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Winter breaks! For the definition of winter in Oasis Springs which is, mildly chilly. Which also means only three more days in this household! Joaquin is up and awake and feeling extremely confident from conquering his fear! Still just wants to listen to those tunes and once again, that one song Ghosts, the one that’s not on the song list, pops up. Time to vibe just for a bit.
Johnny also woke up at 10am. What he wants to do is to fullfill an aspiration goal. Unfortunately for him, it’s the one where he needs 4 skills in Charisma. High level ones at that. I’ll at least get him a level. Next for Joaquin on his whims is to invite a Sim over. ...I haven’t really had him chat with the third member of Spin Masters, Jeff Knoles so let’s bring him over! But first, I spy a note by our bed...
Ah. Well, let’s do the respectable thing and actually check Valentino’s trailer. Perhaps there is something that is broken down. We find nothing so...alas, this is complaints for complaints sake! Actually internalizing and fixing things? Naaaaaaaaaaah.
Anyway, Jeff Knoles is one of my own sims. One where I took the personality quiz as myself, so he’s basically me! If I were a dude. He’s a celebrity chef who’s a music lover, so he’s in the Spin Masters thanks to a love of Electronica music. Joaquin also asks about his other favorite tunes and it’s the Blues. Cause I also like guitar plucking with him. Anyway, that’s two whims down on Joaquin. Let’s actually get some progress on his aspiration. To write those tunes! Sadly, from what I remember, DJ stand will not count for this. So to the keyboard!
Johnny got his charisma up at least so now to manage his needs! Because man does he need to go to the toilet, have a bite to eat and have some fun. So with the automatic needs pulling him to the computer, I set him to troll the forums, check social media, post an update and then finally, set him to find out the latest and greatest trends on Youtube.
...side note, our roommate found himself locked out of our homes, despite the fact I saw him just inside a moment ago. Eh, must have dropped his key or something. So we got tech reviews, travel, herbalism and sad vlog. ...Johnny is never sad! The best we can do for him is the travel so let’s head off somewhere!
At the Rattlesnake Bar, we set up the drone to record neighborhood footage. I’m going to have to keep an eye on it, because it’ll zip around and who knows where it’ll end up in the end.
Beautiful time for a drone to go out and record footage. Good timing Johnny.
Sure does make the title and name obvious.
Anyway, it’s Guys Night at the bar so hey, let’s invite Joaquin over! As soon as we retrieve our drone. And Valentino as well! Why the heck not? Despite the fact he’s a loner and potentially at work.
Jesus. This is as cramped as I’ve ever seen this bar. It is a place for up-and-coming celebrities to hang out at but yeesh! In terms of socializing, at this point, Johnny’s just vibing to his backyard tunes, because there is a jukebox and he was here first. And my song’s on. I CAN’T HELP IT. I’m a romantic sap, even if country isn’t totally my thing. Anyway, it’s 2AM. Time to head home. Both of the boys are exhausted so they need the sleep.
Neighborhood Watch!
Dwight LeBlanc in the LeBlanc household left his job as a Superstar in the Actor career.
WAIT HE WAS AN ACTOR!? Holy crap Dwight!
Strangerville: The Malloy household recently moved in.
That’s quite a few Strangerville households! If I actually get back to it…
Antoinette Urban in the Urban household has started a job as a Bean Blender in the Barista career.
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Heavy Medal Feature on a 1953 Chevy C10
By the early ’60s the writing was on the wall: Pickups were turning into cars with beds, and GM led the pack.
Stylistically foreshadowed by the Cameo in 1955, GM’s ’60s pickups ushered in a whole host of car-like technology. In fact, when viewed from below, ’60s GM pickups were practically indistinguishable from cars due to A-arm front suspension and trailing arms with coils in the rear.
But in 1967 GM threw down the gauntlet with what amounted to the most car-like pickup to date. In fact it was so car-like that sales actually suffered; it looked too pretty to actually do any real work. Some maintain the pretty-boy image was the justification for the 1971 redesign that gave the design a more blunted, powerful nose and egg-crate grille.
This was a truck that one could option out like any Chevelle, Impala, or Camaro: big-block, air-conditioning, power everything, Positraction, tilt-wheel steering, tachometer, and even rally wheels. In other words: Jeff Olson’s truck. No joke, lowering and wheels aside, you could’ve ordered this truck in 1972. Because it’s largely how this one came.
