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I started a thread on an another Forum but, with the plethora of C10's appearing on these pages, I was feeling a littl left out so decided to join the party! Anyway, back in June of last year I was idly surfing the pages of eBay whilst on one of the many conference calls I have with my colleagues in the USA when this caught my eye.  Was half looking for a C10 as had sold my previous toys a few years back due that strange thing called, life…   A call to the vendor and a number of photographs later a deal was done! Huzzah! And that’s where that funny thing called life came around and knocked on my front door again, the week after the deal was done I was made redundant! Luckily for me the gentlemen I had arranged to collect the truck and ship to the UK agreed to hold onto it until I decided what I wanted to do, sell in the USA or bring it back to the Motherland… Fast forward a month or so and I was back in employment, looked like the truck was coming home, well that is right up until life decided that I needed another reminder of who was actually in charge of my destiny as my father was taken suddenly ill and had to have a fairly major operation! Thankfully he is a tough old boot and has made a full recovery so will be annoying my Mother for a fair few years yet. So…. Approximately 6 months after purchasing the C10 I arrived at Southampton docs to be greeted by this:-  What is the old adage, expect the worse and hope for the best? Well on first acquaintance the old girl seems to be in a lot better nick than I could have hoped for!    And a long distance hitch hiker  I was quite specific in what I wanted from a truck. Original, unrestored, honest and it would appear that is what I have purchased. And too show I was in a rather good mood, pictorial evidence of actual physical contact between the ‘evil middle child and I’…  After a quick walk around to check lights, tyres etc, moving a number of boxes that were shipped with the truck into my wife’s car to allow a little suspension travel, throwing 5 gallons of fresh juice into the tank and attaching my faithful jump leads a crank of the key failed in creating any vroom vroom from the engine… Sausages…  Off with the air cleaner and a little go juice down the carb and……  Success!!!!!  Well, sort of as it popped and banged, farted and banged some more until the engine pulled through the new fuel and settled down into a rather noisy tick over. Let the engine warm up, checked all the lights were working and hit the road for the 137mile journey home! Now I had originally intended to have the truck collected and delivered to me in deepest darkest Essex but after getting a number of quotes I decided that, as it had been driving before it left California, I would collect it and drive home myself! Insured the truck on the chassis number and booked it into the MOT for the afternoon. For whatever reason, I was expecting the California plates to still be on the truck but, as you can see by the pictures, they were missing, so my journey started with me calling a friend to find out what the legal ramifications of driving a vehicle with no number plates on. Turns out that if you have a misrepresented or obscured number plate you will enjoy a £1000 fine and 3 points on your licence. However…if you have no number plate at all it is a £30 fixed penalty ticket and no points on your licence… So, without further ado…I was off!  Stopped to throw a further 10 gallons of Shells finest in the tank ( yes I know the fuel cap is missing in earlier pictures, one of 2 things that didn’t make the trip in addition to not knowing the rules about first fill up pictures...) All looked good on the gauges, if running a little cool, and with every passing mile the truck got happier and happier settling down into a 60mph cruise.   Having driven LHD cars in a RHD world for the best part of 35 years I don’t have a problem with motorways etc but due to ‘the box’ (more of which later) overtaking lorries on the journey home was…challenging… What do you think?  Traffic was very light on the M25 and we made good time but as I approached the Dartford crossing, I started to feel a little… uncomfortable… Why, I hear you ask? Well let me tell you… I was sort of operating in that well know ‘grey area’ of legality on my drive home. Technically, you are not allowed to operate a vehicle on her Majesty’s Highway without an MOT. However, you are allowed to drive a vehicle TO an MOT station if the ticket has expired…remember me booking it in for its MOT earlier… Also, one of the headlamps had been smashed in transit and there was the small issue of the lack of number plates… So, after 107miles why was I now getting nervous? To ease congestion at the Thames crossing automated barriers had been put in place, taking a picture of the driver and number plate and charging it against your registered account… So…what happens when you don’t have a number plate? I had visions of the barriers failing to open and the police arriving ‘En Mass’ escorting me off to a cold cell in Kent to