Thought I'd share a little about a truck we've got here that one of these days is getting fixed up...
It's a half ton (heavy half) 1977 Chevrolet C10 Bonanza. 250 inline 6, th350, 12 bolt rear. Until we bought it in 2014, it never once left the county where it was sold new.
Tonight we took it for a drive for the first time since 2016 after a good bit of work was done today. I haven't been up for wrenching in a while, BUT, convinced my wife to do the physical labor while I guided her... I think she did an amazing job and got a TON done, not even considering this is the FIRST time she's worked on a car before.
Today the truck got:
* its refurbished gas tank/brackets/straps/sending unit
* new sending unit to steel fuel line rubber line assemblies
* refurbished filler neck, new neck gasket, new fuel filler tube, new vent tube
* new rubber fuel line to fuel pump
* new fuel pump
* new carb base gasket
* nos carb from '82
* nos air cleaner/thermac with vacuum lines
* pcv valve/hose/air filters etc
* new ignition coil
* new vacuum modulator
* new ignition module
* new distributor rotor/cap
* new plugs/wires
So after all that we took her for a ride to the shell station for a meal of 90 octane ethanol free.
Still needs a lot of work. In face, if anyone somewhat local to georgia has some rust/dent free original gm front fenders, or, someone willing to ship has nos gm fenders.... might be interested (among other parts.)
It's a half ton (heavy half) 1977 Chevrolet C10 Bonanza. 250 inline 6, th350, 12 bolt rear. Until we bought it in 2014, it never once left the county where it was sold new.
Tonight we took it for a drive for the first time since 2016 after a good bit of work was done today. I haven't been up for wrenching in a while, BUT, convinced my wife to do the physical labor while I guided her... I think she did an amazing job and got a TON done, not even considering this is the FIRST time she's worked on a car before.
Today the truck got:
* its refurbished gas tank/brackets/straps/sending unit
* new sending unit to steel fuel line rubber line assemblies
* refurbished filler neck, new neck gasket, new fuel filler tube, new vent tube
* new rubber fuel line to fuel pump
* new fuel pump
* new carb base gasket
* nos carb from '82
* nos air cleaner/thermac with vacuum lines
* pcv valve/hose/air filters etc
* new ignition coil
* new vacuum modulator
* new ignition module
* new distributor rotor/cap
* new plugs/wires
So after all that we took her for a ride to the shell station for a meal of 90 octane ethanol free.
Still needs a lot of work. In face, if anyone somewhat local to georgia has some rust/dent free original gm front fenders, or, someone willing to ship has nos gm fenders.... might be interested (among other parts.)