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Offline callsign.oldman

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What's UP!
« on: December 05, 2010, 08:51:42 pm »
Hey Everyone! 

My name is Jeff, I’m 26 and am currently serving in the Army as a Longbow Apache technician.  Just got promoted to Sergeant and I am currently stationed at Fort Hood, gearing up to deploy to Afghanistan.  I did one tour in Iraq which is where I bought my current rolling project, a 1988 Chevy R30 Crew Cab Dually.   (more on that in a minute)  Before I joined the Army I worked as a truck / trailer mechanic for about 8 years.   My uncle, whom I worked for, was always willing to take on new jobs, even if we’d never tackled it before.  That kind of work is instrumental in fostering the good ol’ American “Can-Do” attitude.  I did two years in college chasing a degree in Technical Education (fancy term for a shop teacher)  When my Uncle shut down the shop and went out on the road trucking, I put together a service truck and went into business for myself doing trailer repairs for about half a dozen customers.  The fuel spikes in 2007 hit everyone hard and I decided to git while the gettin’ was good and that landed me in the Army…. 

Back to the reason for being here.  Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted a 73-87 style Chevy crewcab dually.  While we were in Iraq I hunted and hunted until one day I found my current baby.  It’s powered by a 454 TBI spinning a THM-400 trans backed by a Gear Vendors Overdrive (highly recommend them) and  putting the power to the duals through a Dana 60 (or 70, didn’t bother to check the code)  It’s “primer” black with blue and white pinstriping, lowered 4 inches front and rear and has a solid (no windows) camper shell out back.

Eventually I’d love to reconfigure the drive train with a 496 spinning an NV4500 through the overdrive unit and out through a Dana S135 drive axle.  Now that’s a lot of money right there so we’ll see what happens.  For now I’m hacking away at all the typical maintenance issues associated with a 22 year old truck; weatherstripping, suspension, brakes, and so-forth…. Gives me something to do 

Glad to be here, looking forward to talking to yall…
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Offline Canadian 4X4

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Re: What's UP!
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2010, 08:57:34 pm »
Welcome!
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Offline choptop

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Re: What's UP!
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2010, 09:52:42 pm »
Welcome from West Texas
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Offline Dr_Snooz

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Re: What's UP!
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2010, 10:28:47 pm »
Welcome from California! Please be careful in Afghanistan.
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Offline Layne

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Re: What's UP!
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2010, 12:45:19 am »
Welcome from Illinois
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Offline Cody1018

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Re: What's UP!
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2010, 06:14:48 am »
Welcome from Ohio
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Offline zieg85

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Re: What's UP!
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2010, 06:31:55 am »
Welcome from NW Indiana, thank you fro your service!!!
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Offline Grim 82

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Re: What's UP!
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2010, 10:20:57 am »
Welcome from ND
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Offline autorepr

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Re: What's UP!
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2010, 12:17:30 pm »
Welcome from Dayton OH!   THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!
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Offline bake74

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Re: What's UP!
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2010, 12:10:50 am »
     Welcome from California
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Offline Laderhosen

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Re: What's UP!
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2010, 05:31:59 am »
Cool sounding truck. Good luck in Afganistan. Get some pics of the truck up if you can.....
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