be questioned about my ‘terrorist activities’… why, oh why had I not taken the other route home? Remarkably, the new installation seemed to be doing its job as traffic was flowing freely as I approached the barrier…. curse word, curse word. curse word… only one car if front of me, already practicing what I was going to say to the constabulary…me next and……. The barriers opened and I was FREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! HUZZAH!!!!! Only another 30 miles to go, “what could possibly go wrong” thought I as the unmistakable ‘running out of petrol first surge’ occurred as I entered the one mile tunnel under the Thames…. Guess the fuel gauges is inaccurate then…. Thankfully I managed to get through the tunnel and over to the hard shoulder where I put a further 5 gallons of juice in the tank, looks as if the fuel consumption is slightly higher than I would have hoped… With the end of the journey in sight my wife left me to collect the 2 younger children from my parents as I made the final leg of the trip alone… Which meant I could act like a hooligan without her telling me off! Have to say that the old girl can show a clean pair of heals to the unsuspecting ‘Yoof’ of Essex… but more of that later! Tired and happy I tucked the truck in it new home and retired to my siting room, still smiling and feeling very much as if all was right with the world….  First job is to get the truck MOT’d where I will pick up my tale again but, until then, here are a few, poor, poor pictures of what I have actually purchased.      So until next time…. P.  |
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Love it! Congratulations on a fine purchase. Look forward to hearing more
Cheers
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 I like cars. I like old cars. I like old fast cars. I like sleeperzzzzzzzzzzz (please excuse the slip into ‘Yoof Speak’ So what’s the plan, Batman? I love the style and design of older cars, but I am not 100% happy in how they drive. My 56 (see above both car and truck) looked ‘stockish’ at first glance with different wheels and stance, but with modern underpinnings making them drive like a modern car. Oh yes they ‘might’ have a little power increase over stock… I also used to do a little racing… (Mmmmm...supposed to be a picture in here of my thinner, racing days, use your imagination) So…with that in mind I have a 4 stage plan. 1. MOT and shake down to establish what is what. 2. Upgrade of brakes and suspension – Blame Rob at No Limits for this with his ‘How to make it handle thread’ 3. Upgrade gearbox to 5 speed and change rear end gearing 4. Install LM7 5. Turbo. 6. Race. OK, so that is a 6 point plan but you get the idea…. Without any further ado I give you… Stage 1! After awaking 'Woody' (Blame my daughter Woody is an ex California Forestry truck) from his slumbers it became apparent that there was a fairly heavy drain on the battery overnight. Quick charge and, using my trusty multimeter, checked to see if there was a draw with everything switched off.  That will be a no then.  But still not startie when turning the key. Did I happen to mention that I hate electrical problems? A lot more investigation and still no closer to finding a problem, lot of loud clicking noise from the starter but no vroom, vroom. As it was bitterly call I decided to retire to the comfort of a hot shower, it only took 30 seconds to write but the above process took 6 hours. Did I say I hated electrical problems? Always do my best thinking in the shower so, after 20 minutes I had my Eureka! moment. Must be a problem with the starter motor, I concluded. Anyway too cold and late to go out again tonight so woke up early the next day to start the second day of diagnostics. No pictures I am afraid but it became pretty apparent once under the truck what the problem could be. The main power lead was uninsulated where it attached to the starter and when it had been tightened had cranked over and was hard against the spare terminal on the solenoid. Will make a new lead at a later point but for today just moved and re-secured. Quick test and….Success!!!! Next job was to find out why the horn was not working. Quick call to Grizz to establish the position of the horn and the problem became immediately apparent…there was no horn! Dug through my pile of carefully assembled spare parts, or pile of junk as my wife refers to it, and found a spare horn from my 56.  Tested it across the battery to ensure it worked, Parp Parp! I love the sound of an old horn. Plugged it in and pushed the horn button and…..Silence…. curse word So, quick test of the horn relay was inconclusive so disconnected it and took it apart to test in the comfort of the kitchen. I hate electrics…  Nothing much seemed amiss other than a bit of dust (in fact that is a recurring theme throughout the day) so cleaned and gapped the contacts and tested again. Success!  