Whatcha gonna do with all that junk?
All that junk inside your…bed.
Here’s some pics of the car since I parked it at the station. Got the car cover on it. It’s for protection and also so people don’t complain about me having an old car full of car parts sitting in the work parking lot!
Without the cover it would look like this:
Upon closer inspection some of those parts could come in handy! You can see that the old parts car was similar, but there’s a definite difference in the blue.
I’m so anxious to get to work on it, but I can’t yet. Just a couple more weeks and I’ll be able to park it and start tearing into it. The first step is going to be laying everything out and getting organized. Until then she’ll just sit quietly covered waiting.
No wonder!
Remember that old red car that was in too many accidents to count? Well I always had this little guy riding around with me as my co-pilot.
Ain’t he CUTE!?
But as we were packing, I discovered something about this little buddy that I should have figured out long ago.
WELL THAT EXPLAINS IT!
Not to be confused with another famous “Buster”.
Alright, I’m completely nuts.
Sunday I’m going to buy a 1977 Chevy El Camino.
So by now you’re either thinking…OMG!…WTF?…or just laughing out loud (LOL).
But before you judge my judgment consider the facts. 1) The car runs and drives. 2) The parts that aren’t on the car come with the car. Plus spare doors, bumpers, hood, trim, etc. 3) It’s $250. 4) It’s an F’N El Camino!
The idea originally came about when we decided to move and I wanted to get a rusty old truck to have around as a workhorse. I started looking around in the paper but never really found anything promising. Then I saw the ad for this thing and decided to call on it. The old guy who owns it was hoping to restore it one day, but now he’s on disability and just can’t do it. But luckily for me he’s collected a TON of parts for the car so a lot of what I need is already there. There’s a few things I’m going to probably have to buy like lower quarter panels and floor pans, but the beauty of it is they’re actually reproducing parts for these cars now so you can get brand new sheet metal without too much trouble.
The Good: It’s pretty much complete and fairly rust free. – It runs so I don’t have to tow it home. – Comes with tons of parts. – It has a positraction rearend. – It’s a hell of a deal for $250!
The Bad: The transmission doesn’t shift into 3rd gear. So it’s not going anywhere very fast. Could be a linkage, or could be something internal, won’t know until I mess around with it. – It has a wimpy 305 motor – Needs a new tailgate – Needs some paint.
It’s definetly a project. It’s not something I’m going to be driving everyday, not for a long time anyway. But it’s a car I’ve always wanted. And it’s something I can tear apart and not have to worry about when I get it put back together because I have to drive it the next day. Parts are realitivly easy to come by and fairly reasonably priced. I finally have a place to work on something like this and I’m excited to get started. My ultimate goal is to pull the engine and put a rebuilt big block in it, beef up the drivetrain and build something that will pull about anything short of a fifth wheel trailer. I don’t want something that will go insanely fast, that’ll get me in too much trouble!
It’s a long way off, but you gotta have a target in mind right? Here’s some potentials as to what I’m someday aiming for with this ride.
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If I were to go with single color job it’d probably be something like this. Red, orange or black. Sure mine isn’t an SS, but that’s never stopped anybody from sticking SS in their car before! Ha ha.
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Here’s an El Camino Classic like mine with a factory paint job. I really like this color combo and I have all the trim pieces needed for it. I’m a big fan of the rally wheels like this and plan on cleaning up the set that comes with the car and using them regardless of what I paint the car.
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The rear end of these cars just looks so bad assed! I hope to mount a Reese style hitch to the frame below the bumper for towing.
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I also think they look pretty good with a bed cover.
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So there ya go. The lastest nuts thing I’ve done. Don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll be subjected to my progress as I post it here on the blog. Any cool ideas let me know!
06.6.07Matt featured on biebscast…
HAHA .. well for those of you who didnt know matt co hosted a biebs cast.
you can download it from here
or just visit www.biebsworld.com and on the left hand side a box with all the episodes there
Swear Jar
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Finally found a house!
Well after several houses being rented to other people before we get a chance, we finally put a deposit down on a house in Ogden. It’s a little more expensive but it’s worth it. It’s a 3 bedroom, but like Biebs guessed earlier the third bedroom is more like a big closet! Ha ha. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s a nice quiet little place. And it’ll be nice to not be apartment living.
It’ll be a little while before I can get some pictures. There were still folks living there, so I didn’t want to run around taking pictures of their stuff. So you’ll have to wait until we move in July to get some pics. Thanks for everybody who said a prayer for us! It’s glad to finally have the weight of looking for a new place lifted.
SW Kansas Here We Come!
Welp, we’re heading off to SW Kansas this weekend. We’re dropping off the cat at Matt’s mom’s place so she can catsit for us for a while. We’re definitely moving out of our apartment, can’t stand living in a creek flood zone. So, they’re going to start showing off our apartment coming up in June, since we have to put in our 60 day notice on the first.
Searching for a new place has been kind of difficult. It has almost wore me out, even though it’s only been a few weeks since we’ve started looking. 😛 Matt says that it will take time. I believe him, but I wish it wasn’t so hard around here. I was looking on rent.com for places in Wichita, just for fun, and came across a lot of places that were a hell of a lot cheaper than around here. I found a two bedroom apartment for about $425/mo down there that would cost us around $700/mo around here. It’s just ridiculous.
Anyways, I’m excited to see the other half of the family. I didn’t get to go with Matt the last two times he went down there. So, I hope everybody else is excited to see me!
05.29.07Return of Biebscast
Return of Biebscast check it out the box to the right click to listen to which ever episode, however i must have deleted the first episode. enjoy!!
New Morning Show Host
Well for a couple days anyway. I’ll be hosting the morning show on 97.5 while our current host is out of town. I’m a little apprehensive about it but not too bad. If I prep out enough material I know I’ll do fine. But I’m worried I might get sucked into it permanetly.
The same guy that does mornings is also the Program Director, and he’s also quitting at the end of June. This opens up both positions. I don’t think I’d mind filling in a couple days on the show, but I don’t really see myself as a morning show kinda person. Or just a…morning…person period. It’d be a big adjustment. A lot more work, and probably not much more money. It’s just part of radio that I’ve never really had the desire to do. I am however hopeful for the Program Director position. That would also be more work but quite a bit more money.
So who knows I might end up doing both….or neither. It’s all up in the air. Not to mention the lady was supposed to let me know today or tomorrow if we got that house and she hasn’t called any of my references yet. So that’s not looking too great. There’s just so much going on right now that my nerves are just kinda fried. I’m trying not to worry about too much, or let too much bother me and just let God handle it. But it’s tough when there’s this much uncertainty. But I suppose that’s why they call it faith.
Gimme a floodin’ break!
Well, I apologize that it seems like all I’m doing is complaining lately. It’s just weird times I guess.
Our apartment complex flooded AGAIN! It’s just friggin a pain in the ass. Luckily I got out this morning before the waters had risen to the parking lot again. But I had to drive my car through about a foot of water just to get off our street. And the bad part is it could do this all summer long if we don’t get a decent break in the weather.
This house we’re looking at may or may not come through, but I’m to the point that I just want to move, even if it’s to another apartment. As long as it’s not friggin’ flooding every couple weeks!