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smoke in seattle too. makes it look like fog on a winters day.

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Installed this dome light dimmer controller. I wanted something that would automatically turn off my interior lights when I have the door open for to long. Works great turns the lights off after 5 minutes and keeps the lights on for 10 seconds after the door closes.
I could have put in a switch to do it but then this old brain would have to remember to operate it.:metal:

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Just to the south of me, thousands of homes burned to the ground. And this is in a CITY on Hwy 99, not a rural area. From a city to ruins in mere hours...here's what it was like to be there as it happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDzelMfzxCk

Here a helicopter starts at the fire's origin and flies over 30 miles of burned-out homes and businesses:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi42MtEPC64

A homeless tweaker was caught starting fires in the area and is the presumed culprit.

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I've also seen photos of at least five vintage trucks that were burned up in the Almeda Fire:

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Smoke has been too bad to work out in the shop for a week, makes it hard to breath. I don't want to complain, my place and my kid's places are safe. Lots of people have lost everything. My son in law parked his truck here to keep safe, they were close to evac 3.

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I have the original glass in my truck and it's always been annoyingly foggy. I cleaned it with steel wool and lacquer thinner about a year ago, but that didn't help, so today I took a razor blade to it and scraped off a coating of an unknown substance that I presume was epoxy primer. Being catalyzed, it apparently was impervious to my lacquer thinner treatment. Now my windows are as clear as...well, glass!

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"Being old" will mess up your vision. It could be cataracts. :smoke:

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nah, i think its the smoke from all the fires. I cant wait to have fresh air flowing thru my cab vents again.

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Which vendor sells prescription windshields? :waah:

All state offices closed today due to smoke.

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I want to thank everyone for the good wishes. I feel pretty good other than the normal aches and pains from being 79 years old. My wife is in the early stages of Alzheimers and I have to look after her and that is why I didn't feel like I had time to do the things I wanted to do to the truck. I couldn't have found a better home for it. I liked the way it sat before, but the new owner has already ordered a set of two inch drop spindles from Scotts. I'm sure he will do more for it than I would have been able to do. I can't stand to be without a truck so I have replaced it with a 1996 Z71. It's a beauty, a 4X4 that has never been off road. I fell in love with it. The pics are from the sale ad and the buildings in the background are not mine. BTW, seeing the videos of the results of those fires is a real heart breaker. I wish the three inches of rain we have had in the last couple of days would have fallen there.

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congratulations of the new truck, looks like a Beauty. Enjoy

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Beautiful truck. Looks brand new. Almost like it wasn't driven. Enjoy.

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Thanks for the wish for rain, we got it today.

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Second show of the year, I got to hang out with my friends and check out 300 + cool rides. To make a great day even better, I snuck out of there with some hardware...

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No surprises there! Great truck!

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I got the outside of my oil filter delete done today. I practiced cutting the blind inside thread several times on scrap, failed a few times. Probably not the best thing to learn on. I made this thicker than I needed to in case I screwed up. It's only $7 worth of 6061 aluminum. I very carefully pulled it off and it fits well. now I need to trim it down and figure the back sealing surface out. Also of course some aerodynamic polishing so she slips right through air. I also spent 3 days working on the interior of the car hauler.

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Got my frame painted- glad I got it done before the cold weather hit. Nevermind the mess on the floor...

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Mark (Black sheep) Congrats on the win...Jim

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Thanks Jim, it was just nice to spend time with my friends. My pops fell (again) in June and finally accepted that he should be in an assisted living environment. Between getting him moved, getting his house ready to sell, etc.. there hasn't much free time left for fun stuff. It was a much needed break...

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I finished my oil filter delete plate and my valve cover and rockers came today.

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Nice work Mick

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Mick, you need a build thread for this stuff so it's all in one place! Looking good.

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Made it to the 3rd show of the season...

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Pleasant Autumn weather and a combo car show-swap meet lured me 25 miles up the freeway today. The Panel runs smooth and sweet at 70 mph on the Intersate. I don't do shows, but I parked in the spectator lot and thought my truck looked good next to this similarly-colored '40 PU.

After decades of attending shows, I'm jaded by the endless procession of cookie-cutter cars, so I appreciate it when something different shows up. This riveted Falcon got my attention, and the Buick pickup conversion had a vanity license plate reading "DFRENT"

I came home with a windshield full of splattered bugs.

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You're truck looks great and bugs on the windshield and rock chips are trophy enough for me as well. Cool looking Olds "truck" also. I'm like you, drive em there and leave when you want to. Nice ride!!

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Brake caliper brackets are ready to be welded. Some of you remember what I started with but it's the first picture. I have a friend in the orthopedic business and he is going to have them welded and x-rayed for me for free. I'm not qualified to weld important stuff. One step closer in the 3 year journey of "there's no way in h#*l you can put those brakes on a straight axle".

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I recently installed a set of Juliano's 3 point belts in my truck. Unfortunately they kept locking up when i pulled the belt out to latch it. I talked with Juliano's and found that the reel should be mounted parallel with the frame rail, not with the cross sill under the seat.
Today i got busy and fabbed up a new pair of brackets. Now just need to get them welded in and see how they work.

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Got my Restomod Air A/C vents and controller installed. Also installed my tailgates hinges.

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Those are some snazzy hinges!!

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i haven't been on in a while. trucks running well minis throwing a belt a few weeks ago. ive started doing little things like chasing rattles and have started doing a little body work. nothing major just filling some low spots and spraying some nicer primer to clean up its appearance. hope everyone has a happy halloween. its getting cold here and i already hate it.

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I have been down with a back problem for a week and a half but today decided to get some light work done. I got the proper ARP carb studs installed today on the 6-71and went through and straightened out the nightmare linkage adjustments. Most things are stainless fasteners in aluminum brackets on steel rods so I anti-seized everything. These were the worst instructions I have ever seen. It must be one of those things where if you buy it they figure you know how to put it together. I also got the proper mounting bolts for 4-71 "the other woman".

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A latta bling in those pictures, Mick!

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did a little more body work on the door. im slowly working my way around the cab. its labor intensive but satisfying work. im going to have to be careful. i might accidentally make it a nice truck if im not careful.

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Installed lowering coils and 2" drop spindles. Kicking myself in the a** now, should have installed 3" spindles.

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Looks good. Give the Coils some drive time to get their "set" and it may drop some more.

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It looks great! However I concur with dsraven: coils take a surprisingly long time to completely settle. Don't do anything crazy (like cut coils!) until it's got a few hundred miles on it. Heck, my truck's been on the road two years and it's still settling - 3/4" so far!

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I can not believe yours settled that much. Well that gives me hope! Guess I'll give it some time before I do anything else with it.
Thanks

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Just to clarify: that's 3/4" (three-fourths inch), not 3-4" (three-to-four inches), haha!

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I have been out of state making some truck money but I came home for a day to pick up my brake caliper brackets from being welded and x-rayed. Everything seems to fit fine with no shims. The end of a 3 year saga. Time for some aerodynamic polishing to reduce drag an unmeasurable amount.

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looks like you better be buttering up your welder and xray buddy. probably a few guys interested in a pair of those brackets.
looks great, with a little buff time they will look awesome.