- 121. Re: [oletrucks] Thanks! (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:25:00 -0700
- Who says stock restorations aren't sexy? Great job, Joe. Regards, Grant S.>After a little over 3 years of work and a lot of help from you guys, I oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built bet
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00834.html (7,805 bytes)
- 122. Re: [oletrucks] Safety reason for relocating the gas tank - minor or major?! (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:34:28 -0700
- metal If this happens to my truck, I don't want to live. Regards, Grant S. 54 3100 (mostly all there) 54 3100 (mostly not there) 55 1st 3100 (mostly rust) Los Angeles, CA oletrucks is devoted to Che
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00911.html (7,363 bytes)
- 123. [oletrucks] Airbrush fun. (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:56:37 -0700
- Some months ago, Harbor Freight had a sale on cheap air brushes. They were probably less than $10. So even though I associated airbrushes with 70s vans painted with buxom sirens in improbable landsca
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00921.html (7,405 bytes)
- 124. Re: [oletrucks] Once Bitten. (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 01:05:52 -0700
- Mike's right, and in addition, if you pay with a postal money order, your purchase is insured by the post office, and they will send the postal inspectors (Dum de dum-dum) to investigate mail fraud.
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00984.html (7,594 bytes)
- 125. [oletrucks] Good book for painting (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 01:27:13 -0700
- A while ago, someone was asking about a good how-to book for body and paint work. I found a very good book recently on painting, called Boyd Coddington's How to Paint Your Hot Rod, by Timothy Remus,
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg00985.html (7,757 bytes)
- 126. Re: [oletrucks] Resale Value (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 11:52:38 -0700
- Very few rods or restorations Right, Bill. And by putting the money you would have spent on it in a mutual fund. That's the only way to make a profit (in dollars) on an old truck. Regards, Grant S. 5
- /html/oletrucks/2000-08/msg01035.html (7,224 bytes)
- 127. Re: [oletrucks] '54 - '55 1st grille question (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 10:05:25 -0700
- Hi Mark, I think these are called shoulder nuts. I had to replace one on one of the inner fenders. They make something like them today for welding into place on sheet metal. I got one that wasn't wu
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00008.html (7,414 bytes)
- 128. [oletrucks] Catholicity (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 01:10:33 -0700
- I used to think Chrysler products were laughably bad, back in the 1970s. Well, it was a dark time for the American car business, and things in general. Oddly, enough, though, when I went to buy a new
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00025.html (8,960 bytes)
- 129. [oletrucks] Re: Temperature Gauge Question (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 08:54:02 -0700
- Mike, why don't you pull the sender from your truck and find a buddy with another engine (and an accurate temp gauge) wnd try it out in his engine to check its accuracy. Regards, Grant S. 54 3100 (mo
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00029.html (6,774 bytes)
- 130. Re: [oletrucks] Firewall Plugging (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 21:35:57 -0700
- Unsupported bondo would not be good for this. It would work itself loose like a bunch of little wine corks. On the larger holes, say, over 5/16, I seen pros recommend that you cut a plug and don't tr
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00057.html (7,725 bytes)
- 131. Re: [oletrucks] Trucks in Mexico (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 22:35:58 -0700
- I understand that there used to be a brisk trade in selling used cars from the US in Mexico. I think the term Jalopy is a corruption of the name of the Mexican city Jalapa, which was a center for ref
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00085.html (7,283 bytes)
- 132. Re: [oletrucks] chevy, or gmc? (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 00:41:16 -0700
- Sounds like Johnny Cash's song about the '55, '56. '57, '58, '59 Cadillac. extra lake oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00088.html (7,713 bytes)
- 133. Re: [oletrucks] Beam axles on newer big trucks (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 17:41:07 -0700
- I rented a new Isuzu Cabover with an 18' bed about a year ago. It had a straight axle and leaf spring suspension and was surprisingly comfortable. I drove it from sea level to about 8,000 feet, and i
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00153.html (8,950 bytes)
- 134. Re: [oletrucks] You guys have corrupted me. . . (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 22:41:38 -0700
- a You're definately on the slippery slope, now, Mark. In my case, the parts trucks kept turning out to be better than the restoration truck, hence the need for more parts trucks, which turned out to
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00166.html (7,668 bytes)
- 135. Re: [oletrucks] Bed cover (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 14:21:49 -0700
- Here you go: http://www.gaylordslids.com/ oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00187.html (6,604 bytes)
- 136. Re: [oletrucks] DMV Story (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:32:32 -0700
- Hi Whitney, This is really the problem with petty government offices. Nobody ever gets fired for saying no, and they get paid the same either way. What they really ought to do is tie their pay to the
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00221.html (8,464 bytes)
- 137. Re: [oletrucks] F**d (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:34:13 -0700
- The elimination of the inner letters looks suspiciously like the reverance some demonimations accord the name of God, or G*d , by leaving the vowels out (i.e. Y*H*V*H, or YHVH instead of the full na
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00223.html (8,395 bytes)
- 138. Re: [oletrucks] DMV Story (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 15:06:40 -0700
- you could go to the I've found this is often the most successful approach to government entities. I was trying to get a permit from a big government agency once for a client, and they assigned me an
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00266.html (9,132 bytes)
- 139. Re: [oletrucks] DMV Story (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 15:14:33 -0700
- Just to follow up Mike's message, CA DMV forms are available online from the DMV's website. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00267.html (8,239 bytes)
- 140. Re: [oletrucks] DMV Story (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 15:20:28 -0700
- 1955 was the first year for any smog stuff in CA. It was something pretty minimal. I have registered 3 1955 vehicles here, and only on one of them did they require an inspection. Again, I think it de
- /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00268.html (8,589 bytes)
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