| A long-term project ahead. Stay tuned. | |
| Things start happening. | |
| Somebody call a cab? | |
| More CABinetry | |
| Some motor work | |
| Bed time | |
| A new wiring harness | |
| More motor work | |
| More wiring and instrumentation work | |
| Yet more wiring | |
| Even more wiring (this has gotta come to an end some time soon) | |
| The end of the wiring (I hope!) | |
| Rufus takes a brake | |
| Swapping the rear end | |
| Door latch and other stuff |
| My first truck in many years. A 64 C10 with a 292 I6 and 4-speed. | |
| Some stuff gets fixed up. | |
| Work in progress. | |
| The organ donor. | |
| Makin a Rat Rod Truck. | |
| The beautification project. | |
| More beautification. | |
| The Driver's Side. | |
| The beautification project continues. | |
| And it still continues. | |
| Finally. The motor project. | |
| Lil' Jesse: my mini-chopper pit bike. | |
| A new tailgate. | |
| Ugly Truck vs Photoshop. | |
| Some small projects. | |
| Some cosmetic surgery. |
This is the way the El Camino looked on Route 66 in Riverton, Kansas.
I took this picture on the way back from the annual Nova List Gathering in Joplin, Missouri on 07/13/03.
I almost made it. It was so close. But a bout with viral pneumonia put me in the hospital for a week and
took up the last of the good weather. So the Monte's in the driveway until spring (I gotta get a cover on it) and the Model A is in the garage.
| A 406 powered 1985 Monte Carlo SS (The Salt Flat racing candidate) | |
| Beginning to build the 406 motor to replace the 305 | |
| Continuing the motor building process |
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| Removing the old 305 motor | |
| Installing the new 406 motor | |
| It's alive: Born on the 4th of July | |
| Life after death: Starting the 406 rebuild after the cam goes flat | |
| The Postmortem | |
| The Rebuild | |
| Installing the roller cam and AFR heads | |
| Refinishing the underside and the rear end | |
| Underside work continues | |
| Rebuilding the front suspension | |
| Finishing the suspension work | |
| Reinstalling the motor | |
| Reinstalling the motor, part 2 | |
| Reinstalling the motor, part 3 | |
| Final Phases (almost) |
The Burrrrb
03/29/08: It's been a long time since I had an RBD attack. Got hit with one over the last week. This is the result: a 95 2wd Suburban with 350 motor,
way too many seats (I took one of 'em out immediately) and way too many doors. But the price was right and I needed a more reliable form of transportation. So I ended up with this.
My plan was to keep it completely stock. But if I do I'll lose my charter membership in the "Can't Leave Nuttin Stock Club" So I dunno. Oh....Satan...get thee behind me!
I can already see it slammed down in the weeds with moon discs or red reversed rims, airbag suspension and painted satin black! Yet another project.
Just what I need. :) I ordered plates for it on 03/28/08 and they'll say "BURRRRB." I'm afraid that's gonna be its name. It was suggested that when asked about the meaning, I tell 'em, "that's my contribution
in the fight against global warming." I don't know. It seemed funny at the time. More to come.
(Gone but not forgotten.)
 63 Nova Moby Grape |
 63 Nova Coyote |
 67 Camaro Pumkin |
 67 Camaro The Yellow Camaro |
 68 Nova The Blue Deuce |
 73 Monte Carlo The Wildebeest |
 74 Nova Usunuvabitch |
 79 Camaro Z28 The Batmobile |
 83 Camaro V6 The Little Car |
 83 Camaro Z28 Kentucky Fried Camaro |
 87 MC Aerocoupe The Coupe |
 87 Monte Carlo SS The White Car |
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I've been very tempted to put a picture of my ex-wife here. So far, I've resisted. |
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