Beautiful looking little truck! Always loved the looks of these Chevy LUV trucks. Wish I could have gotten one of these when I was living in Murfreesboro Tennessee, I coukd have used a nice little truck like this for transportation.
Wish these little trucks were still being manufactured today 2024. Gas prices are way up to 5 dollars a gallon these days, these little trucks were good on gas, and ran beautifully.
Hi Newt - you have a great new project. I'm amazed it started after being stuck under that tree for 15 years ! Your son is one lucky guy to have you as a teacher, and it's good to get him working on this too - all good experience, and if he's going to be driving it - that's it - pay back time ! It's going to be fun following this truck getting the 'Newt treatment'. The wheels look fab too, so here's to you and your son - happy days ahead 🙂
Made by Isuzu. I had one of these 1976 Luv trucks around 1980, but mine was orange with white camper shell. Handy little trucks but gutless, really bad in a hilly city like Seattle where I lived at the time. Wouldn't be bad as a spare vehicle for occasional duty for hauling stuff.
Your Amazing!!! This is totally Exciting and I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product!! Your work is Awesome and I love how you explain everything!! Keep right on talking!!!
Great to see a new project and your son involved AND learning from you. As always you are doing good. As far as your high idle issue you may have a vac leak causing that. Use carb cleaner spray around gaskets and intake etc to find it. It may be the base of the carb is warped due to heat or over torquing. i'm referring to where the bottom of the carb mates to the intake. if you suspect this, flip crab upsidedown in vise and run a file in the long direction until it contacts the entire base, keep file moving around during this to keep the whole thing flat. when you done blow out and clean carb good to get out metal. you might want to take the base off carb to minimize clean up. Remember don't overtorque when you put in back, pretty easy to warp it...cause well... I KNOW ....somehow.
I followed the Metropolitan thru its whole process. Fun to see another and have your son involved
Beautiful looking little truck! Always loved the looks of these Chevy LUV trucks. Wish I could have gotten one of these when I was living in Murfreesboro Tennessee, I coukd have used a nice little truck like this for transportation.
Wish these little trucks were still being manufactured today 2024. Gas prices are way up to 5 dollars a gallon these days, these little trucks were good on gas, and ran beautifully.
Hi Newt - you have a great new project. I'm amazed it started after being stuck under that tree for 15 years ! Your son is one lucky guy to have you as a teacher, and it's good to get him working on this too - all good experience, and if he's going to be driving it - that's it - pay back time ! It's going to be fun following this truck getting the 'Newt treatment'. The wheels look fab too, so here's to you and your son - happy days ahead 🙂
Thank you!
Nice history I'm unsure I'd ever heard to this extent, cousin. Cool💪🏼
You don't talk too much, do what you want buddy !
Haha, thanks!
Made by Isuzu. I had one of these 1976 Luv trucks around 1980, but mine was orange with white camper shell. Handy little trucks but gutless, really bad in a hilly city like Seattle where I lived at the time. Wouldn't be bad as a spare vehicle for occasional duty for hauling stuff.
Your Amazing!!! This is totally Exciting and I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product!! Your work is Awesome and I love how you explain everything!! Keep right on talking!!!
Thank you so much!
Alright new project!!!!! Lol watched all of your video's on the nash. Can't wait to see what you do with this. And you talk as much as you want to.
Awesome! Thank you!
Great video, cool story about the history too. I will be tuning in for more. 👍
Thank you!
Kudos for getting your son involved, it gives him.ownership in the project. Hope you can get it to idle!
Tell your son that he should paint the LUV black and put flame decals in back of the front wheel wells!
He was adamant that we leave it rusty and I agree with him. 😎
Great to see a new project and your son involved AND learning from you. As always you are doing good. As far as your high idle issue you may have a vac leak causing that. Use carb cleaner spray around gaskets and intake etc to find it. It may be the base of the carb is warped due to heat or over torquing. i'm referring to where the bottom of the carb mates to the intake. if you suspect this, flip crab upsidedown in vise and run a file in the long direction until it contacts the entire base, keep file moving around during this to keep the whole thing flat. when you done blow out and clean carb good to get out metal. you might want to take the base off carb to minimize clean up. Remember don't overtorque when you put in back, pretty easy to warp it...cause well... I KNOW ....somehow.
Thank you for the suggestion!
Keep talking dude! The LUV was made by Isuzu, right? I really enjoy your down to earth approach to car stuff and life!
Yes it was and it has an Isuzu engine. Thank you, I appreciate that!
thats siick
Well what do we have here 🙂