Old (or new) pick 'em up trucks...

Hud · 08-17-2002, 01:03 AM

Live and learn...Old car story.

When my younger son was 14. He was complaining at the supper table about an elderly lady that he mowed lawn for. She was a very nice lady but didn't pay him much. He said she did offer to give him a junky old car that was out in her barn, but he looked at it and said "No thanks".

I asked him what kind it was and he didn't know but it was all covered in dust, bird poop and bat poop. She was visiting relitives, but the barn was open. I said lets go look at it.

We went into the barn with flashlights, all four tires were flat and it was covered in crap but I did reconize the shape. I bounced the bumper and 20 yrs of loose dirt fell off. The plates were from 74. It was a 1955 Chevy two door, 265 V8 under the hood and a PowerGlide trany. Very Nice shape.

When she got back my son asked her about it. She said she was sorry but that she had given it to her nephew after he turned it down the first time.

live and learn,

Hud

NRAJOE · 08-17-2002, 02:25 AM

Oh nooooo! Big bummer !

NRAJOE · 08-21-2002, 10:06 PM

Hey Logansdad, hows the old Chevy coming along? Mick, wheres those photos of all those cool utes and other odd (to us) Aussy vehicles?

Mick · 08-21-2002, 10:48 PM

Easy big fella they're coming, just got to get to town and develop the film, watch out for them in about a fornight.

NRAJOE · 08-21-2002, 10:53 PM

Cool, dig those utes mate, gotta have my fix of them!:right:

08-22-2002, 07:20 PM

The plugs are connected to the plug wires, the plug wires are connected to the distributor...Hmmnnn I've never seen a carburator like this one...they aren't supposed to be two piece like this....oh it's broken...I needed a two barrel anyway...

NRAJOE · 08-23-2002, 12:12 AM

Two barrel, naw get a four with a 350 under it with headers and cherry bomb glasspacks...

7mmag6 · 08-23-2002, 12:23 AM

i think this is the longest thread ive seen, man do we like our pickem up trucks

NRAJOE · 08-23-2002, 12:25 AM

Yeehaw, nothing better than a clean pickup on a friday night! Thats the American way!

Mick · 08-23-2002, 12:36 AM

I thought that this was only an Australian pastime, but it would seem that it happens everywhere, there is nothing that brings out you national pride than walking back to your ute after a B&S ball and seeing 500 utes bouncing up and down! AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!

NRAJOE · 08-23-2002, 12:38 AM

Was in the back of my pick'em up tonight drinking Bud light with MY mates Mick, we're really not all that different are we?

Mick · 08-23-2002, 12:48 AM

No not really, just you've got bigger utes and you happen to call them trucks.

NRAJOE · 08-23-2002, 12:51 AM

I really dig that Ford Falcon ute on the Uteman website. They need to sell that here. Its just a modern version of the Ranchero that they quit making here in the U.S.

Mick · 08-23-2002, 01:02 AM

Yeah that falcon is pretty cool it's been tricked up a bit though they don't normally come in 4wd,

08-23-2002, 06:54 PM

found a running 283 for $100...now for the transmission....

NRAJOE · 08-23-2002, 11:18 PM

A 283 will work for sure! Had a couple of them in old chevys I had! Good running small block with decent getup and mileage to boot! I'd get a turbo 350 trans, never had a problem with any of them!

08-25-2002, 08:14 AM

finding a Turbo 350 at a decent price is tricky...I'll probably hold out for it though...I got very lucky on the 283..

Calvin · 08-26-2002, 08:41 AM

My first truck was a '79 Ford 1/2 ton with a 400 Modified. Had a 4-speed manual and it would cook the tires in nothing flat.
After that, all I have had is Jeeps. CJ's only-don't like the Wranglers too well.

NRAJOE · 08-28-2002, 11:09 PM

Calvin, I had a 76 CJ 5 with a 304 AMC motor and a tremec 3 spd trans. It had a fiberglass body with the tilt front end, man was I stupid for getting rid of that, I still miss it after 10 yrs!

