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Hey GREAT NEWS! I found out today that I've over stayed my welcome. So I'm going to move my tools, mig, air compressor, Blazer, whatnots, lol, over to my old hang out. Over to the inlaws is a nice big garage we turned into a apartment thing, lol, several years ago. Down came the rollup door and up went a wall. So now, down comes the wall and up goes a door.... They don't use if for anything, not even storage and invited me to use it. So its mine until I'm done. Its gonna be a JOB moving everything over. Wish me luck.

On a nicer note, check out the sweet Thunderbolt One model my favorite aunt and uncle got me for Christmas!

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Hey J, hate to hear that you have to take time out of the build to relocate. Hope not a lot of ill will comes out of it. Good luck my friend.

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Nope, no ills.... Its been a fun ride. Just hope I can get it done by July!

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That's awesome! Congrats on the new space.

And that model is very cool also.

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I started cutting, packing, bolting, cleaning, loading, tossing, cussing, moving, unloading, on Saturday afternoon. As of right now all I have left are some parts upstairs, air compressor, and engine crain. I'll soon be back to sanding! Heres some pics.

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some more pics. I've still got more cleaning to do and some pipes to fix. A few more hours on the building and it'll be sweet!

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Cool...more progress.

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Looks like you are taking the moving serious. It will be great to have your own space again. Good luck sir.

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cool, nice towbar... glad your gettin back ready to work!! btw is that my treestand hangin in the corner...lol

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Now that is just plane funny:lol:

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what did your wife say when she seen you have cut a hole in the house :lol::lol:i bet she real happy she got a truck in her liveinroom now brave man

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Nope and not mine either, wanna buy it? lol....

Not my house but I'm sure she'd love it either way.:mm::uhmk:

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Yeah, hugybear's back with the usual dry humor

J, glad things are working out for you, amazing what obstacles we run into on a build...

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not to dry just seen something funny man:lol::lol:

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Well J, are you back to building as in truck? Or are you still building as in man cave? Enquiring minds........ah hell nosey old man wants to know.

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Man cave, haha. Actually been trying to beat a sick. I was ill while moving all the stuff and that made it nice and nasty. I'm back down to a cough and sinus stuff. Still tinkering with getting it ready to go full throttle on the blazer though. My favorite is the workbench. I got it from my grandpa when I was 15. Only weighs like 50lbs. but will hold up a car. Most of that weight comes from the vise, lol. The only things left to do are move over the air compressor, crane, and parts. This weekend, weather permitting.

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Sink, shower and I'm guessing a hopper towards the left outta site somewhere?
Any cooking hardware?

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1231505797

I'd call that a sweet set up!

You'll never have to leave. :lol:

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Yeah, lol. It had a stove, fridge, washer/dryer, lol. I have a tv to put in and might try and find a small fridge, lol. There definitely is a office there off to the left.

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shower?? where?? looks to me thats an upright parts washer, get in, hold the part in your hands and clean it with a toohbrush.....lol

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Technically I guess it is a upright parts washer, don't know about using the toothbrush though, might be painful:lol::lol::lol:. Actually I think I'm going to use it for hazardous materials storage. Gas, kerosene, etc.

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bean soup??:lol:

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You know it! Campbells bean and bacon, gotta love it.:lol:

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It's always good to have a backup plan.

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cool more pics i see you can take a bath to after your done workin when will we see some pics of the work on the truck:chevy:

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Here shortly, I'm just about done movin'.:metal:

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Looks great, this build has helped me a lot.

Thanks
7D2N

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Whew...!
Just went backwards page by page looking for a frame pic, cause I was curious about where you were with it and it's right on page one where this thread started. :lol:

:cong: You have completed an amazing amount of work!!

Glad I went back through it (took awhile) it's definitely a testament to persistence. :clap:

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It has damned near as many side tracks as yours does Kurt. We love them, keep'em coming. :haha:

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:lol: yeah...that's life, stuff happens.

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Not a problem, anytime ya got a question feel free to pm or post.

Thats funny, if you really searched back I think this might be the 2nd or 3rd build thread on this truck, lol.

Hopefully no more side trackin'....:lol: I wanna drive this thing down your way come July! Still gotta figure out a way to load a roll bar too, lol.

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dont see anything going on what you working on

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It was a long weekend. I finished moving all my parts. Got the compressor in its new hole. Cleaned up the kerosene heater. Dropped the body down on some mounts to check some stuff out. Did some trimming on the rear tub crossmember(70 tub, 72 frame). Got the boob tube going to watch movies while I work. No body to b.s. with so the tv makes up for the quiet. I've got tunes but movies make the time go by faster.
The to do list:
Pull the valve covers(TOO TALL)
Clearence the firewall for the dizzy
Figure out how to get the tub up in the air
Rubber coat the underside
Paint the firewall
Bolt the tub down for good
The back to body work..... sand sand sand.....

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Nice...Home Sweet Home!

Let the fun begin.

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Good news!!! With the kerosene heater I got it up to 75 from 45 degrees within an hour. I had to turn the electric heater off and the kerosene heater down. Should be no problem to paint in there.:metal:

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Wow that sounds great!

It's 12 here now and is suppose to get down to -3 tonight...come on summer!

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Nice job, looking like you have decided to everything right the first time around...way to go....:gi:

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glad to see you got it done what are you watchin on the vcr

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NO, not summer, lol. Need as much time as possible before the meet. Come on warm weather:metal::lol::lol:

Greatly appreciated! I'm tryin'.

Oldie but a goodie, "Over the Top".

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a classic :)

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Not much time in the palace this weekend (we named that building the palace a long time ago, lol). Went on a road trip with my favorite uncle and board member jamie72 Saturday and on a date with my wife today. Some progress is better than none though. Got my engine crane over and all chained to the tub. I should be able to get it high enough to shoot the underside pretty easily. Took the valve covers off, too tall so they hit the firewall. Gotta buy new ones I guess. I've about got myself talked into filling in the heater box holes in the firewall and doing something different. We'll see.....