Dad’s truck

[letitsnow]

Looks good! I had to fix one of my core support mounts too. Rust sucks!!

 

[Supercharged111]

My mounts on my 1500 were pretty bad, not like yours though, and this from a CO truck. It's just a bad part of the truck, **** gets in there stays and rots.

 

[Moparmat2000]

Wow awesome work. Seeing the rust and having to do those types of repairs make me feel fortunate to live in west Texas. As an original owner of a 1994 model, its still as solid as if it was new.

 

[Gramps]

Wow awesome work. Seeing the rust and having to do those types of repairs make me feel fortunate to live in west Texas. As an original owner of a 1994 model, its still as solid as if it was new.

Ive seen pics of your truck. Nice and solid! I f’n hate rust.

I’ve got a few things to tidy up and and get together but she’s almost able to move under her own power again. Hopefully next week it’ll be off to the paint shop. Really need to make a strong push here, sadly Jack has spent the last 3 weeks fighting the good fight in the hospital, due to complications of his disease he has now lost his kidney functions. 30 to 90 days is all the dr expects is the time we will have with him. And in a double whammy, my grandfather passed away this week as well. If I see the inside of another hospital once in the next 20 years it’ll be too gd soon.

 

[Gramps]

Stayed up way too late last night working on the truck. But got a lot done.

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[Gramps]

The red will look nice but dang I love the way she looks in black. Also nice to be moving under her own power again, even if the neighbors don’t like how loud she is at the moment!

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[Gramps]

Into the exhaust shop for a little noise enhancement

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[89GMCJOHN]

Great job.

 

[JackE]

Good on you for taking on this project. After loosing my dad in March I know your pain and frustration. Because the end is near and inevitable, I have an idea for you. I have been a part of this type of thing twice in the past few years, both times with the same family. My good friends father passed away unexpectedly. His dad had a '49 Ford he had passed down to one of his sons. It was a mad scramble to get it functional, but we managed to throw a few things together and have the truck running to take him on his last ride from the church to the cemetery. It was a really cool experience. A few years later, that same friends 19 year old son was hit and killed by a drunk driver. His son had bought a nice EC stepside that he and his younger brother and dad were working on together. The younger brother had just gotten his drivers license the week before in that truck. They used that truck, with the younger brother driving, to take the older brother on his last ride from the church to the cemetery. Another really cool experience. It means a whole lot more to the family than anything else, but it is really cool to have that memory. My dad didn't have that kind of history attached to his truck, but we were still able to have a really cool experience. Three of his brothers are riders in the Patriot Guard. They, along with two of my cousins, led the flag escort to the cemetery. It was a great final tribute to my father, one he never would have asked for, but as a veteran, certainly deserved.

 

[Supercharged111]

I recently lost my dad and was touched when they let me drive the hearse to the cemetery. They were quite apprised to our affinity to the internal combustion engine. His pride and joy was an 82 Monte Carlo, so we would have had to go Weekend At Bernie's style for him to ride his car there.

 

[Gramps]

Sorry to hear about your dad(s). Fortunately, Ive still got some time to get this done. The dialysis is wearing on him but he’s hangin in there.
Got the AZ box home this week and cleaned up. Going to paint the underside black, and then it’s off to the body shop, they can do the rest in red while I keep working on the truck itself.

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