I hate some previous owners because.....

[chadh100]

pulled out my carpet today to find that my truck probably used to have a manual transmision,, i wish it still was. and to seal off the hole the PO just screwed some ugly looking patch sideways over it. thanks for nuthin


also left some other random hole open above the pedals... anyone know what this could've originally been for....?

[willyp]

Originally Posted by losthope

The stepped arms look crazy scary that looks like a really big step and just flat stock with no gussets? Just wondering if you saw the stepped arms and spring perches when you acquired the truck?

of coarse, however it helped my cause to lower the price and i replaced them for less than $100 form the junk yard. = WIN!

[Summabish]

One my '66....

- Replaced front lower hood panel(great), cut out all brackets for mounting turn signals and hood latch....

- Screwed in cab corners with one screw instead of cutting out old and replacing with new.

- Cut the wiring for the headlights, had to rewire.

- Upgraded to power brakes/5 lug(great), horrible/****ty welds in which I will be fixing soon.

I'm sure I'll find more....

[64fleetside]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

If the proper prep is done on the metal, then painted with epoxy; good.
But that's not what these numbskulls do. They squirt it in there between dirty unprep'd metal cavities, and now moisture is held up against the unprotected metal. I've even read in these forums of guys saying they use the stuff that doesn't absorb moisture. But that still doesn't work. I pulled that great dry foam stuff out of my cab corners. The foam stuff was nice and dry inside, and still holding moisture from condensation against the metal.

I think my buddy blew it out w/an air hose, that's about it. Squirt it in... Rust is already there, and he lives on a gravel road. Poor 51. I saw a 64-5-6 in a salvage yard, the roof had been filled w/great stuff-it almost looked like an acid in the product actually started the corrosion. Rust/corrosion was crazy.

The PO of my '64 went the fiberglass route in the kick panel/floor corner, after buffing the rust w/wire brush on a drill-the glass peeled right off like a orange peel. He also fiberglassed the bed stake holes up. Truck had a camper so there were many holes drilled around the stake holes. I welded it all up.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by chadh100

also left some other random hole open above the pedals... anyone know what this could've originally been for....?

I think that's for the clutch linkage.

No, wait. maybe not.
The hole above the e-cable I think is for the clutch.

[Rich 5150 69]

Yes, it`s for the rod going down to th e Z-bar.

[406 Q-ship]

Originally Posted by ctandc

From the multiple project cars over the years.

How about a 350 that had one valve cover where EVERY BOLT was broken off in the head. So what did the guy do? He used some kind of EPOXY to seal the valve cover to the head. And it still seeped.

Or another small block with a pretty normal intake oil leak. Did he pull the intake and replace the gasket? Of course not. He took RTV and forced it into the gap. Of course that stuff was all through the engine.

How about a PO cutting the exhaust off close to where it connects to the manifold. Then using something that looked to be a combination of duct tape and jb weld to try and put it back together?

Mismatch length shocks on the front of a car. (yes I’m serious).

How about a PO cutting the fuse box out of a Chevelle. I said CUTTING. The entire bundle of wires where it exited the fuse box. Then “reinstalling” by simply twisting the cut wires together and taping them with electrical tape. And this was in a car that the guy had paid a body shop to totally strip, replace rusted sheetmetal and do the body work. I know the shop, he paid GOOD money for this. Then what did he do? He RATTLE CANNED the paint job on.

That sounds like a tweeker.

[purzell]

Repaired EVERYTHING with electrical tape...including the leaking fuel line
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[dodgiesdad]

Wiring, my PO had used 12/2 house wiring for the rear lights !@#$

[bama63]

hacked out dash for radio, rt motor mount gone and secured with a piece of chain,hacked out center cross member when po swapped to a v8 th350, under hood toggle switch attached to the alternator, 3 different sets of side mirror holes. and must of had at least 10 different bed caps or camper tops by the looks of all the holes in the top bed rails

[LostMy65]

As most of us know; the V-8 Motor Mount Perches are a tad tall for the 60-62 'X-Frame'.
Some previous owner solved this issue with cutting the bottom of the perch off.

