66 E-VUCK project-2014

Twinpilot001 wrote:2-car lifts!! mig & tig welder, and a professional body man that works for cheap just 4 u!!  remember -if ur going to wish?? do a BIGGIE!! 


66 econotruck!!!!!!!!!!!!! HaHa-u dont want to know what i call them!!    

Now I have to know what you call them Twinpilot.  

It doesn't matter what you call them, they won't help unless you have some $$$$dinero.

econopoor wrote:The Navy had a bunch of them. Every US Navy flight line in world had two. The were used to transport crew to the planes. Fred Carello has one that was assigned to a carrier group. It just sat on a base in Florida and has super low millage. It was even painted to squadron colors. Pretty cool. Air Force and Army had them as well. I've not seen any Marine trucks but I would think they would have them too. 1963 was a big order for the military.

Duane In Tennessee

duane, fred sold his navy truck to a local guy who took the cool paint off and primed it ?! I would have bought it if I was on the econo band wagon a little earlier

econopoor wrote:The Navy had a bunch of them. Every US Navy flight line in world had two. The were used to transport crew to the planes. Fred Carello has one that was assigned to a carrier group. It just sat on a base in Florida and has super low millage. It was even painted to squadron colors. Pretty cool. Air Force and Army had them as well. I've not seen any Marine trucks but I would think they would have them too. 1963 was a big order for the military.

Duane In Tennessee

Duane,
I sold it a couple of years ago after owning it for over 30 years. Still in RI. Running but not completed yet. Original color was blue but the Navy painted it green metal flake, squadron color. It still had the squadron insignias and lettering on the gate when I bought it. Fred
The Gremlin is for sale, 360, 4 barrel, automatic.

That is bad to the bone!!!

Day or night, air or sea, you are toast:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HS-11

What a cool piece of history. I was a LSE (landing signalman enlisted) in the Navy. The poor bastard that stood UNDER the helicopter and let the pilot know how close he was to the superstructure:)

The Dragonslayer history has many distinguished highlights. The squadron played a leading role in astronaut recovery operations during the Gemini missions, plucking from the sea such famed astronauts as White, McDivitt, Lovell, and Aldrin.

Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program of NASA, the civilian space agency of the United States government. Project Gemini was conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, with ten manned flights occurring in 1965 and 1966.

This could very well have been involved in the Gemini program, wow.

I'm pulling this of the web, not that smart:)

66mnecotruck wrote:

millwright71 wrote:Investing in a stud welder will save lots of filling and grinding later. They are amazing for removing dents when ya can't get to the back side IMO. Just my two cents, looking good so far!


                                                                                                       Tom

Next thing your going to tell me is a nice car lift would make my life a lot easier.

I'm doing everything old school. My truck is being delivered by Pony Express...It has been in transit for 40 days.  .....  ......   ....  .....

40 days! Did they take it around the moon? Is that why your studying NASA missions?    

Duane in Smartasville TN
Exit 83 off the interstate.

Ha!!! YES! If it is not here on tuesday I'm going on a transport brand bashing mission  

Did you guys already know that stuff? That some dude, may have drove the dude, that picked up the dude, that just got blasted of the top of a Saturn 5 rocket!?? In that truck??

I bought my truck Feb 2, set up a delivery with Montway Auto Transport, they called me 12 days later and said for another $250 they have a guy that will move it. I told them to shove it up their bait and switch asses. They even had the b's to ask me why. I said because I don't want to get a call in another 12 days saying you need $299 to get it from FL to MN.

Now I am with DAS and it will be in there hands 30 days on MON.

66mnecotruck wrote:I bought my truck Feb 2, set up a delivery with Montway Auto Transport, they called me 12 days later and said for another $250 they have a guy that will move it. I told them to shove it up their bait and switch asses. They even had the b's to ask me why. I said because I don't want to get a call in another 12 days saying you need $299 to get it from FL to MN.

Now I am with DAS and it will be in there hands 30 days on MON.

I have used MJR Transport , Glendale AZ several times with no problems. From AZ to RI, flat tires ,non running, $1000.00, less then 10 days each time.
Fred

This is coming out of San Fran. It has been sitting just south of Chicago for 2 weeks. It was just about 1k.

I used ASG( Automotive Service Group) out of the pacific northwest and got it loaded in 48 hours from my call and $950 later and got it 4 days after that. I went with Tucker Logistics first and they did absolutely nothing! From long Beach to Northwest indiana in 4 days was pretty good I thought. Then I found out the trucker lives within a mile from me! You could of went to Lodi and got it yourself by now!

Arrrrggggghhhhh!!!!! Well, it will only hurt

"DAS-Dependable auto service" in the long run. They just pushed me off another week.

Drag dude! Not cool at all!

The Vuck is set to arrive tomorrow. Then I will be the coolest mother in Minneapolis:)

Good deal! Make sure you put up pics!

Well.................what a frustrating experience. I have sat home 3 weekends in a row having been told my truck would arrive on 3 saturdays. Somehow, between Chicago and Minneapolis the ignition switch is broken and something is wrong with the linkage. I may be doing my first 66 econoline linkage work in the street. In the snow and slush gutter river in front of my house. Whoo Hoo! 

Oh, and after having my vuck for a month, I will be charged a storage fee if it has to sit there.   

The mover has said they will "discuss" compensating me for the late arrival after I have received the vuck.

I guess I will study my service manual today.

Made it.

Looks real nice! The linkage is usually an easy fix, most likely just jammed.
Sure your happy to have it home. Good luck