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When this thing is done I am driving to meet you! I just saw that you are in NH! That is a trip I can make!!

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So you must be in Springfield Mass ?

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About 25 miles east.

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Not too bad of a drive. Sandown is about 10 mi north of Haverhill Ma.

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cool. we will meet up. They just had the northeast chevy truck show out here. Mine was not quite ready to go.

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The truck in your avatar ?

I've owned a 72 swb 4x4 stepper and a 70 swb 4x4 stepper ! This one is my first fleet side. The 2 steppers were basically stock, this one is more of a resto-mod.

Gary

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Yes. I have had this since I was 15, 40 now. 1st and only chevy. This a basic step, nothing fancy. I just did the motor, tranny, brakes, tank, fuel lines, all electric front to back, and a boat load of odds and ends. This is in decent shape. I painted it, etc.. Great bed, wood floor, etc. Needs floor work next and some popping out. Painted it 18 years ago. Still cannot take it anywhere with out a someone coming over to it. I like the steppers, but would not mind a two tone fleet someday!

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Nice... I have owned one of these trucks since 84, so for the last 30 yrs.( I'm 53 yrs old ) The original one is in my back yard, now it's just a rusted old heap from plowing with it. I redid it a couple of times, but it's too far gone now. The one I'm doing now will be my toy, never to see the snow unless I open the garage door. "LOL"

Love the swb 4x4 steppers, had 3 of them, decided to go fleet side for a change !

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Truck is looking great. I love the look of those tires & wheels, just wondering about the tire size. I looked around a bit & couldn't find much for the 275/75/17 size. Are these tires actually 275/75/17 or are they 275/70/17 or some other size.

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Had to go check to be sure, There 285/70/17 Oops... "LOL" Had the wrong number stuck in my head !

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Who's radiator did you go with? Did it fit the stock brackets with little or no modification?..... 3 or 4 core?
I'm looking to replace / upgrade my radiator and looking for recomendations.
Your Therapy is looking friken amazing!!!

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Bugz

It's an Entropy Radiator, here's a link, check them out !

http://entropyrad.com/

I'd have to go back and check but I believe it's a 4 core, it's good for 800 HP.
It fits stock 4 core mounts. I got the whole package with fans, sensors and the programmable controller. Nice st-up.

Gary

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Little more progress. Got the upper rad hose installed and the brake lines on the mc & P-valve plumbed in. Here's a little trick for any of you guys trying to double flare SS lines, I was having issues with the double flares splitting, I was using the softer SS that comes in a coil, but it wasn't soft enough. So I annealed it more. I used a small torch and heat the end once it was cut to length and ready to flare it. Heat it until it turns blue, or just barely red then let it air cool. That did the trick, no more splitting !

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Nice detailing on the motor Gary....truck look great! Thanks for the tip on SS tubing, ill try to remember that

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Well no progress on my truck this weekend, but I did stop a the Barrington truck show yesterday. It wasn't planned, but just happened to be driving by so I stopped in.

Here's a link to a bunch of pics of the 67-72's I saw !

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=430182&page=3

Gary

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Well the truck has been sitting untouched for the last couple of weeks do to me having a Bakers Cyst on the back side of my right knee burst, leaking synovial fluid ( the fluid in your knee ) all down through my lower leg. I have never experienced anything quite like it. This fluid might be good for your knee but it's not good for the rest of the tissue in your leg. My leg swelled up like a balloon to the point it felt like my skin was going to split open.......
My skin is red and hot to the touch and is now turning brused looking. There's nothing you can do but take pain meds and lce your leg....... After two weeks it's just now starting to feel like it's subsiding!!!!! I can walk a little again..... OMG."..... WTF....... I didn't even know I had this thing !!!!!!!!

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Good god Gary! That sucks. Get's healed up and hope ya feel better. Look at the bright side. I am about half way done wiring this thing so I'll be able to answer any wiring questions should you have any :)

Chris

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Chris,

You'll probably be done wiring your truck before I even start wiring mine!

Today my leg feels like a hotdog being cooked over an open fire ! :devil:

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Your truck is looking great Gary. Sucks that you're having to deal with the knee issue, Hope you have a speedy recovery.

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Thanks Scott !

I'm able to get around now but there's still issues in the back side of my knee and upper calf muscle. I'm scheduled to have an MRI next Tuesday morning and then go to an orthopedic surgeon that afternoon and see what he has to say !

Might try and putter around with the truck a little this weekend....

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OK, for the last week I've been well enough to get back to the truck a little bit here & there ! I got all the peddles back in, firewall pads installed, brake booster brackets on, NOS windshield washer bottle in and started on the wiring.

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About time! It's looking good. Keep up the good work.
Now I'm too damn busy to make progress.
Lol

Chris

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Good to hear your feeling better Gary.

Looking good.

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Thanks guys !!!

Just recieved my new SS front & intermidiate e-brake cables so those will be next, sending out my radio to Gary Taymam for a digital am/fm conversion, so that will be installed soon. But I have plenty to do in the mean-time !

Gary

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Very nice build, love the color same as mine.

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Thanks Sourkraut .......

You have good taste in colors !!! "LOL"

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im seeing lots of good ol progress !! keep after it !! looking sweet dude !!

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Where did you get the cables? I could use a set.

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Inline Tube !

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Another step in the right direction !

Got my radio back from Gary Tayman yesterday, he takes your old AM radio and converts it to a digital AM/FM radio with several options to choose from. So you end up with your old radio housing, face, knobs and push buttons, with modern guts in it. So you have your vintage look that operates like a new stereo !
Don't ask me how it sounds because I'm still a long way from be able to try it out.

I'll post up a link to his website so you guys can check it out for yourselves !

http://www.garytayman.com/stereo.htm

Gary

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Wish I did that instead of buying from the cust auto sound.

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I hear you ! 20/20 hindsight !

I used this site to research options and read everyone’s comments about the good and bad. CAS and Retro-sound were two I was considering. Then someone suggested checking out Gary Taymans radio conversions. That seamed to be a great alternative, correct look and new technology.

Time will tell if I made the right choice !

Gary

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nice attention to detail ....

its coming together nicely and i bet it taking your mind off of other things also =0)

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Gary,

What upper radiator hose are you using?

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Hey Shannon;

Dayco 70611, I believe you can see the sticker in one of the pictures. I also used a different goose neck on the intake. It's a stock truck goose neck but I can't remember what yr it's from at the moment.

I did cut a few inches off ea. end of the hose to get the fitment better !

Hey Lokin4areason;

Thanks for the compliment ! And between the truck and a new Girlfriend the memories of the past are fading away !!!! :metal:

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Looking good Gary, still an inspiration for me...

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Thanks for the kind works !

It's coming along, just a bit slower than I wanted. My new time frame to have this on the road is next summer. Everything seems to take loooonger than I expected, and there's always little things you didn't even think about that pop up !

Gary

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Amen to that! I made a list of everything possible i could think of, and all the things that i forgot or popped up unexpected, made an even longer list!! 😩
Your truck looks beautiful, will be worth the wait.

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Thanks Shawn ! Your truck came out great, awesome looking truck !

I never did make a list, if I did I probably would have been overwhelmed ! "LOL"
I kinda keep a running mental list in my head of the next thing that needs to be done and what I need to do it, that's when the little things pop up. Kinda like Oh $h!t ..... forgot about that.... :dohh: "LOL"

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note pad work(s) wonders =0)