Project; Divorce Therapy ( 72 SWB 4x4 )

[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

Up-date:

Well kinda, Made a stop on the way home to pick this up at the taxidermist :
50 Lb King Salmon from Alaska !!!

The bedsides & cowl hood were delivered to the body shop, and I'll be dropping the cab & doors off next Tuesday and hopefully start getting this moving forward !

Beautiful fish...last time i saw a 50 pounder was in fat nancies tackle shop. My biggest to date is 33. Caught in the salmon river n.y.

Nice progress on the truck, sorry its stuck in paint jail

[CUSTOM/10]

Jaros;

A 33 pounder anywhere in the lower 48 is a respectable fish !!! It took me 2 trips to Alaska to catch a 50. There getting hard to come-by even up there. The big netters just out side the mouth of the rivers are decimating the runs. On the Kenai they have emergency limits or even shut down the sport fishing if the runs are too small. Last yr if I caught that fish I'd have to have let it go, 55" or bigger to keep it.

Anyway a 50 pound fish was my goal to have one mounted, and I got it !!!
Now I have to find a wall big enough for it ! "LOL" My girl friend hates the damn thing, so I told her she needed to be careful or she may end up next to it ! "LOL"

[sduckworth13]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

Jaros;

A 33 pounder anywhere in the lower 48 is a respectable fish !!! It took me 2 trips to Alaska to catch a 50. There getting hard to come-by even up there. The big netters just out side the mouth of the rivers are decimating the runs. On the Kenai they have emergency limits or even shut down the sport fishing if the runs are too small. Last yr if I caught that fish I'd have to have let it go, 55" or bigger to keep it.

Anyway a 50 pound fish was my goal to have one mounted, and I got it !!!
Now I have to find a wall big enough for it ! "LOL" My girl friend hates the damn thing, so I told her she needed to be careful or she may end up next to it ! "LOL"

Lol, I had to laugh. I thought for a moment you were going to say that she would be divorced too . That is a nice catch, I'm not much of a fisherman myself but, I can honestly say I've never seen a salmon that big.
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[CUSTOM/10]

Thanks Guys !

No.... Can't divorce her if I don't marry her ! I told her I'd have her head on one side of the wall and her, well you know, on the other !

Just joking, she's good, we get along good and she helps with everything !!! Even spitting and stacking firewood !

[sduckworth13]

Wow! sounds shes a keeper Gary. Good luck with the project, looking forward to seeing it when your finished.
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[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

Jaros;

A 33 pounder anywhere in the lower 48 is a respectable fish !!! It took me 2 trips to Alaska to catch a 50. There getting hard to come-by even up there. The big netters just out side the mouth of the rivers are decimating the runs. On the Kenai they have emergency limits or even shut down the sport fishing if the runs are too small. Last yr if I caught that fish I'd have to have let it go, 55" or bigger to keep it.

Anyway a 50 pound fish was my goal to have one mounted, and I got it !!!
Now I have to find a wall big enough for it ! "LOL" My girl friend hates the damn thing, so I told her she needed to be careful or she may end up next to it ! "LOL"

Thanks for your response, and sorry to hear about the fish stocks up there! Ive always dreamed of making a trip up there just to fish in the wild...

Ive spent 25-30 years fishing the salmon river, lots of fun trips. That 33 pounder was a female loaded with eggs, she was just to beautiful to keep, so i let her go. Boy, but what a fight and thrill she gave me. 10 1/2' 8 weight Sage rod that i was just learning use, seems that i was getting to good at catching fish on my noodle rod, so my boys made me switch over to fly gear

Only mounted one fish in all the years, and it is a 17 pound steelhead, caught in feb. and it was 6 degrees, my new personal record for temperature. Hes on my wall in my workshop, and reminds me of all the great fishing trips ive had over the years....

Sorry for my long winded response, but it is my second passion in life, right behind these rusty old trucks. Maybe someday well be able to swap fishing stories over a beer

Looking forward to your progress reports on your truck

[CUSTOM/10]

A 17 lb steal head is no slouch either ! We caught some great rainbows, 30+ inches, and the bears.... OMG !

If you want send me a pm with your email address and I'll send you some pics.

Gary
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[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

A 17 lb steal head is no slouch either ! We caught some great rainbows, 30+ inches, and the bears.... OMG !

If you want send me a pm with your email address and I'll send you some pics.

Gary
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Yeah well, weve caught one 20 pound steehead, but just had to let it go since they are getting hard to find, tough choice

JMHO, but, if there were bears around, id have to give them the fishing rights to that hole...lol

My rule of fishing is....never try to catch a fish that is bigger then the boat youre in, and NEVER try to take a fishing hole away from a fisherman (bear) that is bigger then you

PM sent

[jaros44sr]

Thanks for the pics,....yep, you made me envious. Nice colors on that rainbow, even red up in the cheeks
Look at all the gravel beds, know wonder they reproduce so well
Was that one pic of the 50?