Re assembled and pushed the horn button again…Silence… curse word, curse word. Made up a test lead and bypassed the wiring up to the column. PAAAARRRRRPPPPP!!!!! We have Horn! But still nothing on the button. Electrics…..GRRRRRRRR!!!!! Shorted out the contact at the wheel and nothing, so at least I had established where the fault was. Now you might have thought that this took a long time to read but it is nothing compared to the amount of time taken to get the wheel off the column…. Ended up making a puller, cutting threads in metric bolts and finally…  Success! Tested the contact between the ring and horn push and nothing, HUZZZAAAHHH I have found the problem, only took me 4 hours… Adjusted the plunger and retested, still nothing. Mmmmm…. My eyes then wondered to my ‘Top Shelf’ where there was a few steering wheels collected over the years.  The Impala wheel provided a replacement part ( in fact was tempted to just fit the Impala wheel) re assembled and… PAAAARRRRPPPPPPPPP!!!!!! We have horn from the horn button!!! Another thing ticked off the list  NEXT!! Screen washers, the bane of my life in all vehicles…. So a little digging revealed that I did indeed have screen washers, the jets and tubes are all present, sadly no water bottle but that is an easy remedy. Now how do they work, or not in this particular case… A quick poke around under the dash confirmed the location of the pump, with wires attached but no, Squirty Squrty action when the button was pushed. Looks like another electrical problem. Did I mention that I hate Electrics? After confirming there was feed from the switch, or at least I think there is, I decided that rather than remove large swathes of my body to enable me to contort into a position to test the pump I would just take it out. Actually quite easy after I had stemmed the flow of blood to my newly severed midrife.  Once on ‘the bench’ it became apparent that years of dust and probable lack of use, had caused the internals to seize up. After an hour of fannying about I made the decision that £17 spent with Rock Auto for a new pump was a wise investment, especially as they are a requirement for the MOT and I only had 6 days before I was required to attend the station to be tested. By now it was bloody cold, getting quite late and my Father decided that, as much as he enjoys spending time with me, the lure of a cold beer and a warm fire had far more pull than a cup of warm tea and a cold garage. So we called it a day. But! He still hadn't been for a ride in Woody, so we loaded up the dogs and drove out of one gate and back in through the other. As I was putting the truck away the older bearded one commented on the fact that one of the brake lights was not working, hopefully just a bulb.  So with Dad off home I thought I had just better check again that all was OK with a quick trip out of the gates…  It would appear I might have an LSD… 5 days until MOT time so, until later. P. |
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Glad you have posted up here as well Paul.
You are right there are a few now.
And also nationally they seem to be picking up interest.
Cool post up.
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A few more posts to move across until I am upto date. Would be good if it really moved at this pace.... P. |
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Nice rig, nice patina. If that thing could talk it would have some tales. Good to see some real people in a post too. I enjoyed the pics and the write up.
Good Luck with the MOT.
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Right, so where were we then? Ah yes… 5 days to MOT day…. So what was outstanding that would be needed to achieve a magic ticket? 1. Horn – Done 2. Screen Washers – to do 3. Passenger brake light – to do Screen washer first then. Previously you will have seen that I decided to save myself a whole load of agro and just order up a new pump from Rockauto. Placed the order on Sunday and it arrived on my doorstep Wednesday, which was lucky as I had a day off as it was my good ladys birthday. And as she is such a wonderful person, I was allowed an hour in the garage as she spent a leisurely afternoon with her feet up ahead of the evenings festivities.  Also ordered a new fuel cap, so here is a gratuitous shot of my first new addition to Woody…  Felt rather good putting something new on.  Anyway, took the new pump and offered it up… Mmm…something is not quite right here….  Bloody hell fire! Tried for 30 mins to modify it to fit but gave up as it was just too big to fit (that's what she said....) Anyway, as you can probably guess not too happy at this stage, the grand total of $70, including shipping, wasted. Oh well, plan b then, which I should have probably done in the first place but I am a stickler for ‘originality’ where possible. Quick trip to my local auto factors to procure the following:-  Make up a quick loom  Position under dash.  Push washer button and….. Nothing. Mmmm… test feed to motor, all good. Take motor off and test on battery… Dead. Return to motor factors who didn’t have another and ordered it in for the following day. Never mind will be an easy job to sort out one evening. More on this later. Time for Cake and Laughter. Later. P. |
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cracking start to the project  love the ANPR dodging antics at thurrock too |
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Remember the older, bearded one telling me that I had an errant brake/turn signal and its refusal to light upon application of the stop pedal.?  Well, with the excellent help and knowledge of Fleetside Larry on the 67-72 truck forum, who put together a simple trouble shooting guide for, well… Simpletons… I discovered that the fault lay in the turn signal switch.  Hurrah!! Trouble was that the nearest switch was 4000 miles away and even paying super doper shipping fees it would not be here in time… I was hoping that I would be able to have an entire build thread without having to expose my alter ego but it would appear that necessity has dictated that this is not to be…. Calling KAPTAIN BODGEIT! KAPTAIN BODGEIT to the BODGE PHONE…  With the good Kaptain in the Bodge Cave, a hasty loom was Bodged together, bypassing the faulty switch and….  Success! We have lights! (to save me embarrassment I decided not to take pictures of this….) You will also be pleased to know that a switch has been ordered and will be here next week. As the KAPTAIN left me to help other less fortunate I returned to the Elephant in the room… Well actually the LS motor in the bed…  Now, I had put out a plea to my local car people for the loan of a crane to extricate the new heart from the patient but with no luck. So… How to get a 500lb motor out of a truck using nothing but Pallets, a few scaffold boards, jack and an Engine Stand…. DON’T JUDGE ME!!!!!!! Let’s just say, not my proudest moment…    Please note that I moved the engine back on the stand so it is fully engaged and have a lump of 4 x 2 supporting the front now. Cold and tired I retired for the evening, still a lot to do but getting there. Until the next time. P. |
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MOT booked for Saturday 10AM, so a few hours Friday night to get the washer motor fitted and tidy up before ticket time… The good lady had collected the washer pump for me earlier so that upon removal of my suit and tie, I am not as classy as Grizz when it comes to garage attire, I was able to jump straight in.  Connected pump up to the loom and connected the pipes, water in a temp bottle and… Success!!!! The motor runs!! But, hold on.. No Aqua…. Mmm… Sucked the water through and reconnected….till nothing…. OK, pump out, took the lower plate off and connected to the battery.  What a load of rubbish (stronger word omitted for those of a delicate disposition). The pump was running but the gear was not, too late to get another pump now, nothing too it but to get up early, rush to the other motor factors in town and get another pump. Quickly checked over the rest of the truck, filled it with fuel, turned it around and returned to the bosom of my family for an evening of laughter and mindless tv. Plus it was bloody cold and I had the hump. Woody at new ride height, minus 500lb from his Bootay… Think I might get a nose bleed at that altitude…  You know there is more to come…. P. |
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Looks great Paul -lots of superb patina. Bench seat looks brand new too - let me know if you ever decide to move that on.. You sure you need to upgrade that master cylinder before going LS..? |
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MOT Day!!! Alarm kicks off at 7.30 to give me time for a cup of tea and a little breakfast before the big day. To say I was excited is probably an understatement. A quick trip to another motor factors provided a new pump but, much to my dismay, it was the same as the two previous pumps but in a different packaging…Oh well, not time to moan yet. Straight home plugged it in and… Successs!!!! KAPTAIN DODGEIT was unavailable when I called so had to improvise on a washer bottle and holder…  DON’T JUDGE ME!!!!! By this time I was acutely aware of the clock ticking inexorably towards 10am and the 30 minute drive to the station, especially as it was now 9.40… Collected all the documentation, jumped in Woody and, with a quick call to Andy at the MOT station to tell him I was on my way, we were off! Having only driven with a full load in the bed the handling was…Interesting as I bounced and wallowed the 10 miles to the test station. I now feel as if I understand what the base line handling of Woody is and… it’s not what I would call ‘good’ by modern standards, or in fact any standard unless your previous benchmark was a Mirror Dingy… Still smiled all the way though… Glad that I invested a few Pounds Sterling in Rob at No Limits with his front and rear sway bars and Shocks along with his adjustable panhard rod. Think the time table for upgrades might have been brought forward by a few weeks. Anyway, arrived a few minutes late at the station but, due to the fact that the C10 is not the most complicated vehicle ever made, still had enough time to carry out the test in full.   