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Mark, looking great as always...Jim

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Wow- she’s a peach Mark.

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I took the '56 out yesterday for a car cruise and found a couple pictures someone took of it!

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Sweet...Jim

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idbeast: so where was this cruze you speak of? I thought all cruzes & shows were closed due to the virus.

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nvrdone: Saturday's in Centralia, WA 4:30

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Lots of informal cruises happening around here. As long as people social distance and stay in their cars it's no problem.

In fact today I took my panel to a local gathering. About 20 cars showed up. I was the lone AD representative:

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Got my door arm rest done!

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Very nice work, what's the yellow truck under wraps?

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Nice job...Jim

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Very nice job on the arm rests. How did you attach them to the doors?

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My door inserts are 1/8" plastic sheets with 1/4" foam then it is backed with 18 gauge stainless with screws going into the armrest then door clips are holding everything to the door which was drill for the push in clips.

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Does this count for using your truck to haul things?

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Beautiful truck, and yes it does. ;0)

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Sometimes I put stuff in the box too.

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Assembled and installed my new third brake light. I printed the mount and installed some red LEDs. It mounts low in the window but seems pretty bright. Trying to not get rear ended.

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LOL, I had stuff in the back too, that was overflow!

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Hello all
First ride!
It was a lot of fun, with some small problems which will have to be fixed but that’s the reason we do first rides to see what works and what not.
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But the feeling was grate this old piece of iron being back on the road in the sun!
So long
A.

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Congratulations Arnd. Looks like you have an empty gravel road and a beautiful day for a test run.

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ive still been hammering away at my hood/front fender gaps. they are coming along slowly. I have the hood and driver fender sitting really nice. ive just started on the passenger side. I think I may have a bad rear cab mount.

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Rusti - congrats on the first ride.

Getting parts in Germany must make the project even more challenging.


Keep up the great work, and enjoy

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Finally got my 57 on 05 Silverado 4X4 frame going down the road. Just got it out of alignment shop. Still a few things left to do, but can drive it now without worries. Pretty happy how it turned out

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Looking very nice! Jim W

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Took a nice long cruise and found out how easy it is to get 2nd gear scratch at WOT...

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Mark, with my one wheel wonder it wants to kick out a little, when it hits second...Jim

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so I really didn't do any thing on the truck today. I did install a flat screen tv in the garage & then my wife & I sat in the truck eating popcorn & watching "Smoky & the Bandit". does that count????

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so I really didn't do any thing on the truck today. I did install a flat screen tv in the garage & them my wife & I sat in the truck eating popcorn & watching "Smoky & the Bandit". does that count????

Now that's a good one!!!

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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
so I really didn't do any thing on the truck today. I did install a flat screen tv in the garage & them my wife & I sat in the truck eating popcorn & watching "Smoky & the Bandit". does that count????

Now that's a good one!!!

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worked on my fender gap again. its so freaking hot in the garage. I need a fan badly. I have a very small gap in the front that I cant close. I think its bad sheet metal not an alignment issue. I have the front and rear of both fenders looking good but there is a small gap in the middle that I don't know how to close up. granted its small but I still want to try and close it.

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My truck is staying in the garage! High temps are tunning 20-30 degrees below average here. A friend went hiking yesterday and almost didn't make it out due to a snowstorm.

Here are some pics of the approaching storm, and him trying to beat feet out of the woods before he got snowed in - in JUNE for crying out loud!

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it was 97 degrees with full sun and 90% humidity yesterday.

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I had removed the cross bar between the passenger and driver side seat slides in my ‘55 to make room for the electronics and the sub woofer. So in order to move the seat forward and backward, I had to add a small tab to the passenger side slide. Not a big job, but now I can make a handle to screw on, like on the driver’s side. I don’t really plan on moving the seat (my big behind needs all the room available) and now it’s definitely a two person job, but I felt I needed to add the ability.:sumo:

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I got my motor shipped to my house, can't wait to get it in the truck! It's going to be a while, I have a bunch of work to do first. But damn I can't wait to get it in there!


Brian

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I don't understand. Was your motor still in California? If so, why didn't you just bring it with you when you moved?

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You should be happy, That's a beauty.

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Thanks, It’s a blast To drive. Came out better than I expected. Nice ride with the coil overs, plenty of power with the tune for the L33 5.3. Still got a few things to do like get the front diff to work, etc.

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I had left it at my brothers to rebuild.

Brian

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Wow. The "blue flame six" was a legend when i first got my AD in 69!! Almost nice enough for a display in a man cave or museum. Very nice!!!

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That Blue Flame engine looks too good to put in a truck. I'd bring it into my living room so I could look at it all of the time, LOL. If you do put it into your truck please be sure to put dual exhaust with good sounding pipes and dual carbs. Nothing sounds better than a six with pipes. That's what I'd rather have than the 350 I have.

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It's going to be a Corvette motor. I have Fenton headers for it (the Vette ones were CRAZY expensive.) The theme of the truck is a Corvette Pickup a "Cameo" if you will.

Brian