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| | | | Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 117 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 117 | Hello to all, from Brooklyn, New York. I recently acquired a '65-'66 Chevy C10 Fleetside, 250 I6 with 2 speed automatic aluminum Powerglide. I am new to trucks in general, having recently swapped my Harley Softail Deluxe for her. I am leaving the city in August 2014 to retire (drop out) to the northeastern woods of Maine. Swapping the Harley for the truck was next on my to-do list after buying the land. The truck seems to be in fine, stock, condition, and mostly restored. But I have many plans for her, including a custom dash instrument cluster, re-doing all of the wiring, bumping up the alternator, replacing all lights with LED's, sway bars, and whatever else can be done with limited funds and mostly my own two hands. She also needs a mod of the rear end to improve highway mileage. At the moment she is in the shop for a tranny rebuild. (Regrettably, this is the second week she is there -they just can't seem to get something right. See my post "Haunted Powerglide?" in the driveline forum.) This truck will be my only vehicle up there, so she has to be in top shape. But I am very happy to have this truck. If anyone else on this forum is from Brooklyn, it would be great to hear from you.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | I'm not from N.Y. but welcome to the Stovebolt. Retirement is better than most folks think. There is just not enough time to do all we want to do  Congrats on getting out of the rat race. Next on your agenda will be finding ANOHTER truck to work on. Its a disease but a doggone good one. See you around the garage and good luck. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | Welcome Alden, sounds like you have a good plan. Hope everything works out for you, if you need help, just ask.
Leo | | | | | Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 117 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 117 | Achipmunk, another truck? Right now I am lucky I have not been put out to the dog house for this truck, lol. My lady turns up her nose at the truck and continues to pester me to buy a new truck.
Leo, thank you. I see you are Canadian so I have a short story for you. When I started looking five years ago for my piece of getaway land, I only wanted Canada. I wanted Labrador. I spent tens and tens of hours online shopping for a couple years. Then, right when I found what I wanted, I am chatting with the agent about immigrating to Canada for retirement, and he says, "Oh, wait one minute." He then explained to me that Canada is not allowing much immigration and that I would have practically no chance of gaining immigration. He said I could certainly buy land anywhere I wanted, but I would have to leave the country every year for some number of months. Well, that crashed a life's dream for me. So in the end I bought land in Maine, right on the New Brunswick border. I figured if Canada loosens up their immigration policy I can always swap the Maine piece and get something in Labrador. -Alden | | |
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