Thread: 1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn Build

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This weekend had a little bit of everything in it. Saturday I took the boys to their T ball game. It was super windy and they had a hard time keeping the sand out of their eyes. We went home and I found the best baby sitting device for them. Let them play in a 72 Chevy that has no battery or engine. They love it. Great. I started working on my 72. I finally cleaned the bed out and pressure washed the whole truck. Then I had to prep the smoker because we were having friends over that night. We smoked pork belly and baby back ribs. Once that was cooking and going I dug out the stuff to add air bag reservoirs to the truck. I got them done around 7pm and was starting to round up supplies to put on my air horn. That was the time my wife got the call that her sister's house was on fire. They lost 1 dog, but no one was in the house or injured. My wife went over there to be with her. That was the end of truck progress, it was on to kid watching duties. Sadly they lost pretty much everything.

Sunday I woke up earlier than I wanted to and finished the truck enough to drive it. My cousins met at my house and we drove to Knoxville. There we sat and waited for participants of hot rod power tour to go by. I took my 6 year old little girl with me. She liked watching the cool cars and trucks go by, but it was starting to get warm. We were setting in front of the Knoxville raceway museum. She wanted to go in there so we did. We looked around for a few minutes and she wanted a toy sprint car. I got her that and a checkered flag. Then it was time to leave to go to Newton for the Power Tour day event.

I was surprised at how many cars and trucks were there. They came in all day. I heard them say they had around 8500 cars and trucks. They were spread out between 3 different parking lots. I met Pat, Falconvan, there. It was great to meet you Pat! We left Newton at 3:30 because Izzy had had enough of the heat and being bored. Maybe another year I can take the kids on the tour and have cool air in the vehicle for them. :LOL It wasn't a total loss. We saw many cool rides, and Izzy told momma that she had an awesome time. So that is all that matters I guess. Plus the air bag reservoirs worked and the truck rides even better now.