Work on the truck has been slow for the last few weeks. I completed a 25 mile over night kayak fishing trip on the Brazos last weekend and this weekend was crammed with activities. We saw Jerry Jeff Walker front and center at Billy Bob's and we were one of 4 to get something signed from him. Seems appropriate to mention the "Pickup Truck Song". Hondo Crouch (the man he mentions at the beginning of the song) is seen below (will post soon) with my dad in a photo I found after my dad passed, that's JJW's signature on there!
I finally made it to the "Busy Bee Bakery". They have a mini car show there at 7:00 am every Sunday morning. Saw some cool rides and got plenty of ideas for running the exhaust out the back. Met some really good folks there too. I shall return.
The whole weekend (truck wise) was spent tweaking the body work back and forth to get it as straight as the old bent iron would allow. If I haven't mentioned before, the truck was wrecked prior to me receiving it. Add in the countless times I ran into something or had it airborne (they do fly!), it is a wonder that it is even close to straight.
There were all kinds of issue's with the front bumper fitting right. The valance was removed and banged out and welded and the aluminum grill was replaced with the $40 steel one I found in a junk yard.
Everything seems to be where it is going to live for a while, which means... its time to get a truck moving down the road.
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