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Spent the day carveing a new drop for the new steering column out of a 6x6" piece of 3/4" thick aluminum, just about done and broke a drill bit off in a blind hole, can't get it out at this point so looks like a do over, will change a couple things on the do over, more aluminum will be here next week.

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Original fit a 2" column, new one is 2 3/8

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Installed code 504 s10 conversion kit.

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Interesting front end mount. Are you planning on capping off the front where the horns were cut off?

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Instructions doesn't tell me to do so, went through your build last night and will mimic your son's truck with same drop and wheel tire combination awesome build, very talented.

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[QUOTE=Tchuffman;8004198]Instructions doesn't tell me to do so, went through your build last night and will mimic your son's truck with same drop and wheel tire combination awesome build, very talented. Sorry gigamanx was a different build

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Got some paint on the shaved firewall,,,

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haven't done jack in 2 weeks. my daily driver has required some attention so the 2 hours or less of work I need to get this thing on the road has to wait.

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Grabbed a beer out of the garage fridge and 'calibrated'...need to keep working on the cab...

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Truck saw the sunshine for the first time in a month... with new colors, new wheels and tires, new bed finishes, - its coming down to the wire!

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that's super slick. What are you spraying it with? Doesn't look like you even have a drop cloth on the floor!

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My 57 had the old style pedal with a pivot rod with a bracket spotwelded to the floor. Here's a pic of my floor and you can see the square indention where the bracket was located by the hump. I mounted my Lokar pedal there. I couldn't PM the pic so posted it here.

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Sprayed using a cheapo HVLP gun with a 1.3 tip, PPG Omni Basecoat and satin clear. It all laid down pretty nicely considering I haven't touched a paint gun for many years. I did have a piece of cardboard on the floor but moved them before taking a picture...

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Got the spot welds on the tailgate smoothed and filled, filled and blocked some minor dents in the grille surround, front splash apron and blocked out the cowl above the firewall pinch weld. There's a little work to do on the steps then I can get all this stuff in primer surfacer.


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Just trying to figure out how to include my antique sigstat 900 turn/hazard unit into my E-Z wire 12 circuit wiring loom.....

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This might help, most aftermarket switchs used the same wiring scheme as the stock switches. Bottom one is instructions for a Yankee brand after market, top factory info.

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Dinner at the local drive in!

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Bought some new parts for my 59 GMC

New Deluxe windshield gasket
New Floor plug
New Rubberized Firewall pad

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Do you know the name of that color green? I have the same colored truck and cant match the paint :(

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Got some epoxy primer on the upper cowl, header, grill surround, steps, tailgate and front splash apron...

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with Slick Sand

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Off to paint she goes....

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Paint is exciting, no sleep now for quite a few days.All great though.
Mudman.

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Got some pics of my truck bed from my son. I told him that I would like it to be about the same color as before and with about the same gloss, so he had the paint mixed with 25% gloss. Here's some pics in the booth. He can do show quality paint jobs but that's not what I want. It had some primer spots where the paint had worn through on some of the horizontal surfaces before and he said he could air brush them back on if I want him to. I'm undecided about that.

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Looks good the way it is, primer and patina are slowly going south.
Mudman.

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I agree, it looks great how it is...

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Guide coat, block, repeat. I got a few good hours in tonight until the mosquitos became unbearable...

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patina can be cool if its not ridiculous. my truck is in primer because its not ready for paint. fake patina is terrible. why go through all the trouble of making your bed as good looking as it is just to go back and make it fake ugly? looks great how it is. good color choice.

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after a couple of weeks of working on my daily driver ( heater core went south on me) I am back to the death rattle. I ordered the 3.5 inch carb studs I need to make the new throttle bracket fit.

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Bed looks good. Love the semi-gloss.

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I cleaned up the garage and built a dolly for storing body parts so they don't get bumped or scratched while I'm working on things. Stashing the parts this way also takes up a lot less room...

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Very cool idea!

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Sanded the base and clear off the cab and doors.

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The body was taken down to bare metal about 10 years ago so I'm only taking it down into the primer. The doors are coming off again so I can prep the jambs, the goal is to get it into high build primer on Labor day weekend.

I also finished up molding the VW hood latch into the filler panel.

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installed my longer carb studs and the new throttle bracket today. started it up and let it run up to temp. love to hear it run.

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Do you have details , measurements on your dolly ? Great idea !

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I'm going to switch to swivel casters all the way around so I'll get some measurements and a pic when everything's off of the dolly

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that was a great idea. looks really cool man. good work.

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How does that from bumper support (?) attach to the frame? I'm at that stage in my S10 swap...

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How does that from bumper support (?) attach to the frame? I'm at that stage in my S10 swap...

(Forgot to quote... my mistake...)

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Nice work on the throttle bracket!

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Pumping gas the redneck way. I am finally taking the half a tank of gas out of the car before I go welding and grinding too close to it (ok maybe I was already welding and grinding too close). Also get to test my new Holley Red pump. Works great!

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