Freightrain

Sorry to hear this Dan. I remember seeing his truck in one of Lindseys videos.

I have a pair of gallon milk jugs I put on my pipes to keep water out if it has to sit outside for a period of time. Usually just hit the button and make the exhaust pop them off so I just have to pick them up instead of climbing up to get them! Some of the show guys take coffee cans and put yard sticks on them so they can hang them on their tall pipes. I'm not that fancy LOL!!

Sounds good Vinny.

Um.........I'm thinking more along the lines of "spaghetti"......................

Mines kinda stiff when cool. My lil brownie box is the same and it's only got fresh 50wt oil in it.

I like it. I like the trailer!! Like I have any need for it. Looks decent.

Til my back stops ach'n, that's my plan. Don't work to well as I got too much crap to do. Been putting off getting tranny back in race car(groan), but went and wrestled that prick back in today. Good to finish off the rest of the stuff I need to do AFTER tranny is back in. Does it ever end?????? Maybe tomorrow?

Hmmmm, I want one of those quiet models(inverter style). Got a nice Yanmar 3700 watt diesel I want to trade off. Got a new Northern Tool catalog the other day, got a new brand inverter type, priced reasonable(compared to Hondas). Been dreaming, but just haven't taken the plunge yet.

Don't cha just love it when something falls in your lap like that?? Makes you just smile

Put new tie rods on last fall. King pins should still be good. Did them years ago and don't get alot of miles. I feel the bounce and see it in the rear mirrors. It literally shakes the whole truck.

I took the truck out or a run the other weekend(truck club meeting), and the bounce is still there about 55-60 mph. No change even with the new rear bushings in the cross beam. I was in the garage this evening and got to poking around and I think I found the root cause. The front bushings in the arms are bad enough I think it is allowing the beam to "bang" up/down on the front mount and this is the bounce I feel in the chassis. It is not as bad with the trailer(with the weight holding everything down). The weather is getting better, so I'm going to get the truck outside so I have room to tear into it. I need to call Cross Truck and see if they have these bushings in stock also. Might have to wait to after Easter weekend as there is too much going on. Time will tell, but I think this is the problem(I hope).

Ditto that. Haven't see a real 6x6 B model in a long time. That would be cool.

Better have: 1) Better aim 2) More bullets ..............then me.

Ben, I have the old painted shell off my truck, might have the old windshields too( I put new glass/rubber in mine a few years ago). I have some boxes of stuff that came with the truck, if you post a list I might be able to help you out. I'm not too far away(Canton, Ohio).

Legal?? Ha!! Who said anything about legal???? "Badges?? We don't need no stink'n badges"

Know'n O-dog, I would assume tabasco or hotter!!

Looks to be a F350, as 250's never came with tandems. 1978 came with round lights, with square optional. In 79 they made them all square headlight. Good ol trucks.

See any cranes ahead of you?? 2 1/2' weight ball is one very large HOOK!!

How about vanilla with some hot sauce?

Actually, the video has "Ten Years After" in the beginning of it. The messages on Youtube note that it is wrong. I'm not that familiar with who he was back in the day, just liked the song/album. Whoever posted the video made the mistake.

It's not actually Ten Years After, it's just Alvin Lee solo. Not sure how I found out about the song? Maybe was on the radio back in the 80's? The whole album is good.

I borrowed a friends 110v machine when I put the bunk on the back of the truck. First I coudn't get my big machine around to where I was welding, plus I was only welding sheetmetal and those small machines do a great job since that is at the upper end of their capabilities/duty cycle. This was a gas machine also, so no flux core wire!

I'm so used to my old machine, my friend gave me his new MIG to fix the the rear suspension on the wagon last winter and I had a hard time welding with it. Told me it would do a better job............but it was so different I had a hard time getting it set right. Even though it's all digital and infinite control. Of course I'm under the car, trying to weld with my helmet mashed between the frame and floor and no room to work/move. Makes it hard to do anything neat. Light?? There wasn't room for light LOL!!! Put me up on a table with everything just right and I'll be Piccasso too. I made a few pieces for buddies Bobcat yesterday. A couple times I went..."wow, that's a purdy weld". Others, not so much. I'm just kneeling on the floor with part flopping around. At the prices for TIG machines and the amount of work I do, it ain't happening either.

Yup.

Tbone, a friend of mine did a job like that back in the late 80's. His familys car was a '77 T/A. He got it in high school and drove it through college. He pulled the motor to rebuild for shop in college, pulled the front sub frame and restored it nut/bolt and put it back together. White with red interior, automatic. I don't have any pics of my first car(75 Pinto wagon), but here's my first purchase in 1983(damn I was young back then) 1972 International 1210 series, 345ci/4 spd. Ex-township road dept truck: Pretty much all I did was work on it, it was whipped to death, bought it for $150 at auction. I put three clutches in three months. No, didn't abuse it, it was just the levers would break off and leave me stuck. RAM clutches was still in Canton, Ohio and they were the ones that rebuilt it each time. After the third time, I got a cheapo reman unit from local parts store and never had a problem after that. July 1984 I got this gem: 1970 F100, 302/3spd: This picture was from about 1988? It was daily transportation for 12 yrs. Put a few hundred thousand miles on that chassis. Lots of motors/transmissions, rear ends, a good bed, cab and many, many other things. Bought this in 1988: Still have it today.