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Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
“I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one!
Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop!
USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,588 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,588 | GW
Just looked up your location and you are about 20 miles away from the annual epic event.
Sorry, but you will not qualify to be a LDT member (Long Distance Team).
I am planning on attending again this year.
Be prepared to work, get dirty, learn/share and eat good.
Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,714 Bond Villain | | Bond Villain Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,714 | I'm waiting for our Oz contingent to announce that he's made his reservations so I can announce that we're not having it this year ....  Last weekend in April. Historic downtown Oakville, MD (part of the greater Mechanicsville metroplex)
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,417 ODSS Lawman | | ODSS Lawman Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,417 | Metroplex? Your neighbors built a metroplex?
SWEET Sergeant At Arms: Old Dominion Stovebolt Society BUNS?!?!?!Where we're going, we don't need no buns.....1950 GMC 450 1951 Chevy 1/2-TonThe GreenMachineIn the Stovebolt Gallery | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 | "Last weekend in April"- - - - -Got any funny hats and party favors? That's about the time of my birthday! (4/27) 72 years old this time around.
Would anyone be interested in a cylinder boring demo? I think my old Van Norman boring bar is still in working shape, and I just might have my adapter plate for boring the rear of the block for a full circle seal set up by then.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,714 Bond Villain | | Bond Villain Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,714 | I can think of two 261's in the immediate area needing tear down/forensics/possible boring...
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 | Sounds interesting- - - - -to do a bore job properly, the new pistons need to be on hand, so the present bore size (standard or oversize) and the amount of wear that needs to be corrected needs to be known before the boring begins. Then the cylinders are bored close to finish diameter and the final size and cross hatch pattern is done with a hone.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,588 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,588 | For a demo like that, we'll have to set up bleachers and security.
Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,001 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,001 | I would be so interested in seeing your boring demo Jerry!! I'm planning on doing a rebuild this year (non-GM) and I'm wondering how much I could do on my own because machine shop prices are through the roof around here!
Hope you can pull it off!
~ Victor 1941 3/4-Ton Pickup (in process). Read about it in the DITY Gallery1955 Grumman Kurbside "Doughboy" 235/3 on tree w/ OD 1957 3100 - moved on 1959 C4500 Short Bus "Magic Bus" - moved on 1959 G3800 1 Ton Dually "Chief" - moved on 1958 C4400 Viking "Thor" ~ moved on to fellow Bolter | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 | I haven't had as many birthdays as HRL, but I have celebrated all of them on the same day, April 27. All I ask is that everyone try to keep the gifts to no more than $500.00. Anything over that amount makes me blush...
I will be at this one, wife or high water.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 | I'm planning to bring my boring bar and a retired 235 splasher block to demonstrate a few procedures on. If someone needs a block bored, bring it with you, along with the new pistons you want to install. I'll see if we can send you home with a bored and honed engine to assemble. Include the main bearing caps- - - - -with the main caps installed and torqued it stabilizes the block for the boring operation.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,714 Bond Villain | | Bond Villain Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,714 |
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 1,036 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 1,036 | It's about 11 hours from my house. Hope I'm not working.
Old enough to know better, too young to resist.
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 155 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 155 | I will bring my boring goggles
I have a 55 second gen!,, work in progress
1963 long bed step side driver
Just a guy who digs old trucks!
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