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Jeremy Cash
Shreveport, LA.
I have a 66 c30 dually that has been in my family as long as i’ve known it. its been passed around more than a set of hooker headers! My uncle and cousins had actually street raced it from time to time, with a 383 stroker then a 427! Everyone from my distant uncles to cousins, step dad, myself and even my mom has driven this truck. I drove it in high school but lost track of it in 1993. My 8 year old wanted to build a hot rod for his first car and i immediately thought of the old truck. It took over a year to reacquire the truck but to my luck it was still in the family but buried under 20 years of junk in a field. We dug it out with a tractor and a 4×4 but someone had broken windows and trees had pushed against the body. To my amazement, the interior was perfect so i brought it home and taught my boy how to change those huge 19.5 tires using only pry bars. I showed him how to replace the glass and seals and he took to it like a pro. Next was to address the worn out 305 that somehow found its way into the truck. My son really wants a hot rod motor so i thought why not carb a 5.3 LS and get reliability and old school looks? I found a 5.3 from ’04 avalanche and got to work mixing some old with some new. My boys, 8 and 3, have been a part of this since day one and even my wife jumps in from time to time. I hope to have it done soon so we can cruise with the wife when she takes out her ’66 mustang I built for her. Your show gives us inspiration and very good tips on builds that, unlike the other shows, your builds are realistic and results actually obtainable by home mechanics! Thanks for the great program and my boy says he loves Sgt Rock’s machine gun and the green jag!
