Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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501Maico
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Me too. I bought this can in the 70's and there is about 1/4 left. I also have smaller cans of black and copper at my mountain property. I put this stuff in the same category with white thermal heat sink paste for electronics work. Both transports through the air and gets on things that would seem impossible.
501Maico
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I bought my house as a shell at auction and needed a truck. Found this 1966 Chevy 1 ton at a good price. The ladder rack was amazingly strong and I used it often for the longer stuff. Even carried 2 sets of wooden stairs I had made for me in one trip.
Made the mistake of hauling gravel for my basement. The guy in the giant loader at the quarry was probably giggling as he was filling the truck. The front wheels were barely touching the road and left the road on bumps.
I had the rest delivered by dump truck.
501Maico
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Wow, close to being a terrible outcome. Zero tension on the rope.
Crack me up. The church guy is still a friend. He has a three car garage and his brand new F150 has to sit outside. He hauls away all of the old Craftsman and MTD stuff everyone at Church has and gets it running and flips them. In his garage you have to sit on a seat, slide through, sit on a seat, slide through. No isles, just piles.
I wish I had of taken pics. My friends land lord is 92, back in 63 he bought a new ISO Rivolta. It’s an Italian two seat sports car with a Chevy 327 in it. He drove it for 300,000 miles and parked it in the woods. Let it set there for a couple decades. He sold it to a guy in Arizona for $700. They pulled it out a few months ago and it was in three piles. It was a uni body and was rusted in three pieces, front sub frame, engine, with what was left of the hood leaning on pile. Passenger compartment with seat springs in a pile, roof rusted off on all four corners, bent in half on top of the seats. Rear subframe with axle and trunk lid stuffed in the trunk. The guy in Arizona was restoring a nice one and bought it for the clear title and serial number plate. I did a search and found a restored one that sold for $385,000. That’s the same guy that gave me the Sachs KMS4 for $100.
Can't take a pic of sheet metal that's not there anymore
I would need a time machine to go back to 2009
Got to the point I was not enjoying driving it . I would notice a new chip here and there every road trip . I drove it to Tennessee in 2020 for a big show put 2000 miles on it on the way home we did all back roads . It drove like a new truck but I got a big ol chip in the hood . I’m not a guy to trailer a vehicle . Sold it at the Carlisle truck show in 2021 guy offered me a stupid high price for it .
Sounds familiar! I've been collecting free snowblowers and rehabbing them for my family. Five so far... will keep at it until we've got a good fleet of 8 HP or so machines to deal with the big driveways and I'll sell off the others which should pay for the rehab of all of them. Free lawn mowers, garden tractors and a pressure washer have been rehabbed for my family too. It amazes me how people just throw /give stuff away. Some of that equipment needed less than $15 in parts and oil to put back in service. The worst snowblower cost about $150 to rehab as it needed a new chute and a valve job--probably not worth fixing if you were paying a shop to do the work. I grew up with a 4 car and single car garage and they were full of motorcycles, tractors, unregistered old vehicles, building materials, etc. and no registered trucks/cars! Everything we drove was in the driveway or next to the garage...
There is one similar to that in my father's garage. I think it's the same paint colors. Two wheel drive 2500 with a 454.
This one was a 1/2 ton Russet/Carmel tan . The way to tell a 77 from all other trucks either suburban or pickup is the accent color of the trim . 77 was a one year only yellow all other years were black
I know the new Mustang GTs with the 10 speed auto are more than 1/2 second faster in the 1/4 mi than a stick shift with the best driver, and launch control does amazing things ... but it is kinda like cheating!
My Mustang has a 5 speed stick and no launch control (if you don't turn the traction control off, you almost can't drive it).
What amazes me it that it is faster on the street than an original 66 427 AC Cobra or a 67 427 Vette!!! I'm sure the new tire technology and my suspension mods to improve traction have something to do with it. (Griggs racing torque arm and adjustable lower control arms).
I'm sure if I put a softer suspension up front, I would get much better weight transfer and would launch much better, but I like the way she corners.
My Steeda suspension (springs, shock/struts, and sway bars) was reasonably priced and makes a huge difference (handles very well), but if money were no object, an adjustable Griggs racing unit would be pretty incredible.
My son looking at the front spring perches on my 2008 F250, "They look to be about 50% rust and 50%...AIR!."Can't take a pic of sheet metal that's not there anymore
my preferred applicator is a used toothpick! use it like a paint brush. works great!! anti-seize good stuff, but i dont want the stuff on me or all over me!Me too. I bought this can in the 70's and there is about 1/4 left. I also have smaller cans of black and copper at my mountain property. I put this stuff in the same category with white thermal heat sink paste for electronics work. Both transports through the air and gets on things that would seem impossible.
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one has the brush with it, but i almost never use it. i have a small tin can on my lube shelf over my vise area etc on workbench... and the gray stuff just to the side. convenient!
the F150 did well in the ratings....
https://theshopmag.com/features/for...truck-of-the-year/?oly_enc_id=7565J3045834F1B
not sure i have ever seen one. there was a Jag shop not too far from us and they retro fit sbc's into Jags... busy place!
The Original. 1963-1970 Iso Rivolta GT IR 300
i got a brick of a tool truck! old '83 cheb van... modded up nicely. inline, MSD, ported. K&N, block deck work, bump in CR, stall converter, trans kit, etc... and corners like a dream! sports car-like!!
hiway radials and front and rear HD ADDCO sway bar kits with the roll limiting urethane grommets installed, too! the old a/c evap core is my trans oil cooler! not so much a looker, but one he... of a runner! 
well, u get the idea!
i liked all the street racing posts last nite! your Mustang sounds like a Ford not to contend with!!
Yea, way back in the 70s my Dad bought a Jeep Wagoneer, went through snow nice, but handling was horrible.
My brother installed an ADDCO sway Bar in the rear ... what a difference! Greatly improved handling and reduced wheel hop.
My brother installed an ADDCO sway Bar in the rear ... what a difference! Greatly improved handling and reduced wheel hop.
