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.