[swamp rat]

Originally Posted by jaros44sr

That 33 pounder was a female loaded with eggs, she was just to beautiful to keep, so i let her go. Boy, but what a fight and thrill she gave me.

Bravo! Takes a bigger man to let one like that go back to spawn, you did good!

[swamp rat]

Ok you guys this thread is worthless without lots of fish pic's !

[CUSTOM/10]

I'll post up some more pics when I'm at home, just doesn't work here at work.

Yes that was the 50 pounder.

We had to leave a few fishing holes because the owner of the hole ( Big Bear ) kicked us out !!! "LOL" Some were showing signs of aggression and it gets a little unnerving when an 800 lb plus bear is pissed at you !!!

[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

I'll post up some more pics when I'm at home, just doesn't work here at work.

Yes that was the 50 pounder.

We had to leave a few fishing holes because the owner of the hole ( Big Bear ) kicked us out !!! "LOL" Some were showing signs of aggression and it gets a little unnerving when an 800 lb plus bear is pissed at you !!!

Dont blame you at all, plenty of other fish in that river

[CUSTOM/10]

Guys;

If anyone wants pics send me your email address I haven't been able to post any pictures, there all to big ! What's up with that ?

[Chevy1TonFun]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

Guys;

If anyone wants pics send me your email address I haven't been able to post any pictures, there all to big ! What's up with that ?

use photobucket to host and then copy the img link.

[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

Guys;

If anyone wants pics send me your email address I haven't been able to post any pictures, there all to big ! What's up with that ?

I use flickr now, photobuchet changed for some reason,dunno. Just pick yuor size to 800x600

[CUSTOM/10]

Stopped at the body shop on my way home from work yesterday to drop off some parts & check up on progress. Some progress but not a whole lot. Then one of the body guys says take a look at what I bought yesterday. He shows me his pickup loaded with brand new goodmark 67-72 parts. ( He is redoing hid step fathers truck ) He found the parts on Craigslist: 2 SWB bedsides, 2 doors, tailgate, head board, 2 front fenders and a cowl. The guys was asking $1,200 for everything. He offered him $500 and he took it. OMG what a score, I couldn't believe it !!!

[cmabolt]

After three years of waiting for my truck to be finished in between insurance jobs in the body shop, I pulled it. Rediculous!! I finally got the truck back in a new body shop this week. Over 6 months after pulling it and doing the 20 plus bodyshop tour, things seems to be looking up. Hopefully these guys do a good job for ya. My truck, like yours had almost no rust. Rare indeed. Congrats on a solid foundation. I didn't have to replace a single panel. Just a little metal work. Watch out for the guys that will tell ya, "it doesn't take long to get 150 hours in
filler work!"

Chassis is looking great btw. That Epoxy primer is tough stuff.
Chris

[CUSTOM/10]

Hey Chris;

I hear ya and I hope it doesn't turn into paint jail... I don't think it will, I know the guy prety well, he lives 300 feet from me, and has a realy good business. I stop in there about twice a week and there's usually some progress. As long as it keeps move, I'm OK with that. I have a lot of house projects going on to keep me busy. One is going to be installing a taller garage door so I can get the truck in once it comes back... "LOL"

Gary

[cmabolt]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

Hey Chris;

I have a lot of house projects going on to keep me busy. One is going to be installing a taller garage door so I can get the truck in once it comes back... "LOL"

Gary

Hillarious! Lol. I have the same house chore. raised her 2" and don't think she's gonna be able to back out of garage once finished. Good luck to ya. I'll keep checkin in.
Chris

[CUSTOM/10]

Ya, I put a 4" lift on the truck, now I'm thinking I'll remove that and put in a 2" and put a 7 foot door in my garage. ( The gargae is under my house, and has 6'6" door ) What was I thinking. This truck needs to be garaged, it won't be living out side in the winter !!! "LOL"

[CUSTOM/10]

We have our first color !!!! It's only the white on the roof of the cab but it's color !!! It will probably be a week or so before anything else happens, due to my body guy being at the lambrecht 500 car auction out in Nebraska !!!

[sdailey]

Congratulations on the paint. It's still progress no matter how small it may seem.
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[sduckworth13]

All right!! Looking good Gary.
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[CUSTOM/10]

Thanks guys !!! At some point I'll be posting pictures the the body alinements and moldings that all happened before the paint, but the body guy has those pictures on his camera, so when I get them I'll post them.... I'm just happy to see paint !!!