GRIZZ’s Chevy S10 - Random Rambling NEXT ROADTRIP 27/10/23

Can’t help with the movement issue Rian
The incident with the lad losing his life is terrible
I’ve told George so many times axle stand and chock when working at home
I know at his workplace they stick to this rigidly
I recently had a chat with a fella at George’s work
He was at a banger racing event a few years back
A guy was grinding underneath a Granada that was held up by chains on a hiab
Unfortunately for the man the chain snapped causing the car to fall and him losing his life
Take care , five minutes safety could and will save your or others life’s
Glad to hear your cracking on with that lovely truck 👍

I am not impressed with their obvious subliminal rejection of my business, just means I would neither use, nor promote them now or in future.



Note report on manvan above, seems they are not the guys I want tossing my stuff about {or their agents}



Spot on John.



Yes Dan, educate, educate, educate, and beyond that we can only hope.

Truck makes me look out every day, many times and just grin.



Absolutely.

I see mate Dennis still has a spare wheel under the truck, despite axle stands after all these years

Parrot looks like an early MKi9200, a very good system for its day incorporating Bluetooth audio streaming, usb and line in, but it would probably be more cost effective to buy a complete used unit than try to complete what you have as there are quite a few parts to them. I think I have a basic model stashed in the garage if you want to fit hands free without too many bells and whistles

I always out a wheel under the car when I've jacked it up, if nothing else stops me tripping over the removed wheel and injuring myself that way!

Simple is fine to me, as long as I do ot have police or jobsworth problems.



I agree with “that bloody wheel”

And it adds another aspect of safety.

So yesterday was a significantly irritating and stressful day at work, and I actually spent most of the day on the desk, so walked away a few times.

Cutting some wood and creating a 120mm step and a name tag for Harry.

Also added some colour to the sandbox top, by accident.






Today was take 2 or a groundhog day.

Thankfully the Hermes courier broke the monotony of the desk bound stress, listening to, shall I say b0llox on Teams.

And my new, American style, pressed steel plates arrived from Europl8 on Facebook.

He also sent a couple of car, air fresheners and a couple of options to complete the look.

The truck was built and sold in Missouri in 2001, so I could add the names or leave it plain.

I also had the digits offset a bit to the right, in order to be able to add a pair of Stars n Stripes stickers or enamel badges to them.


Really pleased.







And of course, just a quick measure up.





Now just to wait for the DVLA to switch the plates about.


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I would only bother with it if I had everything it needed and didn't need to spend a penny on it. It's old complicated tech and there are cheaper easier solutions that give you more. For example, last year I got a couple of NextBase DAB350BT bluetooth DAB radios for £25 each from Amazon. They can connect to your existing stereo via FM and work really well. I've got one in my CLK and the other in my Voyager.

As some of you know, I collect and trade license plates.

Some of your plates are on display or awaiting mounting.

Every now and then though an offer to trade some of my more valued (even gifted of collected from your scrap pile) plates.

This week these were offfered for a slightly tougher trade.

I certainly wanted Michigan plates.

And I wanted specialist plates.

So I needed to rummage through my collection of motorbike plates.

To find some old and new. From the UK and South Africa.

I really wish I had a modern UK plate as well for the collector, Mr Pink.

His offer.



I kinda put these together knowing they came from friends and scavenging but I would say its a very fair and balanced trade.



In the mean time.

These guys await collection.





Soon.

Paul Y knows but maybe you should have his number so the two of you can make sure logistics are covered off.