truck home. - The day she came home.
After a year of it just sitting, I finally got the time, and a little money to start playing!
Have the Scarebird kit on the front,
- Stops on a dime!
- Just a few pieces.
Everything under the hood is pretty much new...brake master, clutch master, clutch slave, alternator, fuel pump, plugs, cap, and rotor. Starter and radiator, were taken in and rebuilt, cleaned, and patched.
Fuel tank was removed over the weekend and taken in to get flushed and coated, and the exhaust was put on yesterday, might I say, two center dump Flow Masters sound AWESOME!!!
I am looking forward to "driving" her within the next month, if all goes well. She's no show truck, but the reality of the accomplishment is sinking in and I couldn't be happier!
Not sure if I've put this out before or not, but my obsession, with these trucks start many years ago, my son and I were driving down the road in a family business repo truck, he was about 7 at the time, and we saw a 61 Ute on the side of the road in Tucson, AZ with a For Sale sign on it.
Talked the guy into a 500 price tag and started with all the plans in the world for a "father-son" project! Business was so slow, we had no money to work on it, then business was so good, we had no time. Then business went away, completely! Long story short, we moved back to California, and the truck(s) stayed in Arizona.
Then the worst thing in the world, at the ripe age of 18 our son took some cold medicine because he wasn't feeling good, not knowing there was Codeine in the meds. My wife, daughter and son all have an allergy to Codeine. He stopped breathing that night, and we lost him. A few years later, I was thinking about him, and the "project" and jumped on Craigslist, did a search and up pops the 61 Ute, that looks like the exact same truck. It's not the same, but the price was right and the memory is always there.
Needless to say, the end result isn't exactly what I'm after with this old girl, but the process is extremely important! Every time I walk into the garage, I feel him right behind me, asking what we get to do today!
Hopefully he gets to look down and smile every time something new gets added, or done on this truck that was to be his!
- Still "looks" the same.
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I'll get some new pictures up soon, but the computer decided to take a break I guess, not moving to good?
