Wish I could make it but OU vs Ohio State is that day. Gonna have to be in Norman all day.

 

To those who plan to attend the 2016 OK GTG: are any of you planning to bring any items to sell or swap?

 

Only one more week! Any idea as to how many will attend? Looking forward to the camaraderie!

 

I'm looking forward to it as well. But, I don't have a good handle on the number attending. I'll guess that Eli, Brandon, Cash & Kassie, Jon, James, and Steven will come, which makes 10 including you, Chris, and myself. Don't know about JW as he said he might have to work. I've texted Paul, but don't know yet. And I'll email Bruce. So, we could have a baker's dozen - or more.

 

Keep an eye out for us down there!!






Have fun at your meet guys!! Im gonna have to get an Okc meet together again sometime. We used to meet up every month. Usually at my place or a local burger shack.

 

Will do. Have fun!

 

If anyone has interest, I have a set of Ford spoked wheels [argent silver] with trim rings [2 red stripes] and chrome center caps [2 open and 2 closed]. These are factory, are 7" wide and fit the F150. Let me know and I will bring them... if no interest, I'll leave them.

3 more days!

 

I'm guessing there's no interest in the wheels. But, thanks for asking.

And, folks, we are closing in on the GTG. Don't forget!

 

Brownies and coffee?

 

The brownies are being made tomorrow to be fresh. And the coffee comes from the Keurig, which we will take to the shop Saturday morn as we migrate from the porch.

 

Ummm, fresh! In my mind, I am already there!

 

I'm warming up the seats on the porch right now, just to be ready.

Drive safely and we will see you tomorrow!

 

Well, the 2016 Okie GTG has begun. David/1986F150Six got here about 2:00 and we ran a gas mileage test between his truck w/a 30 year old 300 4.9L six and my new 3.5L EB. We filled up at the same pump, and then he drove right behind me for a 63.9 mile route, after which we again filled up at the same pump.

I babied mine as much as possible and got 19.95 MPG. That's the best my truck has ever gotten, and I was happy. But, David didn't know the road and he was trying to react to my moves and stay a fixed distance behind me, so he was working the throttle more than I was. AND HE STILL GOT BETTER MPG - 21.69. So much for new being better than old.

And then Chris/ctubutus, got here about 7:00. So, now we are ready for tomorrow. Y'all come on over tomorrow and we'll talk trucks!

 

good to hear,good times and great memories are being made out west.I'm with you guys in spirit! busy beaver cutting wood so have some fun for me.i'll be out when my work is done and the snow is too deep to stand anymore here.
have a good time guys.

 

Here's the reportback from the 2016 Okie GTG. IT WAS GREAT! So, if you missed it you shouldn't have.

Participants included: (if I miss someone, I AM SORRY!)

• David/1986F150Six, from Sheffield, Alabama
• Chris/ctubutis from Denver
• Eli/smokenchoken from Peru (KS), plus his wife, son, and BiL
• John Keeline, from Skiatook, body/paint man supreme and responsible for the work on Dad's truck
• Cash/cashman and his friend Cassie, from Tulsa?
• Paul/Rogue_Wulffe from Sapulpa

Beyond talking about Ford trucks, and to some extent boats, we had two projects:

1. Chris' bumper:
2. David's gauges, including lighting, cleaning, and painting. The lighting and painting are explained below, but the cleaning was of the circuit board on the tach, which hadn't been working correctly. Fortunately afterward it seems to work well.

And, here are some pictures to show some of the participants as well as the work that was done.

First, here's David's approach to masking the needles on his gauges. Note the refreshments behind the paint, which was from WhiteGauges.net.




And here's a closeup of the fuel gauge before painting:




Here's the fuel gauge after painting. Note that it looks like a new needle.




And here are all of the gauges after painting:




This is Cassie, playing like she's studying:





And, this is a rare shot - Chris working. He's touching up the bumper with sandpaper before we powder coated it.




Here's the bumper with the powder on it before curing. Unfortunately we didn't get an "after" shot before wrapping it for the trip back to Denver, but hopefully Chris will post a pic.




And here David and I are wiring up a ballast resistor for the gauge lights. We had replaced the incandescent bulbs with LED's that pull far less current but give many times more light. But, that means the dimmer won't work very well so we added the resistor.




And, you may ask, did the LED's work? YES! Here's them on full brilliance, which doesn't seem too bright:




And, here they are fully dimmed: