For the BillyBob readers, A new Work-in-Progress log entry "Paint and Diversions" has been posted. Finished the body phase of BillyBob's detailing cycle...
Larry R. Kephart
vpa@...
Apr 1, 2006 4:57 pm
30723
O.K. , you know how older junkyards use old school busses and delivery vans to make the rear perimiter fence ? I always ask to poke in those big trucks but...
So , I'm poking around in the back lot of a war surplus store and there's all these ancient wooden crates full of stuff , just falling apart so I begin poking...
Steve , you lucky dog ! . I wish I could go with you , I love road trips . I find the very best (and cheapest too) vintage tin is on the sides of the smaller...
Looking good Larry ~ I think you'll find the black running boards give the truck good color contrast . I like the two toned trucks with black fenders too but...
How are you sure it's a 261? Captains bars? Code by Dizzy? Can see some cast number? If you can't reach to turn, how can you be sure size? IFF it is one,...
Hi Gary ; What're you doing up so late ? SWMBO will be P.O.'d ! . I think maybe to $pendy too , OTOH my tranny has bum synchros and is begining to whine a bit...
Well ; I cannot be 100 % sure , aye ,there's the rub ~ the whole truck looks to be complete and intact so no water down the open intake manifold , maybe some...
Oh my, this has gotten you so worked up that you can't sleep. I'm gonna give you some of your own advice. Those 261's are very dangerous and you should stay...
I pulled the tank from the 52 Burb and dumped the 23 year old gas into a bucket to be burned up along with many leaves and branches on the town burn day next...
Why do some 16" AD wheels have 6 small hubcap clips and others have 3 large hub cap clips? I never noticed that until today when I was searching through stash...
Nate, it sure seems like it wouldn't be hard to salvage $150 worth of parts, and you'd end up with a neat old engine in the 261. With your "great wealth of...
Nate, my next door neighbor is 71 years old, and has owned an engine rebuilding business all his life. He's become pretty wealthy now (real estate, bed &...
NO Nate, NOT cable operated brake, has links and is ALL on the trans tail. Most of the big rigs, one ton and up had this. What original WAS is a cable to the...
I sure lucked out this weekend got myself a radio , was looking at a 47 suburban and he hasent been able to give me a price, still wants to think about it for...
John & Sherry
scowdin@...
Apr 3, 2006 1:20 am
30740
i know its a bit out of our year range but if i can get this stuff sold for him-then he will buy the suburban im trying to sell. BTW-ive dropped the price to...
Hi Jeff ; LOL ! I was up late doing my laundry plus the pain robs me of the ability to sleep (and nearly the will to live some days) so I was up anyway . I've...
Durwood ; Look in the 'phone book under " Gas Tank ReNu " and let them have at it ~ they've saved some really bad tanks , they can weld in patches and etc. to...
Hm ; Food for thought Tom ~ back in '77 (or so) when I was driving my old '46 3100 series pickup , it broke the tranny mainshaft (!) and I rebuilt it using...
Oh , I see now ~ I misunderstood and I was wondering as I'd never seen a cable operated one . I'll see if I get the entire drivetrain or what as it does take...
Wow , you lucky dog ! . Better order up a set of tubes and a new vibrator as that's sure to poop out first ~ when you first turn it on , listen for the faint ...
$150 is just right. I usually pay $150 for the block and rods (don't care about the rest of it) for a GOOD block. I usually have to tank 3 x 261 blocks for...
Thanx, as always, Nate. The BillyBob log entries would be even more long-winded and have me going in the wrong direction more often if it weren't for the many...
Larry R. Kephart
vpa@...
Apr 3, 2006 3:00 pm
30748
I'm considering having my running boards done in that spray bed liner stuff. I saw it done on a old truck at a ATHS show and it looked good, as well as being...
OK I tried to resist commenting as I like Nate. Couple of thoughts. 1. You will spend more in gas trying to find another one. 2. Are you one that enjoys the...
I am sure this is a topic posted before but I am trying to adjust the doors on my 53 1/2ton shorty and am going crazy.The latches are new . They dont seem to...
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