Pic Thread: Me & My Truck(s) 2018

[YBNORML]

Its been a very eventful year for my Blazer.

These pics are from when I pulled it off the road last fall.

5.5/7 static drop, 350/700r4 and 3:73 posi rear, Boss wheels 20/22, Dual 2-1/2" flowmaster delta 50 exhaust

[YBNORML]

After a very long and expensive winter.

20/22 US Mags wheels
New 3:73 posi rear with cpp disc brakes
Full Air ride with AccuAir management
New 454/TH400
Black Widow 2-1/2" dual exhaust

[kingsolver72]

Tim, I like the shell on your truck. I’ve been keeping an eye out for one for the 72.
I parked the 72 in my shop a few weeks ago. Pulled it out today worried about pack rats. I used it to take my step son to baseball practice and games this summer. Drove it down to the local car show in September. I didn’t enter the truck. Mostly just drive it in to town for errands. Just 2 miles to town. I’ve had it for sell and a guy got real close to my price a couple months ago. A friend of mine says “there’s always another one out there”. I think that it may not be so anymore. But, what do I know?

[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by kingsolver72

Tim, I like the shell on your truck. I’ve been keeping an eye out for one for the 72.
I parked the 72 in my shop a few weeks ago. Pulled it out today worried about pack rats. I used it to take my step son to baseball practice and games this summer. Drove it down to the local car show in September. I didn’t enter the truck. Mostly just drive it in to town for errands. Just 2 miles to town. I’ve had it for sell and a guy got real close to my price a couple months ago. A friend of mine says “there’s always another one out there”. I think that it may not be so anymore. But, what do I know?

I would have a really hard time letting go of a truck like yours. There just can't be that many stockers left.

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by kingsolver72

A friend of mine says “there’s always another one out there”. I think that it may not be so anymore. But, what do I know?

Careful. I suppose they are out there, but not like they once were, and have you seen the prices?

[kingsolver72]

Originally Posted by davischevy

Careful. I suppose they are out there, but not like they once were, and have you seen the prices?

Yeah, if I could afford another one and brought it home my wife would give me a koko to the throat.

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by kingsolver72

Yeah, if I could afford another one and brought it home my wife would give me a koko to the throat.

I get a lot of eyerolls. No physical events yet. I have a shower at the shop just in case.

[davischevy]

I started to go through and compliment everybody on their truck individually, but I've not seen anything I didn't like yet. Nice bunch of trucks guys.

[YBNORML]

Pulled the 283 for some detailing last winter as well. Also added a 4-barrel and swapped the power glide for a th350.

[HO455]

Originally Posted by YBNORML

Pulled the 283 for some detailing last winter as well. Also added a 4-barrel and swapped the power glide for a th350.

Just where did you get that super sweet visor with the Chevrolet emblems?

[kingsolver72]

Originally Posted by YBNORML

I would have a really hard time letting go of a truck like yours. There just can't be that many stockers left.

You’ve got some cool rides and beautiful kids. Bet their energy is infectious.

Originally Posted by HO455

Just where did you get that super sweet visor with the Chevrolet emblems?

That’s funny.. took me a minute to figure it out. Thinkin YBNORML is “Experienced”

[special-K]

Thanks. That wood was nice! She had me freshen up the look of her kitchen w/o a total remodel. The cabinets are nice custom solid cherry. The walls were covered with the old 1/4" paneling that had been painted. I put that beaded wainscot/porch ceiling style panel up. She's creative and artsy so it was my hands carrying out her vision. I like how it all turned out. She made it her own. I wish all I did was go old house to old house doing nice things like this all the while working out of a classic truck. That's a dream I've wanted to live

[kingsolver72]

Originally Posted by special-K

Thanks. That wood was nice! She had me freshen up the look of her kitchen w/o a total remodel. The cabinets are nice custom solid cherry. The walls were covered with the old 1/4" paneling that had been painted. I put that beaded wainscot/porch ceiling style panel up. She's creative and artsy so it was my hands carrying out her vision. I like how it all turned out. She made it her own. I wish all I did was go old house to old house doing nice things like this all the while working out of a classic truck. That's a dream I've wanted to live

Very nice work. If you went from old house to old house working out of a classic truck I would suggest you film it. You could call your show, This old farm house and my truck.

