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I went to the store and bought a power steering pressure hose and installed it. Now I just need a darn 18mm wrench to tighten it up. I bought some garage door weather strip because everything I get for the truck seems to be cheap. I am thinking of useing it for inner fender to cab seal. I cut a piece and put there, it is not glued in yet because i am still thinking about it. And the 3rd pic.... Look Ma No Battery... :lol:

CRGRS 66

07-23-2012 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by catfish2 (Post 5501633)

well the rag joint arrived today from "rock auto" so this evening was spent fitting the power steering, i had previously made the pump mounting brackets,acquired the hoses, and made an adaptor plate similar to captainfabs, after alot of trial and error with templates,clamps, and the like, it turned out pretty good and drives nice and smooth, i,ll do a proper alignment job at the weekend but i dont think its too far out. next job is to find a decent bench seat,[their a bit thin on the ground here in the uk.] may have to look into recovering the old tatty one.
the search function on here has been a real help to me with all the available info, thanks guys, i hope one day i can give something back.

Well, it is jolly good to hear from you! pip, pip, cherrio

you best post a picture or two of your truck, we get a little cranky if there aren't any pictures:lol:

catfish2

07-24-2012 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by CRGRS 66 (Post 5501969)

Well, it is jolly good to hear from you! pip, pip, cherrio

you best post a picture or two of your truck, we get a little cranky if there aren't any pictures:lol:

here ya go. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1342306811

i even coloured it in for ya,:canada: gotta go the Queen wants her trolly jack back:lol:

LostMy65

07-25-2012 01:58 AM

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Had a decal made for my ol' girl.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...-41-09_757.jpg

Nice :D

fryer1979

07-25-2012 02:31 AM

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Got her old U-joints pulled out, as well as the old center support bearing. New bearings and U-joints reinstalled, and hopefully tomorrow before work I will have all the time I need to get them reinstalled so she will be driveable. After a several month long battle with DMV and my insurance company I finally got the new registration tags in the mail today, so she is once again legal to drive on the road (over 5 months since I paid the renewal fee....:mad:). I HATE DMV!!!!!!!!! :censored: Other than all that, getting her road worthy for a '65 and earlier car/truck/bike, and burlesque show in Carson City this weekend....:metal:

Dingman

07-25-2012 02:38 AM

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Looked at it

markeb01

07-25-2012 08:41 PM

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Test fit the 55 Buick floating grille bar this morning.

fryer1979

07-26-2012 02:46 AM

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Put the drive shafts back in with the new u-joints and center support bearing, and took her for a drive. God that felt so good!!!! :metal:

MikeS.

07-26-2012 03:12 AM

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Waited on pieces parts to come in. New floor sheet metal finally came in. I just ordered more parts.

Just added more pics to my gallery here.

E911manager

07-26-2012 05:54 PM

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Keep massaging on the cab getting it ready for paint. My wife keeps telling me that she wished I would give her the attention I give the truck and I tell her "well the truck doesnt talk back"... Then the talking back really gets started... By the way my wifes backyard salvage "truck limit" is 7. I reached that with my last purchase. Sunday I went and looked at a 8th and it was not received real well... Needless to say I didnt buy it...

JPBrecheisen

07-26-2012 06:23 PM

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Just updated my 1965 GMC Long Step from SM 318 to SM 420.

dantimdad

07-26-2012 07:57 PM

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Removed some of the cross supports from the old bed to use on the new flatbed. Because they welded metal in the floor, I had to cut all the bolts so, it's slow going.

Steven

CRGRS 66

07-26-2012 09:24 PM

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tracked down the issue with my high idle situation. Turns out the inline fuse connector on the electric choke circuit under the dash broke apart. Should have tested for power at the electric choke module on the carb first. Found an inline fuse connector, cut and crimped the wires, voila (that is french for "well, would you look at that!) purrs like a kitten again. Well, it leaks oil, there is blow by, and it is a beat up old 283, but it still purrs like a kitten to me!

66clow

07-26-2012 09:53 PM

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Polished the guage bezel [IMG]http:/ http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...-50-42_646.jpg /[/IMG]
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Big Block 454

07-26-2012 10:50 PM

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I bought new 18x8 and 20x10 Boss 338 wheels for my '71. Too bad the fronts don't fit. Maybe next time...

Chevy Fleetside

07-26-2012 11:58 PM

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I did some small stuff and tried to mount my gas tank back up and notice one of my straps fell off during towing so now i have to order some straps. I ya...

fryer1979

07-27-2012 02:02 AM

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Put the lettering kit on my grill today (finally, took me almost a year, lol). BUT, of course I forgot to take a picture....but man that nice straight, freshly painted, white bumper and grill with the lettering sure looks sharp.
:metal:

mud.man.rj

07-27-2012 06:29 PM

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fryer, I don't know about that grill, doesn't look good here. NO PIC's haha.

