A '54 named Busty

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

yup, standard shade tree mechanic industry jargon

[6DoF]

i guess if i have to make an actually relevant post with words ... i appreciate the middle adjustability for future batteries, would use washers under the wing nuts on the end rods, and i ALWAYS toss those rods in a vise and over-bend the L leg. makes it harder to install some times, so don't go too far, but i've had too many slip out in the past. cheap insurance.

edit: unless you are running them upside down?

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

i guess if i have to make an actually relevant post with words ...

LOL, my kinda people

Originally Posted by 6DoF

would use washers under the wing nuts on the end rods

are we gonna talk or are you gonna read my mind directly, ha ha, I did just that, lock washer at that, [mind blown]

[Gregski]

she is 99.54% done, just need to twist the steering column East 15.2 degrees

[6DoF]

[Gregski]

truck doing truck things

[Gregski]

went to a Metal Recycler and got her weighed, tacos and Tacate to who ever guesses closest to her weight, now remember she's a Lady so be nice

[nvrdone]

I will go with 3250#, full tank of fuel & driver included.

[Rickysnickers]

3375

[oldman3]

I guess 3488...Jim

[Tempest67]

without driver, I say 3525

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by nvrdone

I will go with 3250#, full tank of fuel & driver included.

Wow, how generous, Busty says you are her favorite... but not the winner!

[8man]

3025

[6DoF]

3526

[Gregski]

well I could give you an answer or tease you a bit with a simple Common Core Math problem (if you got youngins you know what I'm talking about)

So I weigh 185 pounds. On the way in, the truck weighed 3,800 pounds, without me in it. I dropped off 380 pounds of metal at $0.0600 per pound and got paid $22.80 for it. On the way out I realized I had two 10 pound tool bags in the truck, one full of metric tools the other full of standard tools. I was also not in the truck on the way out, as the guys were pretty cool there and wanted to help me out find out how much she weighs. If I drove home at 75 miles per hour, how many trucks did I drive to the metal recycling place?

[6DoF]

4?

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

4?

we will accept that answer under the Everybody Gets a Participation Trophy clause

[Tempest67]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZfpwfQ58Ds

[6DoF]

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Tempest67

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZfpwfQ58Ds

OMG that just made my day!

[Gregski]

so just a quick update, I've just been driving around lately wearing a huge stupid grin ear to ear, not posting this to rub it in by any means but to motivate you all still buildin' and a wrenchin', keep grinding, and if you have to let go of some of that perfection I say you do so and as David Fryburger says "don't get her right, get her running"!

[oldman3]

Great news...Jim

[Gregski]

taking mum to the forest... pray for me (she's a talker)

went to Foresthill, California (Elevation: 3,500) if you know where that's at, and she pulled like a beast

[Gregski]

on the way back went to Folsom Prison but they would not allow us to get close enuff to take pics with the old prison gate and the truck, we got [ahem] escorted out

so snagged this one of the Johnny Cash trail pedestrian bridge on the way the he11 outta there

[Gregski]

meanwhile in an alternate universe...

my teenage daughter goes: "Hey dad, hey dad, if I help you work on the truck can I drive it?"