Oldbaja. Chase

[Quailhunter]

Murph.... you have an eye for what looks good( i.e. your F100) I would like those wheels coated in a gun metal grey for Oldbaja Chase. Thank you for the lead on Performance Plus!

[Quailhunter]

Damn........I'm in LB LAX area for three days. I picked up some 5 spoke alloys (metric)
And went to Performance Plus ( I called first re: drill n insert) one guy says maybe the other says no , so I chat with the boss .NO go they say. Machine shop that they used in the past, closed doors. I just need a path to those inserts
And I'll have a shop insert the inserts....and I'm sure by the time I'm done, I could have bought some KMCs. ANYTHING TRUCK RELATED IS FUN.

[ChaseTruck754]

Not sure if these are right or not, but it's a start
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ZINC-WHEEL-HOLE ... 1338250067

[Quailhunter]

Big Big Week for Old Baja Chase on collecting good cheap old parts. If you are ever in Portland you have to visit Tony's Ford Truck Parts this is where I picked up the wheels

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Nice alloy 16X8 8lug 6.5. I like the look of the five spoke.

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Need major clean up.

[dtbback]

Are those wheels Alcoas?

[Quailhunter]

I don't think so, one of the wheels in the back had a center hat that said "Modern" . I looked up Modern wheels and didn't find any pics of the wheel, so ?? Steve ?

[Quailhunter]

Picked up a core support and a grille both in near new condition. Grille from a private seller and the core support from American Muscle Salvage yard, Vancouver, WA

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[Quailhunter]

I flew home from the trip and Saturday morning drove up to Lancaster to pick up a utility bed, CHEAP

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[dtbback]

What are you doing with the utility bed?

[Quailhunter]

If you go back to the first post you'll see I bought a 74 Super Cab that I'm making into a chase support truck for my NORRA truck. Old Baja Chase gets the utility bed.

[dtbback]

Missed that post, my bad. Can't wait to see it come together.

[ChaseTruck754]

Good scores it seems! And those wheels are not alcoas from what I can see in the pics. Good thing though as the 8 lug, 5 spoke alcoas like that were recalled fro cracking.

I had a PDF of the recall info I think but a quick search came up with nothing. Since these don't look to be alcoas I won't waste any more time looking, but if someone needs it for some reason let me know & I can search more.

[Quailhunter]

Steve, I'll PM you..... re: 8lug x 6.5 alcoas

[Quailhunter]

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360 bundled for extraction. I forgot to mention that I picked up a 460 & C6 on that last trip to Portland

[ChaseTruck754]

Rob - do you work in shipping or are you paying to have all this stuff shipped? I would think an engine & trans coming from up north would be prohibitive to ship cost wise & maybe more effective to find one down here. Do you have a cheap shipping source we don't know about but may benefit from??

[Quailhunter]

Well I travel the eleven western states with my business. My truck heads out first then I fly out to meet the truck and do the work. I can load parts on it for the ride home. I always have the parts ready so when we are done my driver can hit the road.

[ChaseTruck754]

Nice! WISH I got to travel to areas with a truck ready to haul parts home for me. I'd be hitting Salt Lake City area often & brining d60 fronts home to sell here in So Cal!

[Quailhunter]

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EXTRACTON COMPLETE!

[Wrightracing.net]

Congratulations...

[Quailhunter]

Thank you , first time I pulled an engine using cordless power wrenches and I loved it.
I'm still sore at the end of the day (age). I think I'll go back and work on the interior since I don't have the 460 to put in.