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Took off my grill finally. I am getting new inner and out grills tomorrow from LMC :)
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Painted the hood latch and all sorts of miscellaneous things.

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Finally got the trim on the cab...Took a different approach to getting them on..Here are some pics.Attachment 974130

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Is that screws holding the trim on, not clips.

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well today i sanded, and sanded, and sanded, put # 5 coat of paint on the top, and tail gate, and sanded some more......finished painting inside the cab, finished painting the door panels ,and arm rest, made a new bow tie for the hood, pained sun visor's , and dome light housing.....a few days ago i ordered a bunch of parts from GMC Paul....and then went back to sanding and body work.......

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Redid the rear drums. Have I mentioned how much I HATE drum brakes!!!!! Disc's I can do in my sleep, but drums whoop my ass!!! I put Reveille up on jacks Monday night so I could work on her as soon as I got home on Tuesday. The local PD saw fit to mark her as abandoned!!! REALLY?????!!!!!! Today's plan after work is to finish the front brakes and get her rolling again. Motor/Tranny is in good shape, runs great, just have to get her stopped! LOL!

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that's crazy! where was it parked?

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The Gendarme's always hate this , or maybe one of your snoopy neighbors called them to complain .

I have a crazy drunken b*tch next door to me who's pi$$ed off I won't service her after my divorce so she calls the Police and Code Enfocement constantly , they go to my house and call me asking : ' where is this oil you dumped in the street ? everything looks nice and tidy here.... ' .

Snoopy old ladies and holier than thou Po-Po are a right pain in the bum .

Drum brakes are dead simple and easier than discs , once you have the cheap tool that makes those crazy springs easy to take off and on again .

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What is the easy tool, by chance?

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Installed my new dakota digital vhs guages! and they are nice! got the carbon fibre with blue lighting.

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Here ya go : http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=ut...20pliers&type=

One picture shows how to use them.

Sears , Kragen , Shuck's , Pep Boys and your local Pawn Shop all have them , no need to buy the $nap - On ones .

There's another tool to remove the hold down springs easily , it looks like a screwdriver but with a round tip to hold the hold down spring as you twist it 90 degrees .

I'm sure you know to never , EVER take apart both sides at the same time ! therin lies madness :lol: .

Work carefully & safeley , support the truck on jack stands or an old stump , NO CINDER BLOCKS ! slide the rmoved wheel up under the chassis as a secondary safety support just in case .

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She is parked in the street in front of our house. Our drive has too much of an angle to even risk putting her up on there. I have a feeling I know who did it. While I was working on it yesterday, there must have been 10 people stop and talk to me while I was working on her. One guy, who lives across the street, drove by slow and was shaking his head. Figure it was him!

Those retaining springs, especially the back side with the autoadjuster are a right pain in the a**! Especially with just needle nose pliers!

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Billett, BTW, I love that you kept the station paint on her! I think that looks great! :-)

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Maybe it was the guy in the 1200 block (1241?) that has his car covered up in the driveway. I wonder if he got a ticket, too.

I'm in love with Texas. One of the reasons is for the "live-and-let-live" attitude I've encountered there.
But, I guess people are people wherever we are, huh? Bummer.

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Mag - You're from Mansfield? Or is google earth that good! :-) He has had that wrecked bmw under there for years now.

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It's your vehicle, and they cited it as an "abandoned vehicle." It is not an abandoned vehicle! You should be able to just show proof of ownership.

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Made a C10 horn button for the Grant wheel

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LMC clear parking lights

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Very true! Of course someone has to be home to show them. Plus it is registered to me so all they have to do is run the plates. :chevy:

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Finally finished the interior.

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Google Earth's good. Sometimes, too good! ;)

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I'm very excited today. I got it out of the garage for the first time in three years. It went in as hundreds of smaller pieces and came out a truck!

I have lots to do, like straighten the lines, badges, etc. It's going for exhaust on Saturday. Still waiting for the tags, so it'll have to be on a trailer.

What a pay-off. Wi$h I had the ca$h for some paint. Oh, well.

