Drums along the Malbec
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From: Vernon, N.Y.
[QUOTE=GB SISSON;17823718]
Thanks GB! That's a very nice complement. The closest I've been to you was Oregon. We were on a bike trip and went to crater lake. Truck is looking great. Progress always a good thing .
great job on the "central, upstate New York " I'm not far from you. Most out of state people think we live in the city. Quote
Seattle native, but my dad's work took us to Massachusetts for my high school years. I did a lot of traveling in the East and I'm here to tell you, Central upstate NY is about as far from city life as you can get... And I sincerely mean that in a VERY good way. Old fashioned, hard working , good honest folks.
No BS
Seattle native, but my dad's work took us to Massachusetts for my high school years. I did a lot of traveling in the East and I'm here to tell you, Central upstate NY is about as far from city life as you can get... And I sincerely mean that in a VERY good way. Old fashioned, hard working , good honest folks.
No BS
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I found the mate to the better one and it's a lot better too. It has a lot more meat left to hang the truck from. I think I will drive in the new bushings and then in the crescent shaped void I will fill with jb weld or marine tex epoxy paste and start inserting cut off bicycle spokes until I cant get any more in. I have all new pins and bushings from Chuck and with grease, the bushings will last me as long as I need them to. Ya, I know it's a pretty white trashy solution, but you gonna compress all those spokes? I'll get pictures!
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It was gonna be 350.00 so I just disconnected it and put it on a shelf and the manual brakes work fine. Less things to go wrong and a far cry better than the mechanical brakes on the '37 that I replaced with the jailbar truck!
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No offense intended here! Drums Along The Mohawk was written by Walter Edmonds, not James Fenimore Cooper. Although they both hailed from central, upstate New York, which is how they often get confused. And I'm only clarifying this because I love this forum and I live, basically, in between where those two guys lived- the Mohawk V
And that is a great shot of yo
Steve
And that is a great shot of yo
Steve
Maybe I should have made a mulled mint martini and named this thread 'The Last of the Mohitos'.....
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haha I see what you did there with the "h" and the "j" in mojitos. Clever
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A couple of brothers I went to high school with moved to the Southwest and when one of them showed back up I asked what they did for work and he said they made 'Nava-joe' jewelry and sold it to tourists. Well those spring hangers were so much better I just whittled a couple of thin wedges with my angle grinder and tapped them in. The section was not unlike a slightly tapered shoe horn. I think I tapped a bit too hard and now I gotta ream the bushings for the pins to go through.....
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I replaced my booster on my 52 coe with part number 518026. Oreilly auto parts is the only one that has them. $150 bucks. Not sure if you guys need that info but thought I would share.
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Excellent info. Thanks!
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Hi Guy's. Sorry for the late reply. The severe lack of free time lately and an ill computer really puts a damper on browsing the forum...
52 Ford COE- I guess I never noticed you were in Vernon! And thanks for the compliment on the Central New York plug.
GB- Yeah, us up-stater's are always explaining to folks that we do not live in "the city" and it's nothing like the city around here!
Steve
52 Ford COE- I guess I never noticed you were in Vernon! And thanks for the compliment on the Central New York plug.
GB- Yeah, us up-stater's are always explaining to folks that we do not live in "the city" and it's nothing like the city around here!
Steve
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Finally drove the tonner out of it's spot next to the woodie this afternoon. I had to replace some tie rod ends on my suburban since one popped of the other day on my dirt road. Oh what a feeling. The day before we'd been tooling up the interste from Oregon at 75 mph. I wanted to repair the burb in my dry shop so this gave me the incentive to put the tonner's front brakes all together, along with king pins and tie rod ends. I ended up buying new 'store bought' brake shoes for the front. I got them from a vendor at the Portland swap meet. I also got a pair of 7.50 x 17 hiway treads, brand new, never mounted for 50.00 for the pair. Found a vintage school bus seat for the woodie's back seat and a couple of bags of small stuff like tail lights and gauges and the like. Anyway, with the tonner up and going I need to concentrate of finishing the woodie. I have the window channel, but need a new router to run the grooves in the maple. I plan to order the router tomorrow so maybe next weekend I jump back on the woodie. Well I'm all over the place with this post, but here's a few pictures.
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