Coca Cola LJ Mack colors

[Red Horse]

On 10/22/2024 at 8:51 PM, 1961H67 said:

A little more progress today ( a break from Shoveling mud ) Got the right fender on, with help from a guy with a Waffle House shirt and a Skunk Skin Cap ! 

Given what you have been through, that grandson has to brighten your day!

[1961H67]

YES HE DOES!  He has been by my side the whole way. He went with me to my friend and his wife’s funeral Friday that got killed by the landslide,, Standing in front of the casket makes a person really think about whats important in life,,, Family and Friends!   

[mowerman]

Yes, it does

[mrsmackpaul]

It sure does, I'm a lot closer to the end than the beginning

Paul

[cruiseliner64]

Its great to see the gloom begin to lift for you,,God knows you have had a rough time.yes the most important thing is family and friends.your grandson has been an insperation for you and keep him close.enjoy the show you need it after what you all have been through.thoughts and prayers from Ireland....

Paul

[mattb73lt]

It's looking great. Glad to hear things are slowly improving. Hopefully, you'll have all the basic necessities back before the cold weather sets in!

[1961H67]

Go another hour in this afternoon,, slowly chipping away at it ( that was first on the list when he got off the school bus) 

[yarnall]

It looks great and your helper looks proud. 
Did you find your door panels or did you have extras?  

[1961H67]

I found them, one is useable, the other is bent, it got washed under the truck, I think I might have a decent one. I haven’t had time to look at all them yet. 

[1961H67]

Making some progress on the flood cleanup ( No help at all from any government agency, like every one in this valley we have filled out every application possible,,, still waiting) Hopefully we have what is left of the tools cleaned up and put back in the boxes, now start working on the shop walls and doors, slow process,, Many thanks to a LOT of people who have helped out. 

[1961H67]

Talked to the fellow that owned the local bolt store, it’s a mess also, ( pictured):Told him about losing a lot of stainless bolts I had bought for the LJ , A group of us may go help him get some of his inventory into some shipping containers. ( he’s a small business and he has a eye surgery coming up ) it sure was nice to jump in the car and go get some bolts 10 minutes away. I also took a dozer up near Mt Mitchell today where the Hurricane slammed in the mountains,,, The CSX / Clinchfield Railroad got hit hard! 

[mattb73lt]

Hopefully that will help him out and let his business survive. Every picture I see of the devastation, the remarkable the damage seems. There's just no easy quick fix to put it all back.

[mowerman]

cant really add much more,,,so sorry for all of you involved,,,,,bob

[Brocky]

Sorta off topic🤔.. Saturday I was talking with a man who is a lineman supervisor for Laurens Electric Coop here locally and he said this was the worst storm that he has seen in the 45 years he has worked for them. And we did not get it anywhere as bad as Dean's area did. Customer outage was 98% and it took the first 3-4 days to even get power back to the substations and those breakers replaced before they could go to work on the distribution lines.

[1961H67]

Back on the LJ , I’m making a wiring harness for the headlights and Turn signals, balancing time cleaning around the shop, and hauling equipment. A lot more of the parts stores and restaurants are destroyed. The River is full of trailers and shipping containers,, little league ball fields trashed for a long time. The glass shop that cut my Mack mirror glass is completely gone,, just a pile of blocks. 

[mowerman]

Ooooooooooohhhhhhh brother real sorry bud thanks fir that 

[Brocky]

Dean, Thank you for continuing to post pictures of the devastation.. Our prayers are with your whole community to be  able to rebuild.

[1961H67]

After cleaning and laying out all the stuff I had that didn’t get washed away, ( a lot of the internal door and window hardware, because I had it all on a work bench and they got washed down the creek) I found a complete H Model with good vent windows and all the door hardware still intact, so I purchased the whole truck for parts, My Helper and Me went and hauled it in today, hopefully I can move along with the LJ now. 

[Brocky]

From your pictures, that H model looks like a good candidate for a restoration,,, Hopefully you can swap it for the parts you need???

[1961H67]

It probably could be restored but it does have a good bit of rust on the fenders and around the nose, it’s a good parts truck, I’m going to gut the doors ( but leave them on the truck) I’m thinking of taking the air tank out of the sleeper and air starter off of it and put it on my H Model one day,, I grew up with that sound and I don’t have a truck with air start, and it’s all there,, but I’ve got more important things to worry about for a while. Gathering materials for a bridge to our shop is top priority. I just had an opportunity to get this parts truck before it got scrapped. 

[1961H67]

I came through here yesterday, this is I40 , Black Mt NC . Eastern Continental Divide, about 30 inches of rain fell on the divide and followed it from the NC/SC line all the way up to the NC/VA line ,, it literally “ Melted “ the top of Mountains . It covered all 3 west bound lanes here for a few days.