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It dropped to 96 degrees today. I spent a few hours on the money pit.

Put on the tailgate. Put on the hood hinges. Generally did a sort of stuff that goes, and the stuff that stays (I'm keeping a couple of dash set ups in case of a gauge failure or somebody needs to replace one.
Also, I'm keeping the clutch pedal and pivot and linkage. Never know if that close-ratio four speed is in the future....a few other things). Unfortunately, nobody around here wants stuff like four doors that
are about a 75-85 out of a hundred, some glass I replaced because is wasn't perfect, a bench seat that need a spring job, etc. So, I'll box up the tid-bit stuff that I think folks will be rummaging around for,
and the rest will go to the dogs.

Sorry about the dark interior shot. I forgot the flash.

I cleaned out the bed. It hasn't been this empty for three years. Since the start of the "build".

Getting close.

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I added to the fun facts list by finding fiberglass and bondo.

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I put mine in the shop today to see if he can figure out why it won't startup. (it will turn over but not start)

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Yea for the drop in temps ! So I got me arse out to the garage last night.

Pulled my carb on the 72 to get rebuilt today. Changed out the bad headlights.

An tonight if the carb is done I'll throw it on.

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Drove it to the junkyard to source some old Mercedes engine parts , on the way home one brake drum began to squeak loudly , looks like a brake job is in the near future ~ it's prolly just a broken spring but I've been thinking of up grading the 2" drum brakes to the optional 2.5" ones.....

I don't want to tear it apart so close to Sunday tho' .

(got the Mercedes parts cheap !) .

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If its a broken spring, then maybe just changing to new brake hardware may solve the problem.

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Prolly so ;

I have what else to do Fridy and Sat. AM , a broken brake pull spring isn't dangerous nor will it stop me from making this meet & greet .

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I wired up a relay for what I hope is the last bit to my tbi conversion.

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1st I pulled out the old carpet
then I put in the new thanks to stockinterior
installed the new/old belts thanks to sharpie
had my seat recovered with a new vinyl cover

bought new stock wheel and Im just waiting to buy a tilt column...hope I find a good deal on a tilt

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Gave it a bath..lol

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I drove it around ! then put my headlight bezels on finaly :) Been enjoyin just having it to drive after five long years of working on it !

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Got the hood ready to go on tomorrow.

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what did you use??

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got door to close with no rubbage, mocked up driver side fender.


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It's almost the same thing as Dynamat. A little lighter and a lot cheaper. I bought it off of E-Slay.

I'll look tomorrow at the shop and see if there's a logo anywhere, but I think not. That's one of the reasons I bought it.
It was three years ago that I got it. And I can't even remember what I had for dinner last night.

It's hell getting old! Sorry.

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I replaced my cab mounts! I kinda stressed about this for a couple of weeks, not knowing what potential issues may arise, you know, stuff happening. I started at 7am and at 11:06am my '71 GMC K1500 was ready to hit the road, the project went really, really smooth. It was an awesome day in this man's driveway!

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went out side dumped fuel filter out and looked at all this cool black rtv looking stuff falling out filter... hhhhmmmm wonder why im stumbling under a load.. .. fml

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Drove it..Needs its weekly bath
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Thats one EVIL looking truck!! :metal:

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Past two weeks, also went for a drive to go shoot my pistol.

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Got the hood on (still have to move the lines around a little and trim out the sound deadener) ; slapped the trim on the lights in the rear, put the plate on the rear (waiting for the new tags), put on the wipers.

Earlier in the week, I put the wheels and tires on after she was up on blocks for a long time. When I stepped back to look at the hood all closed up, something seemed wrong. The drivers side was a tad higher.....
Oh No! I thought I'd already lined everything up. I took a measure...It was about 1/2 inch plus off. So I did a visual....Huh?

Seems somebody put both rears (275/20's) on the driver's side, and both fronts (245 x 20's) on the passenger side. I wonder who was stupid (and/or tired) enough to do *that*?
Same guy will fix it on Monday.

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Did you have trouble with the front wheels fitting on the rotors? I put 18" fronts and had to maching the rotors.

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Have had new carpet, seat cover and seat belts sitting in the garage waiting for the weather to cool down a little bit. Got the carpet down, then the wife announced she wanted to go shopping. So in the best interest of my bank account, I stopped and went with her. Hopefully, I can get it finished up tommorrow.

