Jim, the Old Truck gods have indeed smiled on you today. Very good deal on
the NOS head, and finding a '41 visor - in any condition - and the other
parts is a real stroke of luck.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ole Trucks" <hollisbsa@hotmail.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 5:23 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] good luck
> Here is an update. I have had my truck in for the ongoing overheating
> issues to a auto repair and machine shop. Well they did a compression
test
> and 2 cyl were -25 and -30 lbs below the others. So I ask for a valve job
> to go along with a new head gasket.
>
> All was going well until they maganflux the head. There were two good size
> cracks. Not to worry, the owner went to his barn across the street and he
> had 2 heads on the shelf. His dad was the local Chevy dealer and gave him
> all of the old stuff to get him started in business. A few of the items
are
> still in the boxes. Well he selected the head with the same mold number
as
> my old head. Is a $100.00 good/ fair price for a NOS?
>
> Next off to the junkyard, I pulled off with no problem the exterior sun
> shade from a 41. Question 2 - I think this is aluminum - it has a bad
coat
> of paint on it. How do I remove the paint without damaging the shade?
>
> I also got one of the defrost vents (under the dash) that I was missing.
> And the shroud and support that are in front of the radiator, from a 41
> special delivery. I saw one of these in another truck earlier this year
and
> did not pull it. I went back a few weeks later to the truck it was in.
> Well it had a Dodge Colt sitting on top of its hood. And I found a 1969
New
> Hampshire plate in mint condition. The junk yard gou threw all of this in
> with the visor.
>
> What a day!
>
> This is the first time I went to the junk yard with a list of what I
wanted
> and knowing what truck all of the stuff was on. And I was able to get it
> all off. It never happens to me this way.
>
> Just good living in the state with the motto - LIVE FREE OR DIE!
>
> Also, in January or so I found a 47-50 GMC on its side with the spare tire
> support still attached. Someone asked me to get it for them but I can not
> remember who. Please ping me off list if this is something you are
looking
> for. I would love to swap this for a 40-46 spare carrier.
>
> Jim House
> 46 Chevy 3104
> Hollis, NH
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