[corvettejim1968]

holes holes holes. i have 28 holes on the outside and a few more on the inside. some from the big mirrors some from the hooks on the sides of the bed and the ones the bug me most are the large ones to mount the tool box to the side rails.

[LostMy65]

It's like rivets, tin, and bondo are the next best thing to sliced bread.
Some previous owner riveted tin to the inside of the stepside fender.
Then some future owner (or maybe the same person) put another layer of tin over the previous layer.
There was actually three layers of riveted tin holding who knows how many years of dirt.
Argh!

[farmtrucks]

Mine was original red/white top, bbw,all the chrome.... Some DUMB S painted it blue inside and out, stripped the chrome... and tried his first time welding skills at filling in the holes....

[64thunder]

po used two unequal diameter exhaust pipes welded to a t under the transsmission with nothing but spatter for a bead hooked a line from the vacumn on the hei to the brake cylinder wtf but a piece of aluminum foil over the crappy gaskets on the manifolds installed the spark plugs 125643 order on the 230 zip tied the fender to the frame moved the horn to under the dash and rattle can primer over all of the chrome trim, bed wood and turn lights

[CaptainAmerica]

P/O tried on like 3 or 4 sets of dorky Dumbo mirrors before he settled on something that looked like they came off a Peterbuilt, and left 7 million holes in the doors. Also, cut a huge gas filler hole for an auxillary fuel tank mounted in the bed.

Seems to be the common thing on this thread; HOLES.

[TopFuel1966]

[QUOTE
Put lots of dents in odd places, and the rust is unbelievable! I went to Wichita to get this truck, I can't believe how much more rust a truck up there has than an Oklahoma truck![/QUOTE]

I didn't think that was possible after getting my POS out of Oklahoma.....

[ChiefRocka]

.........they cut out an otherwise perfect dash for a DIN radio, as well as the doors for speakers.....
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[Rich 5150 69]

Originally Posted by ChiefRocka

.........they cut out an otherwise perfect dash for a DIN radio, as well as the doors for speakers.....
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Same here John except it was for a real cheap radio...I cleaned up the radio area with a dremel, put in a cd player years back, got some old rusted out doors for my patch panels, one day I`ll get a pic of the inside of the door show you guys what one does with a torch so he can get the windows out. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LINED UP AND......OH sorry no violent actions here....

[Bomp]

My truck was used to push other trucks around with no oil in the motor by a 19yr old. He was real energetic about it too. My '69 Camaro on the other hand had romex house wire under the hood which promptly melted when it touched the header. Started small fire, ruined battery, wire harness, and started a wild goose chase until I finally lost the car in a divorce.

[1972RedNeck]

Originally Posted by maxwoof

For throwing out the parking brake hardware from my 12 inch drum brakes.

That's the first thing I do when I pull the drums off for the first time. Somebody else gets to hate me for that now.

Originally Posted by purzell

Repaired EVERYTHING with electrical tape...including the leaking fuel line

When I was 11 I learned that electrical tape and gasoline don't mix. The sticky part turns to slime.


Wire nuts should be illegal to use on trucks. I hate when they ran out of electrical tape and used masking tape, which is now a white powder.

[Leadfoot Lambert]

You guys with the small holes cut in your tranny tunnel have nothing to complain about, here's mine!

Here's what I cut out to repair it


Here's what it looks like now, I still have holes to patch!

[dougf]

I love this thread! Tonight I am posting why I hate the previous owner of my truck... I have a few good ones

[donthekawguy]

The wiring in my 66 is all messed up. The PO installed a cut off switch like you see on the rear of sub 9 second drag cars. See pic. Then he put in a toggle switch on the dash that turns on the ignition. See pic. So the starting procedure goes as follows- lift the hood turn the big switch, close hood get inside flip the small switch on the dash, turn key to start. Nice!

[LostMy65]

^Very Nice.
Be sure to post a step by step on how one might do that same wiring tip. ;-p
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