CRGRS 66

07-27-2012 10:44 PM

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fryer, I don't know about that grill, doesn't look good here. NO PIC's haha.

The mudman speaketh! Let's see this eledged grill lettering

MikeS.

07-28-2012 12:15 AM

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Not a darn thing, I'm down with a cold.

fryer1979

07-28-2012 02:22 AM

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Got her as finished up as she will get for the show tomorrow and drove her to work tonight since it is on the way. Once I'm off in the morning, my car club is meeting me in my parking lot here and we're off to the Bettys, Bombs, and Bikes show over in Carson City. Gonna be a blast!

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mud.man.rj

07-28-2012 03:01 AM

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Man that does sound like a lot of fun, have a good time tomorow, oops kind of late now, have a good time today.

3rd Coast Z

07-28-2012 09:06 AM

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Quick photo op with my buddy and his 40's something bomb at work yesterday.
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glos55

07-28-2012 12:56 PM

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Took tuuck to S&H Custom Auto to have bottom painted Hot Rod Flatz Red

CRGRS 66

07-28-2012 12:58 PM

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Went shopping and bought her some presents...
Steering column with deluxe wheel, and horn ring, no cracks in wheel, horn ring looks to be in great condition. Not sure if I overpaid or not, $250.00 for the column c/w wheel. Also picked up tail light buckets, lenses, and a tail light harness. Also got the center caps, $10 each, in decent condition, a wash and polish should make them very presentable.
Birthday party today, so will get at it tomorrow!

glos55

07-28-2012 01:33 PM

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Took truck to S&H Custom Auto to be repainted in (Hot Rod Flatz Red) Will post pics when its done Wed

markeb01

07-28-2012 07:40 PM

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Got the last of the grille parts painted. Reassembly/installation tomorrow hopefully.

McCoyAZ

07-28-2012 07:55 PM

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Drove it. Almost wrecked it cause the brakes went out again.
Now I have to figure out what the heck is going on with them. Might be a bad booster....will try to figure that out tomorrow.

62 Barnfind

07-28-2012 08:49 PM

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Started to do some painting.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/DSC00292.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/DSC00288.jpg

dantimdad

07-28-2012 10:05 PM

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My son and I assembled the new engine hoist. Tomorrow we remove the rest of the support strips from the bed and start sand blasting them.

Steven

CRGRS 66

07-29-2012 10:46 AM

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Installed new tail light buckets, trim rings, lenses, and rear wiring harness. Would have liked to have saved that stuff until after having the bed restored and painted, but I was having wiring issues, it needed to be done. I am pleased with the result, not only do the lights work :lol:, but they are remarkably brighter. I suspect grounding was an issue.

CRGRS 66

07-29-2012 02:44 PM

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When I installed the new tail light wiring harness, I also installed a 4 way trailer light socket. Used the adapter from 4 way to 7 way that my brother made. Had to get some longer chains, but now we are ready to roll. I think the retro looking T@B trailer looks great back there. Hadn't planned on having the CDN flag in the picture, just kinda happened that way.

62 Barnfind

07-29-2012 06:39 PM

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Started to clean and spot paint the interior.

markeb01

07-29-2012 06:39 PM

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Finally got the Buick grille bar installed.

losthope

07-29-2012 07:25 PM

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Finally got the Buick grille bar installed.

Well stop fooling around and post the picture then!
:wop:

Cody63

07-29-2012 07:47 PM

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Ordered the front front springs from CPP and got some spindles and brakes from a '75 heavy half. Hopefully next weekend I'll have disc brakes!

markeb01

07-29-2012 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by losthope (Post 5511997)

Well stop fooling around and post the picture then!
:wop:

Here we go, more pictures in my build thread. None of the pictures are very good, wrong time to be taking any but I didn't want to wait!

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6...ickdsc0016.jpg

jbgroby

07-29-2012 10:10 PM

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Got the OEM inners mounted today. First day we've hard with no rain in about 2 weeks. Damn she starting to look like a truck. These OEM fenders bolted right in not one problem.

I also mounted the hood hinges, anyone have a trick to mounting the springs?

chevy_man5

07-29-2012 11:05 PM

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That grill looks great in there MarkB01!!

markeb01

07-30-2012 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jbgroby (Post 5512414)

I also mounted the hood hinges, anyone have a trick to mounting the springs?

Here are a couple of links with a variety of ideas:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=hood+spring

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...spring+install

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