“Over the years my sons and I have restored many GM muscle cars,” Jeff begins. “But I’ve always had a soft spot for Chevy 1967-1972 short-wide beds.” A friend had six such examples in his yard for 20-plus years.
Recognizing the parallels between the two, they set out to build a muscle truck. “Mostly stock, minor mods,” he says. “This is the style I’m partial to.”
What commenced was a full-on body-off restoration. The frame got a C-notch to accommodate an axle flip (yes, this is a leaf-sprung pickup like a GMC from the period). The front got Early Classic drop spindles and coils and a fast-ratio steering box. Both ends got KYB GR-2 low-pressure shocks.
The pickup came as a 402-optioned rig. Eastco Machine in Gresham, Oregon, machined it and Louie Swan in Boring assembled it. It’s stock down to the Quadrajet and iron manifolds.
Brandon Loos in Gresham built an exhaust system with 2 1/2-inch pipes and Flowmaster mufflers. That system passes a TH400 built by Cory Hunt at Trans Medic, also in Gresham. That in turn feeds 3.73:1 gears on a limited-slip carrier in a 12-bolt axle. It’s a combination in need of an overdrive or a taller screw, Jeff admits. “It’s not freeway friendly.” And it’s likely to change.
Louie Swan and Brandon Loos restored the cab and bed. The sheetmetal remains entirely as-delivered from Flint, losing only the upper side moldings and stake pockets. Greg Knoles at Performance Collision in Sandy, Oregon, applied PPG’s two-stage version of Copper Poly. The body went back together with trim from The Truck Shop (Orange, California), Dan’s Classics and Super Chevrolet Parts Co. (Portland, Oregon), and Chevy Metal (Vancouver, Washington).
Dan Leisy at Dan’s Auto Upholstery in Portland trimmed the cab, fabricating hound’s-tooth insert seat covers to fit custom-shaped seat foam rather than using a production seat kit. The rest of the cab went back together as stock with a few extra options from the era like a tachometer and a Comfort Grip steering wheel for the factory tilt column. And yes, it was an air truck too.
Second to the stance, the most recognizable departure from stock is the rolling stock. Jeff chose passenger-car rally wheels rather than the pickup version. And Stockton Wheel made them in 17×8 and 17×9, both with 4 inches backspace, in chrome, natch. These wear redlines that Diamondback Tire makes from Nitto tires. They measure 255- and 275/50R17.
No need to squint to see the parallels between the 1967-1972 pickup and the muscle cars in the Chevrolet lineup; Jeff Olson drew them for us. Of course the image of the muscle truck isn’t lost on the manufacturers, either; today you can order a pickup that’ll hang with anything but a supercar. And regardless of your preference, you can’t help but thank Chevrolet for breaking that ground half a century ago. And you can’t help but praise Jeff for doing such an incredible job of showing us how that time looked.
FACTS & FIGURES
Name: Jeff & Ardith Olson
Year/Make/Model: 1972 Chevrolet C10
CHASSIS
Rearend / Ratio: GM 12-bolt / 3.73 with Positraction
Rear Suspension: Leaf springs with axle-flip kit. C-notched frame.
Front Suspension: GM control arms with Early Classic dropped spindles and coils. KYB GR-2 low-pressure shocks.
Brakes: Stock disc/drum
Steering Box: Early Classic fast ratio
Wheel Make, Size: Stockton Wheel Chevrolet passenger-car rally, 17×8, 17×9, 4-inch backspace
Tire Make, Size: Nitto modified by Diamondback Classic for red stripe, 255/50R17 and 275/50R17
DRIVETRAIN
Make: Chevrolet 402
Machining / Assembly: Eastco Machine, Gresham, OR / Louie Swan, Boring, OR
Exhaust / Mufflers: Iron manifolds with 2 1/2-inch pipes and Flowmaster mufflers by Brandon Loos, Gresham, OR
Transmission: TH400
BODY
Body Style / Material: C10 / steel
Body Mods: Shaved stake pockets and upper side moldings
Bodywork: Louie Swan and Brandon Loos
Paint Type / Color: PPG DBU / Copper Poly
Painter: Greg Knoles, Performance Collision, Sandy, UT
INTERIOR
Insert / Gauges: Stock with accessory tachometer
Seats: Stock with handmade seat cover
Upholsterer: Dan Leisy at Dan’s Auto Upholstery, Portland, OR
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