This Downsizeing Thing Aint Working

[flash]

Buying another one later today after we get off from work ,got all the details worked out ,just got to go pay for it and bring it home .Bowtie smiley

[earthquake68]

What didja' get this time?

[flash]

I dont want to jinx my deal til its done but I'll say this much ,it has a BowTie on the grill ,350 engine and heavy duty 4 speed trans and its white .

[earthquake68]

Waiting patiently for this evening, then. :D

[grandsport]

Sounds like a Corvette.

[flash]

Nope ,not a Corvette .

[Ms Grumpy]

Chevy II ?

[earthquake68]

"Heavy duty 4 speed" ....I'm thinking '70's or '80's Chevy truck.

C'mon! It's after 8:00! What did you get??!! :confused:

[BillsCamino]

Cell phone tower service truck????
Damn, that lawyer is good. :D

[flash]

OK ,the new toy is now home ,its a 1972 C30 Chevy Truck ,dually with a gooseneck flatbed .This one is a rustfree truck ,runs and drives good all the way home and then the fuel filter stopped up 2 new filters ,looks like gummed up fuel .I plan to put an inline fuel filter in ,new fuel lines ,fuel pump ,I have another gas tank ,need a sending unit and then I think it will be good to go .Then my 74 Chevy Stepside will have to find a new home .

[shadowgray396]

Congrats Flash, send me a few pictures and I can post them for you.

[flash]

Ray ,send me your E Mail address and I will get Joan to send them to you .

[earthquake68]

Cool! Nice truck! That should be a good work horse for ya'.


......and I guessed it right! :D

[BillsCamino]

OK ,the new toy is now home ,its a 1972 C30 Chevy Truck ,dually with a gooseneck flatbed .This one is a rustfree truck ,runs and drives good all the way home and then the fuel filter stopped up 2 new filters ,looks like gummed up fuel .I plan to put an inline fuel filter in ,new fuel lines ,fuel pump ,I have another gas tank ,need a sending unit and then I think it will be good to go .
Congrats on the truck purchase John...very cool truck!!

Then my 74 Chevy Stepside will have to find a new home .
I've been looking for a work truck...may be interested in this. Let me know.

[flash]

Bill ,I will keep you in mind when its time .

[DVSentinel]

Sounds like a nice truck.

Also sounds like you ae in for dropping the tank and cleaning it all out. Did it sit for awhile? Or is this possibly a problem with ethonol gas breaking down? I've heard that you cannot store it more than 90 days, but haven't really looked into what it breaks down into or if the by-products of the decay would clog a system.

[flash]

It was running fine until I filled it up ,Im assuming the ethanol gas liqufied the sludge in the tank .Yes ,it had been sitting for a while .I have another tank to put in but Im going to try fuel filters for a while to see what happens .

[shadowgray396]

Pictures from Flash

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=159&pictureid=3302
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=159&pictureid=3301
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=159&pictureid=3305
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=159&pictureid=3303
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=159&pictureid=3306
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=159&pictureid=3308
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[shadowgray396]

Con't

http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=159&pictureid=3309
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=159&pictureid=3311
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=159&pictureid=3310
http://chevelleforum.org/picture.php?albumid=159&pictureid=3304

Looks like a nice truck

[flash]

Thanks Ray for posting those for me ,its a pretty nice truck .It just needs a little TLC ,get the fuel system worked out ,clean and dye the carpet black and maybe even the seat ,add a stereo system ,paint the bed and drive the wheels off of it until I decide what to do with the bed .The bed is a little wider than it needs to be .

[earthquake68]

That's an odd bed on there. It looks like the frame is cut behind the back wheels, making me think it was a wrecker at one time.

[DVSentinel]

Nice, I like it.

Not a fan of that style gooseneck hitch, but guess it would not be hard to remove that one and place another that gives better base for the entire bed.

[flash]

It was bought new in Marietta Ga by a rental company ,I know nothing about the bed ,just that the truck pulled a really heavy looking goose neck trailer with a tractor on it .He tried to sell the truck and trailer as a package deal but I really could not see both as I can borrow a trailer if needed . The bed will eventually be modified a little later and the gooseneck hitch will probably go away.

[Ms Grumpy]

First off flash, love your modeling skills next to the truck. "I'm too sexy for my truck" . :)

Neat truck. So what did the Mrs. say when you told her that you wanted another toy ?

[fleming23]

Pretty cool John! You can tell that bed is wide!

[flash]

Ms Grumpy ,she just said get it . We were out heading to our garage sales saturday when we came up on this one ,I said to Joan ,you know I got to stop and look at it . I drove it and made an offer and the rest is history .

[flash]

I forgot to mention I went to the bodyshop today and forgot to look at the other 72 as I wanted the gas tank from it for this one .Darrel didnt like the idea of me stealing parts from that one for this one .I told him the other one wasnt going to notice it gone.

[Ms Grumpy]

I forgot to mention I went to the bodyshop today and forgot to look at the other 72 as I wanted the gas tank from it for this one .Darrel didnt like the idea of me stealing parts from that one for this one .I told him the other one wasnt going to notice it gone.

lol...yeah considering it is in slow motion putting it together.

[flash]

I still cant believe I forgot to look at it especially after Darrel told me the cab was close to being paint ready ,maybe Ive finally given up on it .I told him I had all kinds of new parts at home that I could use on the 1 ton and he said you aint getting nothing else off of this one .

[flash]

Joan and I were discussing the 72 1 ton last night and we were discussing what we were going to name it and she called it Grumpy ,because it dont like to start in the morning so it is now officially named Grumpy .I blew a tire monday on my way to get 6 new tires installed and had to get it hauled up there on a flatbed ,hopefully it wont make a habit of that .

[flash]

We drove up to Jasper today after work and picked up Grumpy and drove him home with no problems .

[Ms Grumpy]

David is going to be so thrilled that you named the truck after him.

I am loving this. :)

[flash]

I thought you might like that name ,it kind of suits the old truck .

[Ms Grumpy]

You will need to do some kind of graphic, maybe a sticker, with grumpy on it.