Finally had some time after work today...

Installed my big arsed transmission cooler yesterday. :D

Tailgate is painted and installed on the truck finally. Small progress here and there when I have time and the weather is agreeable.

I installed my new grille Friday. It's aftermarket and isn't the best, but it's better than the one my father leaned on and broke. I have yet to reinstall the bowtie. It's not the prettiest. I was considering painting it black, but not sure it will look the best. Then I started thinking maybe blue? Chevrolet cars and trucks from the late 60s had a blue bowtie. I took a picture of the bowtie on the grille of my 69' Malibu for reference. I think I am going to try to find some paint a similar color.

Thoughts?

Poor van must have a curse on it. Been totalled 4 times and never has it been the person driving it at the times fault. One time the poor thing was just sitting in a parking lot and got nailed.

But today she escaped doom. Sitting at a light. Guy was tailgating and weaving in and out of traffic. Einstein made his move nailed it about hit to cars and got out of the pack. He is looking over at the guy he just about hit in triumph. So he is doing easy 80 in a 55 now racing that guy.

Well he looks forward and there I am sitting at a red light. Nails his brakes after his eyes get as big as saucers and his jaw dropped.

I am thinking not again this never ends well. I see he isn't even going to be able to stop. And he is going to end up 6 foot inside my van.

So I nailed it and did a drag strip type take off. He was 6 inches away when I started pulling away. He ended up being where I was just sitting.

So the Phoenix van escaped fate this time. Me and my boy didn't get hurt. So all in all we were lucky,

So why do people cover or blur out the license plate when they post a pic of a vehicle? Every where you go it's visible but you don't want somebody online to see it. So what gives?

BTW: Changed the front brake hardware on the old Malibu today. Brakes didn't feel right, lot's of rust around the clips holding the pads. Had to knock one pad out with a small hammer. I'll test it in a bit. Hope it's good, that's the car we'll tow behind the motorhome when you go to FL.

Hank, it's just out of habit I suppose.

I was just wondering, you see it a lot.

Spent the day with the van. I gave her a physical. Just making sure everything was okay and no maintenance was needed. I put a new spindle on the passenger side a while back.

So I did a caster camber and alignment on her. Drives like new again. I love it when a plan comes together.

Finally changed the plugs and MAF sensor on the truck. Gave it a quick wash too. The recent modifications seem to be keeping the transmission fluid nice and cool. The true test will be when I tow the C10 for a tune.