26 July 2016 We can't work in the cactus

I came home and found Farmer working on the pick up. He was removing the exhaust and a few other minor things(shocks). I came out to help and he was under the frame working as he came out he rolled into a prickly pear cactus, that was it. We gotta move this thing to a better location. So we decide to park it on the side yard by the garden, it's clean and free of cactus! The pick up is now just the frame, cab (no seat) cab is fairly clean of junk, and the motor. Still it is only Farmer and I. We start to push the truck and I am also steering it. We only had to push it 30 or 40 feet, in the dirt, but we also had to make a sharp turn in a gate that is maybe 7 1/2 feet wide. That was a chore! We almost knock the gate down. We would push forward, turn the wheels and roll it backward, turn the wheels and push it forward. It wasn't going to go in at any angle other than straight in. Hmmm, Farmer says get the Toyota and we'll attache a tow rope to the bumper and the frame of the truck and drag it straight. We did, it still took a couple of times, me pulling with the Toyota and Farmer trying to hold the brake to keep it from moving forward. Sara came by and helped by sitting in the cab and steering while Farmer and I pushed it straight in the gate. This is getting more fun every time.  Hopefully this is where we will build some kind of garage or carport. Here are the pictures for today:

It's hard to tell but the shocks and exhaust are gone now

Farmer working under the frame, cactus is off to the left.

it's closer than it looks.

 Moved to a new location

Tyleigh girl after volleyball practice

Until next post....

22 July 2016, off comes the bed.

Farmer calls and wants to work on the pick up. It's hot! So we start in any way. While I'm under the frame loosening the bolts holding the bed (8 rusty bolts) Farmer is in the cab removing the seat and fuel tank. Farmer says we can't move that bed by ourselves, let's get Skip and the boys to help. So we wait for Skip, Michael is at work Daniel at school Chris (I don't know). I figured we can do it with the 3 of us. Skip on one side Farmer on the other and me lifting the rear part, we get it moved. What a mess inside the cab, however not a total loss as I found $1.27 in change behind the seat, enough dirt and debris to fill a box. I guess I'll have to send the change to Everett Slade. Hopefully the engine is coming out next. So here are the pictures for today.

 Farmer, Skip and myself

                                        Farmer fixing my neck afterwards. What a good son

 Farmer and Skip

                                                                       Inside the cab

Sara and Skip, Sara was trying  hard to avoid a picture taken so I had to get one.

Until next post, enjoy!

Let's see if it will start!

Monday 27 June 2016

I called George Brewster to come by and help me with the truck. I needed to get it titled or inspected. I found it either needed to pass emissions or have a class 1 inspection. I told the lady at DMV it doesn't run, she said then it needs the class 1 inspection. I called George, now George works for the Union Pacific RR. I hired him! He can do anything, I figure him to be the number 1go to guy. George used to work for Jim Click Ford as a mechanic. George and his brothers have built or rebuilt
1. 1967 Fastback Ford Mustang
2.  1965 Cobra year
3. 1942 pick up converted to a rock crawler
4. 1935 T-bucket
If anyone can do it he can. So George comes over and he says to me, "let's see if it will start". "I bet it does". So we went to work on it. We knew we needed a battery, but we also needed a starter. He calls and says we can get one $50, I say let's get it. We go get the starter bring it back and George installs it, battery is in (borrowed from my grand-daughter Tennasyn's F-150). Ready to go, I get in turn the key, nothing. George works on, pours gas in the carb, I turn it over wham, it starts! Now we need to get it running. We pump all the old, old,old gas out and poured in new gas. Ok pump works, carb is good, clean gas in the tank, let's fire it up, we do and it does! So he said you have to drive it, I drove from the back to the front garage, success. What a great time, now we know it runs, it's time to get it emission checked.

Let's get started 19 July 2016

So I thought, yes it's hot and yes I'm working outside, but I have to get started. It looks like rain and maybe it will cool down. I started tearing the pick up down. I knew tearing it down would be a lot easier than rebuilding it. I started with the grill and front end. Followed by the front fenders then radiator and radiator support brace. Next came the hood and preparation to disassemble the motor. The motor is going to George, it's his favorite motor and I know he'll have something great to put it in. I am trying to bag and label the bolts as they come out so I can remember where they will go. Of course they will be new bolts when they go back in but I want to know how many I need for each part. The parts will be evaluated and either replaced or cleaned up, stripped and prepared for painting. I want to keep as much as I can. By the way the pick-up is now titled in my name, but in our hearts really it is still Uncle Pete's and you too Tobi. Here are some pictures after todays work. Farmer and Jeremy were helping:

Farmer helping out.

                           By the way this is what I'm driving until there the project is complete

Until next post;