S4Cruiser
SILVER Star
First things first...title has zero to do with Beyonce 
As the saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make...
I'm wrapping up the build on my '70 40 series (Project - Not so Nice) and have been planning on another truck. Wanting to go big...linked rear, SOA or linked front, lm7/auto/atlas, 60/14 bolt, sawzalled, tubed frame, blah blah blah. Posted a few 'Wanted' ads and was close to pulling the trigger on a couple of trucks but fpr some reason or another they didn't work out. I was looking for cheap, cheap, cheap or some sort of solid platform to start with. I actually wanted rust as I was gonna just get cut out anyways.
Then, a lead on this '67 popped up a couple days ago. After a few phone calls, text messages and luck, I brought her home yesterday. She was stashed back in the woods behind a mechanic in NC where it had sat for over 6 years. One of those stories where the PO had big plans but life ended up getting in the way and there it sat mostly forgotten.
With the help of the guys who run the shop, we drug her out like a dog...4 flats and 1 tire pretty much torn off the rim. Trees attempting to box her in and a bunch of other auto carcasses making the extraction a challenge we were forced to spin the truck 180 in the mud. Amazingly, once we got her to the front of the shop, the other 3 tires held air! (no pics so you'll have to use your imagination)
After cautiously guiding her down the hill and across the street (4runner in the front and rear), we winched her up onto my trailer (using a snatch block)...this all done with no brakes on the truck (not even brake lines lol). Couple hand shakes and paying a minimal storage/extraction fee (on behalf of the PO) I was on my way!
So...lemons...when a super solid survivor (after sitting in the woods for 6 years no less) falls in your lap, you aren't well served to cut it up...you keep it true to form (make lemonade)...and this bitch is yeller!
As the saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make...
I'm wrapping up the build on my '70 40 series (Project - Not so Nice) and have been planning on another truck. Wanting to go big...linked rear, SOA or linked front, lm7/auto/atlas, 60/14 bolt, sawzalled, tubed frame, blah blah blah. Posted a few 'Wanted' ads and was close to pulling the trigger on a couple of trucks but fpr some reason or another they didn't work out. I was looking for cheap, cheap, cheap or some sort of solid platform to start with. I actually wanted rust as I was gonna just get cut out anyways.
Then, a lead on this '67 popped up a couple days ago. After a few phone calls, text messages and luck, I brought her home yesterday. She was stashed back in the woods behind a mechanic in NC where it had sat for over 6 years. One of those stories where the PO had big plans but life ended up getting in the way and there it sat mostly forgotten.
With the help of the guys who run the shop, we drug her out like a dog...4 flats and 1 tire pretty much torn off the rim. Trees attempting to box her in and a bunch of other auto carcasses making the extraction a challenge we were forced to spin the truck 180 in the mud. Amazingly, once we got her to the front of the shop, the other 3 tires held air! (no pics so you'll have to use your imagination)
After cautiously guiding her down the hill and across the street (4runner in the front and rear), we winched her up onto my trailer (using a snatch block)...this all done with no brakes on the truck (not even brake lines lol). Couple hand shakes and paying a minimal storage/extraction fee (on behalf of the PO) I was on my way!
So...lemons...when a super solid survivor (after sitting in the woods for 6 years no less) falls in your lap, you aren't well served to cut it up...you keep it true to form (make lemonade)...and this bitch is yeller!
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