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    Anybody have any projects going on NOT related to work?

    I bought this 1994 Chevy Cheyenne 2wd because at the time I needed an extra vehicle. Now I think I'm going to fix the cab corners, swap the bed, redo the tint, and drop it down a little bit and use it for a family cruiser. I'll edit this original post with new pics to avoid clutter.

    How it sits currently:





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    Your pics aren't showing. It may be a sharing/protection dilemma at the hosting server. All I see is a gray circle with a dash in the center.

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    possibly an issue with me linking them to my Google photos. I'll see if I can fix it

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    The first time I posted from Google photos I had the same issue. I made a shared album and then had no problems with it.

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    I have way to many projects going at the same time. A car hobby to house flipping to car racing with lots in between. I am retired almost 11 years now so I scrap and repurpose for a hobby. I search the scrap yards for goodies. Last week I was dumping a load of shred when I saw a really old cast iron theater seat side over by the scale. Still had the old arm rest on it. One from around the 30's. The guy that owns the place said he grabbed it out of the pile and had plans for it. It is however still sitting by the scale. He did tell me his yard guy who runs the crane and loads the trucks hauling to the shredder said there were a few rows of the old theater seats he saw that went in the roll off and are now probably ripped to shreds. That broke my heart. Old history like that gone for scrap. The sad part is the Hispanic guy running the crane could care less. It's all junk to him. His not growing up here but instead in Mexico he has no appreciation for something vintage here in America. The guy who runs the yard said he told the guy to come get him every time he sees something unusual. I have a 26 Ford model T tall coupe rat rod under contruction. Plus I am in the process of redoing my shop and back yard using old industrial corrugated metal off a 75 year old cotton gin that blew apart recently during a dust storm near a town south of where I am called Casa Grande. The guy who owned the old gin said to anyone who wanted to collect the metal to take all you want. It was scattered for miles.

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    I also have a house for a project at the moment!!!

    Are the truck pics visible now??
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    Quote Originally Posted by magnumrecycling View Post
    I also have a house for a project at the moment!!!

    Are the truck pics visible now??
    The truck pics are visible now.

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    I still cannot see pics

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeinreco View Post
    I still cannot see pics
    Me either

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    Collecting tractors to restore, Case 195, Satoh S650G, Simplicity Powermax 9020 my favorite is the Kubota B7001 a small 4x4 that I currently use with a blower to clear snow from the driveway and make a few walking trails on the property.

    Over the winter months rebuilding the Onan engine from the Simplicity, a side story on the engine.

    Previous owner thought the engine was shot because of the oil smoke coming from the exhaust, he quit using the tractor but left it to the environment water entering the engine seized it up solid. When I tore the engine down found the problem, the fuel pump had a bad diaphragm that allowed raw gasoline to pass into the crankcase diluting the oil to the point it could pass by the piston.

    It's rather unfortunate that I happened onto the tractor after the weather damage, as a simple fuel pump replacement would have solved the oil burning problem.

    Going to run in the neighborhood of $800.00 in parts to overhaul the Onan, I had looked into re-powering with a Vanguard or a Honda but have decided the heavier cast iron Onan engine is of superior quality. You would never get 30 years of service from an engine having an aluminum block.


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