Running & Driving Now '76 Jimmy
As it " flew " (the smog Tech's comment) through the emissions test , so I got tags (and supposedly a title) , insured it and have been driving it 'round .
I'd be posting this over on the '73 ~ '87 forums but no one there cares about old trucks
go figure .
I've still not addressed the underdash wiring mess (soon though) as I decided to find out why the original passenger side saddle fuel tank was by - passed .
BECAUSE Nate , it was full of shale rust and had pinhole leaks and rotted away pickup and gauge float arm to boot - that's why .
So , to-day's madness is to go out to Sun Valley in the predicted 102* F heat
with my tape measure and try to find a good used stock fuel tank
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I'll also remove and discard the BRAHMA camper shell on the bed , I've been trying to give it away as it's an expen$ive item and the local Mexicans seem to love them but no takers so in the dump it goes , my son works in the trash truck garage so I'll schlepp over there and remove it then take him to lunch.
I hope to get the new (used) fuel tank before then , maybe he'll give me a hand and we'll nstall the new back glass I bought else I won't be able to street park it until that's done .
Maybe this upcoming week I'll rip the dashboard apart and attack it , fix the bad grounding and broken temp. & fuel gauges , I hate that's it's dark as I drive at night .
Technically it's ready to drive North now but I'll wait until the dash is done before calling and setting up my Moto pickup appointment .
I dragged the original seat with only one hole in the original red plaid cover , out to the street along with the leaky original radiator and dead hood hinges , soon a nice older Mexican man & his grand daughter came by in his '76 C-20 Chevy scrap truck and began cutting away the cover & *perfect* foam seat buns , I let him fill my trashcan with most of this debris and managed to grab what was left of the original build sheet from the springs , I'll try to salvage it but we'll see .
As it " flew " (the smog Tech's comment) through the emissions test , so I got tags (and supposedly a title) , insured it and have been driving it 'round .
I'd be posting this over on the '73 ~ '87 forums but no one there cares about old trucks
go figure .I've still not addressed the underdash wiring mess (soon though) as I decided to find out why the original passenger side saddle fuel tank was by - passed .
BECAUSE Nate , it was full of shale rust and had pinhole leaks and rotted away pickup and gauge float arm to boot - that's why .
So , to-day's madness is to go out to Sun Valley in the predicted 102* F heat
with my tape measure and try to find a good used stock fuel tank
.I'll also remove and discard the BRAHMA camper shell on the bed , I've been trying to give it away as it's an expen$ive item and the local Mexicans seem to love them but no takers so in the dump it goes , my son works in the trash truck garage so I'll schlepp over there and remove it then take him to lunch.
I hope to get the new (used) fuel tank before then , maybe he'll give me a hand and we'll nstall the new back glass I bought else I won't be able to street park it until that's done .
Maybe this upcoming week I'll rip the dashboard apart and attack it , fix the bad grounding and broken temp. & fuel gauges , I hate that's it's dark as I drive at night .
Technically it's ready to drive North now but I'll wait until the dash is done before calling and setting up my Moto pickup appointment .
I dragged the original seat with only one hole in the original red plaid cover , out to the street along with the leaky original radiator and dead hood hinges , soon a nice older Mexican man & his grand daughter came by in his '76 C-20 Chevy scrap truck and began cutting away the cover & *perfect* foam seat buns , I let him fill my trashcan with most of this debris and managed to grab what was left of the original build sheet from the springs , I'll try to salvage it but we'll see .
having done this before , I knew it'd be a freaking ZOO inside and since it was already 102° F , I kippered off to my son's nearby shop where we unbolted and discarded the FUGLY BRAHMA shell & crushed it in a packer , then he helped me install the back glass I bought and had tinted - it's now much quieter in the cab and I can put my new Ural Solo sT in the bed unhindered , we drove it to lunch , Chinese Rat On A Stick M-M GOOD ! 
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