent yellow tinted clear over the aluminum wheels to tone down the brightness a little and leave the wheel lip polished. Just a modern twist to the classic Penske Trans Am race car look.

I think thats a great idea.... as it is now those wheels look too good to paint! I'd be wimping out too!

[tvblazer78]

Here is a pic of it from the show, my buddy took it..

[nlped]

^^^Sweet!!!

[3r!c84]

man that looks goood!!!
still painting the rims yellow?

[hessian18]

Ohhh Wow thats sick !!

[ratty 46]

Great job ........ I enjoyed the trip. Truck looks great. You need to finish the wheels!

Thanks for adding this adventure to the site.

Ratty 46

[HOOPTY67]

Hello from Tennessee. Thanks for all the support. I met a couple of you from the site and i'm horrible with names. One had a real nice blue C10 that i'd like to see again today. Need to bolt my new sport mirrors onto my truck and need to take some measurements.

The trip from Texas was pretty uneventful except for a good sized storm in Mississippi that tested my untested wiper motor. I had borrowed a set of wipers from Scott at Kustomwerx, which was cool but the motor only worked intermittently. Thank god for rain-x.

I'll be heading for Rogers, Arkansas today so see my folks and then heading home.

thanks again!

[HOOPTY67]

Originally Posted by tvblazer78

That is going to be sick!

I told my buddy about this truck and he is the one going to be at this show.. He will have this chopper with him.

i looked around but didn't see your friend's bike.

[tvblazer78]

Originally Posted by HOOPTY67

i looked around but didn't see your friend's bike.

That's cool, he was the one that saw your truck and sent me the pic that I posted. You may see it today. Have a safe trip..

[HOOPTY67]

finally got home. what a trip. sorry for lagging on posting new updates but the last day or two has had its share of minor drama. lol

http://blogs.sporttruck.com/6552517/...irs/index.html

[68 TT]

At least you made it home in one piece.

I hate fuel system issues. I chased one for a month on an Elky I had and it came down to a new sending unit with a huge glob of solder plugging the supply line partially. Who would have thought.

Good luck with the trouble shooting.

[Moostifer]

cant help but to laugh at the mental picture of you pulling over every 60 miles, jumping out, pulling the make-do fuel line out of one jug, then jamming it into another and jumping back into the truck... all Ricky Bobby NASCAR pit crew style

[SBTork]

The truck looks awesome, I really like the low sheen blue paint. Im glad it ran well and made the trip almost trouble free. Fuel system problems are no fun at all, but at least you know both pumps work. Any new news on the vibration?

[tvblazer78]

What a long trip. Sorry about all that, I know that had to suck..

[HOOPTY67]

Originally Posted by 68 TT

At least you made it home in one piece.

I hate fuel system issues. I chased one for a month on an Elky I had and it came down to a new sending unit with a huge glob of solder plugging the supply line partially. Who would have thought.

Good luck with the trouble shooting.

I think the most annoying part has been that I've had the tank in and out of the truck twice. The first time I fixed it by replacing the cracked fuel line. Nope. The second time I put a new pickup and sending unit in and now that fixed the fuel delivery issue but now my gas gauge only reads 1/2 full. Both senders were 90 ohm units so I dont know what that is all about.

[HOOPTY67]

Originally Posted by Moostifer

cant help but to laugh at the mental picture of you pulling over every 60 miles, jumping out, pulling the make-do fuel line out of one jug, then jamming it into another and jumping back into the truck... all Ricky Bobby NASCAR pit crew style

you should have seen the looks on truck driver's faces when id pull over, swap the hose and get back on the road and pass them again. Must've passed the same long haul trucker 20 times through AZ and CA. lol

[HOOPTY67]

Originally Posted by SBTork

The truck looks awesome, I really like the low sheen blue paint. Im glad it ran well and made the trip almost trouble free. Fuel system problems are no fun at all, but at least you know both pumps work. Any new news on the vibration?

I quickly checked the suspension bolts to make sure they were tight but didn't have much time to spend on it because as soon as I got home from the trip i left town to go drag racing in Bakersfield, CA.

I did find a couple of issues though. It looks like the inside lip of the right front wheel rubbed on the control arm when i made a tight u-turn. that might have made the wheel out of balance. It's either that or the driveline was vibrating because of the suspension being fully compressed without all the weight in the bed. I just drove it with the bed empty this morning and it vibrate. Guess its time for some rear airbags.

[STOCKISH]

Thats a funny story. Super cool looking truck too. I love the low gloss blue and the grey wheels. Looks really cool.