Oh no, did the tree smush your truck?
Oh no, did the tree smush your truck?
Okay---the tree did not shush the truck----it fell so that nothing was damaged.. but yeah--I would elaborate, but I type this on my sail fone. Big mess to clean, still no power. Yup
okay---just to let you kids know i have 'lectricity & running water as of about 4 pm yesterday. but yeah--it went off again for about an hour at around 8:30 pm, i reckon they were deoing something else on the lines. So, i don't know how many are without 'lectricity at this point. But yeah--day after the storm, i went downtown to the court house where they had lectric, and filed for the homestead tax increase exemption, so it doesn't increase. When i left the courthouse, it was raining like crazy, again. oh, and yeah---i ordered a part for my old 58 Packard--it is "new", never-used, but 60-something years old. Yup. many, many parts were hoarded after the company ceased auto perduction. Good thing they didn't toss it all in the dumpster in the name of progress & reducing clutter. Nope.
Glad to hear that you have your power and water back.
TYVM, RR. I've resolved to use much less 'lectricity and gas, to save $$ and reduce wasteful consumption. The catts don't seemta mind, as they have the ability to see in lower levels of light, and I ain't skeered o' the dark since my house ain't stigmatized. I was looking online about an incident where an airport ramp crew menmber was sucked into a running jet engine. It turns out there have been a number of cases like that in the last couple of years, despite training and warnings from supervisors to personnel ta stay the heck away from running jet engines. But anyway, for the real deal on the end result of such careless behavior, an online magazine called "Shocker" published graphic photos of the accident scene. The vitims was literally pureed, as a result of going through an jet engine. And, the engine had to be replaced, due to damage. Yup. Hope that helped you some.Originally Posted by rosarugosa
okay----spent the afternoon doing YARD WORK!! not because i am so virtuous and conform to the social norms of the nice people that devote their whole life to keeping things tidy, but to get rid of the tree branches littering the yard everywhere, due to the storm. so, i also helped church guys' boy, who had large branches in a tree that had crunched the fence between us. I hooked a chain & cable to my one-ton GMC with the versa-lift and pulled the large branches out of the tree, onto the ground. well, i went upta the market for supplies, and the 'chine shop guy was there, and he informed me that the Packard crank i dropped off for grinding several months ago was almost done and let me know the bearingt size. So, thats good news. So, i went on ebay and got a set of new, but old bearings to fit it. Yup.
okay---those main bearings--Michigan Brand with the date stamp for "66" on them arrived from Winnypig, Manitobia. Yup. I needta go pick up the reground crank, soon. Awhile back I bought an old book online(EBAY), that is the official S-P 55-58 Body Parts Catalogue, including 57-58 Packard. So, what you do is go in there, and with the help of illustrations get a number, then check that number in the catalogue to get the part number. Then, go online to Studebaker International Co. in Indyanna, and check their catalogue, to see if they list it in inventory and the price. Then, I called them gave the lady must customer number, ph. number, and she checked their files. I said I'd liketa send a photo of that part, so we don't ship something wrong at great expense, so I did that. Well, I called back today to confirm that they received my email and that the valance is actually in stock. She said well---they're wqorking on rounding it up, or something to that effect. So, hopefully it will be here in a few days; a 67-year-old part that is left over from Packard production. Hopefully, because the one on mine is crunched.
okay- it showed up today, via UPS. I hadda scrub some dirt and dust and grime and mold offa it, not surprising since its been stored in a warehouse for 67+ years. It has a small wrinkle in it, but ez to remedy. Waaay better shape than the one on my ol' Packkerd. (see photo)
okay---i don't know if i showed this ta you kids before, but here is a photo of my old van before i got it. But yeah---it set at the Joplin airport old terminal on Dennis Weaver Drive, for years and years(see photo). it's a classic and a project i needta move forward. I got lots of parts at the wreckin' yard, some of which to upgrade it. It was not in running condition, but it does, now.
okay---I wenta the wreckin' yard and pulled the front and rear bumpers off a van. The rear bumper on my van(see above photo) was severely bent and besides--they are painted. These bumpers i got are chromed; they're off a 1996 conversion van. The front one has the hard-plastic "guards", and I also have another set of guards I'll put on the rear. May as well. Plus--I picked up a real solid van tailpipe, that I can use on my one-ton. And, last but not least, a nice clean ECM box which runs the fuel injection & distributor. It's nice to have a spare; i put it inside a 1-gallon freezer bag. Those ecms for chevies are suppoed to be for specific applications, but they'll still work on various vehicles that don't have lots of gadgets on them. Plus, a door lock button and a fiberglass spare tire cover. it has several breaks on the outside edge, but being FG, it's very fixable. They've jacked the prices waaay up at the wreckin' yard, so the bill was about what you kids'd spend on a drive-n-eat or some concert tickicks. ouch. But, i gotta have the parts. Yup.
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