Calvin · 08-29-2002, 08:00 AM

I had an '83 CJ7 with a fiberglass body. Had a 258 4-speed with the Dana 300 transfer case. I had over 4 years rebuilding that thing, and I have to say the fiberglass body was the WORST mistake I ever made. It didn't have any weight at all, would NOT go in snow, and was a nightmare when there was a crosswind. Plus, the d*mn electrical system was a nightmare because there was no where but the frame to ground to.
I had a '78 CJ5 with a 232, but eventually put in a 258. It had the Tremec 3-speed, which was a pretty good transmission, but it had that goofy New Process transfer case, which I replaced with a Dana 300.
I've had 4 other Jeep CJ's in between and let them go for various reasons. I bought the most recent one 9 months ago. It's another '83, just like what I had before, only I'm redoing it in metal. Except the windshield frame-that's fiberglass. It's about 90% at this time, but will be done in time for the snowfall this winter. Brand new 258, rebuilt transmission, overhauled Dana 300 with the Dual-Stick conversion (VERY nice!!), new axles, driveshafts, complete suspension, extra-capacity gas tank (21 gallons), all Steel Horse stainless accesories, stainless shackles (custom), triple-core radiator, larger heater box(!), on-board air compressor and welder, Hot Shower attachment, Auto-Meter gauges, Steel Horse modular seats, custom roll cage, and a few other things.
Hey, NOW I know where my money has gone!

08-17-2002, 01:03 AM	#161
Hud Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Out state, Minnesota Posts: 118	Live and learn...Old car story. When my younger son was 14. He was complaining at the supper table about an elderly lady that he mowed lawn for. She was a very nice lady but didn't pay him much. He said she did offer to give him a junky old car that was out in her barn, but he looked at it and said "No thanks". I asked him what kind it was and he didn't know but it was all covered in dust, bird poop and bat poop. She was visiting relitives, but the barn was open. I said lets go look at it. We went into the barn with flashlights, all four tires were flat and it was covered in crap but I did reconize the shape. I bounced the bumper and 20 yrs of loose dirt fell off. The plates were from 74. It was a 1955 Chevy two door, 265 V8 under the hood and a PowerGlide trany. Very Nice shape. When she got back my son asked her about it. She said she was sorry but that she had given it to her nephew after he turned it down the first time. live and learn, Hud __________________ The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible." -Senator Hubert H. Humprey -

08-17-2002, 02:25 AM	#162
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,177 Images: 3	Oh nooooo! Big bummer ! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

08-21-2002, 10:06 PM	#163
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,177 Images: 3	Hey Logansdad, hows the old Chevy coming along? Mick, wheres those photos of all those cool utes and other odd (to us) Aussy vehicles? __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

08-21-2002, 10:48 PM	#164
Mick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Emerald CQLD AUST Posts: 975 Images: 1	Easy big fella they're coming, just got to get to town and develop the film, watch out for them in about a fornight. __________________ OzHunter Give me a six-pack and a red dirt open road (Adam Brand)

08-21-2002, 10:53 PM	#165
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,177 Images: 3	Cool, dig those utes mate, gotta have my fix of them!:right: __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

08-22-2002, 07:20 PM	#166
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	The plugs are connected to the plug wires, the plug wires are connected to the distributor...Hmmnnn I've never seen a carburator like this one...they aren't supposed to be two piece like this....oh it's broken...I needed a two barrel anyway...

