good morning missouri..
hope it is nothing too serious alan.. you have my number if ya need anything..

 

now the rain starts.... i hope we get enough to fill the creeks back up.. mine has been looking poor this summer... i guess i better drag my lazy old bones to the shop.. i have a few small items on the 71 i wanted to get done before i take it for inspection and tags

 

Good Morning Everybody!

I'm gonna get packed up here and get over to my dad's place to assess the issue. Hopefully it's nothing serious.

 

Good morning all! My interview is in an hour and 45 min or so. Thoughts are encouraged!


RC, I'm stoked for you to get that bump on the road!

Alan, I hope it is minimal for ya. Enjoy time with your Dad.

KC Chiefs game tonight gents and Tiff! Preseason, but still something!

Got the blue led lights ordered for the dash clusters in both Red and Bandit. I should have enough to do my son's Monte Carlo SS as well.

Ordered the speedometer needle paint for all my cars as well.

Not sure if I will get something done on Big Red today or not. Hope so.

Have a great day gents.

 

Good morning all. Dang Alan, hopefully it turns out to be something less involved. Jeff, I think it's 1000 miles of pleasure driving per year and that excludes to and from car shows. If it already has a Missouri title, you don't even need an id/od exam or inspection. You do have to keep a log in the glove box but I haven't used the one in the convertible yet and it's been licensed for 7 years. It's a one time fee of 25.00 plus the fee they charge of like 3.50 at a fee office. You don't have to renew them annually since they're non expiring.

 

Yea. I get to deal with the traffic for all those headed to see the Chumps play.

 

good morning missouri.. i guess the storms have stopped. maybe i can get something done today

 

Sorry Dan, I hate traffic too.....

Rich, we miss ya , this is the longest I think I haven't heard from him. Hope your safe.

Alan, hope your Acura is doing ok for the trip home.

RC, you getting that truck inspected today?

 

This might work for Big Red.....just to make him partially legal....lol

 

Same reason I did it on the GTA. Proof of insurance, paid personal property tax for the year and ownership of the vehicle at least 25 years old is all that is required.

 

Evening All!

Well, we made it to my dad's house after we got rained out of Sea World. We did manage to have fun, but we got cut short of seeing the major shows.

I did a couple diagnostic tests to figure out where the noise was coming from. Sure enough, it was the water pump howling. I just got it back together with a new timing belt, tensioners, idlers, water pump and engine mount that I found was broken. It's much quieter now and everything seems to be ok. I threw a set of front brakes on my dad's car while I was waiting for parts.

I am SO glad I found it when I did because the water pump was starting to leak when I took it apart. There's no way I would've made it home like it was. It "only" cost $270 to fix it now, as opposed to over $1,500 easy, if it let loose on the interstate.

Anyway, one last time to eat out and we're on our way home tomorrow.

 

good to hear it was not nothing to serious alan, always good to have peace ofmind while on a long trip.. i didnt get much done today..i took apart my A/C unit and cleaned it up real good. then found the blower motor had a short so i found another motor for it in my junk pile.. now i need some fittings and i should have a/c in the old f100.. i went ahead and put the windsheild back in without the trim.. i'll pull it back out when and put the trim on when i paint the truck this winter.. got my new ignition switch. headlight switch and brake light switch in the mail, so i guess maybe tomorrow i can get them installed, and take out the temporary toggle switch's i had in it

 

good morning missouri... i hope alan has a safe trip home!!!!.. he should swing by and drag old bob back with him.. ha ha ha ha .. well i guess it is back to trying to install a/c in the 71 f100 today..and hopefully get the switchs and other small items finished so i can get it legal early this week and become a "ford truck" enthusiast again...

 

Good morning RC and whoever else is up and about. Glad to see you're making progress on your truck.

 

My Grandpa's 78 f150 body on a 75 highboy chassis.