SPOILER ALERT! Woody Passed! Two advisories, slightly perished drivers side brake hose (Disk conversion coming soon so that is covered) and play in the steering box. To say I was happy doesn’t even cover it. Whilst there Andy let me have a quick look underneath, not supposed too but he has been ticketing my cars for the past 15 years, and pleased to report that, despite outward appearance, Woody’s undercarriage is, to coin my favourite internet show, MINT!! No rust, no surprises. Floor is solid with no repairs, 3 small pinholes in the drivers toe board but nothing to worry about. What a relief! Was in such a rush this morning that I forgot my camera so here are a few phone shots, bit pants but you get the picture.    Popped round to see a few friends on the way back one of whom will attend to the body damage on the b pillar and then home to spend time with my son before he goes back to University. Took this at the local super market as it sort of gives an idea of the size difference between a ‘small’ pickup and the usual fodder….  All in all a great day. So, with the paper work sorted, I can apply for UK registration and now start on the GRAND PLAN! Until next time, P. |
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Looks great Paul -lots of superb patina. Bench seat looks brand new too - let me know if you ever decide to move that on.. You sure you need to upgrade that master cylinder before going LS..? Hey Barney, Have a complete new brake system that will be going in shortly. Idea is to get all the suspension set up, chassis cleaned and painted and the transmission and axle sorted before adding the LS. The aim was to enter this in the Retro Time Attack series, I have copied the suspension set up from the truck that is currently running second in the Ultima Street Car challenge so it should be competitive. Doubt if I will make the early races but would like to get one round in this year. Plus annoy a few people at track days.... If I can find a seat from a newer Chevy truck to give me the added leg room then the bench will be for sale. Or I might modify the padding, time will tell. P. |
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Sounds great - can't imagine throwing something that big around a track, but what a blast; make sure you wear velcro trousers on that bench !!
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Remember this?  Well for the astute you may have noticed that when Woody arrived in the Mother Country there were a number of box’s that accompanied him.  Some small, some large. But all full of goodness. Funny enough one of the box’s contained this.  HUZZAH!! A cure for…. So first things first, off with the door panel.  Now you will have to use the ‘theatre of the mind’ for the next bit as, for some reason my camera flipped out. So, imagine that I have taken the door panel off, identified the triangular plate on the inside of the door that provides strength to the door skin and used a punch to mark the holes so that I can drill three holes in the right place. See, not so hard… A bit difficult to see but again using your super imagination and you can just make out the 3 marks from the punch to mark the holes.  Anyway, holes drilled,  and a little application of red oxide to protect the bare metal  Mirror offered up and then a little ingenuity to enable the nuts and washers to be attached to the bolts that will hold the mirror on.  Why the tape and spanner you ask? Because without it there was no way I was getting my arm through the small hole in the inner door skin to hold them on! Now, I could have just wound the bolts in but prefer the added security of knowing that everything is secure. If you have arms like a super model then you won’t need the tape but if you’re a normal soul then I can’t see any other way of getting it all together. Ta Da!!  Yes I know the picture is slightly out of focus but you get the picture.  Hopefully on my trip out to meet Rian and Martin on Saturday, I will be able to report if it has made any difference A change from electrics and probably deathly dull for the majority but it keeps me amused. Until the next time. P. |
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awesome stuff sir, always happy to see another pick-up on the forum. Sadly mine is too "new" to get any appreciation here  Great story and read look forward to seeing what you do with it all |
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 Electricians of the World, Rejoice! Your jobs are safe! Why? I am glad you asked that question. Quite simply it has taken me 8 whole hours to take the number plate bulb from this.  To this.  Now, I am embarrassed about this enough and, as those who have taken the time to follow the ramblings of this particular idiot will know about my loathing for all things electrical, but 8 hours to make a lightbulb work? Muppet. Anyway, done now and I can move onto other stuff. Oh goody…more electrics… Ever since picking Woody up he has been rather reluctant to start on certain occasions. Originally I thought this was a draw on the battery but checked this through and found nothing. On the day that I was supposed to meet Rian and Martin I once again experienced this reticence to turn electrical juice into rotary motion of the starter so had to face the indignation of using the Super Fiesta ™ to meet my other ‘Truckies’… I voiced my Holmes like deductions to Rian and came to the conclusion that it ‘must’ be a problem with the starter. Now, I am going to have to call upon you to employ the ‘Theater of the Mind’ once again at this stage as I have no pictures of me taking the starter out, putting it on the bench and testing it (it was all good, thanks for asking). Once nestled back in the bosom of my small block, I turn the key and…. CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK. At this stage I reached for my handy, pocket size, copy of Roger Mellie's profanisaurus to bring to life my utter contempt and loathing for Edison and Tesler…. Ah, much better… But, hold on a second… Hit key again and, as the bonnet (hood) was open I noticed a veritable 5th November (4th July) fireworks display coming from the negative battery lead. A quick feel of the cable and the 3rd degree burns to my palm indicated that I might have traced my problem (see I told all you electricians that you had nothing to fear…) So, a quick trip to my local motor factors resulted in me procuring, these.  Which resulted in this.  Glad to report that turning the key now results in ‘Vroom, Vroom’ noise rather than CLICK, CLICK, CLICK. HUZZAH!!! Jumping around slightly I better explain the picture at the top of the page. For the more observant amongst you, notice the lack of Industrial girder style bumper for the more svelte contours of an original chrome bumper? Good… So, on all of my trucks to date I have had the ‘dealer option style rear bumper and… I am not a fan. For those of you still awake you might remember my search for a rear bumper to ship back with Woody and I am glad to report that a member on the Truck forum came through. As I am sick and tired of Electrics (did I tell you I hate Electrics?) and have to brace myself for the LM7 install, I thought I would add some Bling. Armed with this.  Which I used on these.  Resulting in this.  I managed to remove the Girder with little effort, due to my Herculean upper body strength, Grrrrrrr….  Unfortunately, substituting great strength for a pea size brain, as already demonstrated by my 8 hour electrical marathon, meant that the Rubik’s Cube puzzle that was the rear bumper irons took a little time to work out.  However! I can report success as shown in the above picture. Now just need to make some Gravel Shields, tidy up the wiring and apply a little paint and we are good to go. HUZZAH!!! again… Please note that when I take the bed off to sort out a few bits and pieces I will be cleaning and painting the chassis. Now, Remember this? Well I thought I had solved it with this.  Wrong! However, whilst rummaging through the ‘Mystical box of bits ™’ I came across a Peep mirror that I had not got round to fitting to my BBW 56 Pickup, probably because the BBW rendered it superfluous…  So, lets throw it on Woody and marvel in the extra vision this would give my driving a LHD truck in a RHD world. HUZZAH!!!!! Oh Cock…  I have a funny feeling that I will be converting his Royal Woodness to a BBW sometime in the future. Anyway, as it is cold and miserable (not as cold as Boston but still bloody cold for those unprepared, i.e Me) I decided to do some stuff, inside. Have to use the indoors voice because, as beautiful and understanding as my South African bride is, car stuff is VERBOTEN inside the house… I purchased a ‘deluxe’ gauge set up from another member on the truck forum which I planned to restore and upgrade with a Tach and Vacuum gauge. However, upon opening it yesterday evening I realised that, even though he told me it was a unit that needed work, IT WAS MINT! I can’t say how impressed I was, god to know that there are 'Good Guys' out there especially operating at a distance.  Plans are to start fitting the gauge and tach this week, now if anybody has a vacuum gauge overlay they have that is superfluous to their requirements, let me know… So that brings me up to where I am today, not sure if my ramblings are to all tastes but please let me know.  Until next time. P. |
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This is every kind of wonderful.
It appears that whoever fitted the battery very definitely had you in mind. You must have cojones like space hoppers, driving the worlds most conspicuous vehicle, near enough 140 miles, including the M25 and the River crossing without reg. plates.
Brilliant story, love the truck already. Can't wait to see the upgrades happen.
And the washer bottle is genius and must stay!
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Great ramblings, and looking forward to watching the gauges come together - nice idea.
PS - glad it isn't just me who thinks peep mirrors are useless; can't see diddly out of mine!
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Absolutely loving this, the write up and the truck! Keep up the great work.
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