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Nice I bet you are glad.


I installed a new heater/defrost control switch, it looks so much better and it works now as well allways a bonus in there somewhere..lol
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Or maybe pop rivits ?

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Yes those are Stainless Steel self tapping screws holding them on. The PO had drilled and screwed some on. I simply took the trim off and refinished them, and then spaced the screws out as to use the PO'S screw holes. I could not find, and couldn't afford to buy new trim.

There is nothing stock about the truck, so I have modified it as we rebuilt it.

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AWESOME! it's a proud day to accomplish what you have done. Probably better that you didn't paint yet so you can work out any bugs.....steve

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Looks great!!! Hopefully mine will look that good!

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Got the grill all in! Painted my chevy emblem black. Just have to install the headlight bezels and I am getting a new chevy front license plate, not a fan of the diamond plate lol.

Tomorrow I am going to change the oil and get her all ready for Blacktop Nationals this weekend :)
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Rob, man. That's pretty low down to slap a warning on your truck after one day on jack stands. And gives you 2 days to make it operable or it may be removed by the city. At your expense for sure. I don't even know you and it makes me mad. Popos don't do this without someone making the complaint. Have you been crossways with one particular neighbor? You know if their car ended up one night with the wheels removed and it sitting on blocks it might could be called in as "abondoned" ..... just sayin.

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Cleaned under the hood and painted my grill.:gmc2:

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http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1345689066


Just when I was about to change my GMC frontend to a 67-68 chevy, you paint the grill and now im hooked. Great job.

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Started the 12bolt rebuild.....
didn't get to finish but its a work in progress.
we where smart and bought an extra outer pinion bearing & a solid bearing spacer to make the job easier.. so far its been pretty straight forward.

we need to work out a few shim details, but for the most part its going smoothly.


THIS IS WHERE WE LEFT IT FOR TODAY, NOT FINISHED BY ANYMEANS BUT WE ARE ON OUR WAY..

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Thanks, Everyone.

Without the Forum to answer questions, inspire me to get off my ass, meet some new friends, and source and purchase parts from our great vendors,
I wouldn't have gotten this far. And that's a fact.

Just one guy in a garage with hand tools. A little help from pals and family for extra muscle and brain.

Here are a few more. Tomorrow evening I'll use Smugmug to post some seat belt install shots and the finishing touches (I hope) under the hood for this driver.

http://magwa.smugmug.com/Trucks/Chev...2971303_8VGKgw

Thanks again to all.

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Bought a new one!

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Thanks man! I thought about getting rid of it, but it starts far too many conversations for me to even think about it haha

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Looking good!! Glad to see your continued progress. It's great inspiration when the rest of us see another one come out into the light! LOL

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Thanks. Never thought I'd love a truck as much as I loved my old '72. I guess that laying under, over, across and in
front of this one made me feel like she's my baby. Turning every nut and bolt on her will do that, I guess.

The California DMV is taking their sweet time in getting me the tags. I'm gonna wait until the tags come to
take her in for the exhaust.

In the meantime, a few "finishing" touches...although, as we all know, they are never really finished.

New slogan:

The paint
Will have
To wait

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Wow. It looks like some PO picked a heckuva spot to drill for that CB antenna ball mount. Is there a matching hole on the inside? Not throwing stones, just sharing in the pain.

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No hole inside. I've seen some other trucks this tripe-type swiss cheese holes drilled in (I guess it's only "tripe" if you don't use a CB antenna like the one that used this hole, .. no offense to those that do).
That's probably the first part that will be addressed with the body work. As a matter of fact, the two body guys that have looked at the truck went directly to those and shook their heads.

There's the antenna hole in the cowl, too. I don't use a radio that needs that kind of an antenna, but I plugged the cowl hole with a "normal" antenna for right now.

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Stared at the inside of my newly sound deadener lined/rubber cab installed/window seals redone....empty and seatless cab. I have a two step plastic stool so I can pretend its driveable. Hoping to get a seat by next week.....that has some foam still in it so I don't sit on the floor and stare through the top of the steering wheel. ugghh