Bollweevil

Even kitty on a stick isn't too bad, if you have enough ketchup.

With the demise of dump trucking, in my area, and the soaring price of scrap metal. I have spent just about all of my available time creating a purpose built Ford F 350 scrap car hauler. I will try to get a couple of pictures posted later.

Shucks, everyone knows that a driver is dumber than a box of rocks. The fact that you have put every mile that it has on it, watching the guages, and listening to it run, make you a lot more qualified to say something is wrong. Now that they are having to actually repair the problem, I personally could not stand not rubbing their nose in it. Keep those cards and letters coming, I have missed hearing from you. James

Instead of sleeping in the truck all of the time, have you thought of leaving the lawn mower running and just parking it under your bed at home. Or you might just have Jo shake the bed and say buddin buddin buddin buddin till you get your nap out.

I was there when it happened. 25 June 1965, 22 years old just married I had just started my first job in a dealership, at a Chevrolet dealer in Roswell GA. At $65.00 a week a new 327 Chevell SS or a 409 Impala were just not attainable. On the other hand, you could buy a decent 55, 56, or 57 210 for $250 to $500. Just the right price line for a young gear head. The old saying that good things happen to those that wait, might have some meaning, for I once owned a 66 325hp. 396 SS chevell $600, A 64 389 GTO $325, and a rash of 55, 57, 58 Ford Custom 300's. One of my friends here has a 57 Custom 300 show car with an all aluminum 427 stroker engine. It's about a $55,000 car and he is always giving me a hard time about being too cheap to spend the money to have one. I tell him, I had one just like it. I gave $75.00 for, it replaced the drivers door glass $15 and drove it for two years.

What are you going to do in your spare time?

I always like to see pictures of someone else's ride. Or just someone having a good time doing the things I like to do. Such as, trucking, eating, building race engines, talking on the CB, or telling an outrageous story. I've got a lot of pictures, if I just knew how to post them.

Welcome to the site, you could probably get more response to your question by posting it on the engine forum. As these engines are becoming more rare, the are becoming more expensive to repair and maintain. My question for you is this. Is the engine doing what it is supposed to? Is it performing at close to it's rated HP? If not you need to look at why, and if there is a problem, correct it first. If you know the recent engine history, you might have a better idea of what you can get away with, as for as the pump. Otherwise, I would absolutely not touch the pump, until I had looked at the crankshaft bearings. You might contact fjh, one of the members, he could probably answer questions you have about this engine. James

Welcome to the site. Now get busy.

The forecast for Monday here, is 30 degrees and rain mixed with snow. Trees are blooming, the grass is getting green, song birds are making a fuss, and from one day to the next I still don't know how to get dressed.

Other Dog said it best about our English, but our French is really bad. The last time I tried to order food in a French restaurant, I asked for two cups of coffee and got two catfish on a silver platter. You have a good start on that truck, keep the pictures coming.

Typically, a steel building will allow a much larger clear span area. If your primary objective is to get your tools, equipment, and projects under cover in your own shop quickly, that might be the way to go. Then again, if your business pursuits allowed you to do so, you might stick build it faster. Either way, what ever would make you happy would be the best. Since you are starting with a clean sheet of paper, it would be a good time to make a list of all the things you liked about your old shop, as well as the things you didn't like. I like a well lit, well ventilated work area, warm in the winter, and cool in the summer. If I were building a new shop, I would try to utilize all the ambient lighting that I could design into it. The time is coming when every one who operates a truck or a piece of equipment will have to account for every gallon of oil purchased for that equipment. To heat my new shop I would buy the best waste oil heater I could find. My friend operates an engine shop close by in Tenn. The state of Tenn. bought him a heater and set up a 500 gallon collection tank. In return he agreed to recycle used oil for area residents. It might be good for some of the other members to sound off about what they like in a work area. Shoot we might even draw up some plans for Paul's Ideal workshop.