Maybe you could think about writing a novel. The exploits of you and Nate or something. One of my dreams was(before my body slipped into a state of not being able to do theses things by myself anymore) was to get a OLD Chevy pickup, either a 1948 to 1953, or a 1940's something, and to put a 5 cylinder Mercedes turbo into it. Wow, that would be a cool truck to drive into town once in a while. But now I'm just a dreamer. Having to leave the farm and all. Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, audiolaw@... wrote:
>
> Max,
>
> You have NO idea! Nate's deaf as a post (actually, that may be mean
> to posts) so he can cruise along with window's wide open and the roar of the
> wind (that he can't hear) trying to burst ear drums. Since I still
> consult, occasionally, on music mixes and sound tracks, I'm not so cool with
> that.
>
> Of course, in the 1/2 century this truck has been working, no one
> thought about replacing the worn out window channels. So the windows rattle
> like snare drums even when rolled up. And this particular design was never
> equipped with any sound deadening on the broad expanses of sheet metal. So
> instead of sitting in an environment like a 126 or 123, it's like sitting
> inside a drum.
>
> Nate won't buy any vehicle unless he first has convinced himself that
> it has a good variety of obscure mechanical, electrical and other issues to
> confound him for a few months. So this one, which is an automatic,
> converted from originally being a manual, had an f-'d up column. Watching him
> struggle to get it into or out of gear was a pretty good reminder of the
> truism "white men can't dance." (Of course, once we got it home, he just
> disassembled the steering column, replaced the various broken bits, and made it
> work like new.)
>
> It wouldn't be a real vehicle for a long trip if the instruments
> worked, or even the instrument lighting. So we spent plenty of time in the
> evening with Nate squinting at the dash, trying to figure out what was going on
> (like, 'can we get to the next gas station (100 miles ahead) on the
> indicated 1/16 tank left?') Or, 'is that wisp of smoke curling up out of the
> dash really a bad thing or just something that smells bad?
>
> Actually, now that I reminisce about the trip, I have to admit that
> the passenger's side of the cab might have been a little quieter than the
> driver's side, because the leaves packed into the fresh air inlet, vent, HVAC
> system, etc. were so dense that they had to have some damping effect on the
> various panels of sheet metal (It really doesn't have an "HVAC" system,
> just a heater, with broken controls.)
>
> But it was a good trip. Especially things like getting stopped by the
> gate guards at the White Sands Missle range in N.M. and seeing that the
> construction of a lot of the '60s vintage missles in their museum area had
> about the same build quality as a GM truck of that period. Amazing that we
> ever won the Cold War.
>
> The mileage will improve when Nate gets the silly after market 15"
> wheels off of it and puts some real wheels and tires on it.
>
> This past weekend, we found the same truck in a junkyard and recovered
> the heater controls, so maybe it will not be an icebox during the upcoming
> winter. And the proper door latch shims, so the doors will close without
> damaging their latches (this is the kind of little stuff that Nate obsesses
> on, that most people ignore - which is why Nate's rides last so long).
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/29/2011 3:35:15 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> jasperezra@... writes:
>
> 50 degrees, cold?. Ho Ho, you guys crack me up. You must of had a great
> drive back from Texas. Gad, 13 mpg. My 460 Ford gets so bad all it does is
> plow snow and haul firewood. Have no even licensed it for 10 years or so.Max
>
> --- In _diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com) , "Nate" <vwnate1@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Recently Tom and I went to Dallas TEXAS where I bought an old 1969 Chevy
> C/10 pickup truck and drove it back to L.A. , having fun ever since
> tinkering with it , repairing the many DPO & DPM bodges & deferred maintenance
> items , driving it instead of my trusty 1984 300CD Sports Coupe .
> >
>
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