You'd be surprised to hear how many people tell me I should write a book because I always try to flesh out my Tech Advice with real life stories....
I do have a nice old 1949 Chevrolet 3100 Series 1/2 tin pickup with a 235 6 cylinder engine , it's now for sale...
Good unrestored shape , as with all my vehicles it's been to Death Valley and beyond , fully loaded , towing , so on and so forth .
-Nate
Max wrote:
>
> 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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