cardaddy
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- Nov 20, 2012
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Well gosh darnit I got to the party too late! (Although I'd probably said 780).
I knew it wasn't a 650, they are typically spread bores. Best mileage when puttin' along with the teeny tiny primary and whoosh does it dump gas when those fist size secondaries open! :laughing:
I take it the carb is in this?
Man does that body bring back memories! Back around 82 or so I had a 73 Blazer Silverado with all the bells-n-whistles. It *was* as spotless truck, brown metallic w/white inserts. Mostly stock w/small lift kit, HEI, headers, etc. and a set of gears.
Spent FIVE HOURS one morning after work (worked on the night crew back then) sitting in a mud hole, (well mostly a muddy water hole) with both axles 'high centered'.
Little did we know at the time that the tracks had been dynamited out and if you didn't have at least 38's you had no chance in he!! getting out of that sucker! I had muddy water 3"~4" deep inside the truck up till the point where we had a buddies dad with a farm tractor that came down and pulled us out. He backed down to my rear bumper while I crawled around in chest deep mud trying to hook chains over the rear axle. Then once it was hooked up he used the PTO to lift the rear end up and start yanking.
That darned tractor stood straight up in the air! The three guys that were with me ending up with two standing on each end of the front axle of the tractor, another one straddled the hood (along with his little brother) while the dad kept yanking till the Blazer started moving backwards. Picture in your mind all those guys on top of that old IH tractor and it bouncing up and down like a bronco bull.....
Spent the next 3 days pulling the interior out piece by piece, door panels, all the trim except the area behind the back seat, (because it was above the waterline). Didn't try that again!!! :laughing:
I knew it wasn't a 650, they are typically spread bores. Best mileage when puttin' along with the teeny tiny primary and whoosh does it dump gas when those fist size secondaries open! :laughing:
I take it the carb is in this?
Man does that body bring back memories! Back around 82 or so I had a 73 Blazer Silverado with all the bells-n-whistles. It *was* as spotless truck, brown metallic w/white inserts. Mostly stock w/small lift kit, HEI, headers, etc. and a set of gears.
Spent FIVE HOURS one morning after work (worked on the night crew back then) sitting in a mud hole, (well mostly a muddy water hole) with both axles 'high centered'.
Little did we know at the time that the tracks had been dynamited out and if you didn't have at least 38's you had no chance in he!! getting out of that sucker! I had muddy water 3"~4" deep inside the truck up till the point where we had a buddies dad with a farm tractor that came down and pulled us out. He backed down to my rear bumper while I crawled around in chest deep mud trying to hook chains over the rear axle. Then once it was hooked up he used the PTO to lift the rear end up and start yanking.
That darned tractor stood straight up in the air! The three guys that were with me ending up with two standing on each end of the front axle of the tractor, another one straddled the hood (along with his little brother) while the dad kept yanking till the Blazer started moving backwards. Picture in your mind all those guys on top of that old IH tractor and it bouncing up and down like a bronco bull.....
Spent the next 3 days pulling the interior out piece by piece, door panels, all the trim except the area behind the back seat, (because it was above the waterline). Didn't try that again!!! :laughing:
