Hoarder!!!!!!!

 

nice, post a picture of all 9.

 

hey dudes

well we got the truck aligned. He let us watch and help, amazing what the right tools will do. So the new coil springs lifted the front end about 2". right at the limit od needing a new pitman arm and drop down pivot bracket. The pass side had a 1 3/4 cam and the driver side had a 1. Both sides needed a 2 3/4 to get the camber close, still about 3/4 positive. Pretty cool how an impact with 1100 foot pounds can blast the lock nuts off and then how the impact hammer pushed the cam out. See the pics for how he put a line on the tire to measure the caster.

new cam in




chauk line


measuring tool


big enough for a semi or motorhome which is his main business



Mason learning whole bunch about aligning a front end

 

Trav
first try, only docked 2 point for not looking over his shoulder on a lane change.

 

yeah I love my trucks but my daily driver is 98 lincoln continental that has the 32 valve 4.6 Intech, the car is such a sleeper that hauls tail and gets 21-27 mpg. Like driving down the road in my recliner......love that car. It's no drag car from a stop but 60 to 90 mph is amazing.

 

Good job to him. I am learning right now with my permit. I just learned parrallel parking with our 1986 F150. Learned how to ditch rocks with our 2002 and passing too. I have always looked over my shoulder when chaning my biggest problem is maintaining speed I keep dropping off in our 1986 I can only maintain in our 2002.
Trav

 

Looks like the truck is coming along great. Congrats to your son on his test!

 

sorry Wes just caught this as I was rereading the thread (oops) but isnt that the entire point of a sleeper...I mean I been working on the truck and its a semi sleeper now and it will wipe the smirks off some others when they get beaten by a "grand-pa truck"...LOL!!but the mercs and crown vics are fun sleepers and I honestly plan to get an old police interceptor vic if i get the cash to do so...


oh and gratz to Mason for passing on the first time!! might want to remind him to look over the sholder next time, especially in these bigger trucks...people seem to love to drive stupid around you in a larger truck for some reason but eh what ever...glad to hear (read) he passed!!!

 

Well it took almost 2 whole months for him to get his first speeding ticket. Late for an appointment and not thinking very clearly they tagged him for 77 in a 50. Most of know that speeding when late often makes us more late. Good thing he is working, this is not going to be a cheap ticket.

 

Here in Ky, 5 mph over is $138.....For EACH 5mph over the speedlimit...

 

Lol how'd he feel about being pulled over

 

He said he was crapping his pants and very nervous. By chance we had just cleared up a mistake Progressive made on the insurance coverage just the night before. The ticket will be around $200-230. He will go to the court date and beg just to see if we can keep it off his record.

 

Ask for traffic school....That'll keep it off for sure...But it's a one time thing

 

Ouch, that sucks!

I have never been pulled over for speeding. I try to keep it 5 MPH over max. Cops up here will pull somebody over for going anything over 10 MPH over posted speed.

27 over is pretty bad, no offense.

 

Good luck with that, if anything, it's a good learning experience.
I certainly never had any luck back then; all 13 of my speeding tickets made it to my record. Fortunately, they were spread across three states and over a period of one year - 25 years ago.....