Dude slow down. I can't keep up!! I am jelouse of your speedster though. Were do you get your hose done?
Blaaze-hi-way service got rid of their SAE fittings so it's napa. should have it tomorrow. went with flat white on the grill for now.
pex, Nice progress! Are those 40 pu rear fenders? they look in good cond. Do you have a extra pair? You are doing some good work.
Pex, I'm retired and can't get as much done as you do every week. Oh yeah I'm broke too that might have something to do with it!!
got the PS just about done last night. donn- i'm broke as well, its just that i bought most of the parts and pieces over a 7yr period and as far as speed of the build i only work at my job 3-4 days a week. i also have arthritis and if i sit around and watch the idiot box i stiffen up. i know you wern't looking for a story, just sharing. i've also found if i tackel one thing every time i go out to play, things tend to get done faster. i'm a list guy. fabman-the rear fenders are from a 47 ford. i found them next to a pile of rocking horse ****(very rare). LOL I was in the right place at the right time and a dude i know showed me the wescott fenders i had suggested he buy. i thought he asked because he didn't have any but he had these and considered them to far gone so he gave them to me.
spent friday and sat at alberta's oldest and best swap-meet. i had a table and sold about 1k worth of **** (i mean good stuff. LOL )then proceded to spend said monies on some much needed parts for the truck. headlights with the build in turn signals,39 taillights with blue-dots,steering wheel,door-jam bumpers and seals etc. this was in the parking lot
got a few things done before the swap-meet.then afterwards i had to go in the hospital and have some maint.i'm good but they don't know **** about pistriping,
donn- when they use a heart monitor they use stick on pads for the leads.over the course of a three day stay in the cardiac care unit and having multiple tests they get changed quite often. the square marks are the glue residue, after scrubing in the tub. i have three stents by my heart and thought one colasped. i'm good to go. good thing for canada's free health care system.
3 Days in the CCU? Were you having problems or just some kind of a check up? You must of had some problems in the past to have 3 stints in veins. Jeez, take care of your self 'cause I am looking forward to your visit in August. Built a dolly for my cab and built one for my sleeper so I can move them around in the shop. I am going to try to get them in this week. Need to get the ch***is cleaned up to get it in there too. I see on your engine you seem to have set it real low in the ch***is .......... how low did you go? I bought the tubular engine mount and am wondering if its going to be too high in the ch***is. Have the trans crossmember with a 6 inch drop as well. The engine is going to sit under the sleeper I hope.
no worries donn, my heart attacked me 6yrs ago and i had a little scare so my cardiologist wanted to do some tests. i'm alright thanks. my engine is mounted so the bottom of pan is one foot from the ground,the running boards are 8 1/2in. should be alright, i'm shooting for a nice riding truck. the driveshaft ended up being 15in. i'm getting close and have been caught by my wife sitting in it making engine sounds. i'll be there in aug donn so leave somthing for us to do. greg
53- truck's from edmonchuck and i hear he attends the banff run, i'll be there so i'll talk to him and get some more pics. i like the carson style top.
since i'm supposed to take it easy for awhile, i took some pictures to show the height of things in relation to stance and running board mock up. the other pic shows the head and taillights i bought at the swap-meet also bought the steering wheel. the shifter,fan, and trans cooler i had. i'm sure glad i'm getting to use up this stuff.
I am dealing with a guy from Edmonton that saw my '69 Short Fleet for sale at the Red Deer swap meet. The black '48 COE is owned by his friend. Chevy Value van ch***is and a ***mins 6bt. Says it is awesome on the road, it's "a train" He goes to Bakersfield to the races, so it may be seen there.
been busy with yardwork but jumped back on the running board-rear fenders also just about finished with the rad and cooling lines. i'll take some pics monday.
Hi, It has been suggested that my first post, that had my name and location and what I am building wasn't enough introduction. so I will try again. But then someone pointed me to the newbie section, so I have posted my introduction there . I live in calgary , self emplyed auto/collectables restoration,custom paint, been in the industry 27 years. Got into old cars naturally,my father loved them and he had a '27 Chrysler,and a '52 Meteor. I presently have a '69 Chevy short fleet ,396,3 speed lever,and a '39 GMC COE that is slowly getting worked on. Plan is to build a pickup style truck. Although I have had some cars, and I really like cars, I've always been a truck guy. PEX,Sorry to use your build thread to clarify this, just trying to cover my tracks, don't want to get in more trouble here. : ) Can I be on the playground now? __________________
hey ShortFleet. Play on all the equipment you want but you gotta stand in line for the slippery slide!!! Welcome to the group................. now some pictures of that '39 please.
welcome to the playground kelly. now that you belong, lets see some pictures and let us in on your plans. you could start your own thread. Fabmandan-i was just trying to be funny with my rocking horse comment, my wife tells me some of my humor comes across a bit ****ish.sorry
UPDATE- its alive, it steers, it stops, it runs real sweet. i'm working on wiring today and hope to have this done tomorrow. this will give me next week to take the bodywork to 80grit and make it pretty. there's a run in calgary next weekend and they have the drag strip friday night and i'd like to make a few p***es. i'm not going to have the deck even close to finished but it to is comming along.THE THRASH IS ON!
Hey Pex, I am glad to see the coe running!!!!! Are you going to be at the Deerfoot Casino tomorrow? I am polishing a loonie for you as you are certainly the winner.
yeah blaaze give er! i'm so close i can smell the burnout. just the e-brake,throtle cable, and shifter. some build pics. the cooling lines-wiring done-overflow bottle etc with the rad in(96 ford van-inline 6 dash with signal light indicators and bright light
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