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There's a forty or so page on the Boss 338's showing about every molecule of stuff ever for those that want to read it.

I had already ground down the rotor "nose". So the back wheel fit on the front really, really well! :lol:

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Well I decided to go to the Woodward Dream Cruise , since it is only 10 minutes from home .. I normally take Ol'blue and drive up it once , then park at my buddys place and hang out on the side of the road and watch cars.. Well this time we had a few problems .. It quit in the middle of traffic , you know the kind that uis travelling at 2mph .. Luck we were on the inside lane so we pushed it onto the median .. found a wire had shorted out and caused a splice in the wiring to let go .. lucky I had a length of wire in the back of the truck and and a screw driver on my key ring .. so my son and I got that fixed and started crusing again and I noticed I didnt hear the fan for the radiator running .. turns out it fried .. so we decided to head home .. at 30mph it cools just fine with out the fan ... so at all the lights before the highway we just shut it off and fired it up when it turned green... made it home and now I have to decide what wiring system to buy ,and what BRAND name fan to install..... other than that it waS A GREAT TIME WITH MY SON..........

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Drove it to work to - day (junkyard hopping for parts) then drove it home in the afternoon and tinkered a few things to be ready for to - morrow's So. Cal. Meet & Greet .

I may wash it in the AM but it's too dang hot here .

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Fabbed a nifty little bracket to use a '64 horn button instead of the ugly Grant one. Also got started on the rear section.

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That cylinder rust isnt too bad. I once bought a 69 Impala for the 327 and T400 in it for one of my trucks. Flood water had gotten into 2 cylinders. One was substantial. I broke a piston getting it out. Rust was too deep to save it. It was a low mile engine so little wear. I had the one cylinder sleeved to put it all back to stock size. It was a great little motor that I ran for 8 yrs or so then sold the truck. New owner was tickled pink with it.

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picked up a posi 3:37 rearend for $130 today, time to clean it up!

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There's two of these threads. Oh well, might as well post in both.
Out with the old, in with the new:

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Got my '69 fired up, and got my '97 3/4 ton to move under her own power...

For the first time in almost a year, I got to hear 3 out of 4 of my trucks run. If I hadn't run out of daylight, I would have made it 4 out of 4.

:metal:

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The other thread you posted in is for 47-59.

Good looking interior! I like the gauge cluster.

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Oops. There oughta be a law against drinking and posting.

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:lol:

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The wife and I went for a cruise in the 68. Got the title and vin plate worked out friday. Finally legal.
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Took her out to Low Rollers!

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Congrats Billet, I miss going to Lowrollers End of Summer, hopefully mine will be done for next years show.

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Just got around to working on the carb yesterday. After changing the oil / filter and also draining enough water to get my anti freeze in, re installed thermostat, made sure block was full as well as the radiator. Started right up after about 1/4 throttle. It seemed sluggish so I advanced the timing a little (started at 12 btdc) and switched my vacuum advance line to the full time vacuum port. Still seemed to want a lot of throttle to start and spit a little till it cleared out. Neighbor stopped by (manages a local garage, good gear head) and said to take a bigger swing at it with a lot more advance. We cranked that sucker around A LOT and wow it sprang to life. Started with just a tap of the throttle, idled great and great throttle response. It seems to want around 18 degrees advance. I need to get a dial back timing light on it. I need to see what my total is. Neighbor said he thinks it is a tooth off. Moved the distributor one tooth clockwise. Tried to start it and noticed the fuel pressure was low...checked the gauge and was out of gas :no:. I will get more fuel today (93 octane) and see what we get. The great thing I found is I seem to have around 10 inches of vacuum at the manifold. There's my update!

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Painted the cab!

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Well we got the timing and carb adjusted. Still a little too much advance but I still have a few things to do. I was able to take it out around the neighborhood tonight. The first time to drive it in 12 years. It felt really good. Everything worked well. Transmission is crisp, brakes are firm, runs on the cool side (even though it is new and tight) and sounds great. I have a couple of rattles to work on, fix a small exhaust leak, check the adjustment on the valves but mechanically I've pretty much got it done. I am just going to fill and seal the seams in the bed sides for now. Lots of work to do on the interior. Should have sound deadener, carpet, stainless sill plates and sound system in this weekend. For those who have access to facebook here is a link to a video
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