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Old 11-21-2015, 08:04 AM   #26
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Re: Walosi - 68 K10 lwb - VA

Glad you didn't wind up hurt when that broke. I bet that emergency surgery was a lot of fun at camp. If your camp is anything like the ones I've been at, you had a bunch of mismatched tools that the guys have brought in for camp repairs over the years to work with. Bet there was a little cussin going on
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Old 11-21-2015, 10:05 AM   #27
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Glad you didn't wind up hurt when that broke. I bet that emergency surgery was a lot of fun at camp. If your camp is anything like the ones I've been at, you had a bunch of mismatched tools that the guys have brought in for camp repairs over the years to work with. Bet there was a little cussin going on
Actually, I was the only one with a decent tool set as both the guys I camp with drive brand new trucks and don't know much about wrenching to stay on the road.

Cursing was at a minimum, but there were a few choice words flying around. Took me an hour to get my column out only because I didn't have a steering wheel puller and had the seat still in, that was a bit of a workout. 20 minutes to pull the one at the junkyard, and about an hour to swap shafts and install the column at camp.

I'm looking at eventually upgrading to the Borgeson vibration u joint and colapsable shaft.
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Old 11-21-2015, 12:28 PM   #28
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Re: Walosi - 68 K10 lwb - VA

There is an adapter for the connections. I might even have one laying around that you can have.
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Old 11-21-2015, 04:37 PM   #29
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There is an adapter for the connections. I might even have one laying around that you can have.
I shouldn't need it as I have a spare round style and I'm using the 4 speed column, but thanks for the offer. I didn't even realize they made different styles.
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Old 11-23-2015, 12:16 PM   #30
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Cool Truck, with a Great name to boot..
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Old 11-23-2015, 04:39 PM   #31
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Cool Truck, with a Great name to boot..
Thanks man. Won't get much time to work on it this week. My 4 year old son has been wigging out to go hunting with me, he even cried last Wednesday because I didn't bring any deer meat home for dinner when I ran home to shower. LMAO! So I'm taking him out to camp tonight and hunting with him tomorrow.
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Old 12-15-2015, 08:42 PM   #32
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Had some unusually warm weather lately, so we got the rear bumper painted and put it on today. Also got her inspected so we're all legal now. Been working on the gauge panel too, should be done with those soon. Painted the bumper with some flat black rust blocker spray bomb on the inside and some Massey Ferguson grey tractor paint for the outside. Oh yeah, we got a beat up old tailgate on too.



Haven't done much else lately, we've been cleaning out my grandma's garage and making a usable work shop out of it.
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Old 12-15-2015, 09:57 PM   #33
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Cool! Port Lavaca is my neck of the woods. Wonder how that bumper made its way to Virginia? Looks good on the truck.
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Old 12-16-2015, 12:02 AM   #34
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Cool! Port Lavaca is my neck of the woods. Wonder how that bumper made its way to Virginia? Looks good on the truck.
Thanks man. I'm happy with how it came out. It's beat up a little and has a little rust on it, but all that stuff adds character man. Not sure how it got here, but I pulled it from a 68 2wd at a local junkyard. I was super happy when I found that gem. I have a slight addiction to neat accessories like that. One reason I got out of old VWs. There were so many cool old accessories for the old beetles, I could have spent a darn fortune just adding neat nick nacks.

I've looked all over the net trying to find some old pics of Marshall Chevrolet in port Lavaca TX, but I can't find any info on that dealership at all. No writing, pics, heck not even a mention of it.

I've got to rebuild some carbs for my friend's VW Beetle this week, but hopefully we can get the intake gasket on the old truck before the cold weather hits soon. Trying to take as much advantage of this warm front as I possibly can.
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