So far I've covered the "improving" part and little of the "driving" part.
Early on we went for a couple little trips out with it running not so great and with brake problems.
A couple weeks ago after brake work, carb replacement, and valve adjusting finally seemed ready for a normal drive.
That Friday I drove it to work, lunch, errands after work, and back home. All without any troubles and with big smiles. Brought back memories of driving my old 52 anywhere I wanted whenever I wanted to.
It has been a long time now without a reliable useful old truck to drive around, or any truck for that matter. I sure missed it.
One weekend took it to the lumber store and picked up some 16' shelf boards for my wife's shop, that was fun. Later that day we attended a fancy dinner (fundraiser) in the old truck and picked up another friend on the way, also enjoyable.
It's been nice to drive an old AD truck again and I feel right at home behind the wheel! (I suppose to be proper it is a "New Design" truck being a GMC.)
Presently it's stuck in the garage having drained the rear axle and transmission. Trans I'll refill. Rear axle I plan to swap a 4.10 gear set in and that should firm up in the next week or so.
Grigg
