7.3 PSD Swap Project into 2005 V10 Excursion
#61
12-30-2011, 12:53 AM
It is! I just thought that y'all would probably enjoy this pic. He's been a car guy all his life. When he got back from the war, he started a service station with his brother. It was in west Detroit. It was in operation from the late '40s through the late '50s, at which time his brother decided to move to Alaska. Here is a pic from 1951. That's him on the left:
They did have gas and carried Gulf for most if not all of the time, but the primary thing they did was car service and sales. I've heard many stories about how he and my grandma never had a new car until the 1965 Mustang that she made him order brand new. He always bought wrecked cars from the junkyard and made one good car out of two wrecks. Sound familiar?
After they closed the service station, he drove a daycab truck for a few years making local deliveries and then went to work at Ford for 25 years.
When I first told him what I bought, he couldn't believe it (in a bad way). He couldn't imagine A) how I could buy the car sight unseen, B) why on earth I would buy a car with 150k), and C) why I would want to tear apart a perfectly good one to do this. He still thinks part C and gives hints about the other two, but he's slowly accepting it. He slept on it that night and the next day, my grandma said it's all he talked about all day. He's so excited to do this (even though he may not agree), it's hard to rein him in sometimes. Fortunately he's learned that we need to bag and tag all the parts, because there are so many, so everything has gone pretty smoothly so far.
Only hiccup was this morning when he called wondering where I was and was ready to drop the coolant and start taking the radiator off. He wasn't a happy camper when I told him I wanted to drive it a little more first.
They did have gas and carried Gulf for most if not all of the time, but the primary thing they did was car service and sales. I've heard many stories about how he and my grandma never had a new car until the 1965 Mustang that she made him order brand new. He always bought wrecked cars from the junkyard and made one good car out of two wrecks. Sound familiar?
After they closed the service station, he drove a daycab truck for a few years making local deliveries and then went to work at Ford for 25 years.
When I first told him what I bought, he couldn't believe it (in a bad way). He couldn't imagine A) how I could buy the car sight unseen, B) why on earth I would buy a car with 150k), and C) why I would want to tear apart a perfectly good one to do this. He still thinks part C and gives hints about the other two, but he's slowly accepting it. He slept on it that night and the next day, my grandma said it's all he talked about all day. He's so excited to do this (even though he may not agree), it's hard to rein him in sometimes. Fortunately he's learned that we need to bag and tag all the parts, because there are so many, so everything has gone pretty smoothly so far.
Only hiccup was this morning when he called wondering where I was and was ready to drop the coolant and start taking the radiator off. He wasn't a happy camper when I told him I wanted to drive it a little more first.
#63
12-30-2011, 07:22 AM
My wife, sweetheart that she is, would already be voicing her displeasure about "the mess in the garage". And all you've got apart so far is the seats and doors!
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#64
12-30-2011, 08:09 AM
Here's a short one. After doing all those runs in 4 low and 4 high, I shut it off and started it again right away, just to see how easy it would start after being warmed up. It took a little longer than I thought it would. Perhaps the old fuel?
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12-30-2011, 09:39 AM
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Sunline Fan, that is such a cool story. Life was so different then, it was a daily struggle for lots of people. Your Grandpa has a vast amount of knowledge to share with you. You are so fortunate that both he and your Grandma are still around. Hanging with Gramps is priceless, enjoy the time because one day you will be telling the story of this event to your grandchildren.
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12-30-2011, 12:29 PM
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#68
12-30-2011, 01:01 PM
I found the deep cup holder at the dealer for $15.
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#75
12-30-2011, 09:20 PM
Anyway, the main visor bracket cracked in the accident. Also, the rod that the secondary visor is on also bent from the roof crippling.
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