COE 1941 Ford COE build

Had the privilege of following not 1, but TWO Barracudas on a local classic car cruise/drive...

drat, looks like an MP4 is not allowed...

 

Asked ChatGTP to paint it copper with white fins and roof... It actually did it...

 

Drove Buford to the Antique Truck Show at the Owl's Head Museum in Maine. It was a wonderful venue. Lots of fantastic cars in the museum along with Biplanes and Triplanes flying! A diverse****ortment of trucks in the show. (no other COEs :-( ) The coastal drive along Route 1 was incredible.

Jackie drove on the highway headed home and says "the steering seems to have more play than it should".. Yup, she's my regular tester... lol.. I check it out at home and one of the Isuzu spline shaft couplings had loosened up and was eating it's splines... GREAT, I gotta find one of those from a 1998-2002 Isuzu Rodeo...

No local yards had one, but Jack's down in Mass thought they might.. Go there... "There should be a 1998 and a 2000 out there"... Where are they? On the left somewhere... Oh boy.... This is a big yard.... Wander along the left side of the yard and eventually stumble onto what looks like a Rodeo... Badges were gone, I wasn't sure... Find something that looks like Isuzu scrawled on the back glass... Hmm... is it a Rodeo.... I look around at the front end in the dirt and see no wheels, what appears to be missing front end and steering components....*****... I look up at the roof and there it is!!! The entire front clip cut off the truck INCLUDING THE REVERSER!!! 4 bolts, no crawling in the mud and I got the part...

Sometimes you get the bear!

 

And on the price.... Driving down I'm thinking "It should be $25, but prolly will be $50 and since I think it's going to be $50, it will be $75. It was $75.

 

Boris got a new coolant tank (finally)... Now, I just have to burp the system....