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I guess I forgot to attach these.....my bad

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C'mon, ralf....
Hammer it out again....

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I worked on my truck... sort of. I started to make a replica of my 63 longbed out of Hot Wheels.

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OOOPS! Forgot the pics.

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creep that looks sweet....I have around a 1000 hotwheels and I have never seen the burp you have. Are those painted or decals on the hotwheels?

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got the steering box and steering pump today .and primed and painted the resivor .:metal::chevy:

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Thanks! I'm assuming you meant "burb" not "burp"? It's a '64 GMC panel with Hersheys logos painted on the sides. I think it was a holiday special.

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I grinded some of the usual rusty areas down to bare metal (wire wheel on a grinder, works great) to see how bad they were. No real surprises. I also removed the vertical driprails on the A-pillars since they were rusty anyway. It looks better without them. I don't even know why they were there. Anyway, I gave it two good hours, so that's progress...

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Changed my rear diff. oil w valvoline syn blend 80w oil,good thing i did it was pretty dirty!

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I removed the air vent panel on the passenger side. Lots and lots of rivets. Now all I need to do is find another one in better shape. Anybody got one that they will part with? I also decided to start repair of my radiator support. I haven't been able to find a used one in any better shape than what I've got for a decent price so I decided to try my hand at repairing the one I've got. It didn't look that bad from the outside but I knew there was rust lurking beneath the mounts like there is on most of these. The rest of the support will be fine, just some surface rust and I'm showing is the worst of the two mounts.

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What do you consider a fair price for a used Radiator support?

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I think the shipping is what would kill it. Now that I've dug in to the old one I'm going to see if I can repair it and practice my fabrication skills. No wait, I don't have any fabrication skills. Well It's something to practice on and the worse thing that can happen is I'll have to find another, but lots of money saved if I can pull it off.

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Is there a steel scrap yard near you...usually you`ll find what you need at a decent price..and the right size....done that several times in the past for projects.

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Took it for a ride twice today, just couldn't get enough of the sunshine and unseasonably warm 46 degree temperature.

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Same here Mark, 68 degrees outside, same tomorrow....;)

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Same here.....50 degrees in Michigan in January? Wow!

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We have been pretty warm too. A buddy of mine has been calling it Juneuary. :lol:

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Finally got all the parts together to do the driver side spotligt on the 63

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What motor mounts did you use for your big block? Ive got tubular perches, but have heard differnt things about the motor mounts. Be putting a 427 in the truck here in a few weeks

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Well had a great work day on the chassis...it's been sitting a while so I didn't want to take any chances....drained the oil poured it back in the top half on each side.....pulled the distributor out and drove the oil pump until it came back up into the pushrods and heads...pulled the plugs ( which was a pain because i had to take the headers off to get at 3 of the plugs,apparently there is going to be a modification of the bolt flange before those go back on )..light spray of WD40 into the cylinders.Polished both value covers and breathers,polished some of the other bits and parts. Rolled it over by hand a bit while the plugs were out and it's all good and ready to go . I hope at some point on the weekend to fire it up and hear it run....

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Filled more holes on the firewall and started working on the brake booster and pedals.
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Got the Cam Gear and Cam installed on my 250 and the outside preped for primer and paint. Hope to get to that tomorrow.

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Fixed the exhaust leak on the recently purchased black 68 GMC, and started power steering install on 68 Anni. Chevy, cannot wait to get rid of armstrong steering option on this truck !!!

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started shaving the side mirrors, and mocked up the door handle im going to put on it. here some pics

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Nice work!!!

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That's a very cool idea. Are those advance design series handles? How about the connection to the latch. Is that going to be difficult or relatively easy? Nice to see something different.

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thanks markeb01. they came off a 1950 chevy pickup. making them work and mounting them to the truck wasnt to difficualt. just need to make a return spring to keep the handle in the right position.

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started working on the bed, it's rough:smoke:
before
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during
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Taped, sanded and painted the roof in the same black as the scallops and front grill!
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Did a little junkyarding and scored a set of hood hinges for my 60

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Had Mobile Auto Glass come out and put in new windshield in my '62 - I figured they would fight it, but ONE guy put it in, in about an hour. He also reinstalled the rear window - the dude knew what he was doing! Now my truck looks so much better.....getting close to driving once again!

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That's amazing. Most "one guy" stories on the 60-63 windhields don't go anywhere near that easy. Nothing like brand new glass to sparkle up any truck.

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Did you take notes ?? I hope I am as lucky when I atempt mine....

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dynamat behind the seats.... no more raddle
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I did not take notes, but he did use the rope in the gasket channel, gasket around glass, and he put the bottom in first. After that, he worked his way up, going from one side to the other. He said it would've been better to do it in the spring or summer - it was around 50 degrees, and the rubber is not as flexible as it would be at 80+.

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i did the same with my `64 although not as hard with mine, after a rock came thru it from a belly dump on the freeway the guy( from safelite ) came out had mine out and the new one in in 1 hour by himself, no scratched paint ( not that it mattered the way it looks now ) but was impressed.

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Loaded up the '66 with tools and material and did a side job; drove home listening to some SRV :smoke:.

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Rolled the 65 chassis from inside one shop to the other shop to finish running all my lines.... Looked for a 64-66 body online for a couple of hours ...could really uses a clean suburban body ....or a big window cab....all of that good body stuff is sooooooo hard to find these days

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bolted some more new goodies on the motor.. but the tab on the water pump broke when i bolted down the alt. adjustment linkage. tuff stuff water pumps are trash.. gonna try to trade it out for a weiand
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put the bed back on and my new bumper
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A part named Tuff Stuff breaks, irony can be a real B!+@# sometimes.