08-23-2002, 12:12 AM	#167
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,177 Images: 3	Two barrel, naw get a four with a 350 under it with headers and cherry bomb glasspacks... __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

08-23-2002, 12:23 AM	#168
7mmag6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 337 Images: 1	i think this is the longest thread ive seen, man do we like our pickem up trucks __________________ This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine

08-23-2002, 12:25 AM	#169
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,177 Images: 3	Yeehaw, nothing better than a clean pickup on a friday night! Thats the American way! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

08-23-2002, 12:36 AM	#170
Mick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Emerald CQLD AUST Posts: 975 Images: 1	XXX in the back of the ute! I thought that this was only an Australian pastime, but it would seem that it happens everywhere, there is nothing that brings out you national pride than walking back to your ute after a B&S ball and seeing 500 utes bouncing up and down! AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE! __________________ OzHunter Give me a six-pack and a red dirt open road (Adam Brand)

08-23-2002, 12:38 AM	#171
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,177 Images: 3	Was in the back of my pick'em up tonight drinking Bud light with MY mates Mick, we're really not all that different are we? __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

08-23-2002, 12:48 AM	#172
Mick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Emerald CQLD AUST Posts: 975 Images: 1	No not really, just you've got bigger utes and you happen to call them trucks. __________________ OzHunter Give me a six-pack and a red dirt open road (Adam Brand)

08-23-2002, 12:51 AM	#173
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,177 Images: 3	I really dig that Ford Falcon ute on the Uteman website. They need to sell that here. Its just a modern version of the Ranchero that they quit making here in the U.S. __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

08-23-2002, 01:02 AM	#174
Mick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Emerald CQLD AUST Posts: 975 Images: 1	Yeah that falcon is pretty cool it's been tricked up a bit though they don't normally come in 4wd, __________________ OzHunter Give me a six-pack and a red dirt open road (Adam Brand)

08-23-2002, 06:54 PM	#175
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	found a running 283 for $100...now for the transmission....

08-23-2002, 11:18 PM	#176
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,177 Images: 3	A 283 will work for sure! Had a couple of them in old chevys I had! Good running small block with decent getup and mileage to boot! I'd get a turbo 350 trans, never had a problem with any of them! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

08-25-2002, 08:14 AM	#177
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	finding a Turbo 350 at a decent price is tricky...I'll probably hold out for it though...I got very lucky on the 283..

08-26-2002, 08:41 AM	#178
Calvin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 2,014	My first truck was a '79 Ford 1/2 ton with a 400 Modified. Had a 4-speed manual and it would cook the tires in nothing flat. After that, all I have had is Jeeps. CJ's only-don't like the Wranglers too well. __________________ If you don't like cops, call your local crackhead for help next time!

08-28-2002, 11:09 PM	#179
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,177 Images: 3	Calvin, I had a 76 CJ 5 with a 304 AMC motor and a tremec 3 spd trans. It had a fiberglass body with the tilt front end, man was I stupid for getting rid of that, I still miss it after 10 yrs! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

08-29-2002, 08:00 AM	#180
Calvin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 2,014	I had an '83 CJ7 with a fiberglass body. Had a 258 4-speed with the Dana 300 transfer case. I had over 4 years rebuilding that thing, and I have to say the fiberglass body was the WORST mistake I ever made. It didn't have any weight at all, would NOT go in snow, and was a nightmare when there was a crosswind. Plus, the d*mn electrical system was a nightmare because there was no where but the frame to ground to. I had a '78 CJ5 with a 232, but eventually put in a 258. It had the Tremec 3-speed, which was a pretty good transmission, but it had that goofy New Process transfer case, which I replaced with a Dana 300. I've had 4 other Jeep CJ's in between and let them go for various reasons. I bought the most recent one 9 months ago. It's another '83, just like what I had before, only I'm redoing it in metal. Except the windshield frame-that's fiberglass. It's about 90% at this time, but will be done in time for the snowfall this winter. Brand new 258, rebuilt transmission, overhauled Dana 300 with the Dual-Stick conversion (VERY nice!!), new axles, driveshafts, complete suspension, extra-capacity gas tank (21 gallons), all Steel Horse stainless accesories, stainless shackles (custom), triple-core radiator, larger heater box(!), on-board air compressor and welder, Hot Shower attachment, Auto-Meter gauges, Steel Horse modular seats, custom roll cage, and a few other things. Hey, NOW I know where my money has gone! __________________ If you don't like cops, call your local crackhead for help next time!