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Life tends to get in the way of finishing these projects.

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congrats leegreen! good looking truck.

after an 8 year build, other than a maybe 20 miles, my break in cruise was the 2011 hot rod power tour. drove from detroit to pick up my copilot at the orlando airport.

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Started to make up an air cleaner from an old propane heater housing.

Still rough, and no paint yet but I got the top looking ok.

Next I have to figure out something for the bottom.

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well said, sometimes you just have to walk on by!

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Good thinking, looks perfect!

Brian

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hey Brian, have you worked on your truck lately?finished and driving? still doing your 15 minutes a day or has life gotten in the way?

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Just completed the 2nd to last part of the truck maintance needed to feel comfortable driving it.
Changed the gear oil in the M21 trans. Also replaced all the shift linkage bushings and spring clips. Shifts much better.
Tomorrow its off to get 4 new tires installed.

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Nope, I just haven't got into it. I hopefully will soon.

Brian

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maybe you just need to pick a small job you can get done in a short time and that will spark up your dream again. or a car show visit, help a friend do a little job on their project?
anyway, good to see you respond to a few posts here again, you have helped a lot of guys over the years.

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Brian, maybe you just need to pick a small job you can get done in a short time and that will spark up your dream again. or a car show visit, help a friend do a little job on their project?
anyway, good to see you respond to a few posts here again, you have helped a lot of guys over the years.

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X2...Jim

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I finally got 4 new tires today. The fronts were bought in April 2003 and the rears were so old there was no date code. I also put a coolant shut off valve in the heater line so I didnt cook my self on our 95 deg + days. I now think she's ready for some road miles in the next few months.

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ok, so it wasnt today but this last weekend. Took the truck to the Vintiques Nationals show in Yakima. F\Great showand had a great time. Met Robert ( mr 48 chevy) as he was taking pictures of my truck. Then took my wife out for a ride. First time she's been in the truck in about 8 years. Over all, a fun weekend.

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Painted some parts.

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Drove mine to post office, grocery and gas station. Doesn't sound like much but the culmination of 5 decades + of effort!! Even went to a little show last week. The honks and waves were well worth the effort!

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good looking color, can't wait to see it together!

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I can’t either. This truck has fought me on everything. Getting ready to paint he cab and frame again. Then I can put the front end together.

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You know what's funny, I recently got a new daily driver, a 2005 Pontiac SunFire that replaced my low life Dodge Caravan and it's fired me up. I am currently working my 5 minute a day plan on the Sunfire and can see me continuing it on the truck!


Brian

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That is funny Brian. Yet another project you gotta do BEFORE you get to your actual project. I have the same problem. Haha
Hope you can get'er done quick and move onto the truck. Post up some pics.
We set a heat record in Calgary yesterday. 34C. 93.2F. That's hot for here at this time of the year.

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Drove about an hour to a show in Gaston,OR on Saturday “The Wapato Showdown”. It was a nice country drive. There were 400-500 cars that showed up.

Took my daughter and she was really excited by the trophy we brought home, it’s almost 5’ tall.

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Fired it up, drove to Post Office, got 2 honks, a wave, a bunch of looks and at least 3 "what year is that?" and a standard "my dad had one of those". Still a hoot to drive as a daily and all i ever wanted it to be.

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Drove this with air ride for the first time in 4 years
Mocking up my Plymouth bumpers

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Another summer of Cruise Nights, running errands, and going for Fish and Chips, and still running great.

Thank you to Skymangs (RIP), Hussey, and JoeDoh (and all the others) for sharing their builds for us to see. The combination of 'modern' handling of an S10, with the looks of an AD truck is perfect for what I was hoping for from this truck.

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I've had this rattle under the front end. Every time I would hit a bump it would sound like the front fenders were going to fall off.
Today I jacked it up and had my wife push on the fenders to try and locate the noise. sure enough we found it. On the radiator support where it bolts to the frame cross member the rubber bushing were completely gone. Replaced them with some nylon bushings I had, replaced the bolts and now the noise is gone. Time for more road miles.

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Getting closer to finishing the wheel shrinking.
Timeline about 9 months.

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Finished the install on the headset and rear view camera. Both really were worth the effort.

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a few years ago I pushed the front bumper back. Used the middle hole in the bracket mounted to the rear most hole in the frame. No other holes would line up so I just called it good. The bracket has a tendency to drop down and rub on the front spring shackles which I didnt like.
So I decided to drill a new hole thru the frame mount and into the bracket. After about 2 hours of work and still no new hole I gave up. Im using new carbide tip bits and still no luck. So now I need to find a machine shop that can drill the holes for me. Oh well.

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yeah, I wanted 1/2 holes but settled for 3/8!

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hey Lee, at least you got closer than I did.

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looks good! you probably started with ''oh this will be easy!" :D

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You got that right. Got the color on it today, but had a spillage while trying to get into the tight spaces in the cab.....so the 2nd coat on everything will have to wait until next weekend when I get some more. Uggg.

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faux, what did you use to fill the gaps after the wheel "shrinking"? epoxy of some sort?

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Started with 'Polywater' stick 2 part putty epoxy for the bulk. Made molds from heavy industrial aluminum tape. Undercut the ring so the filler would minimize deep cracking. Poured JB Weld in and dried each side before flipping and repeating. Alot of grinding and sanding. All products were donated by work.;)

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What was the outer wheel from?

Having done that, do you think it is feasible to both shrink the wheel as you have done and to increase the offset? (So the rim is closer to driver)



I have a tilt column from Camaro, the AD wheel fits after I trimmed the back, but that make it too close to the signal stalk, newer wheels are all offset towards driver.

AD wheel on Camaro column:
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And the C10 wheel I am currently running. Camaro wheel is too small until/if I put power steering in, or I spend a lot of time in the gym!
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Great Work!! At my age i cannot imagine using the smaller wheel without power steering.

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The new ring is Lecarra, which is found at several aftermarket classic parts sellers. About $200. I wanted to reduce the size but still utilize the stock column. They do sell a pre-made 15" that looks stock AD, but for aftermarket columns like your tilt. About $350+.
I have C4 Vette front suspension with rack and pinion, so wanted to make a bit more belly room.
You could check into the tilt column wheel to see if it has more clearance to the turn signal stalk. They have a bigger lower base to fit to the tilt diameter.

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Finally got the air cleaner back from powder coating and put it on. they did the valve covers too. they call the color "titanium".

I had some issues with the powder coating guys sand blasting all the filler out of the seams, so they had to redo it, but it is done now. I can move on to the next thing.

In an earlier post, (NON Automotive Parts used in your Build Lets See them Before and After. https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=845596 Posts 4, 6, 9, 15 ) I talked about making it.

In real life, it has a little more metallic showing, but you get the idea.

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Looking great!!!

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Got my wheels painted.

I saw on a couple forums (this being one of them?) where the writer had used playing cards slipped between the wheel and deflated tire, for masking. I didn’t have any cards that I wanted to sacrifice, but I did have some old file folders, which I thought might be stiff enough for the job. And they were.

Here’s a quick description of what I did.

To get the right shape, I just pressed the paper folder against the rim to get an impression, and cut along that. Turns out that one file folder will do one side of one wheel.

Then I covered the rest of the tire sides with some newsprint I had.
In the photos, the old valve stem is still in the wheel, but I removed it before painting. (These tires are going to be replaced.)

Oh yeah, I used a rattle can with 2k paint. Pricey but good durable paint.

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that's an awesome job you did on the steering wheel. good going