[pryorstemmed]

Fine job on the remodel. Love the countertop and beadboard backsplash. That's a country kitchen now!

[HO455]

Nice work on the kitchen. Just a couple of questions if I might. How did you plane the surface flat and what did you use for a finish?
Thanks for sharing!

[71threequarterton]

That oak counter looks great!

[71threequarterton]

Mostly just drove it around town - always comes in handy for things like lumber, Christmas tree and what have you. The kid and her friend got excited when I went to pick them up after school the other day - her friend had never been in an "old car" before and thought it was the coolest thing

I did a few things to it:

Grill got flat black paint
Installed battery disconnect switch
Installed MC/prop valve/power booster and NICOPP lines from prop valve to unions

[El Dorado Jim]

Originally Posted by 71threequarterton

Mostly just drove it around town - always comes in handy for things like lumber, Christmas tree and what have you. The kid and her friend got excited when I went to pick them up after school the other day - her friend had never been in an "old car" before and thought it was the coolest thing

I did a few things to it:

Grill got flat black paint
Installed battery disconnect switch
Installed MC/prop valve/power booster and NICOPP lines from prop valve to unions

where did you get the new proportioning valve?

[71threequarterton]

Originally Posted by El Dorado Jim

where did you get the new proportioning valve?

I bought the whole MC/prop valve/power booster assembly from board member "PICKMUP".

From the numbers stamped on it, I believe it's a CPP unit.

[davischevy]

I just now found this thread Tim.

Did I mention my new tailgate?

[davischevy]

My son in law was towing his appliance moving trailer. I know, you guys thought it was a horse trailer.

[El Dorado Jim]

thanks

[El Dorado Jim]

Originally Posted by 71threequarterton

I bought the whole MC/prop valve/power booster assembly from board member "PICKMUP".

From the numbers stamped on it, I believe it's a CPP unit.

thanks

[special-K]

Thanks everybody. That 71 3/4t is looking good. What's great about these trucks is they are classic vehicles ready for chores. I just go by my name in business these days, although the company name I used since the early-80s is still the official name. It's just me and I'm not putting up any facade. But I do think about hanging a sign out front and getting serious going for only historic work. I have a name thought up already, "The Old Home Folks".

I bought that wood as planed 4-side 1" stock. I used biscuits and glue to make sections. Once sections were assembled I used casting resin in knots, nail holes, joints, anywhere with a gap or seam. By the time I belt sanded that down I had a nice plane across the top. I put the two sections at that inside corner together in place, resin, put up a dust barrier, fan in the window and sanded away. The finish is polyurethane, satin Helmsman. That's what I used on my butcher block counters I did years years ago. But I did another kitchen counter top since then and used Waterlox. She wanted poly in her kitchen, but that's what I like best these days.

Added pictures... and one of the truck in a rare moment these days... No cap or ladder racks!

[HO455]

Originally Posted by special-K

Thanks everybody. That 71 3/4t is looking good. What's great about these trucks is they are classic vehicles ready for chores. I just go by my name in business these days, although the company name I used since the early-80s is still the official name. It's just me and I'm not putting up any facade. But I do think about hanging a sign out front and getting serious going for only historic work. I have a name thought up already, "The Old Home Folks".

I bought that wood as planed 4-side 1" stock. I used biscuits and glue to make sections. Once sections were assembled I used casting resin in knots, nail holes, joints, anywhere with a gap or seam. By the time I belt sanded that down I had a nice plane across the top. I put the two sections at that inside corner together in place, resin, put up a dust barrier, fan in the window and sanded away. The finish is polyurethane, satin Helmsman. That's what I used on my butcher block counters I did years years ago. But I did another kitchen counter top since then and used Waterlox. She wanted poly in her kitchen, but that's what I like best these days.

Thank you for the information. It looks very nice and the Herringbone joint in the corner is great. Not many people these days would put the extra effort into doing it that way.