Friday, May 22, 2009

my hobby

so when i was a kid (about 10 or 11, don't remember) i worked on a cherry farm for the summer. at the end of the cherry picking season i had earned somewhere in the neighborhood of $119. Bro. Dold (who's cherry farm i worked on) offered to give me the $119 or an old 1961 chevy apache 10 step side farm truck he had. I, being a porter, of course took the truck.

i enjoyed working on it for several years, making little progress not really knowing what i was doing. i got it running and drove it around the neighborhood to the dismay of the some of the more grumpy neighbors, i mean, i didn't think the lack of an exhaust system would cause such an uproar. but then i blew-it! i, for some stupid reason i decided to chop it and piece it out. it has a in-line 6, 4 spd granny low tranny, and a posy traction rear end. every time i see one of those old trucks around i shake my head...

welcome 2009. i day dreamed about a new (old) project truck to play around with. megan was saying that she doesn't know of any real hobbies i have, but i think she knows now. i found these beauties. a 1970 chevy c/10 and a 1972 GMC sierra ( they are essentially the same truck with different trims) both for $400. i thought that was a good deal. the c10 is a 1/2 ton, equiped with a 5.7L 350 and a 4 spd granny low tranny, the sierra is just the shell. i'll be taking the body parts i need from the gmc to make the chevy. so there it is. I bought a preformer edlebrock carb and intake and will be putting that into the c10 shortly.

8 comments:

megan... said...

I got lost somewhere in the naming of the truck parts!

But I asked for a hobby and I got one, lined up all pretty on my driveway :)

John said...

It wont stop with just two! There will be more. They will replicate.

jeanie said...

hebbelede blooble flabber mcshreever. That is what I understood of the "truck speak" But I do have an appreciation for old vehicles renewed, awesome project Bobby!

mynameisbobby said...

ya you got it right. it's pretty much useless unless you wanna pull tree stumps... i usually start it out in 2nd. UPDATE i installed those new parts i mentioned and it RUNS! like a beast i might add. i took it out for a test run and it hauled!

Cassie and Kenny said...

Kenny never stops worki8ng on his chevy, put he has it running! Aside from playing with his baby's he works on that thing. It's cute though, maggie loves working with him

Annalisa said...

great hobby. should be fun seeing those this summer...bring it camping, rock on! now there's a goal for yah!

The Meesh said...

I have no idea what you said in this blog. Is there a google translate option for "Car talk" into English please?

Anonymous said...

Bravo to Megan for generously giving up her driveway... but really girl, do you have ANY idea what you have let yourself into? Welcome to the real world of being married to a Porter!! Love ya. Mom