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Greasey Harley · 03-24-2019, 05:12 AM

Sanded and primed the grill on the 68. decided to paint it matte black instead of white, just to be different.
reinstalled the bright work.
reorganized the parts
...and gave it some love.
Glad to have some warmer weather as my little shop has no heat and uses extension cords for power.

I really love my old '68 C10 and am happy to have the opportunity to wrench on it :-) .
I find it weirdly therapeutic to work on old junk, it makes me think of a simpler time. I don't know why trucks had to get so complicated, I don't understand the need for electronic everything
The newest truck I own is a 1991, and I'm going to sell that soon.(then my newest truck will be a '79 K10)

I really like my old trucks. I think I'll keep running carburetors and points with manual gear boxes. The rest of the world can have all that fancy computerized crap cluttering up their dashboards and distracting them from a beautiful day and a nice drive.
Me?
I'll be rolling around 5mph under the limit, with both windows down ('cuz I ain't got no AC), some classic rock on the radio, and a smile on my face.

03-24-2019, 05:12 AM	#418
Greasey Harley Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Post Falls, ID Posts: 885	Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter Sanded and primed the grill on the 68. decided to paint it matte black instead of white, just to be different. reinstalled the bright work. reorganized the parts ...and gave it some love. Glad to have some warmer weather as my little shop has no heat and uses extension cords for power. I really love my old '68 C10 and am happy to have the opportunity to wrench on it :-) . I find it weirdly therapeutic to work on old junk, it makes me think of a simpler time. I don't know why trucks had to get so complicated, I don't understand the need for electronic *everything* The newest truck I own is a 1991, and I'm going to sell that soon.(then my newest truck will be a '79 K10) I really like my old trucks. I think I'll keep running carburetors and points with manual gear boxes. The rest of the world can have all that fancy computerized crap cluttering up their dashboards and distracting them from a beautiful day and a nice drive. Me? I'll be rolling around 5mph under the limit, with both windows down ('cuz I ain't got no AC), some classic rock on the radio, and a smile on my face.