'88 RCLB C3500 "Roscoe P. Coltrane"

[0xDEADBEEF]

The full name only needs to add an "a"... "Roscoe P. Coaltrain"

Name change approved.

 

[Erik the Awful]

Interior piece is tacked in place, finally. It started raining, so the full welding will hopefully happen tomorrow. The outer panel should be easier to weld, but has to be smoother.

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[Brothajack93]

Oh my!!! That's a big mountain to climb, but keeping up on your "jr" thread, you have the patience knowledge and skills. I am so glad I live in a rat free province, I'd puke even walking up to that mess!!! Thanks for rescuing a 400 from the crusher.....for now.lol Good luck

My buddy saw a rat in bassano years back. The health department sent in a squad to spend days looking to exterminate it. They are serious about rodent free to protect their crops in Alberta and I love it!

 

[Brothajack93]

It's amazing how well mouse poop works as a bolt lubricant. I got the seat out easily with no broken bolts.

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The hardest bolt was the one holding the storage shelf behind the seat down. I got it out, removed the seat belts, and rolled the carpet right into the trash. I found about a dollar in change, but there's no way I'm risking getting a new strain of the hanta virus named after me, so I vacuumed it up with the mouse poo.

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The floor pan doesn't look too bad. All you northerners can cry now. This is AFTER being open to the elements for ten years with a foot of mouse excrement piled on top.

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My next goal is to get the Caddy frame out of the shop and roll the truck in. Then I can start working on tearing the dash down, de-nesting it and putting a good harness in it.

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I finally got the hood open and discovered I towed it home with no hood hinges. The only thing keeping the hood on was the latch, which we'd tried to open. Once again I attribute my luck to clean living. By all rights that hood should be somewhere on the side of SH177. The master cylinder fittings are unplugged and open to the elements, so I'll be looking for a hydroboost setup. There is no wiring ahead of the firewall, so it looks like a trip to Pull-A-Part is in order, but not until I get the truck in the shop, the dash cleaned, and the title signed.

It’s definitely nice to see that there’s parts of North America where the bodies of these trucks survive. I think it’s something to smile about rather than cry. I’d cry if there were just as many trucks down south that got scrapped due to rot as the north

 

[Brothajack93]

From the "What Are You Working On" thread:



I promise, more to follow, but I have to get healthy enough to roam around Pull-A-Part without undoing the surgeon's work.

I hope your shoulder is doing better! I was fresh into recovery from bone graft surgery on my rotator cuff around the time of this update and was immobilized in my right arm for a couple months. I’m so glad I finally went and got the surgery though cause now I don’t have to worry about random dislocations after dealing with it for 10 years since initial injury

 

[Erik the Awful]

I don't think it'll ever be 100% again, but it's definitely better. I got my range of motion back and most of my strength, but it does make audible creaking noises if I stretch my arm across my chest. Pull-A-Part is no longer a challenge, and cutting firewood isn't terrible. Welding this piece in was a little difficult from the angle, but my arm wasn't a part of the difficulty.

I think most of you northern guys would be amazed to see just how many of these trucks are still around down here. They were insanely popular during their time, and I typically see at least half a dozen each time I drive somewhere.

 

[Brothajack93]

I don't think it'll ever be 100% again, but it's definitely better. I got my range of motion back and most of my strength, but it does make audible creaking noises if I stretch my arm across my chest. Pull-A-Part is no longer a challenge, and cutting firewood isn't terrible. Welding this piece in was a little difficult from the angle, but my arm wasn't a part of the difficulty.

I think most of you northern guys would be amazed to see just how many of these trucks are still around down here. They were insanely popular during their time, and I typically see at least half a dozen each time I drive somewhere.

Reminds me of Alberta… it’s like Texas, but with snow!

 

[Drunkcanuk]

Reminds me of Alberta… it’s like Texas, but with snow!

But without the hurricanes!!! I'll take -40 over fleeing for my life and hoping I have a house to go back too!

 

[kennythewelder]

But without the hurricanes!!! I'll take -40 over fleeing for my life and hoping I have a house to go back too!

Not everyone who lives in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, ECT., Have to leave there house for a hurricane. It all depends on how close you live to the water. We are about 30 miles from the water. I always board up, and ride out the storm. I live far enough from the Gulf, and bay, that flooding isn't the issue. It's downed trees, and downed power lines. Yes, a storm will last for 10, to maybe 20 hours. Yes the winds will be 100 plus MPH of several hours, and there will be a lot of rain. But I have lived here all of my life. I am 63 years old, and have ridden out many hurricanes. Also, where I live, we are about 35 feet above sea level. Not like being on the beach, or bay.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Not everyone who lives in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, ECT., Have to leave there house for a hurricane. It all depends on how close you live to the water. We are about 30 miles from the water. I always board up, and ride out the storm. I live far enough from the Gulf, and bay, that flooding isn't the issue. It's downed trees, and downed power lines. Yes, a storm will last for 10, to maybe 20 hours. Yes the winds will be 100 plus MPH of several hours, and there will be a lot of rain. But I have lived here all of my life. I am 63 years old, and have ridden out many hurricanes. Also, where I live, we are about 35 feet above sea level. Not like being on the beach, or bay.

Yes I second what Kenny is saying. My family has lived in an RV park, in a big 5th wheel trailer, for 3 years. We've been through many rainstorms and a few tropical storms, even a hurricane or two, in our time here. If we have heavy rains, there's places in the park that get ponding. But it doesn't flood, and I have rubber boots for wading through the puddles. We lived in a townhome in SW Houston during Hurricane Harvey; the complex was built up so it didn't flood. There was street flooding, and one of the large bayous was 12 blocks north of us. It flooded streets and homes halfway back down to our street. It was surreal down here for a while afterwards, seeing huge debris piles at the curbs. But a storm like Harvey is not something that happens often down here. The last hurricane that hit the Houston area before Harvey, was Ike in 2008. Most storms go into Mexico or places in south Texas where there's not much to tear up. Or they go east....But the coastal areas are the places that catch the worst of it, during a bad storm. Most of them are very low lying, barely above sea level.