Car Folks and Gun Folks
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Belt Fed
Ronin
Yeah and they didn't work with it all jacked up like that. it had air shocks on the rear so it could be let down where they work work. not good as the ladder bars though.
ddeuce22
Professional
I knew I posted some when I got my truck last year. (Link will bring you right the post with pics)
www.thearmorylife.com
Still going strong. She's due for some new tires very soon though. Thinking of going with a beefier tire than the crap highway duelers it came with. Maybe some Falken AT4's
I asked Santa for a Springfield Professional
My wife & I have five babies (we don't call them dogs) Maggie Marie, Charlie George, Andy Winston, Mollie Sue & Susie Q. We love them soooo much. i agree, i LOVE me good Suzie Q. makes my blood sugar stay up for a long, long time....!!!!...(seriously, it does)
www.thearmorylife.com
Still going strong. She's due for some new tires very soon though. Thinking of going with a beefier tire than the crap highway duelers it came with. Maybe some Falken AT4's
Blackfeather
Custom
Due to pi ss poor maintenance habits by one or all three previous owners during the first 270,000 miles, my rare 1 of 1271 made in 2007 5.7L 4x2 Regular Cab Short Bed Toyota Tundra sport truck (former abused work truck that I bought cheap in 2017) blew a head gasket at 316,000 miles.
It seems Toyota's big V8 likes it's coolant flushed about every 50k/5yrs, and it doesn't appreciate being run hard while low on oil, the cylinder walls were scored from heat. Very few shops know how to machine and rebuild these correctly, so I sold the original engine as a core after I found a low mileage used engine that I purchased from the original owner.
My Toyota master mechanic refreshed the new to me engine with new head gaskets, timing chains, guides, chain tensioners, starter, alternator, radiator, water pump, etc...
It's the smallest full size Tundra ever made, and it has the longest doors Toyota ever hung on a truck. With a mild tune plus a custom cat-back exhaust this engine makes about 400 hp. and I have had it back on the road for almost a month now... I'm enjoying it immensely.
Luckily I had my trusty work truck to drive while my sport truck was out of action. This is my rare 2002 regular cab long bed 4X4 V8 Tundra that I bought in '03, it's about to hit 200k.
It seems Toyota's big V8 likes it's coolant flushed about every 50k/5yrs, and it doesn't appreciate being run hard while low on oil, the cylinder walls were scored from heat. Very few shops know how to machine and rebuild these correctly, so I sold the original engine as a core after I found a low mileage used engine that I purchased from the original owner.
My Toyota master mechanic refreshed the new to me engine with new head gaskets, timing chains, guides, chain tensioners, starter, alternator, radiator, water pump, etc...
It's the smallest full size Tundra ever made, and it has the longest doors Toyota ever hung on a truck. With a mild tune plus a custom cat-back exhaust this engine makes about 400 hp. and I have had it back on the road for almost a month now... I'm enjoying it immensely.
Luckily I had my trusty work truck to drive while my sport truck was out of action. This is my rare 2002 regular cab long bed 4X4 V8 Tundra that I bought in '03, it's about to hit 200k.
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TEXASforLIFE
SAINT
is that an auto tension or just a sensor on the cam chains?
Blackfeather
Custom
They are hydraulic tensioners, in the 1st picture you can see the one on the right with the small yellow locking mechanism. I will be changing oil & filter every 4k to ensure the tensioners remain fully functional.
My last true muscle car was this '71 GTO that I sold in '86... it was a lot of fun.
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TEXASforLIFE
SAINT
a friend (deceased now) has a similar car (olds cutlas or 442) convertible that you could start w/o a key in the ignition. just turn it normally like you would with a key in the ignition. really with i had that car and other old muscle type cars from the 60's and early 70's in brands (dodge, ford) i don't care for.
Annihilator
Emissary
Annihilator
Emissary
Back in 1990, I got a 1985 Z28 Camaro, fully loaded 1 owner car with 23,000 miles, took the computer controlled carb and ignition off and replaced it with regular parts, great runner.
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
In much younger days it was one of my life's finer pleasures!!!! Bought/sold them, built them, raced them, customized them, modified them, painted them, even drove one every now and then!!! Actually very early on I had to learn to take care of them. I left home at 15 and had no one else to do it for me.
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
Longtime back and memory fades some ... is that '69 or '70 maybe?