What have I done over the last six weeks

I lost a lot of sleep, ruined my credit rating and beat up my walet pretty good. I worked on my truck untill 10pm or later every day of the week, after runing my shop. Didn't go to any shows or hangouts. Only went out to dinner twice, one was a Denny's. And called in just about all my good guy points.

What good came of it all, I am about to show you all the fruits of my labor. But first I want to give out some kudos to those that deserve them:

My Dad, Len Szymanski, for literaly working his fingers to the bone sanding and doing the body work and paint.

55Safari, Gregg Grisham, for ignoring his family for the last two weeks to help prep for paint and wiring duties.

Chip Quinn, my best bud and punching bag to blame **** on when it went bad. He did a lot of stuff I didn't have time to do.

My Unk Don, general goofball and in charge of painting and polishing.

Jock and Gwen Evans, lending a hand and working hard.

Rick Gantz, former employee and owner of the burned 61 Olds. He did a great job of cheerleading my on when it was getting tough not to mention helping out with prep work for paint.

Tom Roth, My other best bud for body work and cleaning.

Gettingreasy/MrsGetting greasy, Jesse Nathan and Camile and Deyomatic, Steve Deyo for staying until 5am Thursday night putting parts on after painting. You guys rock!

If I forgot anyone I am sorry for the oversight but it has been a hell of a buildup for me.

 

from Thursday on, here is the paint progress........

 

The paint booth Don and I built in a few hours

 

Jock (left) and my dad checking out my construction abilities

 

Rick getting the tires on, getting ready for first time the truck has hit the ground in years!

 

other side

 

hired help

 

Why do us Polacks have the best looking noses??

They're hand picked!!

 

I think the dogs were getting high on the fumes

 

in the booth

 

Damn paint is expensive

 

I think he is eager to use his new Sata

 

Nothing to do but wait,,,

 

break time between coats

 

I have pics of the progress from painting to completion but I will spare you (and myself) from some of the deatails. I think you can imagine what seven people ganged up on one vehicle at the same time looks like...

Fast forward to Friday morning, the day we leave for Vegas

 

Thursday consisted of a old carb that needed to be gone through, Chip and Jerry cleaned it up just fine. Solved a vaccuum leak caused by a new thick carb base gasket. A few more adjustments and we put it on the ground...

 

Friday morning was a ***********. Everyone was ready to go but me, still needed to adjust the clutch and I kept throwing belts. Went through three sets in an hour. Did some "adjustments" to the Alan Grove engine brackening and we were on our way.

 

I had a blast helpin, hell even standing around getting in everyones way was fun to! I wish I woulda know you guys were workin on it sooner or I definatly woulda been there for cheering you guys on even more. I just wanted to thank you for lettin me and the OL help out on such a nice build up(I've never touched such a nice project, let alone help). Thanks for not ch***in us off
-Jesse

 

We left town after 5pm Friday.

I forgot to put a vent in the gas tank, this caused a problem puting fuel in. OGNC came through with a NC member Damon, who opened his house up and tool box for some midnight repairs on Saturday.

I had a blast, got killer gas mileage due to the Tremec TKO trans. No real problems to overcome other than spiting belts of when I got carried away and revved it over 6500rpm, even dropped one on the "strip". No real drama untill we left town Sunday afternoon.


Buddy Nick blew a tire on his F100

 

I got to play road block, hazard flashers worked!

 

Nice work, I can smell the paint, love the grill.......OLDBEET

 

Made it home without too much trouble. The throttle was sticking a bit which made driving over Hoover dam a bit interesting. I think the anti-freeze from boiling over after losing a fan belt did the linkage in.

 

Sounds / looks like some fun. The truck looks good!

that can't be a real freeway...... no traffic in sight!

 

Truck Looks AWESOME...love the paintwork & the makeshift booth.

 

Must feel good being able to thrash on your own stuff. Being in business the customers come first, but there are times when "IT'S MY TURN". Truck looks outstanding, is there anything else you've planned to do besides drive it?

Frank

 

Damn that grill looks *****in'!!!!

Thanks for the pics!.......love that interior too


guess I need to get my *** to Phoenix so I can look at that bad boy in person...great job....

 

That's one of the sweetest looking late model trucks i've ever seen. There's not a thing you could do to improve it's looks in my opinion (and i'm one to want to cut **** to pieces)... it's very singular in it's style.. I can't see it as anything else. Absolutely love it.

 

The truck looks great! Nice to see it come so far.

 

Love your truck man. The grill looks right at home. You need to send me pics and info on that trick.

 

Thats just ****ing beautifull.
It must have felt good to get behind the wheel again...