CrazyArk
Member
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2020
- Posts
- 39
- Reaction score
- 67
- Location
- Are We There Yet AZ
- First Name
- Ark
- Truck Year
- 1986, 1984
- Truck Model
- C2500, Kev's K10
- Engine Size
- 355 (0.030+), 383 Stroker
Took me some time to post this. But in the very early hours, we lost mtnmankev. A brilliant and goofy individual I had known for a solid 20 years.
His health had been in decline for over a year, multiple issues, combined finally caught him. It finally caught up to the stubborn ole billy goat in the early hours of July 24th.
What can I say about the one who taught me most of what I know to really dig in and maintain our beloved squares. Was amazing the sheer knowledge and awareness he had when rebuilding the engine in my 1986, and as a last gift, his K10 to repair back to roadworthyness...
Thats gonna be a challenge and when I dig into it. I look forward to wandering all over these boards for ideas and any knowledge I need to make that truck right once again. That final truck in his posession more than proved itself until we swapped vehicles. (honestly, its been sitting and occassionally started since then, but it was honestly not road safe) Made sure to keep him mobile like a vehicle could, so for quite some time my '86, which holds the last 350 his knowledge put together. Old friends he made over the years helped even further, getting him a good speedy scooter to get around in and raise a ruckus with the poor staff of the facility. Yes, he drove them NUTS like we expected him to.
But now, we know where he is, haunting those pesky space aliens that drove him nuts over the years.
Thank you, all of you for being there for him to be involved with over the years, the sheer help given. Sitting in my truck from the last time it was placed there is his cane Hopalong with its Chuck Talylor shoe I remember one member sending him a pair of. I was there when another very generous member sent him the wiring loom to get the 83 working right and counter the fact half the fuse block wasnt working.
I cant count how insanely many goofy and "what the!?" photos he made sure to send me to get a rise out of me, the mass majority I know came from here.
I guess for the moment, keep the rubber on the road, and watch out for them space aliens, not sure which of us they are gonna screw with next.
Guess to end the post for now, That darn 84, and the rebuilt engine. Admittedly my paint effort, but it would never have been done right without the priceless knowledge he held.
His health had been in decline for over a year, multiple issues, combined finally caught him. It finally caught up to the stubborn ole billy goat in the early hours of July 24th.
What can I say about the one who taught me most of what I know to really dig in and maintain our beloved squares. Was amazing the sheer knowledge and awareness he had when rebuilding the engine in my 1986, and as a last gift, his K10 to repair back to roadworthyness...
Thats gonna be a challenge and when I dig into it. I look forward to wandering all over these boards for ideas and any knowledge I need to make that truck right once again. That final truck in his posession more than proved itself until we swapped vehicles. (honestly, its been sitting and occassionally started since then, but it was honestly not road safe) Made sure to keep him mobile like a vehicle could, so for quite some time my '86, which holds the last 350 his knowledge put together. Old friends he made over the years helped even further, getting him a good speedy scooter to get around in and raise a ruckus with the poor staff of the facility. Yes, he drove them NUTS like we expected him to.
But now, we know where he is, haunting those pesky space aliens that drove him nuts over the years.
Thank you, all of you for being there for him to be involved with over the years, the sheer help given. Sitting in my truck from the last time it was placed there is his cane Hopalong with its Chuck Talylor shoe I remember one member sending him a pair of. I was there when another very generous member sent him the wiring loom to get the 83 working right and counter the fact half the fuse block wasnt working.
I cant count how insanely many goofy and "what the!?" photos he made sure to send me to get a rise out of me, the mass majority I know came from here.
I guess for the moment, keep the rubber on the road, and watch out for them space aliens, not sure which of us they are gonna screw with next.
Guess to end the post for now, That darn 84, and the rebuilt engine. Admittedly my paint effort, but it would never have been done right without the priceless knowledge he held.
