Well 8 Days after getting it home , I started the tare down today . After many years of working on old stuff and making do with the tools at hand , I have gotten myself a well stocked garage . First after 20 years of sitting the truck runs and drives , no brakes but the emergency works for moving around yard and in and out of the garage . Then the four post lift is worth its weight in gold , for a old guy with back issues . After lifting the truck up , the plasma cutter made short work of the carriage head bolts holding the running boards and box to the Frame . The impact made short work of the bumper bolts . After box was cut lose I ran the truck out raised the lift, backed the truck under the lift , hooked chains on all four corners of the box , drove truck out and put box on wheeled table . Pushed box out lowered the lift , backed truck onto lift , raised lift rolled box under lift . So in 4 hours I removed both bumpers , running boards, and box , Not bad for the first day. Next comes the front clip . At this rate I am looking to have the bare frame in front of me by Friday . That's my goal 5 days for complete tare down .

 

Way too easy Dave! You need to knock off every 15 minutes or so, diddle around with other stuff, stretch this out...

Do you have a sandblaster?

 

Double post... is everyone having as slow a response as I am?!

 

Yeah, FTE has not been a user friendly place today.

Way to go, Dave

 

He has to have it driveable for TS14

 

Good work on the first part of disassembly. I like your FTE and Summit decal placement.

 

No I sold my sandblaster when we moved now I wish I had it . My stepson is coming down from NY in November do you think he could get the blaster from my Brother and tow it down to Ga with his Hyundai ? Compressor was 4 cylinder gas with a 80 lb pot , It really worked good . I am looking into renting a unit

 

Mine is normal... no noticeable slow down.

 

Come on Ray, I am working on Dairyland truckfest , time line.

 

I think internet brands and healthcare.gov share a server

 

Does that mean I should work faster on Blue? I've been coastin'.

 

Are we doing a convoy ?

 

That could happen

 

I like the taillight treatment



Dave, just tell your wife to get out there and get done what needs to get done. You'd have enough to do just supervising.

Dairyland Truckfest? Hummmmm.............................

 

The tail lights are growing on me . Maybe I can come up with something . Got the wife making door panels , and head liner .