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that truck is so gorgeous, it breaks my brain.

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I've asked many on this forum about what color if at all to paint the CHEVROLET letters on my tailgate, and my 19 year old granddaughter threw out the idea of a color a bit darker than the body color. So, I ran with it. What ya think??

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She's a genius.

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Looks great

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me like it!!!

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Oops, I jumped on the AD bandwagon forgetting that this forum is for 55-59s too. Sorry Black Sheep for cheering ADs - let me amend my previous comment to say,

"Gotta be an AD-TF!"

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Thanks Jim, I'm just happy to be one of the contenders...

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Vote early and vote often.

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I may have to have you run some ideas by your people. They seem to make good choices.

Looks nice.

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Attachment 1970661 just finished painting my tailgate.

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Colors match nice!
I don't know about you but I cannot hardly see anything past my spare tire from the drivers seat. Got to stick my head out before switching lanes. :crazy:

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Thanks , mikebte yes it’s a little tough to see but I like the look may add a rear view mirror in the cab .

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Of course my eye is drawn to the unfinished panel truck.

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Nice day so I ran my panel truck down to the non-ethanol gas station to add a few gallons of fresh fuel. I put some Sta-bil in it too.

While I was at it, I did a Facebook live video of the drive. Sorry about the poor video quality; I was in a mountainous area so the cell phone signal wasn't that great:

https://www.facebook.com/rodger.hoyt...9400889813728/

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MiraclePieCo, thanks I just picked up the 53 panel truck ,will start on it when I’m done with my 57 , only thing left is carpet and insulation.

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Installed new radio and got my rear speaker mounts installed. Attachment 1970830

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Nice work there Igoodso1 That truck is turning out pretty nice.

In other news I am one who voted for Blacksheep's truck as I have always liked that truck and it is a finished painted and upholstered truck that is not dated.

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Alas, no one from our 47-59 Forum won the award. But if the builds I've seen here are completed in time, next year is a lock!

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Thanks,mr48chev, It’s been enjoyable getting the old girl back on the road, been in a lean to since 1973 . I started on full rebuild about 4 years ago .

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Thanks,mr48chev, I’ll have to check out Blacksheep truck

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I fabricated a wooden shift knob to match my steering wheel. I like the wood controls, they stay comfortable in hot sun.

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I have been putting trac lock in my F**d 9". First time working on a differential. I am using my used set of gears but a different case. Both cases didn't have any shims under pinion carrier. I have put in a .007 shim, no shim, anywhere from .015 to .005 backlash and the pattern doesn't hardly change. What do you think? I did replace all bearings and a Yukon carrier.
Mac

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Pinion looks to be riding out the outside and deep. Would bring it in and see what it looks like followed by adding more as needed.

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After a looooong summer of moving, dealing with my dad catching a case of cancer (He beat it) and everything else life gives us to deal with I was finally able to work on my emergency brake set up. Wire brushed some of the old parts I'll be using and shot some paint on. Currently waiting some PB blast to set in on other parts. The original lock washer gave up the ghost but I was able to track down a matching washer in my box of randoms..

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Thanks Mikebte, the top picture is drive side and bottom is coast side. There are not any shims on pinion now, also the pattern is to the inside of gear ( I believe that is called the toe). I will put about .015 shim in tomorrow and see what that gives me.
Mac

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check out this link. maybe help you with the gear set up.

https://www.canadawideparts.com/down...th_pattern.pdf

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Thanks dsraven, I have done a lot of looking at pictures, most are for new gear sets, I may have to settle for the best I can get. I thought maybe a new set of eyes might help and wanted to join in on the thread for a minute.
I'm also changing out my th350 for a 2004r, and going with AN fittings for fluid lines.
Mac

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All I can do is look at it...

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I tried 3 times and it’s still upside down, WTH?

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We got big snow in Arizona LOL, needed to put gravel on the end of the driveway where the truck is parked. This is the second 1/2 ton, it sort of disappears when spread out.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f8673bf6_c.jpg

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Ya, that rock goes quick! One thing I always loved living in Dewey was it would snow and be melted by 10 am, lol.

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Are you using the Australian website??

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Haha!

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I marked out and cut a hole in the floor for the battery access. Then welded up a frame for a door. Not much, but it's cold in the shop, and the dirt floor got flooded in the rain we had - now it's frozen and slick!

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Good for you! I complain because my shop is crowded, It's heated with a concrete floor and a lift. Maybe I complain too much.

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I am accepting donations for concrete!;)

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Well, it's been 5 months since I moved and I finally got the truck unpacked and unburied! I had a bunch of stuff in the cab tied down with giant nylon ties, it's all out and I can soon get back to work on it! WHOOOO HOOOOO
I was working on it every single day with my five minute a day plan and getting something done. It goes to show you that even just five minutes a day you are going to get it done a lot faster than if you didn't work on it at all!

Brian

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Well, I didn't get anything really done on the truck today but I enjoyed bolting on my eBay treasure that came in the mail.

Brian

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Ok, this isn't a "Man Cave" this is a "She Shed" but I just finished assembling this Husky adjustable height two drawer table I got for my wife. HOLY CRAP this is a super quality, strong table! You could built a motor on this thing! We got it at the Home Depot for $229. One without the drawers is about $199. No kidding, wish I had this in the garage, if I had the room one would be there tomorrow. It comes with nice locking 3" caster wheels. It's model number HOLT5202BJ1/307723266

Brian

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The truck's looking great. Glad no parts blew off on the highway during the move. Looking forward to you resuming your regular reports.